Last weekend I was off in the wilderness, trying to utilise the fleeting 30 seconds of reception I could get to acquire scores. As a result, I couldn’t report on round 11. However now I am back amongst civilization and delivering to you everything you need to know about round 12. Basically, Behinds! Behinds everywhere!
A better way to raise the curtain on young talent
June 9, 2012 by 5 Comments
The AFL’s recent merchandising masterstroke – footy cards of kids, for kids, was delivered a pretty swift kicking by the media last weekend. Besides psychological concerns around the pressure on the 78 youngsters featured, and that few will actually ‘make it’ in any case, one does struggle to grasp the business case for a [Read more]
Round 10 Winners and Losers
June 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
Round 10 of the 2012 AFL season shall be forever remembered as bizzaro round. Winners Mark Neeld and his Melbourne Demons The siren is about to go, right? I believe it is. And our score is a bigger number than theirs? It appears so. Well, this is new. Melbourne notched their first win of the [Read more]
crio’s Q?
June 3, 2012 by 6 Comments
Do team playing styles reflect their coach’s personality or is that too simplistic? Lyon considered, perhaps boring Sanderson capable, innovative.Ultimately effective. Blighty enigmatic. Leigh Matthews indomitable. A winner.
Do we have the greatest game of all?
June 1, 2012 by 5 Comments
Dear Fellow Football Fans, I need your help. The game of Australian Rules football, and in particular, the AFL, has changed dramatically over the last two and a half decades. At the end of the 1986 season the Christopher Skase owned Seven Network purchased the rights to broadcast the VFL for just $6 million. Many [Read more]
The View from Shepparton
May 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Went to the footy on Satdy, first time in yonks. Went to see the Guns v the Powerless. Don’t go to live footy very often, which is a bummer because I don’t recognise a lot of the players and certainly didn’t recognise most of the Guns or for that matter most of the Port players.
Round 9 Winners and Losers
May 29, 2012 by 7 Comments
Richmond beat Hawthorn by 62 points. Is that four horsemen I hear? Winners Richmond In a typical office block, passionate Tigers fan David approaches his manager’s office. “Frank, can I have a word with you” “Sure thing David, have a seat” “Cheers. Look, I know September is the make or break month for the business, [Read more]
A Heart Full of Lenny and Heart Beats for Farren
May 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
1. A week is a long time in footy What a weird few weeks of football we’ve had. The favourites haven’t been winning. Teams like Richmond upset Premiership hopefuls Hawthorn, Collingwood find some form against an unbelievably improved Adelaide, who were kept scoreless in the final quarter in a tight game. Bulldogs took it right [Read more]
AFL – Round 9 Preview
May 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Western Bulldogs v Geelong When and Where: Friday 25th of May, 2012 @ Etihad Stadium Who would have thought coming into this game that Geelong would be outside the top 8 and being questioned about their hunger this season. At the start of the season Geelong fans would have looked at this fixture and rolled [Read more]
The View from Shepparton – Round 8
May 22, 2012 by 1 Comment
On Friday night, which seems now to be several years ago, Collingwood defeated Geelong by two goals in an absolute belter of a game. I thought that both teams played well below the standards that they achieved last year in terms of misdirected passes and handballs but that Collingwood were by far the superior team [Read more]
For the love of professional sport
May 17, 2012 by 6 Comments
For the love of professional sport It’s easy to be cynical towards professional sport. I can be and I sense your average Almanacker (those old enough to be cynical) is a true believer who fears something is being lost. That our sports stars, clubs, franchises and competitions, have become distant, unaffordable, inaccessible, compromised, bastardised, less [Read more]
Resting Players – Gimme a break
May 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Greetings and Salutations all Another week of issues, issues, issues – are they genuine or just too much media? But the one to take a look at this week is resting players. The pragmatist view is that it just makes sense and as a Carlton supporter, I certainly took that view last weekend with Judd [Read more]
I didn’t know ducks had a team in the AFL…
May 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
FEARLESS (6) – Didn’t know ducks had a team in the AFL… Collingwood was staring down the barrel of defeat against a spirited Bulldogs outfit as the round got underway on Friday Night at Etihad. The Dogs had got off to a flyer before the Pies had pegged them back. Ryan Griffen had the ball [Read more]
Conflicted
May 8, 2012 by 6 Comments
A football love-hate story It’s happening and I swear I had nothing little to do with it. A couple months ago my wife dragged took my five year old boy to church. To her incredulity, out of nowhere he started singing Good old Collingwood for da ever (sic).
Migrants and the footy experience
April 30, 2012 by 7 Comments
Dear Almanackers, I’m looking for 30-40 writers who may be first or second generation migrants to share stories about their relationship with footy. The idea is to publish a book that will reflect the authentic multicultural fan base of the AFL. This does not only include people from non-English speaking backgrounds. Indeed, there would be [Read more]
Round Two Reflections: Forward 50 has become “The Land of the Giants”
April 11, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Nick Sculley Round one of 2012 will be hard to top this season. One match decided after the siren, two more by less than a kick and the old-fashioned shootout was back in vogue. Fast-forward a week and round two had taken some of the gloss off an exemplary first round. Two 100-point plus [Read more]
Great opening to the season
April 2, 2012 by 1 Comment
BY – JACKSON CLARK They say there are two types of seasons – footy season and can’t wait for footy season. Fortunately, being from the Northern Territory, I am spoilt and get my footy fix all year round. The Northern Territory Football League spans from October to March and immediately after that finishes, the AFL [Read more]
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