Blues fan Lachlan Waterman returns to Subiaco for the first time since the 3 point loss to the Eagles in the 2011 first semi-final. He leaves with the famous Carlton swagger.
AFL Round 3 – Melbourne v West Coast: Black humour learning opportunities
April 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Black humour has long been some solace for fans of perennially losing teams, although even here the Dees’ resident online wits lack impact compared to their Tiges and even Doggies counterparts, writes Geoff Woolcock.
A Haiku in 18 parts
April 16, 2013 by 4 Comments
Something for all supporters in Jeff Dowsing’s haiku debut.
AFL Round 3 – Melbourne v West Coast: Eagles start season 10 quarters late
April 15, 2013 by 4 Comments
There are a few games every year where you can tick off – with some degree of confidence – the following: a.) a blow-out; b.) not one highlight for the 2013 show reel and c.) a one-tenth-filled stadium. Saturday’s clash had promised to live up to this expectation.
AFL Round 2 – West Coast v Hawthorn: Jeff Was Right
April 8, 2013 by 7 Comments
Peter Baulderstone channels his inner Kennett after a demoralising West Coast loss.
AFL Round 1 – Fremantle vs West Coast: Brothers carrying chips
March 27, 2013 by 2 Comments
West Coast supporter Brad Carr helps all those in the eastern states understand the dynamic of a derby. (Although he still finds it hard to get inside the head of Freo fans.)
The Season-Started-Last-Night-So-If-Anything-It’s-Late 2013 Preview: West Coast
March 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Adam Ritchie gets his West Coast preview to us in the nick of time.
Time for the WAFL
March 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
THE 2013 WAFL season kicks off this weekend as the competition eases into a time of great change.
Magpie mateship for McCarthy
September 16, 2012 by 10 Comments
Danielle Eid *Rewind to 2 weeks ago* Surely there is no way we would make it to the preliminary-final, don’t even CONSIDER the Granny. No really, booking a week holiday in Sydney during grand final week is fine. There’s nothing to worry about, if we meet West Coast again they’ll probably just belt us [Read more]
AFL Finals Week 2: Why the underdogs can win
September 13, 2012 by 4 Comments
After tipping Fremantle to defend Geelong and Sydney to defeat Adelaide last week (alright, I also tipped Collingwood), I firmly believe that both underdogs can win this week’s semi-finals. Such is the nature of finals football and in a testament to the competition’s evenness this year, both of the favourites (Collingwood and Adelaide) could be [Read more]
Haiku Bob: so little done
August 30, 2012 by 3 Comments
Haiku Bob’s take on the recent West Coast v Collingwood match
View from Shepparton
August 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I don’t know when it happened but during the last fortnight my long standing antipathy to all things English gradually dissipated and as they had success after success in that second week of the Olympic Games I found myself thinking, “Well good luck to you, you deserve all that you have achieved and more”. In [Read more]
Round 13 Winners and Losers
June 26, 2012 by 6 Comments
The byes are finally gone. I think Beau Waters scared them off. WINNERS Collingwood (and the West Coast Eagles…) Both Collingwood and West Coast continue to confound eminent doctors and scientists by playing so well despite half their sides being out on account of major injury/obscure illness/missing limbs. The Eagles don’t have their two best [Read more]
So painfully, agonisingly and tigerishly close
April 29, 2012 by 16 Comments
If today has taught me anything, it’s this: don’t sit in an area cluttered with fragile objects when you’re watching the football – especially if you happen to follow a team like Richmond. Just don’t. Remove yourself from the area as things start to get heated. Go for a walk with the radio or, better [Read more]
Lethal or Mick? A hypothetical
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Jeff Dowsing If you flat out refuse to deal in hypotheticals, then by all means click the ‘back’ button now. Fair enough too, I’m not usually one for hypotheticals either, it’s a bit too Bruce McAvaney for my liking. Actually Bruce, or more so his employer, lead me to my subject. Seven has certainly [Read more]
The true key to AFL premiership glory
September 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
What is the biggest guide to which club will achieve premiership success in the AFL this season? Most people would suggest winning form is the key. While those more superstitious might say that luck on the day is all that is needed? Well, it is neither of the above, nor is it anything else that [Read more]
Footy Rivalry: Factoid versus fiction
April 25, 2010 by 5 Comments
In the modern era, rivalry is a brand. Just like a wee bit too much of the wide, wide world of sport these days, it is used by some people to extract a few extra bucks from other people. Go back a little while though, and I think rivalry was both a little more serious [Read more]
Round 22: Tigers find a fitting way to end the season
August 31, 2009 by 1 Comment
At the start of the season this game was going to mean a lot. It was going to be Richmond’s victory leading into its first finals campaign since 2001; it was hopefully also going to be the homecoming and celebration of Ben Cousins returning to Subiaco to face his old club. Twenty-one rounds later and [Read more]
AFL Round 12: Lights, Camera, Cousins!
June 15, 2009 by Leave a Comment
by Michael Allan As I walk through the turnstiles looking around for the absent Record seller, I notice something unusual, West Coast supporters are everywhere. How could I forget? Tonight, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Cousins” (I was drafted under exceptional circumstances) crosses another plot in this gripping saga as Ben faces his old club West Coast. [Read more]
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