Somedays you win and some days you lose. Typical of the Magpie Army, Dr Hooke did not enjoy Friday night’s match, but knows that the ups and downs will come in equal measure as Nathan Buckley builds his side and develops the execution of his game plan
Wool Team – John Harms on ABC South Australia’s Country Hour
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John Harms recently spoke about the Almanac’s Wool Team with Brooke Neindorf on ABC South Australia’s Country Hour program.
Round 6 – GWS v Hawthorn: Reminders
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Rick Kane faces up to Hawthorn’s mortality.
Round 6 – Western Bulldogs v St Kilda: The tale of two cities, the tale of two halves
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Yvette Wroby on the Moorabbin Wingers, and an afternoon at the Docklands where her Saints snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the space of an hour.
Wool and footy in Burra: more noms for the SA team
May 13, 2015 by 21 Comments
John Harms has been to a wool sundowner at Burra in South Australia, where he met the local wool fraternity (nice hands). He gathered some new nominations for the South Australian team.
Round 5 – Richmond v Geelong: A Ball at the Ball with Balls
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Dancing With The Stars. Mirror Balls. Glam Rock. Paul Spinks goes nuts with this account of his family feline faceoff.
Luke Ball: Zen and the art of footylife maintenance
May 13, 2015 by 17 Comments
In this novel profile of Luke Ball, a Saint, a Magpie and Karl Marx chat to Marcus Aurelius [come on, you can suspend for a second – Ed] contemplating Luke’s qualities as a footballer, a leader, an advocate, a man. E. Regnans plays with words and ideas again. [Always creative ER – Ed]
Luke Ball is the special guest at the Almanac lunch on May 29, at the Royal Melbourne Hotel, 629 Bourke St, Melbourne. 12.30 for 1pm. $50 for two courses and one comp drink. Bookings essential [email protected]
Northern FL – Northcote Park v Lower Plenty: The Cougars remain undefeated at home after big win over Lower Plenty
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The Cougars remain undefeated after a powerful performance against Lower Plenty. Stephen Marson reports.
Football Corowa style 2015
May 13, 2015 by 5 Comments
On a wintry day, Glen makes the drive from North Fitzroy to Corowa to see the Ovens and Murray fixture between Corowa-Rutherglen and Wodonga. [Beaut report on a country footy match which includes who the players are and who some of the people in the crowd are]
Analysis: The Trouble with Fremantle
May 13, 2015 by 15 Comments
You can always do better, says Les Everett, even when you are two games clear after Round 6. Here’s where the improvement might come from.
Round 6 – Port Adelaide v West Coast: Welcome Strangers
May 12, 2015 by 13 Comments
Peter Baulderstone has had a patriotic thought – name our footy teams after Australian explorers. He saw his Edward John Eyres strike gold on Sunday. And the Ludwig Leichardt Lions beat the Burke and Wills Blues. The Sydney Rum Corps; the unsociable Hawthorn Blighs – any other suggestions?
Crio’s Question: Retirement Planning?
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Crio asks about the practice of retiring player numbers and the different reasons in different sports.
VAFA – Caulfield v Fitzroy: Gnocc Gnocc Gnoccing on Mother’s door
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Not even the support of the finest body of mothers ever assembled could get the Royboys home on a day when Lorenzo Serafini and the memory of tough full forwards and his mother’s gnocchi stole the show. King George III reports.
AFL Players’ Association Legends Series: Interview with Wayne Carey (Part 2)
May 12, 2015 by 2 Comments
In Part 2 of this AFL Players’ Association chat with John Harms, Wayne Carey talks about the player’s life and the player’s post-footy lot.
Goalkicking- How hard is it?
May 12, 2015 by 15 Comments
It’s one of the essential skills of the game so why is accuracy in front of goal seemingly so poor? Tony Robb vents some frustration after watching some very ordinary performances at the sticks in round six.
The 2015 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Six
May 12, 2015 by 1 Comment
Gather ’round tipsters. The Mopsy Fraser Cup wrap-up of round six is in. “Expect the opinionistas to cut and paste everything they’ve ever writ about Confucian Mick this week…” pretty much sums up the media’s relationship with Mick Malthouse as the troubles at Royal Parade continue. Also, some great thoughts on Chris Scott and Mitch Clark.
Round 6 – North Melbourne v Richmond: this game revealed more about the loser than the winner
May 12, 2015 by 8 Comments
He expected a contest. It didn’t eventuate. Andrew Starkie makes some big calls – steeped, perhaps, in tough-love – on the Tigers. “Richmond has insulted its army of loyal supporters for the good part of four decades with a culture diseased by hubris…”
Round 6 – Carlton v Brisbane Lions: Doom and Gloom after the Blooms
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John Butler reflects on two teams struggling to recover form the mistakes of the past and they paths to ‘recovery’ they’re presently treading. How are those KPI’s looking?
Haiku Bob – Round 6 – cracking boughs
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Haiku Bob muses on Collingwood’s fall from grace against the Cats.
Winners abound at Struggle Street
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Wayne Ball takes us to the Kevin Betts Wheelchair Sports Stadium for some NSW Powerchair Football. West Sydney Wanderers versus Sydney FC [An eye-opener – Ed].
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