On Pav’s night, the Freo characters, bold with personality, render the celebrated Geelong opponents anonymous (again), and win a victory worthy of their fine champion, writes David Zampatti. [Super piece – Ed]
AFL Round 9 – Fremantle v Geelong: Viva la character; viva la personality; viva la history.
May 20, 2014 by 6 Comments
Milan Faletic
May 20, 2014 by 5 Comments
Milan Faletic: West Torrens, Port Adelaide, St Kilda footballer, punter, drinker, yarn-spinner will be our guest at the May 30 Almanac lunch. Steve Baker has spent some time with him. [Tell us your Milan Faletic story – Ed]
Q: Leunig, the Richmond list and American Hustle. A: Things that are massively over-rated
May 20, 2014 by 76 Comments
Sean Curtain has a list of things that we waste our time talking about and doing. Richmond are just the tip of his iceberg.
Bill ‘the Lion Hearted’ Coolahan and a double Ashes victory
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When did Australia first win the Ashes at football? [By Roy Hay whose book A History of Australian Football is launched today (May 20 1-3pm) at the MCG, Level 3 MCC Members – All welcome]
Scoreboard pressure: why is it so?
May 20, 2014 by 2 Comments
Attention at the back. Today we’ll cover scoreboard pressure and Newton’s second law of motion. Mr Gleeson is only going to explain this once.
Crio’s Question: Unique actions – who did you mimic?
May 20, 2014 by 25 Comments
Ripper question from Crio this week. Who had a unique action that you couldn’t help mimicking in the backyard? The Kennedy stutter; McEnroe’s service action; Tangles chest on bowling action………
South FIDA take the points in Under 21 game
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Vin Maskell keeps us up to date with the happenings in footy for the disabled.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: Vale Tommy
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Wally Wright is saddened by Tom Hafey’s passing, but excited by the ticker that his Demons are showing this year.
AFL Round 9 – St Kilda v Gold Coast: Saints Eclipsed by Suns
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Braham Dabscheck is hanging in there with his injury ravaged Saints. The talented young Suns smashed them in the first half, but his boys showed some fight in the second half.
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: Pessimism and Retrospect
May 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
Callum O’Connor followed those old Tiger faithfuls, Pessimism and Retrospect, as they left the MCG on Saturday. Optimism stayed home. Has all season.
Almost forgotten (but not anymore): why the Suns will make the eight
May 19, 2014 by 2 Comments
John Harms sees a guaranteed place in the finals for the Gold Coast Suns. History and the draw matter, but not as much as the quality of the emerging team and its cast of talent.
The Post-Wrap (Round 9): The Thanks for the Memories Round
May 19, 2014 by 5 Comments
This came in headed “The Weap” from “The Wrap”. Don’t know how much more they can take down at Punt Road, but as ever Mr Wrap finds some plastic soldiers in the corn flakes box of weekend sport.
Fitzroy v the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
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On a windy day at Central Reserve, the Roy Boys obturate a late Mazenod fight back in one of their best performances of the year. [Ed’s note – nope, I didn’t know ‘obturate’ was a word, either. Thanks, Phil!]
AFL Round 9: Scores and Ladder
May 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
The scores from Round 9 of the AFL, and the ladder as it stands.
AFL Round 9 – Essendon v Sydney: Tangier Time
May 19, 2014 by 3 Comments
If you see the Essendon forward line, say hello. Travelling world safari correspondent Sam Laffy files from Tangier, where goats’ heads abound and chicken is rapidly cooked. Could Essendon learn from the markets of Morocco?
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: A Tale of Two Suburbs
May 19, 2014 by 4 Comments
Two teams battling. How good are they? Gregor Lewis feels the time warp spinning back to 2011 in watching Melbourne and Richmond. But this time, there’s a certain something about the Demons.
AFL Round 9 – Fremantle v Geelong: Finessin’ the great Pav(lova)
May 18, 2014 by 4 Comments
Cliff ‘Digger’ Revell celebrates the great Matthew Pavlich, and how his Dockers came to play for him on his 300th game. The Cats were timid milk drinkers.
WAFL Round 9 – Swans on top; Thunder on the board
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Les gives his wrap of the WAFL Round 9. An eighteen-game losing streak has to end some time, right?
AFL Round 9 – Richmond v Melbourne: Winning Nervously and Losing Tragically; a Story of Hardwick’s Heroes.
May 18, 2014 by 5 Comments
When the Tigers kick 2.8 in the third quarter, Simon Bogli can’t help wondering whether they’re channelling the right figure from Richmond’s past. Opportunities knocked.
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