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Is it just me or is this guy hard to take seriously? I don’t mean that in a bad way it is just that I have been listening to him on radio for years and watching him on the Footy Show and he always comes across as the “The Funny Guyâ€. Read More »Bringing the Game Into Disrepute
In a week that has seen an innings and some victory for the Australian Test team, the conclusion of the Melbourne Spring Carnival and a furore over A-League crowd violence it seems AFL is still king. The controversy of Cousins, the perils of Pratt and the juggernaut that is Chris Judd continue to eat up column inches in the AFL off season. Yet amid all this it is the plight of the Kangaroos that has me wondering just who is bringing the game into disrepute? Read More »Grading the Trades
With the AFL trade week done and dusted it’s time to have a look at my initial thoughts on how the teams that made a deal fared. While some teams showed courage in making some moves other like Fremantle and Essendon decided to stand pat. Initially I feel that St Kilda, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs were the big winners while Adelaide and Geelong come out on the other side of the ledger. Read More »Trade Week: Results
TRADE ONE: Adelaide receives: Sydney’s round two selection (currently No.28). Sydney Swans receive: Martin Mattner. Read More »Carlton finally get their man
Chris Judd will be at Carlton next year after Carlton and West Coast finally came to an agreement over the trade of arguably the best player in the competition. The two clubs agreed on a deal that would see Carlton receiving Judd and pick 46 in the national draft whilst West Coast receive picks 3 and 20 along with promising young forward Josh Kennedy. Negotiations between the clubs have been going on since Judd nominated Carlton as his preferred club over a week ago. West Coast initially demanded Carlton’s pick one in the draft but settled after Carlton refused to budge. Read More »The Year of the Retiree
What an amazing season it has been and as it comes to the end so does many players football careers. 2007 has seen an incredible amount of players announce their retirement and amongst these we see plenty of legends leave our game. The departure of players like James Hird, Glenn Archer, Nathan Buckley, Anthony Koutoufides and Mark Riccutio waves goodbye to a generation of stars that we have loved watching over the years. These are players who will live in our memories forever, some of the greats of the game who will always be remember as exactly that. Read More »Trade Winds: Part 1
For the past few season the trade period has produced fewer and fewer deals between AFL clubs. In my opinion it is due to several factors. Firstly clubs don’t want to look bad if they trade a player that then improves his on field performance, secondly clubs don’t seem to understand that to get something decent you need to give something decent in return. Finally, the flaws in the AFL draft, trade and free agency systems mean that some deals are destined to fail, see Stevens, Nick. Read More »Hamill announces retirement
30 year old St Kilda forward Aaron Hamill has announced his retirement from football after a 190 game career. The former Blue fought a chronic knee injury over the past three seasons, which restricted him to only 21 games over that period. Hamill attempted a modified pre-season program in his bid to play in 2007, but was ruled out for the start of the year when his right knee didn’t cope well with increased training. When he tried once again to come back again mid-season, the joint flared up and Hamill was ruled out for the rest of 2007. Read More »Grand Final: Geelong vs Port Adelaide
The preview below are written by FootyTalk.com.au Its hard to rationalise that Port won a Premiership only 3 years ago, and have spent a year pushing it uphill to rebuild it’s side. Choco Williams deserves a hell of a lot of credit for what he has been able to do. Similarly Bomber Thompson deserves kudos for having his side refocus after a deplorable 2006 during which he almost lost the players and his job. Read More »What Grand Final week means to me
For any football fan, Grand Final week should be the pinnacle of supporting your club. When the Cats are on TV I ride every bump, curse every maggot and scream and yell and damage the furniture for two hours while my beloved Cats do battle. Normally I am quite a mild individual but I turn, dare I say it..feral when my Cats lace up. However being a Cats fan, my only memories of Grand Final day are of extreme disappointment. Read More »- Twitter feed loading...
