AFL Round 19 – Carlton v Fremantle: At home with Fremantle

Like a good Dockers fan, Les Everett planned his socialising carefully around the timing of the game. Pity the timing was off. Luckily, the Dockers were on.

AFL Round 18 – Review: Drugs, Borat and Homer Simpson

Stuart O’Grady gets it wrong; GWS meets Borat; and the Dogs take a scalp. It’s the week in review with Paul Thomson.

AFL Round 15: The View From Shepparton on Round 15 and Other Things

Was watching the rugby instead of Geelong-Hawthorn a good move? Not when you’re turning to Wikipedia to find out what’s going on. It was a varied weekend in sport for Peter Schumacher, but there’s still plenty to say about Round 15.

AFL Round 15 – The Wrap

Won’t someone think of Mr & Mrs Football and all the Little Footballs? And Chris Scott’s blood pressure? After round 15, The Wrap is on Maggot Watch.

AFL Round 15 – Carlton v Collingwood: Awakening under the stars

Superb stuff from E. Regnans on last night’s game. [Hard to believe I know, but you’ll enjoy every Collingwood word of it – Ed]

AFL Round 15 – Pre-Wrap: Entering the home straight round

The Wrap is pondering significant questions, significant absences and smoke signals as he lights the way in a challenging round for punters.

AFL Round 14 – Review: Booing – why?

The Pharmacology College Cup, Magpies v Magpies and Sheedy goes basic: Paul Thomson suggests that the AFL face reality as he wraps up the week in football.

AFL Round 12 – Preview: Are Carlton becoming good for football the way Richmond have been for years, and other speculations

John Harms looks at Round 12 and decides that Collingwood are getting back on track now that Heath is skinny again, Dwayne’s had another tatt coloured in and is back in the guts, and D. Didak is back in the side.

Fish Fingers, Aliens and losing to Essendon.

Jerry Rinse peers into the future and sees rivers of snot and a heavy tag on Marc Murphy and wonders what life has come to. [For those who want to know the outcome of a Round 11 match – Ed]

AFL Round 4 – West Coast v Carlton: Lost at Sea

SS Eagles is going under quicksmart says Peter Baulderstone.

AFL Round 2: The pre-Wrap

The Wrap previews the Mick and Eddie Cup Round and makes the Lions a good thing while possibly mozzing The Moggies.

Sunderland, Carlton and the drive to succeed

Pete Fuller has a keen eye. Here he asks whether the fortunes of two of his teams invite us to contemplate what generates success in contemporary top-level sport.

AFL Round 1 – Carlton v Richmond: How to have a heart attack

Cheryl Critchley will take any win, especially one over Carlton in the opening round.

AFL Round 1 – Carlton v Richmond: The Tiges may no longer be good for football.

  The Tigers, once so good for football, must take a good, hard look at themselves. What they did last night in front of 80,000 fans at the MCG was, frankly, irresponsible. Had they actually lost the match, after leading by 40-odd points, they would have continued to be the force in footy they have [Read more]

AFL Grand Final: Breakfast in the park

  The Carlton Four caught up with me the other morning on our regular walk/plod around Princes Park and invited me to their Annual Grand Final Bar B Q  Breakfast. Now this is not your ordinary run of the mill breakfast in the park.  A table was selected by Michael in the dark at quarter [Read more]

Carlton, you bastard

I don’t know how I feel, heading off soon to the last game of Carlton’s season, and the last game with Brett Ratten as coach. A lot of people have condemned the club for their treatment of him, and I think the media needs to take a fair bit of blame for his demise. It [Read more]

Brett’s Last Hurrah

  Hello? Yes, Brett. What? You don’t want me to call you Brett today? Oh. Mr. Ratten? No? Um… Rats? Yes, yes, I can hear you… Oh, I thought you were cursing. Serious? Jesus on a cross? What, as if it’s a name? I know, yes I know you still have three hours to go [Read more]

AFL Round 22 – Gold Coast v Carlton: The Coach doesn’t kick the ball!

I aged ten years tonight; ten years, truth-be-told, I cannot spare!

A Good Way To Watch Footy

  A Good Way to Watch Footy.   Nutsy and I pull up barstools at the tavern. He’s played well, but his groin is sore. His wife is well-pregnant. “Groin?” I had said, while we watched the seniors belt out an easy win in constant drizzle, then gave him every “too much pulling” joke ever [Read more]

Blues officially no good

Carlton v Hawthorn by Hamish Townsend 3.2 6.2 7.6 10.10 70 7.4 10.7 16.10 18.12 120 3. Franklin, 2. Sewell, 1. Mitchell Tonight I will write about the two teams I like the least. It’s Friday night, the girls have finally gone to bed, I’ve cracked a Peroni and plonked in front of the box [Read more]