Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 6 Review, Round 7 Preview

Cam Hooke analyses Collingwood’s epic come-from-behind win over Essendon in front of a record Anzac Day crowd at the ‘G’.

Round 2 – Essendon v Gold Coast Suns: Sitting on the fence

Where do you get the better view of the footy – elevated or at ground level? Ged McMahon gave Jesse a taste for the more immediate option. Was it a winner?

Round 1 – Hawthorn v Essendon: Top of the pops

After the hurt comes the happiness – at least for now. Ged and Jesse took in the Bombers’ Round 1 win over arch rivals, the Hawks.

Almanac (Fan) Footy: Ready to get hurt again

After too much success in his early years, Ged McMahon has had to deal with Essendon’s many struggles over the past twenty years. But hope springs eternal as the next season kicks off. He’s ready to get hurt again.

Almanac Footy (Rivalry): Essendon v Carlton

With both Essendon’s 150th anniversary celebrations and tonight’s clash with perennial foe Carlton in mind, we thought we’d go back and look at one of the code’s greatest rivalries.

Round 13 – Essendon v Carlton: The thumb and the thumbscrew

Michael Pardy revels in the intense Essendon v Carlton rivalry, revisiting past incidents to stoke the fire heading into this weekend’s clash.

Round 9 – Pards’ Preview: Essendon v Sydney

Pards previews Essendon’s Round 9 match against the Swans. Although he has terrible memories of the Bombers 1 point loss to the Swans in the 1996 preliminary final, he doesn’t mind them. After all they gave Essendon the Danihers! Bombers to win in a nail biter predicts Pards.

Round 8 – Pards’ Preview: Essendon v Hawthorn

Michael “Pards” Pardy gives his insights on the upcoming fixture between Essendon and Hawthorn and the history between the two.

Preview – Essendon v Footscray: Saturday 2PM (VFLW) & Sunday 3:20PM (AFLM)

In looking ahead to the weekend, Michael “Pards” Pardy extols the virtues of his new favourites, the Essendon VFLW team.

Round 6 – Essendon v Collingwood: Against all odds, we’ll win!

Everything is against the Bombers winning the Anzac Day clash – which is exactly why they will triumph, according to Michael Pardy.

Round 5 – Essendon v Fremantle: Good place, good song, go Bombers!

Michael Pardy waxes poetical about his mixed feelings about Fremantle the place and Fremantle the team.

Round 4 – Essendon v Adelaide: Shades of the past give hope

Michael Pardy saw something in the Bombers last weekend that took him back to the era of Matthew Lloyd. Perhaps success is not far away.

Round 9 2018 – Essendon v Geelong

With the Bombers playing the Cats in Round 1, Citrus Bob Utber thought Essendon fans may like to relive their victory over Geelong in 2018 with his report from the match.

Almanac Poetry: A Boy and His Football

Michael Pardy makes his Almanac debut with a poem about kids who have a footy in their hands all the time and how it becomes their friend. (Welcome aboard, Michael – Ed.)

Round 12 – Essendon v Richmond: Inside information

John Green ruminates on what constitutes a good modern football side, before wondering just how costly the loss of former assistant coaches may be when Essendon close in on his Tigers in the annual Dreamtime clash.

The Sporting Weekend: A Mixed Package of Results

The Tykes lost, but the Bombers won. And so did the Burgers. Then there were the local footy results. Rod Oaten’s sporting weekend offered the proverbial mixed bag.

Round 8 – GWS v Essendon: Besotted with Baby Bombers

Sam Laffy is besotted with the current batch of ‘Baby Bombers’. Although the results may not be on the board the future looks bright for the Bombers as he reports.

Round 6 – Haiku Bob: The first wreath

Haiku Bob observed similarities between the observance of Anzac Day and the decline of his Magpies when he took in their recent clash with the Bombers.

Round 6 – Essendon v Collingwood: A Massed Gathering

Sam Laffy celebrates the tradition and atmosphere of the Anzac Day clash between Collingwood and Essendon.

Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 6 review, Round 7 preview

Cam Hooke is in uncharted territory, reporting on a fourth successive Collingwood loss. But like Bucks, he’s not giving up on 2021.