Almanac Football – JLT2019: New Rules!

March 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Caspar McLeod reflects upon the effect of the new rules used in JLT 2019 after listening to the broadcast of the North Melbourne v St Kilda game.

Finals Week 2 – Hawthorn v Melbourne: My emotion overwriting analyses

September 15, 2018 by 2 Comments

After a wet week in Kyoto, Yoshi was looking forward to watching his team mate Brian Lake’s former club perform well in the final but alas, it was not to be.

Round 22- St Kilda v Hawthorn: Missed by THAT much

August 23, 2018 by 1 Comment

Yvette Wroby thought the door was shut on any good Saints performances in 2018. This game had her believing again. C’mon 2019.

Round 19 GWS v St Kilda : Yet another footy odyssey with too many losses in a row but great people shine some light and warmth.

August 3, 2018 by 3 Comments

Yvette Wroby has a weekend of footy losses and at least some diversions. A weekend in Creswick was a good relief from football. There’s always next week.

Round 19 – GWS v St Kilda: Like Changing Weather

July 29, 2018 by 4 Comments

Food, drink, pubs, poor service, and love all cause frustration for Yoshi as his Saints go down to the Giants.

Round 18 – Sydney v St Kilda: Sinful Saints slide sideways (or maybe downwards) against Swans in Sin City

July 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Braham Dabscheck could only watch on in pain as St Kilda barely managed to get the ball into their forward 50; while Sydney surge to the finals.

Round 16 – St Kilda v Richmond: Saints obliterate Tigers in unbelievable performance

July 9, 2017 by 5 Comments

Any Saints fan would be happy with that – and Braham Dabscheck certainly was.

Round 18 – Western Bulldogs v St Kilda: Analyze this

July 27, 2016 by 1 Comment

Our American Sainter, Glenn Brownstein, hopes to solve some Aussie mysteries, much as St Kilda solved the Bulldogs on Saturday night.

My Footy Rulebook for Learning

April 20, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Yoshi furthers his footy education.

Round 17 – Melbourne v St Kilda: Savage shines as Saints maintain their decade-long dominance over the Demons

July 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment

Jennifer Muirden takes great encouragement from the performance of the Saints’ younger brigade as a third quarter blitz delivers another win over the Demons. She also pays homage to Kiwi Shane Savage with a reworking of a Split Enz classic.

Round 16 – St.Kilda v Richmond: Maddie’s Match, Two Games of Two Halves

July 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment

It’s been about as emotional a season in the AFL as anyone can remember. With the Crows and Power memorialising Phil Walsh with their Showdown in Adelaide, the Saints and Richmond honoured Maddie Riewoldt’s fight against Aplastic Anaemia at the Docklands and launched ‘Maddie’s Vision’; a fundraising foundation set up in her name.

Round 1 – St Kilda v GWS: Missed Opportunities

April 6, 2015 by 5 Comments

Nick Weidmann’s debut for the Almanac: GWS grab the points over St Kilda at the Docklands in yet another round one match where attack is the focus for both sides – fast, free-flowing footy.