Dips O’Donnell took his time to watch the Geelong v Collingwood practice match last week. With his eye on the next new thing out of the Cattery, he was impressed by an array of players and tactics.
Pre-Season: Can a limited numbers comp work for the AFL?
February 2, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Mick Jeffrey has seen the success of the Auckland Rugby League Nines. He’s got some ideas for the AFL to stage an equivalent pre-season tournament.
2016 AFL Draft Preview
November 25, 2016 by 1 Comment
Paddy Grindlay has put forward his round 1 top 20 picks for the AFL Draft. What are your selections and has Paddy nailed them?
Local Footy: Hot in the (Rum) City Tonight
March 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Join Mick Jeffrey in his Nth Qld pre-season odyysey
A Footy Season Greeting from The Old Dog
March 13, 2016 by 4 Comments
The Old Dog finds Christmas in March, with a pre-season message for everyone.
The Forgotten Premierships
February 26, 2015 by 6 Comments
George Smith takes a stroll down memory lane, inviting us to recall the forgotten premierships.
A place for the pre-season cup
August 11, 2013 by 4 Comments
The pre-season cup should be contested by the top six clubs from the previous season, says Miles Wilks.
Crio’s Question: How would you improve the pre-season comp?
March 12, 2013 by 3 Comments
It’s easy to bag the AFL’s pre-season process but do you have a better system?
An illustrated view of the NAB Cup
February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What exactly does the NAB Cup count for? And does it give an accurate reflection into the performances of the players and teams’ season ahead?
Preseason pretence
April 10, 2012 by 2 Comments
by Jamie Gault As we approach round three of the AFL season and start to, as the fans, settle into the 24/7 football bubble that encapsulates the community at this time of year, let’s take a moment to reflect on what has come and gone and how we got sucked in yet again. Getting [Read more]
The Dark Months
March 21, 2012 by 8 Comments
by Jamie Simmons Is it March 24th yet? Anyone? No! How about now? Forgive me Almanackers if the largely incoherent ramblings that follow appear to mark my early descent into madness. I am normally a proud man (well, as proud as a man who walks to the shop in Star Wars themed slippers can [Read more]
Pre-Season Promise
March 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Start Level 1……..BEEP…. Don’t exert too much. Just get to the line. It’s almost a walk at the start It’s probably not a ‘beep’, to be fair. It isn’t high-pitched enough to warrant an ‘ee’. More like a ‘duuurrrrt’. It is the calling of the legendary ‘beep test’ and it is but one facet of [Read more]
PRE-SEASON RECESS
December 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
We all read in the newspapers about the clubs gradually coming back from the mandated breaks from the club to return to formalised pre-season training every year. How players are dreading the hard slog of endurance running, fitness testing and a smattering of skill which won’t kick into gear until shortly after the last strains [Read more]
Off Season?? Game On!!
April 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Damn the torpedos and hoist the mainsail, I’ve got an idea. I know we should be gearing up for season proper, honing our Richmond jokes, Arelditing one eye shut and devising an app to decode Razor Ray Chamberlin, but think on this. I have enjoyed the off-season more than any self respecting football purist has [Read more]
Pre-season in the Tassie mountains
March 29, 2011 by 10 Comments
Last night was a good one. Everything that’s great about Tasmania, the Wild West down South. I’d missed my team’s last practice match and needed a run, so drove up to the mountains of Scotsdale, where a bush league was having a pre-season lightning Comp, and whored myself to the first team who needed me. [Read more]
Tragedy inspires comeback for an old stager
March 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
OK, so I did lie a little, my retirement lasted slightly shorter than an Australian swimmer but I guess the bug hits some people earlier than it does to others. Don’t ask why I’m doing this (I’m about to tell you anyway!), but unfinished business actually has nothing to do with it. I am typing [Read more]
Willaston Dreams
March 20, 2011 by 1 Comment
Pictures by Almanacker Peter Argent It’s a great time of the year for footballers around the country. Wherever they might be. Some have been hard at it all summer. Running with squinted eyes through the shimmery white heat, loving and hating (at once) the beads of sweat which trickle between their shoulder blades, down the [Read more]
In Pre Season, Speculation Springs Eternal
March 18, 2011 by 15 Comments
Conventional football wisdom appears to have undergone a major reversal in recent times. Not so long ago, it was a given that winning back-to-back flags was a task achievable by only the greatest teams. History still supports this view. Yet recently, every reigning premier begins the season lauded as a dynasty in waiting. Numerous are [Read more]
Melbourne Intra-Club Match
February 4, 2011 by 9 Comments
By Steve Healy The intra club game, in my opinion symbolises the end of the unknown, and brings forth the hype and happiness of a new season. It seemed too that the weather had been in conjunction with it all. It had been uncomfortably hot for the past few days, but light rain drizzled and [Read more]
And so it begins…
October 28, 2010 by 4 Comments
It’s been a little over three weeks since the last AFL game, and I’m already missing the hustle and bustle of the AFL. Richmond began their pre-season training today, with the first to third year players stepping back out on to the field of battle in preparation for the 2011 season. Holidays are over, its [Read more]
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