Random thoughts and observations
It’s that time of year when AFL followers get excited about the coming season. St Kilda fan Ray Dixon has unsurprisingly, but perhaps somewhat tragically, tipped his under-performing Saints to win the big one in September. One good thing about having a new coach is that St Kilda will presumably develop a new game plan. [...]
The football season has begun. Here in WA the supporters of West Coast and Fremantle are strutting and fretting as the case may be. Delayed coverage from Victoria and South Australia tells me the Lions are in demise, the Kangaroos are jumping and the Cats are looking good. Do I care? Not really. 2006 is [...]
The Alpine Shire election campaign has entered its next stage, which is about 12 days of limbo before the ballot packs are mailed out. Candidates had until 4pm this afternoon to submit preference cards if they wished to do so. There was a lot of horse trading during the week, and I know it was [...]
Writing my Fitzroy memories has shown me how faulty the old memory can be. Fortunately the web has come to my aid through the discovery of a wonderful site called All the Stats. It records the scores for every VFL/AFL game since 1897! Tweet Pin It
Rugby is totally off the radar for Channel Seven in Victoria, it seems. Instead of showing the Bledisloe Cup test match live tonight we’re getting an animated movie instead! I think this reflects the station’s belief they will regain the AFL rights, so they can treat rugby fans like dirt. Shame on them. Tweet Pin [...]
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