Today was just a little too much for me. What with day 2 of the Test, the Cats v Hawks and Adelaide (B&F) all live. It was a dilemma Fortunately the test did not provide too many highlights from a spectator’s point of view with the exception of the Marsh and Hussey partnership. The [Read more]
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Sal’s Tips: An Ochre Shadow bears down
September 9, 2011 by 1 Comment
The finals put an extra bit of excitement in the greetings this week, Email has already been flowing and we still have Friday to go! Unfortunately much of the discussion in the media has been about the flow of players that will wear the Sunset Strip with Ward, Palmer and Davis formally announcing their defections. [Read more]
Train to Kandy
September 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Bob Utber Forget about the cricket, the train trip from Colombo Fort to Kandy was worth its weight in chocolates. The British (as the locals call them) built the railway in the 1860’s as their route to the tea plantations that they were establishing. The engineering skills of the Brits can still be seen. [Read more]
Aussies Ward off Sri Lanka
September 4, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz The inevitability of Australia taking the last five wickets and taking a 1-0 lead against Sri Lanka was delayed by several events. Firstly by another almost inevitable occurrence, morning rain in Galle, after just a few minutes of play. Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews had time only to take the [Read more]
More from Marvin Vaas
September 2, 2011 by 19 Comments
Sri Lanka v Australia First Test Day 2 by Marvin Vaas As sporting grounds become increasingly sterile and homogenised, the Galle International Stadium remains one of world cricket’s gems. The fort and the Indian Ocean provide spectacular backdrops. Outside the ground at the pavilion end, chaos reigns. Dogs, the occasional cow or goat, tuk-tuks, cars, [Read more]
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO…..
August 21, 2011 by 8 Comments
EAGLES V BOMBERS -20 August 2011– byPeter Baulderstone. This was the movie we had been waiting to see. The close contents against the Dockers and Bulldogs were like the Perry Mason courtroom potboilers of my youth, where you always knew that the final plot twist would ensure the good guys won. Then there were [Read more]
Dons too good on the night.
August 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Here I am, home alone, as a mad Cats fan, writing about the Dons and the Doggies game. I hate the Bombers with a passion but I do hope they win, for two reasons. Firstly the dogs have been a disappointment all year and don’t deserve a finals series, and secondly, I tipped the Dons. [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XX
August 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Sainters shrugged off The Fremantle challenge in such an authoritative way that Students of The Game & Punters alike are rushing to reappraising their forward projections and budget sheets. Dwayne Swann had 37 possessions, nine of them contested, in Carringbush’s dismantling of [Read more]
Characters. Part I.
August 7, 2011 by 24 Comments
Characters Pt.1. Lenny Hayes has it. I’m sure. He plays with it, in a way that defines a person. Character. What a jet! I’d be stoked to meet him. Just to say thanks. But there is character, and there are characters. The game needs ‘em. I need ‘em. On the footy field, in my [Read more]
Australia-Sri Lanka preview
August 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
After all the negative talk about what’s happened in the recent past, all the controversy over selection, and all the speculation about the outcome of CA’s review, the Aussies are back into action from tonight in Sri Lanka. Two T20s precede a five match ODI series, and there’ll be a lot of players looking to [Read more]
3 Votes to Eddie as Pies find on-field kumbaya
July 17, 2011 by 23 Comments
Those of a non-Collingwood persuasion, which – despite the efforts of sections of the media to imply otherwise – still constitutes the overwhelming majority of the football world, have long become familiar with the Magpies’ desire to dominate the agenda. After all, in the Collingwood world view, it is all about them. But even by [Read more]
Peter Daicos: The Top 35 (in chronological order)
July 14, 2011 by 35 Comments
1. 1981 Round 10 vs. Richmond, Victoria Park After showing promise as a centreman, Tom Hafey swung Daicos forward in 1981. The results were phenomenal: 76 goals, including a bag of 9 against the reigning premiers on this occasion at Victoria Park. In this memorable passage of play, he utterly embarrasses two charging Richmond [Read more]
Suffering for your art
July 12, 2011 by 5 Comments
by Adam Gruer I took the young fella to the footy on Sunday as part of my efforts to bring him into the Pies family. Young Tom is almost five and this would be his third game of the season, following successful encounters with Port and West Coast. When the FIXEDure came out I [Read more]
DA’s Clue of the Round (17)
July 12, 2011 by 2 Comments
Crank up the brains, folks. David Astle (http://davidastle.com/) is back to test us. Last week we tripped over Anthony Hudson, whose surname is a river. As a first name, quite a few current players (Lewis, Russell, Gysberts) can claim Jordan as their river. Yet what prominent player, relying on his complete name, is a [Read more]
First Game Denied
July 7, 2011 by 5 Comments
All dressed up and nowhere to go. I’m a much grottier and far less elegant embodiment of that well worn phrase. I can’t remember the date or even the year. I’m guessing mid-1980s and by the look of that dishevelled bunny on the wall behind me it must have been sometime after Easter. All I [Read more]
THE WRAP – ROUND XIII
June 27, 2011 by 7 Comments
WHERE LIFE IMITATES SPORT What a round it’s been in Footy Eddie. The Fred Hesse Annihilation scoreboard on Friday night told a grim story as The Box Hill Hawks drove yet another nail in the lid covering the Bambi’s Bombers Experiment. The Dees staked their claim to a Final Eight Place with a convincing win [Read more]
Saints March In, Coober Pedy Style
June 22, 2011 by 4 Comments
Will the Coober Pedy Saints march in with their first win of 2011? They look smart in their red, black and white strip. At least as smart as St Kilda look half the time. It’s the eighth round of the Far North Football League (FNFL) season so it’s been a piss-poor start. Hornridge, the [Read more]
Nothing Sweeter
June 20, 2011 by 3 Comments
I’m not old enough to understand the hate and bitterness North Melbourne folk have towards the people of Windy Hill, but I do know that there is probably no better feeling than beating Essendon, especially when you’re the underdogs and they are ‘premature premiership chances’. I know that North’s push into the VFL was thwarted [Read more]
Losing Away
May 29, 2011 by 4 Comments
After being in front heading into the last, both seniors and reserves got rolled by good, tough rural teams. We’ll be pushing to make the five, damn it. If we were over-achieving, it would be fine, but it’s just not fun when we’re better than this. Or maybe we’re not. I’ve never met a scoreboard [Read more]
Book Line-Up
May 22, 2011 by Leave a Comment
2011 Round 24 Carlton v St. Kilda Joseph Walker Port Adelaide v Melbourne Julian Morison Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Tom Riordan Sydney v Brisbane Chris Bracher West Coast Eagles v Adelaide Callum O’Connor Collingwood v Geelong Ben Jensen Richmond v North Melbourne Paul [Read more]
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