Carlton Football Club has a new coach. Matt Watson wonders about Brendon Bolton’s platforms, honesty, game plan, his blank canvas, his preconceived ideas and his open mind (among other things).
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The Quandary of Michael Clarke
August 12, 2015 by 3 Comments
Michael Clarke has gone. Matt Watson reviews Clarke’s career and his time in the public gaze.
Round 17 – Brisbane v North Melbourne: The curse is dead; long live the curse.
July 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
As Almanackers will appreciate from previous years, for Matt Watson, this weekend was all about The Curse. Russ was in town. For a North Melbourne game…
Oak Park Football Club – dreams on offer
July 17, 2015 by 4 Comments
A touching memoir in which Matt Watson recalls his childhood dreams – formed on the J P Fawkner Reserve – of playing in the big time. But there were other Oak Park players who made it. And we also discover how it came to pass that Matt is a North Melbourne fan.
Clichés of the press conference
July 10, 2015 by 4 Comments
Staying “on message”, Matt Watson lets Footy Almanac readers in on what really happens behind the scenes of your average footy presser.
Round 14 – Gold Coast v North Melbourne: Unreasonable demands
July 7, 2015 by 5 Comments
Matt Watson taps into every fans’ visceral hatred of losing. And this one’s made all the more hurtful through the realisation that it’s time for Arden St to go back to re-building mode.
My (absent) left foot
June 26, 2015 by 9 Comments
Matt Watson discusses how players in this day and age have lost the art of having a left foot.
Round 11 – North Melbourne v Sydney: The lapse – two quarters of football?
June 16, 2015 by 1 Comment
Taking nothing away from the Swans, Matt Watson laments North Melbourne’s ability to fall asleep at the wheel at crucial stages of games.
Killer instinct?
June 3, 2015 by 1 Comment
North supporter Matt Watson shares his disappointment as he discusses how North Melbourne may lack that killer instinct.
Round 8 – Geelong v Carlton: Dog Eat Dog
May 25, 2015 by 1 Comment
Matt Watson notes how AC/DC’s ‘Dog Eat Dog’ could well have been written with foresight to describe the predicament that Mick Malthouse and Carlton FC currently finds themselves in.
North Melbourne free zone
May 22, 2015 by 6 Comments
Matt Watson finds the inner (footy mad) child within all of us? What women couldn’t approve of home decorating by team colours?
Powerglide – trash or treasure
May 14, 2015 by 8 Comments
Matt Watson finds some treasure among the trash at the Geebung tip shop. Who can help him with the history of this custom made billiard cue?
The Fight of the Century – Without Standards (updated)
May 6, 2015 by 8 Comments
Matt Watson sums up the Mayweather v Pacquiao bout and his feelings about the combatants.
Almanac Boxing – Mayweather v Pacquiao: Trying to hit smoke
May 1, 2015 by 2 Comments
Almanac Boxing correspondent Ironmike Matt Watson wants this much-promoted fight to be compelling. We all do. Here’s his preview.
Writers Block – it is Charles Bukowski’s Fault
April 29, 2015 by 9 Comments
Thanks for the inspiration Charles Bukowski, says Matt Watson, with his wrap of the Round 4 weekend at his place.
The effort of listening and typing
April 21, 2015 by 5 Comments
Matt Watson responds to Matt Zurbo’s call to arms and is delighted as a seemingly mundane task becomes a privilege. Its not too late to give Matt a hand!
Trouble among teammates
April 17, 2015 by 4 Comments
Matt Watson talks about the different personalities and attitudes inside a footy club. Internal disharmony can be death for a team.
The practice match – Footy is life
April 9, 2015 by 4 Comments
Matt Watson’s Victorian stay continues with a day well spent watching the Greensborough Superules team play 5 fifteen minute quarters of practice matches. A fantastic behind the scenes look at veterans footy.
ICC World Cup Final: Part two – The Inevitable
April 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Matt Watson wraps up his weekend in Melbourne for the World Cup Cricket final. You can’t fake passion.
ICC World Cup Final: Part 1 – the pay TV fiasco
March 28, 2015 by 10 Comments
Matt Watson is in chilly Melbourne for the World Cup Final. Here he considers the tournaments impact in Australia, meets Warnie, and considers his relationship with some of the teams – especially New Zealand.
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