Crio’s Racing: Flemington

Crio’s knee is stuffed but that hasn’t stopped him from spreading the good oil for Saturday’s races at Flemington.

AFL Round 14 – Richmond v St.Kilda: Dear Saints

Yvette Wroby focusses on the less pleasing new look of the St Kilda Football Club from a fan’s perspective and how this new transition will affect her and her fellow St Kilda supporters.

AFL Round 13 – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: Jack’s back

Neeld Footy is gone, Jack Watts is back – it was a good day at the G, writes Steve Healy.

AFL Round 20, 1991 – Brisbane v Collingwood (retro review): Daics kicks 13

Twelve years on, Luke Reynolds finally watches Daics kick 13 against the Bears. It was worth the wait.

How to Watch Footy (part 16): Innocence lost

If the first cut is the deepest, what is the first goal kicked against you? And the second and the third and the fourth and the fifth? How deep is the cut when you’re eight goals down at quarter-time and you’ve hardly got the ball into the forward line?

Performance Enhancers: Jobe Watson v Keith Richards

Shouldn’t we cut our sporting heroes a bit of rock and roll slack every now and then? Why place added pressure on young men like Jobe Watson just because they play football? [This piece includes details of the forthcoming night at the Corner Hotel with Paul Kelly and Robert Murphy – Ed]

Year of the farce

The doc gets to the root of Andrew Demetriou, sorry, the cappo di tutti capi’s problems. It’s not pretty.

AFL Round 14 – Geelong v Fremantle: Cats dust off 2007 game plan

Lowell George sang Neil Belford home after a melancholy night out at the Cattery, where the Cats dusted off Bomber Thompson’s 2007 game plan to thrash the Dockers.

AFL Round 14 – Port Adelaide v Collingwood: A pilgrimmage to Pies versus Port

Holly Fahey has the job ahead of her – she has to choose the Danny Roach votes for the worst three Pies players of the game. It took some time, but her worst on ground should please a few opposition supporters.

AFL Round 14 – Geelong v Fremantle: Ross Lyon is like a Lannister

You know the nerves and beers are kicking in when someone starts using Game of Thrones analogies to describe footy coaches – and this was well before the first bounce.

(Super) Coaching: Melbourne v Bulleen

There are days where watching local footy can be great for the soul. Last Sunday was NOT one of those days. Stephen Baker comes up against some dauntingly familiar names in his day as ‘caretaker coach’ at Superules club, Melbourne.

Jobe Watson: Why do we apply the ‘Good Bloke’ test?

Of all the factors to be weighed up in the allegations of drug use, Sean Curtain argues that whether or not you’re a good bloke should not be one.

AFL Round 14 – Review: Booing – why?

The Pharmacology College Cup, Magpies v Magpies and Sheedy goes basic: Paul Thomson suggests that the AFL face reality as he wraps up the week in football.

AFL Round 14 – Port Adelaide v Collingwood (Haiku Bob): no one home

Haiku Bob on Round 14.

AFL Round 14 – West Coast v Essendon: In Jobe we trust

The spirit and fire that the Bombers have shown this year has been outstanding. We can only speculate the outcome of the ASADA investigation, but in the mean time it would be rude not to acknowledge the on-field efforts of the Bombers in the first half of season 2013.

AFL Round 14 – Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions: Some undies have all the luck

Despite the winter Launceston day, Adam Muyt chose to forego his extra thermals and plumped for his lucky Royboy undies instead. Well, they were lucky earlier this century.

AFL Round 14 – Gold Coast v Adelaide: A chat with our newest Prime Minister

Bob Utber has a chat with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd following the Gold Coast-Adelaide game.

AFL Round 14 – Sydney v Carlton: Not exactly a bloodbath

David Williams and his mates are determined to reenact the Swans/Blues “Bloodbath” of 1945. While everyone is game for the pre-match requirement of downing six beers, who will put their hand up to whack the goal umpire?

AFL Round 14 – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: Trying to repeat the past

Neil Anderson was lucky enough to be there when Footscray exorcised those Demons in the 1954 Grand Final, unfortunately they couldn’t quite do it on the weekend. The past simply couldn’t be repeated.

AFL Round 14 – Hawthorn v Brisbane: A lovers’ tiff

Tasmania wants more from its partnership with Hawthorn, while Buddy’s long-term relationship with his club may also be on the rocks. Is it something in that famous Tasmanian water causing all this consternation?