First game of footy for me this season and you couldn’t wish for a better day. After a cool foggy morning, the sun burst through just before eleven o’clock and we were treated to a first class day, warm with just a hint of a zephyr, love that word zephyr. And what a picture the [Read more]
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Clash of the Titans
April 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is the Clash of the Titans, Dustin Fletcher vs. Gary Ablett junior. Both play completely different game styles yet both equally important for their team. Dustin Fletcher is Essendon’s hero in defence, always there to stop a goal, get a match-saving tackle or spoil the AFL best defenders. He played for Essendon seven years [Read more]
US Masters Preview
April 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
US Masters Preview: The Battle of the Internationals at Augusta by Nick Sculley I’m not usually one for making bold and outlandish statements, but this year’s US Masters is shaping as the most hotly-contested in decades. Luke Donald recently regained the world number one ranking from the hottest property in world golf Rory McIlroy. American [Read more]
The Welcome Back Wrap
March 26, 2012 by 11 Comments
THE WELCOME BACK WRAP For the Philosophical Marngrook Follower Ciad Mile Failte. And what an off-season it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Bagginess has replaced the Sagginess in the grass coloured cloth beanie of The National Team. Although it must be said The Opposition appeared to have come out just for the left over pudding [Read more]
WHY ESSENDON WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP
March 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
THE OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO SEASON 2012. PART FIVE. By Alex Wadelton WHY ESSENDON WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP Essendon were one of the big improvers last year. After a dismal, injury racked 2010 that saw the eventual sacking of Matthew Knights, the Bombers were able to rise back into the eight, ending a drought stretching back [Read more]
The Ascension of Pup
February 8, 2012 by 26 Comments
The test summer has concluded in unanticipated rout. Australian success has spawned a thousand post-Argus paternity claims, whereas Indian failure is truly an orphan. Indeed, it seems India’s initial inclination is to pretend the summer never happened at all. But as we bask in the afterglow, Australian fans might still harbour a nagging doubt. [Read more]
A Tale of Two Captains
January 13, 2012 by 4 Comments
It seemed like a classic contest: India’s batting monuments facing Australia’s rejuvenated pace attack, with one last chance to claim a series victory in this country at stake for some. It has only taken eight days of cricket for conversation to turn to consideration of a whitewash. Instead of a great confrontation, we’re left reminded [Read more]
My Australian XI for Boxing Day
December 15, 2011 by 4 Comments
With the pre-season and rookie drafts done and dusted it’s time to take a look at the state of Australian cricket. Unlike many others who were calling this past week’s defeat one of the lowest moments in Australian cricket, I see it more as a wake-up call. This side needs a total overhaul for the [Read more]
Do not go gentle into that good night…
November 30, 2011 by 5 Comments
by Nick Withers Two facts I did not make up: Shane Watson has a book, and it is titled Watto. And you thought Australian cricket was on the mend? I’m sure Watto means well, but it’s a bit early to be crying bright about frail deeds, isn’t it? Crying bright about your frail back [Read more]
An offer I couldn’t refuse
November 29, 2011 by 9 Comments
by Mic Rees I recently received an invitation to attend the Footscray Edgewater Cricket Club’s 12th annual Chairman’s Luncheon. After some procrastination I foolhardily knocked back the generous offer. Fortunately my wife and a few work colleges told me that my original decision to decline was one of gross stupidity and I should reconsider. [Read more]
Let’s Select The Test Side
November 23, 2011 by 19 Comments
by J.J. Leahy The new selection panel and coach should take some bold steps to plot the future Assuming all are fit, here is my team – 1. Shane Watson – still needed to open, but should go down to six so that he can contribute with the ball in the longer term 2. [Read more]
The Presidents Men Come to Town
November 22, 2011 by 6 Comments
If, like me, you have played a lot of (bad) golf, but don’t follow the PGA tour that closely outside of the majors, then a local Presidents Cup is about as good an opportunity as you’ll get to put faces to some unfamiliar names. The team match play style of the event also exposes [Read more]
Day 4: what’s not to like about Test cricket
November 21, 2011 by 31 Comments
I was in the car when play resumed on the morning of the fourth day at The Wanderers, my mind strongly of the view that the Australians would struggle to contain the South African batting line-up, and certainly were unlikely to dismiss them unless they attacked early. It has been an unusual Test wicket in [Read more]
First Test preview
November 8, 2011 by 7 Comments
The footy and racing are over and it’s time to turn attention to some real Test cricket coming back from South Africa. And what a mini-series it is in prospect, with the ramifications for both teams being huge. We were entitled to feel pretty happy with the performance under our new skipper in Sri Lanka, [Read more]
“Thin Loyalty”
October 7, 2011 by 11 Comments
The whole Ross Lyon thing, combined with a few other moves in the AFL, leaves me feeling a bit confused, certainly disappointed and not a little bit angry. Not just about the idea that “my club” has lost a coach who got us within touching distance of two premierships, but about the whole concept of [Read more]
Sri Lanka v Australia Third Test Day 3
September 19, 2011 by 7 Comments
Over the generations, Test cricket connoisseurs have savoured many great tandem acts. For Australian fans, the incandescent bowling partnership formed by the menacing moustachioed DK Lillee and the frightening beach-bum-looking JR Thomson unfortunately shone all too briefly. Other partnerships, like those two miserly yet very attacking bowling geniuses Warne and McGrath, or the masterful English [Read more]
DAY 5 AT KANDY
September 13, 2011 by 4 Comments
One of the surprising sites in Kandy is to see a dog with four legs. There are not as many dogs as at Whitten Oval which has surprised me. Most of them laze around on the very edges of the main roads. None are fat (Georgie Bissett) but lean (Robert Murphy). As a dog lover [Read more]
KANDY DAY 4: THE WISDOM OF DON
September 12, 2011 by 1 Comment
The tsunami has taken care of St Kilda and Essendon. Hawthorn and West Coast have injury problems to star players as well and could fall at the next hurdle. It is hard to feel the suffering that must be going on for the Saints. Forget about Essendon who cares about their effort. My friend Heather [Read more]
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