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: Demons keep Misson their mental targets
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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.
AFL Round 16 – Preview: Channelling Christie Allen
July 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Before 17 clubs throw their veterans, their future stars and their kitchen sinks at the Giants for the number one pick, Sal Ciardulli asks them: Is it all worth it? Is the next Cooney, Goddard or Hutton really worth the upheaval?
AFL Round 15 – GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs: Crunching the numbers
July 11, 2013 by 3 Comments
Two teams miles from home meet in Canberra for the greater good of the competition. Meanwhile, clubs at the opposite end of the ladder play in front of 80,000 at the MCG. That’s footy in 2013, writes Bulldogs fan Neil Anderson.
AFL Round 15 – GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs: Come on Canberra!
July 8, 2013 by 2 Comments
Bulldogs fans must be patient (as if they haven’t been for years!) says John Warhurst from Canberra.
AFL Round 14 – North Melbourne v GWS Giants: An advertisement for rugby union
July 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
If there was ever an event to feed Andrew Demetriou’s pathological fear of the “other codes”, then the weekend’s Etihad Stadium double-header was it.
AFL Round 14 – North Melbourne v GWS Giants: Defence leads the way
July 1, 2013 by 2 Comments
Matthew Naqvi had no real cause for his Kanga-nerves.
AFL Round 12 – GWS v Port Adelaide: Confessions of a secret Port Supporter
June 20, 2013 by 1 Comment
Daria Hansen fell in love with a passionate Port supporter. (How passionate? He likens President Koch to Nelson Mandela.) She survived the 2007 Grand Final, but can she survive a visit to the scene of last year’s disaster?
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