Young Ollie Grindlay laments Foxtel’s domination of televised live sport in his Almanac debut, wishing that free-to-air stations would see the light and show the best of his favourite sports.
Round 2- GWS v Melbourne: The Loss of a New Hope
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Melbourne and to some extent GWS fan Cody Atkinson discusses how a first half of bliss for Melbourne fans, turns into a nightmare as the Giants run riot in the Second half against the Dees.
The Almanac-Fitzroy Rotary Pick One Competition
April 15, 2015 by 1 Comment
The Rotary Fitzroy Pick One Competition starts this week. Join now. Help a community organisation – and win cash.
In Round 3 you cannot select against the bottom THREE sides meaning
No Bombers playing Blues
No Tigers playing Lions
No Suns playing Cats (who would have thought)
Round 2 – Essendon v Hawthorn: A Few Good Men
April 14, 2015 by 5 Comments
Home, family and footy: Trev Blainey makes sense of Essendon’s remarkable victory. [Marketers, read this and you might learn why footy has such appeal – JTH]
Crio’s Q? – What do you actually expect from your coach?
April 14, 2015 by 7 Comments
A beauty of a question from Crio this week. There’s the old footy maxim: It’s easier to sack one coach than 18 players and a recruiting office. Are we expecting too much of the men in the coaching hot-seat? At what point does a holistic analysis of coaching performance come into play?
Round 2 – Essendon v Hawthorn: Dons edge Hawks
April 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
Jeremy Hill watched his Hawks fall to the Dons on the weekend. Despite the frustration, he sees the Bombers have the capability to cause the big guns some serious headaches before the season is done
AFL Round 2 – North Melbourne v Brisbane: The Waite Conundrum
April 14, 2015 by 13 Comments
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” (from “Casablanca”). How does one respond when one’s club trades in a player for whom you have hitherto had no respect, no love, and just total animosity? Alas, I found myself in this invidious situation during the summer [Read more]
VAFA – Fitzroy v Old Brighton: There’s always next week
April 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
Steve Earl, Fitzroy stalwart (and sponsor), felt a little disillusioned as Old Brighton dismantled the Roy Boys. But hope was restored at Percy Jones’s North Fitzroy Arms – a classic old Fitzroy pub where Wisdom has a room upstairs and sticks his head in from time to time.
AFL Round 2 – GWS v Melbourne – Tempting fate
April 14, 2015 by 5 Comments
Giants supporter Kath Pressee discusses the importance of routine and tempting fate, when watching the Giants take on the Dees.
Round 2: The View From Shepparton
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Sensei Peter Schumacher sits back and places some much needed perspective: plenty of quality sides have started 0-2 and gone on to great things in a season. Also; footy is crook in Queensland
VAFA – Fitzroy v Old Brighton: The Roy Boys stick at it
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On a perfect day, Rod Oaten wanders to his local ground to enjoy the season opener luncheon and a game of footer. Unfortunately the boys from Old Brighton were too big, too strong and too dominant. But the Roys never shirked the issue, battling it out until the final siren.
AFL Round 2 – Port Adelaide v Sydney: Is that the best weekend ever?
April 14, 2015 by 2 Comments
Stuart H has had a ripper. Flying in from Sydney for the Port match and a whole lot more. Do not read on a full stomach.
I’m with Stupid: A Modern History of the Carlton Board
April 13, 2015 by 34 Comments
John Butler, passionate Blue, argues the case for good governance. This is a calmly explained, clearly thought-out piece of analysis that all Carlton fans should read. [And then you might consider getting behind the Elbow Ticket for Carlton presidency – Ed]
Round 2 – Port Adelaide v Sydney: A Happy Traveller
April 13, 2015 by 1 Comment
Mad Swan Keiran Croker takes in the Adelaide vibe and leaves with a very pleasant impresssion of the place. His side’s brilliant performance helped.
Round 2 – GWS v Melbourne: Autumn Bliss
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It’s one of those magnificent autumn days when the Canberra sky is at its finest, and the Giants take full advantage of the perfect conditions.
Round 2 – Geelong v Fremantle – Now Selling, Stress Free Trips to Kardinia Park
April 13, 2015 by 9 Comments
As passionate Dockers supporter Steve Johnston found out on a Sunday afternoon at Geelong, Kardina Park is no longer a ground that Fremantle fear to play at.
Cats must take their eye off the prize
April 13, 2015 by 18 Comments
The Cats are going to have to turn to their kittens. Stephen Cooke thinks he’s seen this somewhere before.
Round 2 – Essendon v Hawthorn: Essendon win by a second
April 13, 2015 by 5 Comments
Nine year old Kaisha shares her heartache as the Bombers get over here beloved Hawks in a classic at the G.
Round 2 – West Coast v Carlton: Friday Night Lights (Up!)
April 13, 2015 by 2 Comments
On a Friday night in Melbourne Andrew Cochrane settles in for the footy. His two year old is not keen on going to bed. She shows more fight than the Blues, as the Eagles smash the hapless visitors.
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