Ramon Dobb, for the Floreat Pica Society, saw the big moments pass Collingwood by against Hawthorn on World Giraffe Day.
AFL Round 14 – Hawthorn v Collingwood (Floreat Pica Society): Momentum killers
June 22, 2014 by 1 Comment
World Cup 2014: Hang on a second! Whose moment is this?
June 22, 2014 by 3 Comments
Players of Iran and Argentina take their turn on centre stage on this Greatest Show on Earth. Let Gregor Lewis take you where: “Like a child playing with its toys, lost to the wider implications, Messi’s champion nature allowed him to embrace the moment, exactly the way that child would…” Sometimes 90 minutes is not quite enough.
The neuroscience of problem gambling
June 22, 2014 by 5 Comments
Neuroscientist Olivia Carter responds to the recent Crio’s Question on problem gambling with an outline of what the current research suggests about addiction. She explains that there has been an emphasis on drug addiction in the studies – because it’s easier to inject a mouse with heroin than teach it to read a form guide.
Olivia also offers an opportunity to be involved in a confidential study on the neuroscience of gambling.
AFL Round 14 – Gold Coast v Geelong: El Nino forecasts change and the Suns deliver.
June 22, 2014 by 3 Comments
Hamish Townsend watches his Cats get swept away by thunderstorms bearing down from the Gold Coast.
World Cup 2014: I’ve still got ‘Les Bleus’ for You.
June 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Our man on the couch Gregor Lewis likes the look of the French team that dominated the Swiss cheese defence.
AFL Round 14 – Richmond v Sydney: Friday Night Maulball v Old School v MTV
June 21, 2014 by 2 Comments
Steve Alomes on Sydney’s ugly win over Richmond.
AFL Round 14 – Richmond v Sydney: Missin’ the missus
June 21, 2014 by 2 Comments
Joe Moore is a Swans man. His Tiger wife is away, so Joe got to enjoy his burritos and victory without risking marital disharmony.
World Cup 2014: A Better Romance or Something Down and Dirty?
June 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
Gregor Lewis tells how Costa Rica defied expectations and dubious officiating to humble Italy and send England spinning out of the 2014 World Cup.
An lifelong Essendon supporter’s response to the club’s latest actions
June 21, 2014 by 11 Comments
Rod Oaten explains why he will not be an Essendon member next year.
World Cup 2014: Please Sir, May I have some more?
June 20, 2014 by 3 Comments
Our man on the couch Gregor Lewis is watching ‘football’ while you are sleeping. Reporting while you are working. England’s demise delicious. Luis Suarez divine. The first game dashing. The last diabolical. No matter we can sleep when we’re dead.
AFL Round 13 – Sydney v Port Adelaide: Staggering to the Line
June 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
Once a Bloods man always a Bloods man. Don Meadows takes the tram to the Rising Sun in South Melbourne to take in the gripping top of the table clash between his Lakesiders and the Adelaide wharfies.
WAFL: Sharks make a break for it
June 20, 2014 by 3 Comments
Les Everett fills us in on the last round of WAFL games and lets us know that former Collingwood and Richmond star Andrew Krakouer has retired from footy.
AFL Round 14 Preview – Four Minutes of Fantasy
June 20, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli previews AFL Round 14. He reckons that once Tim Cahill retires the Socceroos might be more in need of a key striker than his Carlton Blues.
The 2014 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup – Round Thirteen
June 20, 2014 by 3 Comments
The crowds are down and Earl O’Neil worries about the future of footy, will it survive? And who would the AFL sacrifice?
Crio’s Racing: Under the pump and looking for some mail
June 19, 2014 by 7 Comments
Crio is as busy as a one-legged man in an arse-kicking competition at the moment, so is looking for a a push.
The Footy Almanac Podcast – Now available on iTunes
June 19, 2014 by 4 Comments
We’ve heard your cries for the podcast to be made available via iTunes and your wish is our command.
You can now subscribe to the vocal stylings of the People’s Elbow and Matty Q and have the shenanigans of the podcast delivered straight to your tablet or smartphone every Thursday.
The Almanac Podcast – Episode Eight
June 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Footy Almanac Podcast with The Elbow, Matty Q, Harmsy and Stone Cold is back.
The Elbow fights for Carlton time, there’s more denouement and other poorly pronounced words, Wandering speaks from a bucks party bus en route to Ascot, the shambolic Essendon situation is given the shambolic treatment it deserves with a discussion mind-boggling in its absence of structure and focus, and there’s the World Cup.
AFL Round 13 – Adelaide v North Melbourne: three 21st birthdays, three Kangaroo losses
June 19, 2014 by 1 Comment
When Josh Barnstable celebrates his 21st next year he’ll be making sure it’s not when his Kangaroos are playing.
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