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Essendon, West Coast and Lionel
May 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Once upon a time, a mate of mine and I created the “Let the Eagles Fly at Yarraville Action Faction” for the” Coodabeen Champions”, at that stage broadcasting on 3RRR. We got a few honourable mentions for our entries and even had a victory one week. I would still like to see the Yarraville VFA [Read more]
Something old, something new, something borrowed & something blue
May 3, 2011 by 8 Comments
by Mic Rees The old custom above shouldn’t have been confined to events 17,000 kilometres from Oz earlier this weekend. Merv Hughes Oval/Turner Reserve, located on the banks of the Maribyrnong River, played host to a Division 2 Western Region Football League (WRFL) game on Saturday that could have used the tradition reserved to instruct [Read more]
Contenders and Pretenders: the story of the Eagles and Melbourne
April 30, 2011 by 3 Comments
Part of the joy of football is playing out the what-if scenarios before a game. That is why sports betting has become so popular – we all like to think we have some unique insight into how our teams will perform. Melbourne against the West Coast at Subiaco on a Thursday evening after Easter (can [Read more]
Simpson’s Fine Line
April 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
A long drive home from Tungamah was on the cards. After a 67-point victory over the Bears, Waaia had one win and two losses, and I was feeling happy. Another reason to be happy? A massive blockbuster clash at the MCG. I don’t know why, and it is puzzling, because I dislike both teams, but [Read more]
Magpies and Blues Share the Love, But Not The Points
April 11, 2011 by 9 Comments
To listen to some media hype is to believe that when the clans of Carlton and Collingwood gather for contest, ruckus melee and mayhem are assured. That the bays of the MCG will resemble King St on a bad night. That riot police are on standby. This is of course a nonsense. It is one [Read more]
The Essence of the Game
April 11, 2011 by 9 Comments
During the recent discussion about the claim that the substitution rule has saved the game and that the Almanackery (aided by some bountiful Heathcote vines) influenced this development, JTH challenged us to identify the Essence of the Game. I thought I’d open the bowling. There’s potentially a PhD thesis in this, and God knows, it’s [Read more]
In Pre Season, Speculation Springs Eternal
March 18, 2011 by 15 Comments
Conventional football wisdom appears to have undergone a major reversal in recent times. Not so long ago, it was a given that winning back-to-back flags was a task achievable by only the greatest teams. History still supports this view. Yet recently, every reigning premier begins the season lauded as a dynasty in waiting. Numerous are [Read more]
Essendon’s everlasting legends
March 17, 2011 by 1 Comment
There has never been a shortage of legends at Windy Hill. Dick Reynolds was announced Essendon’s greatest player of all time at a September function in 2002. King Dick was a four time premiership player, won Essendon’s best and fairest seven times and claimed three Brownlow Medals in a career that spanned some 320 games. [Read more]
We Want Cossie
March 10, 2011 by 8 Comments
In choosing Mike Hussey as the replacement player for the injured Doug Bollinger, the Australian selectors have missed a big opportunity to mould the national team into a group with which the general public could more easily identify, and once again grow to love. Much has been written about the “disconnect” that the grass-roots cricket [Read more]
Nab Cup- The good, bad and ugly.
February 13, 2011 by 7 Comments
Don’t we all just love the start of a new footy season? We get new players, new teams, new jumpers, new scandals, new game plans and in my case a stunner of a new beau. While I love a new footy season, I don’t exactly have any love for the NAB cup.
Brand Bland – Why is the Australian cricket team unpopular?
January 10, 2011 by 38 Comments
Was it just me, or were you increasingly aggrieved by those merciless TV ads as the summer of Ashes discontent dragged on? You know the one’s – Vodafone, VB, the bloody Colonel. Over after over. Session after session. Day after day. While a guest spot on The Gruen Transfer is perhaps beyond my capabilities, my [Read more]
Cook pops Australia’s bubble
January 6, 2011 by 5 Comments
AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND 5TH TEST – DAY 3 Matt O’Connor We caught the Ferry to the cricket. As a Melbourne boy, I don’t get to say that too often. Actually it was something called a River Cat, the river in question being the Parramatta. And if this is a river, then the Yarra needs a [Read more]
The new Clarke of the course of Australian cricket
January 4, 2011 by 10 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz With Ricky Ponting absent, Michael Clarke became Australia’s 43rd Test captain yesterday. Clarke is one of those characters who tends attract the latterly popular term, “polarising”. And in recent times, it seems that many more people have been gravitating to the negative pole than the positive. Perhaps this is the reason the [Read more]
PAIN ,PLEASURE AND PERSPECTIVE.
December 31, 2010 by 5 Comments
Thank goodness for sport. It takes our minds off important things. Be honest, how often have you worried about your bills in the last few days? Not as much as you’ve thought about the demise of our cricket team, I bet.
Australia flogged
December 29, 2010 by 14 Comments
I spent the last few overs of the Australian debacle that was the third day of the Melbourne Test Match standing at the southern end behind the rampant Barmy Army. They were loving it. Next to me was a solemn man in a heavy metal T-shirt. I didn’t recognize the name of the band but [Read more]
The Resurrection of Mitch and Mike
December 21, 2010 by 3 Comments
In the three days and fifty minutes of play that encapsulated the Perth test, we received startling affirmation of two of the hoariest cricketing truths of all; firstly, that it is a team game heavily reliant on individual performance; and that so much of the game is played in the mind. Though they played unevenly [Read more]
On Our Selection: Perth, Ready Or Not
December 13, 2010 by 10 Comments
You were hoping that our Ashes predicament was too bad to be true? Expecting that those charged with running a multimillion dollar enterprise were possessed of calm minds, steady nerve and clear vision? That they would have ready answers to what currently ails us? So how reassured are you by the events of the past [Read more]
No mojo
November 29, 2010 by 3 Comments
by Hamish Townsend Day 4 There was not a moment of Day Four which will be remembered in any highlights reel, next to nothing happened for the entire day. However, when the story of the 2010 Ashes is written day four at the Gabba will be marked as the day Australia discovered, unless they change [Read more]
Maybe Footy Just Isn’t My Metier
October 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
Ok, I’ll admit at the outset that I was lucky to get there. I was a good footballer, but not a great one, and in junior teams I played with plenty of kids much better than me who never got the same opportunity. But what the heck, when the ball bounces your way, what else [Read more]
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