Vin Maskell gives the weekend’s results in the Football Integration Development Association.
Take your Mick
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Francis Leach with a timely comparison of two Micks: Mulvey and Malthouse.
Scoring is low – blinkers are the answer
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Matt Watson’s answer to the critics of modern football is to take the blinkers off and get a little perspective.
AFL Round 7 (2014): The view from Murtoa
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John Harms heads to Murtoa, gets talking to Tom Lynch’s Dad, and watches as some unlikely results unfold. (Go Dees)
Business as Usual
May 6, 2014 by 18 Comments
Andrew Starkie says “It’s time for putting football and fans first, not business as usual.” Over to you Gillon.
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 40-The Amazing Schillaci (1990)
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If there was a rags-to-riches tale to be told, it would be the story of Salvatore Schillaci. Read about the one they called Totò, in Dennis Gedling’s latest World Cup instalment.
AFL Round 7: The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
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Another pearler from Earl O’Neil. He’s like GAblett Jnr in full flight. When you and 3 defenders are convinced he’ll go left, he goes right. Look out for the swerve at the end, it will make you gasp, smile and cry.
AFL Round 7 – Brisbane v Sydney: High Hopes
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Peter Schumacher thought the Lions could make a game of it at the Gabba, but Jonathan Brown’s withdrawal and a ruthless Swans outfit soon made his side look second rate.
Crio’s Q?
May 6, 2014 by 8 Comments
Crio is on the lookout for your cross-code gurus. He’s happy for you to remember some. We think he’s happy for you to make some up as well.
AFL Round 7 – Essendon v Western Bulldogs: The Final Frontier
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Neophyte Bulldog joefloh comes face to face with some smug pr*cks supporting his former side in his first Essendon game as a non-Essendon supporter. Was this a reflection of his former self, he asks, while musing on his new found pessimism.
AFL Round 7 – Brisbane v Sydney: A True Clubman
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The famous Bloods culture is built on the actions and choices of people. Joe Moore celebrates the work of Sydney’s reigning best Clubman in his 200th game.
‘The Billy That Died With Its Boots On’ and Other Australian Verse
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After nearly 25 years in the making, Stephen Whiteside’s book of children’s poetry is in the shops. What happens in “The Saucing of the Pies” ?
AFL Round 6 – St Kilda v Brisbane: The difficult second album
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Peter Cresswell is a bona fide AFL fan living in Auckland. He journeyed to the Windy City on Anzac Day to witness the ‘difficult second album’ for AFL footy in NZ.
Boxing: East v West as Gyngell squeaks points decision over Packer
May 6, 2014 by 15 Comments
Patrick Skene, a very experienced student of the fistic art, applies the wisdom of Sun Tzu, to the Packer-Gyngell stoush. [Beautifully done – Ed]
Showboaters Need Not Apply
May 6, 2014 by 4 Comments
Jordan Lewis nails the Hawthorn way, in a word, says Rick Kane.
AFL Round 7 – Brisbane v Sydney: Burdened with the footy hump
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Tom Bally has the hump insofar as the Swans and footy are concerned. How can he get the spark back? [Good to see there are conversations about footy in Sydney bus queues – Ed]
AFL Round 7 – Adelaide v Melbourne: the view from the back
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Dave Brown celebrated unfashionable defenders, and how one of his Norwood favourites came back in Demons colours to torment his Crows.
AFL Round 7: The Wrap
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The Wrapster may well be enjoying the plight of the Da Da Da Da-Das, but he’d also like to see the Endangered Species have a win. {When will that be? – Ed]
Top 100 World Cup Moments (From the Aussie P.O.V.): 41-When Harry Met Patrick….with a Hip to the Face (1982)
May 5, 2014 by 1 Comment
Dennis Gedling tells how the West German goalkeeper at Spain 82 delivered a semi-final shirt front to rival Leigh Matthews.
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