Haiku Bob on the Pies loss in the Final round of 2015.
Finals Week 1 – Fremantle v Sydney preview
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Craig Dodson is set for a big Qualifying final from his Swans when they face Fremantle at Subiaco on Saturday. As fate would have it though, the League decided a Saturday afternoon was the best time to hold this game: just when Team Dodson decided months ago to throw a party for young Harry’s first birthday [mazel tov Harry! – Ed].
Injustice: Port was done over
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Port supporter Peter Fuller on reviewing Port’s season has come to the conclusion that the fixture influenced the ladder order.
The Pre Wrap – The Finals Week I
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Mr Wrap previews the first week of the finals and compares two former number 1 draft picks.
Kids5: Supporters’ awards
September 11, 2015 by 6 Comments
Matt Zurbo continues his series on coaching young footballers. Here’s another suggestion – which doesn’t cost much.
Finals Week 1 Preview – Four legs good, two legs bad!
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Sal Ciardullia previews the first week of what he believes should be a great finals series, with the four games could go either way.
Carlton Drought; a brew for the ages
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As we prepare to get the 2015 finals series off to a fly tonight at Subi, Jeff Dowsing takes a look at the AFL’s wheel of fortune. It might turn slowly, but when it does, it turns with some pretty hefty force – viz: Carlton, Essendon, Brisbane, Melbourne and Collingwood (in the wake of 1990). [Shouldn’t have too much trouble getting on the course on GF Day if the need should arise old mate! – Ed]
Almanac Racing – qualifying finals
September 10, 2015 by 39 Comments
Crio wants a winner this weekend as he does the dream Melbourne double of G1 racing at Flemington and Finals at the ‘G.
Almanac Comedy: New Breaking Dad Season
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Matt Quartermaine and Tim Smith live at the Courthouse Hotel in North Melbourne. [Reviews have been excellent – Ed]
1993-2015: Candy Stripe Legs (and Jumpers)
September 10, 2015 by 13 Comments
Brilliant memoir from Swish Schwerdt who recalls The Cure’s Disintegration album on high rotation as the Adelaide Crows’ made their first finals series in 1993 (not necessarily related). The pain of the ’93 Prelim loss was later erased by victory in 1997 and then sharing the 1998 back-to-back triumph with Swishter #1.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: 2015 – Say Goodnight, Gracie
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The final update for his true believers in 2015. Cam Hooke is already well and truly focused on 2016.
2015: The Dogs and Our Unfinished Journey. In Bevo we trust.
September 10, 2015 by 4 Comments
Hoping that there’s still more footy to come after Saturday night’s Elimination Final against the Crows, Simon McInerney looks back on the Bulldogs’ 2015 season to date. It’s fair to say that Simon doesn’t write the material for the Coodabeen Champions’ Dan from Droop Street.
Footy philosophy: Australian Rules v AFL, sport v business, Plato
September 10, 2015 by 14 Comments
David Wilson hears the angst around tanking/ fixturing/ drugs/ booing/ trade rules/ the place of the maverick footballer and offers up Plato. Maybe the Australian Rules football ideal is incompatible with the AFL and its clubs..?
Kids4: Empty Nights
September 10, 2015 by 6 Comments
What does Matt Zurbo suggest when hardly any players turn up for training?
“…and we’ll be us; you and me. Soon!”
September 10, 2015 by 36 Comments
On RUOK day, and in the light of Lance Franklin’s health issues, we thought it timely to republish E.regnan’s remarkably honest recollection of how a near fatal car accident 20 years ago changed his life. What shapes the mental mandala?
Footys4All: India
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Dr Nathan Grills of the Nossal Institute for Global Health and Fotys4All will distribute sports equipment and books to Indian kids when he visits the sub-continent later this year.
Almanac Cricket – Australia A: Who’s knocking on the selectors’ doors?
September 10, 2015 by 17 Comments
With the Ashes behind us, Brad Haddin and Shane Watson on their test careers, Crio ponders what the next generation Australian Test side could look like, after the recent Australian A tour to India
My Grand Final Memories (As a Player)
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Mick Jeffrey has looked into an open premiership window on three occasions. He shares with us his memories of those Grand Final days – some more vivid than others.
Round 23- Sydney v Gold Coast: Unshackled Melancholy & Frivolity
September 10, 2015 by 4 Comments
An unshackled Mathilde de Hauteclocque is in the familiar surrounds of the O’Reilly Stand for the final round of 2015. Farewells & uncertainty. Sans Cygnet.
Almanac Music: Aussie album review – Jimmy Little “Messenger”
September 9, 2015 by 4 Comments
In the fourth of his ocassional series looking back at classic Australian albums, Smokie re-purchases and re-visits Jimmy Little’s “Messenger”
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