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Injustice: Port was done over

Port supporter Peter Fuller on reviewing Port’s season has come to the conclusion that the fixture influenced the ladder order.

Round 21 – Carlton v Melbourne: Consolation

Peter Fuller nails the ‘match-day experience’ for the rank and file Carlton supporter in 2015, while wondering how much his grandkids will be able to extract from Rick Milne’s descendants for Peter’s complete set of Carlton Wooden Spoon Year Membership cards?

Round 20 – Brisbane v Carlton: Words Fail

Sometimes not saying anything can say so much more than a 1,000 word rant might, as Blues fan Peter Fuller demonstrates. [Clubhouse leader for post of the month, for mine. – Ed]

Round 19 – Collingwood v Carlton: Correspondent Sidelined, Magpies Muddle Through

A late scratching from the MCG, Peter Fuller nevertheless cast his navy blue eyes over proceedings from his lounge room. [Resilience, flexibility, craft; as well as the football. Get well Peter – Ed].

Round 18 – Carlton v North Melbourne: North easily

This rather pedestrian match was a romp for the Roos, writes Peter Fuller.

Round 17 – Carlton v Hawthorn: In a Hole still Digging

While watching his Blues get thrashed by the Hawks last Friday night, Blues supporter Peter Fuller describes it as the last chapter in the decline and fall of the once impregnable Princes Park Empire.

Round 16 – Fremantle v Carlton: Live (well, sort of)

Peter Fuller maintained a media blackout for long enough to watch his recorded Freo-Carlton fixture “live”.

Round 15 – Richmond v Carlton: Tigers ascendant; Blues concede.

On a cold Melbourne night, perched high atop the Southern Stand, Carlton stalwart Peter Fuller learns the truism of a time-honoured Coodabeens maxim.

Round 14 – Western Bulldogs v Carlton: Laughing on the inside

What happens when Neil Anderson and Peter Fuller decide to catch up at Docklands for the Western Bulldogs and Carlton clash? Read on…

Round 13 – Carlton v Gold Coast: Referring to my notes

Noticing an absence of Carlton (and Gold Coast) Knackers, Peter Fuller puts up his hand – and his notebook – to provide a report from Etihad Stadium.

Round 12 – Carlton v Port Adelaide: Second efforts, team consciousness and and zest for the contest

Like the People’s Elbow and Barb Smith, it’s not so much the win against Port for Peter Fuller, but that the spirit, heart and grunt appears to be back for the John Barker-led Blues.

Round 6 – Carlton v Brisbane: It’s happened again. Calamity at Docklands

Peter Fuller spends a weekend being well tested across the spectra of association football, Australian football, failing health and Mother’s day etiquette. But waiting for the Carlton game denouement was one bridge too far.

Round 5 – Carlton v Collingwood: Night of Remembrance (sic)

Peter Fuller on the wake-up that Friday night’s result was to the Navy Blues at large: Centres of Excellence, Shmentres of Excellence. Where was the heart? Where was the commitment? Where was the fight? And the old enemy (rightfully) put them to the sword

Round 3 – Carlton v Essendon: Downed by the Evil Empire

Peter Fuller steps into the confessional as Essendon are too good for the Blues at the G.

Round 1 – Carlton v Richmond: Same Old

Peter Fuller entered the 2015 season with low expectations. Thursday night’s performance from the Blues illustrated why.

Swans Capitulation and Condemnation: Please Explain

Peter Fuller is flummoxed by the Swans capitulation on the big stage and by the criticism of the Swans in the lead up to the game.

Marathon Runners of the World: tell us your PB.

As Melbourne sadists prepare for their marathon, lover of all things running and sport, Peter Fuller, calls on athletes to register their better performances in what he is playfully calling the Almanac Marathon Hall of Fame. Which marathon? What time? [Have hardly owned a vehicle that could last 42km – Ed]

He who can, plays; he who cannot, umpires

Who’d be an umpire? Peter Fuller explains how he fell into the role and what drives an otherwise sane man to consider saddling up for another year after 500 games.

AFL Round 5 – Carlton v Adelaide: Second place in reach of Blues

Peter Fuller’s pre-season prediction of Carlton finishing anywhere between 2nd and 10th remains intact, although the latter position seems a more likely prospect.

AFL Preliminary Final – Hawthorn v Adelaide: Crows refuse to bow out quietly

The Crows refused to play their assigned role of a stepping stone in the Hawks’ Stairway to Heaven, says Peter Fuller.