by Peter Schumacher

As I wind up my gramophone, I am sure that I must be the only footy fan preparing to put down thoughts accompanied by Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 in glorious SACD sound. True, I am not in the right room, but still, sounds pretty damned good through another set of speakers. Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to Café Mick (“Nothin could be finer than to be in Micky’s Diner”), where every unhealthy white-man dish can be procured – except Humble Pie.

Even after being humiliated by the injury-ravaged Sainters, head chef Mick Malthouse (King of the Pampered Pies) used the excuse of bad luck in shooting for goal for losing the unloseable match. Never mind the fact that most of those missed shots were from the boundary line (which is where the Pies love to live), or rushed, harrassed, freakout snaps. Read the rest of this entry »

by John Green

How safe is it to go on a long trip after undergoing radical surgery?

Richmond took to the surgeon’s knife with wild abandon at the end of 2009 and excised an astonishing total of 13 players from its senior list. For some, like the redoubtable Matthew Richardson, their bodies could no longer stand up to the buffeting of league football. Others had their papers marked as surplus to requirements. The club is staking everything on an all-or-nothing youth policy. The fans are struggling to identify the youngsters on the field and can barely keep up with the need to formulate new nicknames for them. To complicate matters further, a series of number changes has rendered the task of identification even more challenging. Read the rest of this entry »

I wasn’t feeling too optimistic about Essendon’s chances against Carlton on Saturday night, I had just returned from an entree at Princes Park where I saw Essendon seconds (Bendigo Bombers) get a thumping from Preston, now called Northern Bullants and when I checked the Amateurs results,I found out MHSOB got a great grandmother of a thrashing in their first game of the B season, so when I jumped on the bike for the ride to the “G” confidence wasn’t too high. Read the rest of this entry »

Greeting Gents

Floreat Pica Society continued a long Collingwood tradition by blooding youth in a big game. !6 year-old Richard Cornell wrote the match report while his 11 year-old brother Nicholas awarded the Danny Roach votes -see both below. I wonder what these young blokes are like at kicking goals? Read the rest of this entry »

By Damian Watson

I am in the midst of another lazy Saturday Afternoon and while recovering from laser surgery on my teeth I make the observation that footy certainly has the ability to both cure and compound on the resulting pain. Read the rest of this entry »

Round 2: St Kilda v Collingwood

It was a boring day. Sleeping in until 10, I faced a long wait until 8:30 for the footy to start on the TV (should be 7:30, I’m looking at you Better Homes and Gardens!). I got through the day by reading the Herald Sun and I started to re-read the 2008 edition of The Footy Almanac. Finally, the moment arrived. Luke Ball was up against his old side for premiership points for the first time, and I awaited the fireworks to begin. Read the rest of this entry »