Round 6 – Carlton v Essendon: Ugly is the new Beautiful

John Butler suggests ugly is the new beautiful after analysing the Carlton Essendon game.

Match Review Panel: more Paul Kelly, less Aussie Crawl

Dave Brown discusses how an 80 year article can relate to today’s football, when discussing umpiring and the ever controversial Match Review Panel.

Round 12 – Carlton v Port Adelaide: The Fifty Shades of Robbie Gray

Elvin Ho and his Dad visit the MCG to witness an exhilarating Carlton win. Only four wins out of the eight, surely they are contenders!

Round 5 – Carlton v Collingwood: Stuck in the middle with Mick

Another tough week for John Butler as the Blues fail to give a yelp against arch-rival, Collingwood. How, asks John, can a club that couldn’t see the negative ‘optics’ of sitting a disgraced former doctor behind Mick Malthouse on Friday, possibly be trusted to sell – and deliver – hope to its rank and file?

No. 4 Ronin: Bryce Gibbs & the power of the man-bun

Carlton’s new secret weapon? The Ancient Samurai wisdom, talent and composure sustained from… the man-bun!

Round 4 – St Kilda v Carlton: Footy in Aoteaora, Anzac Day 2015

Glen traveled to Wellington and provides a reflection on ANZAC day and the Saints v Carlton match (nice touch naming the medals).

Round 3 – Carlton v Essendon: The Nothing

Jerry Rinse confronts mortality, irrelevance, nothingness… Such is the lot of a Carlton supporter after Round 3.

Round 1 – Carlton v Richmond: Same Old

Peter Fuller entered the 2015 season with low expectations. Thursday night’s performance from the Blues illustrated why.

AFL Round 16 – Carlton v St.Kilda: Judd shines in the gloom

Saints fans may feel this season i s a return to normal services, but such forbearance sits uneasily with the Carlton worldview. If ambition remains thwarted, John Butler suspects an interesting summer lies ahead.

AFL Round 6: Mind Your Language!

Another week with a myriad of discussion pointsbut the one to take my ear is the introduction of other language to footy vernacular. I was horrified to hear Damian Hawdwick refer Jack Riewoldt as a striker!

The Grass Is Always Greener

Embarrassing Football Moments No. 3,204   The Grass Is Always Greener.   I played a lot of footy with Brendo, many years ago. Better than that, we were mates. It was good to come home for a few days. To catch up. He’d done well in the years I’d been away. Worked hard and used [Read more]