For one who played the game in such an uncompromising, straightforward manner as Vossy, Geoff Woolcock has always found it intriguing to witness first hand the wild variety of opinions about his coaching prowess in his home city.
AFL Round 20 – Fremantle v GWS Giants: 100 game celebration, goal of the year and lunch with the Fremantle Mayor
August 16, 2013 by 5 Comments
Di Waddingham’s footy “weekend” was like no other, starting on a soggy Wednesday night flying to Perth and finishing with “fisty cuffs” between two taxi drivers in the wee hours of Monday morning back at Melbourne airport.
AFL Round 19 – GWS Giants v Melbourne: A Giant Grand Final
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The Giants’ game against Melbourne provided an insight into their future. Pencil them in for the finals in 2016, writes Neil Jackson.
Round 19 – GWS Giants v Melbourne: The Sweetest Thing
August 9, 2013 by 1 Comment
You stand out when you wear orange, writes Kath Presdee, only now there are a few more people doing so. The Orange Army is growing.
AFL Round 19 – GWS Giants v Melbourne: History shows Giants on right track
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Earl O’Neill notes similarities between the Giants and another Sydney team that won one match for the season 20 years ago.
AFL Round 19 – GWS Giants v Melbourne: Demons keep Misson their mental targets
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Footy’s mental attributes remain notoriously difficult to measure. Professional sport’s obsession with micromanagement and control remain unable to conquer a final frontier – confidence. The Giants had it in spades on Sunday; Melbourne’s is waning by the day.
AFL Round 19 – GWS Giants v Melbourne: There’s a big BIG sound!
August 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
One win and the Giants fans have declared: We don’t need Buddy! Imagine the declaration after two.
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v GWS: Where are all the Giants supporters, Dad?
August 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
Terry Chapman travelled to the MCG so his son could watch the Pies, but was glad to see Sheedy stroll across the G as a coach for the last time. He likes what he sees about the Giants, too.
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v GWS Giants (Haiku Bob): Long way from home
July 29, 2013 by 2 Comments
Haiku Bob on Round 18.
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v GWS: First game nerves
July 29, 2013 by 12 Comments
JD takes his six year-old to a kid-friendly game in a kid-friendly time-slot – and watches as one of his eye closes over.
AFL Round 18 – Collingwood v GWS: Bullfighting
July 29, 2013 by 8 Comments
E. Regnans finds himself with children and Jeremy Cameron at the MCG.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: British Invasion
July 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Manchester United fans helped push the Skoda Stadium attendance past 10,000 for only the second time. Neil Jackson is sure they would have liked what they saw.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: Dons do enough in enemy territory
July 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Rod Oaten enjoys the traditional time slot despite the unfamiliar territory in western Sydney.
AFL Round 17 – GWS Giants v Essendon: Four Quarter footy
July 21, 2013 by 1 Comment
Manchester United. One of the biggest and most storied football clubs in the world are in town to play all the stars (minus most of the actual stars) of the national competition – and I don’t care. I’m going next door earlier in the day.
AFL Round 16 – Review: The 2013 ‘Mopsy’ Fraser Cup
July 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The solstice is a few weeks behind us and that ol’ ‘run home to the finals’ is almost upon us. It’s getting interesting around the middle, between the tragedy that is the bottom five and the glorious dreams of the Top Seven.
AFL Round 16 – Sydney v GWS Giants: Fish in a barrel
July 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Back in 2007 those guys in Mythbusters proved that it really was easy shooting fish in a barrel. The Swans proved it too with this hundred and twenty nine point thrashing.
AFL Round 16 – GWS Giants v Sydney: Come the Revolution
July 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
Revolutions are inspired by dreamers, but need hard, experienced heads to succeed. The Giants are very much at the dreamers stage.
AFL Round 16: The Wrap
July 15, 2013 by 12 Comments
Carlton President Stephen Kernahan has jumped to the lead of The KRudd Award for delusional excellence over the weekend for the camouflage he’s draped over the yawning cracks at Visy Park. Sir Wrapster is not sure it’s going to buoy the spirits of those at Princes Park sheltering from the bitter chills of reality.
AFL Round 16 – Sydney v GWS Giants: Still Green
July 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Unfortunately for the Giants, it was a very familiar story. They were too slow, too inaccurate, too short, and the Swans were too good.
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