The Temple of Mick

June 17, 2010 by 5 Comments

By David Latham Like Robert Walls, Mick Malthouse loves a grafter and humble clubman who knows how to turn a good sausage at club barbeques.  It would appear that Mick’s perception runs into another dimension, inaccessible to mortal computation, and in that Labyrinthine mind of his, a paucity of football skill is no barrier to [Read more]

MICK’S FAV STUDENTS

June 16, 2010 by 6 Comments

In a way coaches are sort of like teachers. They mentor the players and take charge of the ‘classroom.’ They ‘use their outside voice’ and punish players who misbehave and they reward and motivate players who are doing well. Through supporting Collingwood for the many years, I have noticed something about Mick Malthouse. Now I’m [Read more]

AFL Round 12: Shaw, the slipping Swan

June 22, 2009 by 7 Comments

by    Danielle Eid Ahh, can it get any better? Exams are over and my family is happy to have the ‘normal’ Danni back. I was able to ace my Literature, History and Media exams (haven’t got my English back yet) However to my dismay I produced a Rhyce Shaw by slipping on my accounting exam.  [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]

Tigers need a young coach for a new era

April 23, 2009 by 5 Comments

By Paul Daffey In 2004 Hawthorn finished fifteenth with four wins and a percentage of 70 while Richmond finished sixteenth — last — with a percentage of 69. The clubs were separated by one percentage point. I know these figures because they’re burned in my mind. It hurts and confuses me to think what has [Read more]