raising our beers to Didak’s first he snags another stars far apart – Cloke sends a long bomb to nowhere talk of a leadership spill – Maxwell loses traction on his own line rock in the stream – Ball stands in a tackle of four a mark only Brown could take taken again shimmering floodlight [Read more]
It’s true – Two Wrongs don’t make a Right.
May 31, 2010 by 3 Comments
By Ramon Dobb The game was wrong, Wrong, just plain WRONG. The Black & White effort was WRONG, the Green Martians effort was WRONG and as the mathematicians and academics will know, it therefore calculated out to a result that was just not RIGHT. This is my fourth footy season as a “Mexican” based on [Read more]
The ‘Sore Head Loss’
May 26, 2010 by 3 Comments
Collingwood went into the Friday night blockbuster against Geelong brimming with all the confidence of Bindi Irwin. This was to be a marquee night for Mick’s maturing Pies, this was their big dance. Alas, they copped a lesson. And not just any run-of-the-mill primary school period between recess and lunch when everyone sits cross-legged in [Read more]
Cats bring cheer to a hoarse throat
May 26, 2010 by 11 Comments
By Susie Giese This game will probably never be used in a promotional package for the AFL. There were no standout performers, no exceptional displays of skill. What this game was, though, was something quintessential to the game we all love. It was a contest. Tackle after tackle, pressure to match a game being played [Read more]
Haiku Bob: Round 9- the cat’s purr
May 25, 2010 by 4 Comments
after the sky bleeds cats from every nook and cranny no moon Beams the light inside the arc the dark rises – I wait for the moon and Leon one star – the pack releases Ablett ravaged trees – the flimsiest of hopes on Caff’s boot the cold begins its creep shots drift wide footprints [Read more]
Banter and blue cheese in front of the telly
May 24, 2010 by 1 Comment
I can’t remember a home and away game ever having so much riding on it. It was indeed a battle of the titans. Collingwood, terrifyingly, were on top of the ladder and, with St Kilda hampered by the loss of Nick Riewoldt and the Bulldogs struggling to find consistency, seemingly a real chance for a [Read more]
“The Bloke” goes home disappointed
May 24, 2010 by 25 Comments
The lights on the MCG towers shine down upon the poor huddled masses with such brightness it looks like the set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It’s a Friday night in Melbourne, brisk is the air and somewhat dewy is the grass. Approaching the MCG with thousands of other football worshippers gives me [Read more]
Respite from the lounge room, but none from the Cats
May 22, 2010 by 2 Comments
Cats V Pies. By Jeffrey Paterson I get home from work, 10 past seven and my lounge room is a little to noisy for my liking so I head off to my room which is a lot quieter, I decide to listen to the footy on the radio and watch it at the same time [Read more]
Pies present as apprentices as masters do what they wanna do and be who they wanna be
May 22, 2010 by 2 Comments
conviction act of convincing, settled belief I had a vision the other night. Collingwood was on the podium holding up the Cup. The only problems were (1) It was Paul Collingwood, and the Poms had beaten the Mike Brearley, I mean Michael Clarke – led Aussies in the Twenty 20 final, and (2) it wasn’t [Read more]
PIES VS CATS: I should have gone to the wedding party
May 22, 2010 by 7 Comments
You can learn many things in a week. On Monday, when I delivered my speech in front of the school at assembly I learnt that I would never be the next Prime Minister or put myself in that position again. On Thursday I learnt how spine chilling an atmosphere can be, when we went to [Read more]
Geelong makes its point loud and clear
May 22, 2010 by 4 Comments
So I hear there was a game on Friday night? Myself, I’ve been stuck in Outer Uzbekistan all week; so I’ve only had to trawl through a dozen or so feature articles on the Big Game. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Try explaining Cameron Ling to an Uzbeck goat herder. As far as [Read more]
GEELONG V COLLINGWOOD: A PREVIEW FROM EVERY STATE IN AUSTRALIA
May 21, 2010 by 4 Comments
The Victorian view. In potentially the most important match in the game’s illustrious history, the world champion Geelong Cats will clash with Australia’s biggest sporting club the Collingwood Football Club tonight at the greatest stadium in the world, the mighty MCG. With a potential world wide audience of seven billion people potentially tuned into this [Read more]
Bloody Collingwood
May 20, 2010 by 10 Comments
By Ged McMahon I hate Collingwood. I have hated them for a long time. There are many reasons for this hatred but I think the best way to sum up my argument is to borrow a quote I heard from Dr Turf a few years ago … “I hate Collingwood so much that if they [Read more]
Pies get one for the road
May 20, 2010 by 12 Comments
How slow does school drag on when you know your team is playing that night? I’ll you, it drags on forever, to top it all off I have a huge headache. Don’t stay up past midnight writing a lit essay; it will get to your head before bed and the next morning! I love Friday [Read more]
round 8 – the air crisps
May 20, 2010 by 3 Comments
top of the table clash spilling the wine I look up Heater fumbles the air crisps Pendlebury’s pinpoint pass autumn thickens no way through Sandilands night breeze flat-footed forwards in Toovey’s wake darkening skies Cloke from dead in front… all the fallen leaves – we get numbers around the ball umpire’s appreciation round the sound [Read more]
The more things change…
May 18, 2010 by 12 Comments
It’s obviously Blockbuster Season again in the AFL. Although, I wouldn’t the only one who suspects Blockbusters aren’t quite what they used to be? The moment a couple of teams string 3 or 4 wins together, we got ourselves a blockbuster folks! Yeehaaa! Roll out the marketing guys. If Collingwood, perchance, happens to be one [Read more]
AFL Round 8 – Fremantle v Collingwood: What if?
May 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
by Andrea McNamara Haven’t felt this nervous before a game in ages, maybe since that final in 2007 against West Coast, the one that went into extra time. I was there, I flew over to see what could have been Bucks’ last game, if we’d lost. What a win at the House of Pain – [Read more]
URGENT HELP SOS
May 15, 2010 by 16 Comments
Okay so I need your help! I’m getting myself a new pretty Collingwood jumper but I have no idea what number to go for. I don’t like big numbers like 34 or 38. I don’t like low numbers like 1-6. I can’t get Medders because he’s like twenty-eight years old which means he won’t be [Read more]
AFL Round 7 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: Powder-puff guernseys spell trouble for Kangas
May 14, 2010 by 6 Comments
by Josh Barnstable If there’s any team I want North Melbourne to beat in any year, it’s Collingwood. Not since that wonderful year of 2008 have we beaten the Pies, while not that long ago, any losing streak against Collingwood is too long. With the Roos coming off wins against Hawthorn and Melbourne, I am [Read more]
AFL Round 7 – Collingwood v North Melbourne: The pain of being bullied
May 14, 2010 by 5 Comments
Collingwood versus North Melbourne 7.10pm, Saturday, May 8 Melbourne Cricket Ground by Andrew Starkie Good teams bully North Melbourne. Intimidate and beat up on us. Chew us up; spit us out. Against a team with similar or less ability, we usually get the job done. Not so against the top teams. We’ve suffered demoralizing defeats [Read more]
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