by Josh Barnstable I awake on a Monday at 10:30am. “Uh-oh, I’ve overslept”. I think to myself. Then comes the excitement you get when you realize you haven’t overslept, you’ve just enjoyed a good sleep in on a day off school. With that excitement, I bury my head into my pillow for a further 15 [Read more]
AFL Round 11: cloudburst by Haiku Bob
June 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
cloudburst Queen’s Birthday the number one pick rubs shoulders with the best this day looks no different yet eight unanswered goals dark clouds and Presti shut out any light cloudburst – goal sharks spill over themselves for [Read more]
AFL Round 11 (FPS): Did Dick? Dick did. Talented Dick.
June 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Tony Scully Good morning Floreat Picans, lovely to wake up to a cold rainy winter’s morning. It was with trepidation that I, (1) accepted this responsibility knowing the quality of previous offerings. And (2) went to yesterday’s game knowing I had only been to ‘loss’ games so far this season. (Am I the [Read more]
AFL Round 11 (and gymnastics): Perfection 1 Gymnasts 0
June 9, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Dips O’Donnell I’m at the Sate Netball and Hockey Centre to watch the Victorian Gymnastics championships. It’s an impressive centre. Lots of steel girders, vast glass windows, and official looking desks with official looking people manning them. I have a nervous daughter competing today. There are a few Olympians [Read more]
AFL Round 11: Magpies fly through exams
June 8, 2009 by 1 Comment
by Danielle Eid With year 11 comes the stress of VCE exams and with that comes my chocolate obsession. (Im an emotional eater) The notion of locking myself up in my room with books became a reality. My head buzzing with endless facts about the Legal system, Kristallnacht, Literature quotes and God knows what else. [Read more]
AFL Round 10: You can’t kill Collingwood
June 3, 2009 by 5 Comments
by Danielle Eid Having cable TV is always something I take for granted until I have the pleasure of watching my Collingwood boys live in my pjs and fuzzy slippers. With Dale and Didak named in for the side and the MCG advantage it was known to be a Collingwood victory from the begging, until [Read more]
Haiku Bob: inside the arc
June 1, 2009 by 4 Comments
by Haiku Bob inside the arc half moon just the one man inside the arc first chip out wide I reach for my beer night dew the world wobbles on Swan’s kicking moon-punched sky Harry squirts [Read more]
AFL Round 10 (FPS): Pies turn it on at the Greensborough RSL
June 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By John Ramsdale Collingwood 17.12.114 d Port Adelaide 11.10.76 Encouraged by last week’s showing against the Eagles, the inclusion of Thomas and Didak, and the unpredictable form of our opponents, I crossed the MCG car park with some confidence for one of the few times this year. My companion, the Piesemist, was, as usual, less sanguine. [Read more]
AFL Round 9: (FPS) Pies work together for Tarks in the west
May 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Andrea Mcnamara Collingwood 12.16.88 West Coast 9.12.66 I like to get my game preparation right, and looking back, I know I wasn’t ready for either that Monday Massacre or the Sunday Blues game. With both, life got in the way of footy – I hadn’t fully absorbed how much the team had changed since [Read more]
AFL Round 9: West Coast lose to the Pies at home?
May 25, 2009 by 1 Comment
by David Bruce I didn’t watch this game. Didn’t see a single second of it, and if I have my way it will stay that way. In truth, I’ve not watched a game live since the 2005 GF, but living here in Canberra it couldn’t be any other way even if I wanted it [Read more]
General footy writing: New coach: Grounds for change on tackle rule
May 19, 2009 by 1 Comment
By Andrew Fithall Crikey, the grounds are hard. In Round 1 a Williamstown Juniors under-16Ds player hit the turf and broke his arm. The ground hasn’t got any softer since then. It is Tuesday afternoon. I am at home when I should be at work. I am on carer’s leave. Bill is on a nearby [Read more]
AFL Round 8: (FPS) Haiku Bob – gathering gloom
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
gathering gloom before and after defeat piles of dead leaves colour my thoughts old rivals enter the fray – dark clouds all our perfect passes during the warm up leaves twist and turn we fall under Judd’s spell drifting clouds Anthony pulls another shot for goal dappled light all our short passes too short autumn [Read more]
AFL Round 8: (FPS) I’d rather not be in Philadelphia
May 18, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Fahey I was bruised and battered and I couldn’t tell What I felt I was unrecognizable to myself I saw my reflection in a window I didn’t know My own face Streets of Philadelphia, Bruce Springsteen I’m not sure whether this applies more to the team or to we supporters. [Read more]
AFL Round 7: (FPS) Buffalo Gals go round the outside
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Ramon Dobb Ouch! I’m not sure who had the tougher debut, Steele Sidebottom or myself. But I’ll do my best in the spirit of our new Ironman who can hold his head high after a good debut in very difficult circumstances. con?fu?sion – noun 1. the act of confusing. 2. the state of being [Read more]
FPS: bottom falls off by Haiku Bob
May 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
bottom falls off more than once this love has pushed me into misery monday night football white collared footy jumpers brittle night the bottom falls off our game plan the moon outside many of our kicks go [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Frenzied Saints just too good
May 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Darren Smith Shelley, Kain and I waited patiently for the Mt Evelyn boys to arrive. We were to rendezvous at the Hotel Spencer and walk to the game. I was forewarned that Dip, Mick and Dave could be quite loud at the footy. I took it to mean offensive. I was a sole Saint [Read more]
Poetry: ‘Achtung Mick’
May 12, 2009 by 2 Comments
Achtung Mick! by Phil Dimitriadis The Boundary line is his best friend. His moustache bristles at ‘their’ mistakes. Nobody else seems to comprehend, only he appears to be awake. It’s everyone else’s [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Saints pound Pies as stricken sinners suffer
May 12, 2009 by 2 Comments
by David Enticott It has been a horrible week. We’ve been locked up inside with gastro for four days straight. Our three boys have had it, Melissa and I have it and now our cat and two dogs are starting to show signs of being seriously unwell. Heaven help us if swine flu ever hits- [Read more]
AFL Round 7: Thank God it’s a school night
May 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Andrew Fithall What happened in the last quarter last night? Monday night football. Ben Cousins says there could be only one thing worse than Monday night football and that would be Tuesday night football. For a parent with children, attending the football on a school night has its advantages. Like not having to [Read more]
When all is lost, I alliterate
May 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By Andrew Starkie North Melbourne versus Collingwood 7.40pm, Friday, 1May Etihad Stadium There are times when emotions are best expressed through alliteration. When feeling romantic, we’re amorously aroused. When our car is broken into in a Northcote carpark, we’re bloody bummed. When Barry Hall is angry, he is Big Bad Barry. And so on. Bewildered [Read more]
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