2011 Trade Week Wrapup & Mitch Clark proves the “Go Home” is a load of bull (3)

17/10/11 Whew, another week of boring trade week with 11 trades in 7 days and then in the space of four odd hours we see almost 20 trades. So why do we need to extend the week to four weeks again? Today we look at the week, the trades and some of the news including Mitch Clark proving that the Go Home Factor is a load of rubbish.

Its time to fix the Trade Meat Market (0)

10/10/11 It is that time of the year again where clubs try and pull the wool over each other by over inflating their duds and second tier players and fans dream up stupid trades of trading out four or five duds for a star from an opposition club. Even the newspaper reporters get a little silly [...]

2011 Grand Final Discussion (1)

03/10/11 Grand Finals are a time when heroes are made, reputations are made and lost and this was such a time. The margin at the end of the game makes it look like it was not a close game but it was a classic game - in fact it is probably a good thing that the game was not close because we would then be discussing the incompetence of the umpires instead of the players who fought and left nothing on the ground.

Grand Final Money Makers (1)

30/09/11 It’s taken 24 minor rounds and 4 rounds of finals and the big dance is finally here the 2011 Grand Final. And what a grand final its set up to be, the two heavyweights of the past 5 years Geelong and Collingwood. As always leading into a grand final there’s a bit of drama around [...]

2011 AFL Grand Final Tips Collingwood v Geelong (1)

29/09/11 You couldn't hope for a better Grand Final with 1st versus 2nd Collingwood v Geelong. Get out the Defibrilators 'cos this is going to be a heart stopping finale to a fantastic 2011 AFL season.

Hawthorns 2011 Season Review (0)

29/09/11 In any other year the Hawks season would have seen them finished first but after just falling short by sleeping in half a term in a Preliminary they finished 3rd instead of playing off in a Grand Final. Since the 2008 premiership they have only played in one final series and that was a disappointing [...]

West Coast Eagles 2011 Season Review (0)

28/09/11 West Coast Eagles rise to the top four after being a wooden spoon team made them one of the stories of the year along with Tom Scully, the big marking and hopefully the Grand Final. The rise saw John Worsfold become the favourite to be sacked to one of the best coaches in the competition [...]

Musings from the 2011 Brownlow (4)

27/09/11 While I am no Collingwood fan I love the way Dane Swan plays, he reminds me of a country footballer with his tatts, solid build and when not playing football, he would fit nicely on a building site. Congratulations to Dane Swan who was favourite last year and Chris Judd won it – this year [...]

Carlton 2011 Season Review (0)

27/09/11 We now look at Carlton who in any other year would have finished top four but just missed out and it hurt them as they fell agonizingly short against West Coast in the Semi Finals by less than a kick away from Victoria. However the season was a success as the squad is building and [...]

Sydney Swans 2011 Season Review (0)

26/09/11 Every year Sydney are under estimated as a side and written off as a finals team. While they are not the prettiest and exciting team to watch at least their supporters know they will get a competitive game and the Swans will not be blown away. Adam Goodes, Jude Bolton and Ryan O’Keefe all had [...]

2011 Preliminary Pub Talk (0)

26/09/11 As the saying goes, history usually repeats itself and it did with one close game and one cake walk. Unfortunately for West Coast their fairly tale ended with Geelong giving them a finals lesson like wise Hawthorn who endured the heart ache of loosing a close game after playing a brilliant first three quarters. Collingwood [...]