2013 AFL Grand Final Preview
A tale of two philosophies…
Winners and Losers: Finals Week One
What a round of football! Three great games, three big upsets, and really only Sydney failed to come to the party. The difference between finals football and home and away […]
Trying to Predict the Future Like A Fool
I feel uneasy about my predictions and I haven’t even hit ‘publish’ yet.
Winners and Losers: Round 21
A strong emphasis on goal kicking midfielders, the struggles of the Tigers and the Eagles, and in-game and post game nonsense this week. Winners Joel Selwood and his Goal Scoring […]
Winners and Losers: Round 19
A massive round with plenty of talking points. The Giants grabbed their first win. The Cats and the Hawks both lost. Richmond all but cemented their first finals birth since 2001. The Suns and Eagles put on a show. Collingwood eviscerated Essendon, and Angus Monfries pulled out his own ball of the century.
Damn you Angus.
Winners and Losers: Round 18
Introducing Dayne Steeleswan to the world.
Winners and Losers: Round 16
A week that saw the Swans have 51 scoring shots. They had more scoring shots than their opponents had total points. They had a lot is what I am saying.
Winners and Losers: Rounds 13 through 15
Three rounds worth of winners and losers here. This article is bigger than Luxembourg. You might want to stop after the winners section and make base camp. Head for the summit […]
Melbourne Meddling
The AFL’s interference at Melbourne is fraught with danger.
Winners and Losers: Round 12
If you are in a rush, here is a quick synopsis. Round 12: Carlton squandered another opportunity. Everyone else got thumped.
Winners and Losers: Round 11
Bye weeks? Bronko Nagurski didn’t get no bye weeks…
Winners and Losers: Round 10
Brent Harvey played his 350th, Fremantle won on the road, the Bombers fell to the Swans, and Ablett shone brighter than Geelong’s new lighting. All really irrelevant though. Richmond are going to win the flag. Haven’t you heard?
Winners and Losers: Round 9
Is Winners and Losers this week just a thinly veiled way for an Adelaide fan to talk about Adelaide?
Perhaps…
Winners and Losers: Round 5
There were loads of talking points to come out of round five. ANZAC Day, an enthralling contest between the Hawks and the Roos, the Tigers stumbling at the death again, West Coast’s ongoing struggles and Port’s ongoing triumphs. There was fierce debate about goal umpire positioning, the review system, and Shane Mumford’s facial hair. ACL injuries abound, and Ahmed Saad takes more time to walk into goal than Phileas Fogg takes to traverse the world.
Winners and Losers: Round 4
A round that belonged to two players, Joel Selwood and Travis Cloke.
Winners and Losers: Round 2
If Geelong is a Krueger, Voorhees and Myers hybrid, then the Demons are the annoying teenager who dreams of camping in remote locations on Halloween.
Winners and Losers: Round 1
A round full of both upsets and results of destiny (I’m looking at you Geelong).
2013 AFL Preview: Western Bulldogs
Wanted: Somebody to kick a goal
2013 AFL Preview: West Coast
Spent about as much time in the hospital as they did on field in 2012.
2013 AFL Preview: Sydney Swans
A friendly reminder that they, not Hawthorn, won the flag last year.
2013 AFL Preview: St Kilda
You must be below six foot to play in our forward line.
2013 AFL Preview: Richmond
Ninth. They’re going to finish ninth.
2013 AFL Preview: Port Adelaide
Over three thousand words about Port Adelaide… I need to shower.
2013 AFL Preview: North Melbourne
Good against the bad and middling sides, often found wanting against the better ones.
2013 AFL Preview: Melbourne
More than a decade of failure documented within.
2013 AFL Preview: Hawthorn
Wait, they didn’t win last year?
2013 AFL Preview: Greater Western Sydney
Can we build a time machine and fast forward five years?
2013 AFL Preview: Gold Coast
The good news for the Suns is they have Gary Ablett Jnr. The bad news for the Suns is human cloning is not yet legal.
2013 AFL Preview: Geelong
Why won’t you die?
2013 AFL Preview: Fremantle
You know when adults play games against their children, and they don’t try defensively and let the kids score? Ross Lyon defends anyway.
2013 AFL Preview: Essendon
What were the dinosaurs like Mr Fletcher?
2013 AFL Preview: Collingwood
First there was Ali v Frazier. Now there is Malthouse v Collingwood.
2013 AFL Preview: Carlton
Topics of discussion include “How to defy the numbers and fail anyway”, “Jarrad Waite: better version of Wayne Carey?”, and “Alien v Predator v Judd”.
2013 AFL Preview: Brisbane Lions
Since finishing sixth in their first season under coach and club legend Michael Voss in 2009, the Lions have finished 13th, 15th and 13th. In AFL circles, this is referred to as bad.
2013 AFL Preview: Adelaide Crows
On-field = great. Off-field = more inept than the criminals in Home Alone.
No Oliver, you may not have some more. Eighty will do.
New rules that fix problems created by other new rules. Rinse and repeat.
A Friend of Mine Was In A Music Video
A friend of mine was in a hip hop music video. I could probably get you Kanye tickets now.
Adelaide v Sydney, A Supporter’s Pain
Einstein said the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Both the Crows and I could learn from this.
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