AFLTips.Com Review News
Round 6 - 7 May 2001
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INDEX
1) Important Stuff
2) Out Of Bounds
3) "Weekly Round-Up" - previews of all matches from our Regular
Contributors
4) Various info about AFLTips.Com
+----------+
1) Important Stuff
Hello again,
Just moved into a new flat last week, and still no phone or
Internet access, which means I am writing this at home, but
sending it off from the office machine. Bloody British phone
system.
A couple of missing reports, one accounted for and the other -
who knows? Josh where are you? Check out Real Footy or the AFL
site to complete the picture. If or when Josh sends in his
report you'll find it long with the rest of this newsletter at
www.BigFooty.com in the Match Previews and Reviews section.
I predict round 7 will also be a bit of a trial, but the
newsletter will go out on time even if it kills me. Well, maybe
"kills me" is too strong a phrase. Maybe only "even if it causes
me great inconvenience and the loss of a few hours sleep".
Adrian Groves
adrian@afltips.com
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2) Out Of Bounds
#9 - Friday too tired, Saturday too drunk, Sunday too far
away...
This column took the trip back to my distant past and visited
Sydney last weekend and was reminded that no one cares. People in
the emerald city couldn't give a rats arse about footy. They
think its all about putting the finger in, as opposed to pulling
it out.
For excitement people may try the tricky exercise of trying to
find an AFL score in the Sydney Media on a Sunday. Usually it'll
be perched between the European Water Polo Championships and last
Monday's Pennant Bowls results.
The AFL's cosy relationship with the media is obviously paying
dividends, their reach into the consciousness of residents of the
Olympic City is staggering. You can find out anything that's
happening in the world of footer, as long as it's happening to
the Swans.
A scientific survey of several people in a pub in Marrickville
revealed that not one Sydneysider could name a footballer apart
from Tony Lockett, who has retired.
Closer to home sports journalists may take a brief moment to
explain to punters what a backline is. There is a disturbing
trend of referring to it as the Dee-Fence. Is it any wonder that
there is confusion about the charging rule when half the crowd
can't figure out if they're watching basketball or football?
The highly overrated Richmond receive a boost with the news that
the Congupna Kid, Sam Keenan, the Coburg-Fitzroy-Richmond
Lions/Tigers And All The Beasts Of the Jungle tall man and son of
Crackers makes his return at City Oval this weekend.
I'm yet to be convinced that Richmond are anything but crap. One
can but look askance of a club that has a man of this calibre
languishing in the reserves of the reserves. He didn't get his
nickname SKUL (Sam Keenan - Utter Legend) for nothing. Sure, he
mightn't get as many grabs as the next bloke. Sure, he mightn't
always lay that tackle or kick too straight. But does this guy
put on a party! What this country needs is footballers who can
hire a decent jukebox and make sure that the room's still pumpin'
at 3am.
Richmond don't know what they're missing.
Instead we get athletics coaches coming in and buggering up the
game, making players fitter and faster and the game more boring.
When Mark Williams says "you don't want dumb players" you know
he's only kidding. Dumb players are what make the game great.
They make the crowd laugh. It's good for the kids, and provides
something exciting and unpredictable. There's something magic
about a bloke who can have bounce, run on, have another bounce,
run on, evade a tackle, ignore an option to his right and launch
into a shot on goal only to see the thing spew off the side of
his boot out of bounds on the full. You gotta love it.
It was sad to hear that the man who started the trend for
footballers to model themselves on deodorant sticks, Andrew
Wills, has announced he will hang up the boots - which is a
bitter blow for the Werribee Tigers, and something of a relief
for Footscray. Wills gave great service to the game, especially
to the Painters and Dockers, and was a favourite of game callers
across the nation.
On a more hirsute note we are disturbed by the allegation that
Dermott Brereton, and the desire to be like him (sic), is the
inspiration behind so many footballers opting to lump for the
bottle blonde look. This column actually thought it was a desire
to look more like Carl Ditterich, a man of subtle beauty.
Whilst in Sydney we learnt that the boardroom stoush alluded to
on last
weeks Footy Show continues apace, with Paul Keating being primed
to take
over from Edward Maguire in a coup at Collingwood.
This story will be expanded upon on this Thursday's show as
newshound 'Fearless' Eddie Maguire spills all the stories that
are doing the rounds at Vicky Park. And to think some bottom
feeding low life accuse him of having a conflict of interest - we
all know he reports just as accurately and with full disclosure
of the facts about his own club as he does about anyone else's.
But then again, no one in Sydney has a clue who Eddie Maguire is,
and they care even less.
Phil Doyle - Running over the mark and giving away a 50 metre.
http://www.afltips.com/people/phildoyle.html
All of this is copyright Phil Doyle 2001, for whatever that's
worth. Any resemblance to persons living or dead I consider a
compliment.
Round 6 - 7 May 2001
w: http://www.afltips.com/
e: adrian@afltips.com
* Brought to you in conjunction with BigFooty.com -
http://www.bigfooty.com/
NEWS FLASH:
BigFooty.com now has a new, faster message board system.
* Play the BigFooty Fantasy Footy game here -
http://footy.virtualsports.com.au/?partner_id=1
+----------+
INDEX
1) Important Stuff
2) Out Of Bounds
3) "Weekly Round-Up" - previews of all matches from our Regular
Contributors
4) Various info about AFLTips.Com
+----------+
1) Important Stuff
Hello again,
Just moved into a new flat last week, and still no phone or
Internet access, which means I am writing this at home, but
sending it off from the office machine. Bloody British phone
system.
A couple of missing reports, one accounted for and the other -
who knows? Josh where are you? Check out Real Footy or the AFL
site to complete the picture. If or when Josh sends in his
report you'll find it long with the rest of this newsletter at
www.BigFooty.com in the Match Previews and Reviews section.
I predict round 7 will also be a bit of a trial, but the
newsletter will go out on time even if it kills me. Well, maybe
"kills me" is too strong a phrase. Maybe only "even if it causes
me great inconvenience and the loss of a few hours sleep".
Adrian Groves
adrian@afltips.com
+----------+
2) Out Of Bounds
#9 - Friday too tired, Saturday too drunk, Sunday too far
away...
This column took the trip back to my distant past and visited
Sydney last weekend and was reminded that no one cares. People in
the emerald city couldn't give a rats arse about footy. They
think its all about putting the finger in, as opposed to pulling
it out.
For excitement people may try the tricky exercise of trying to
find an AFL score in the Sydney Media on a Sunday. Usually it'll
be perched between the European Water Polo Championships and last
Monday's Pennant Bowls results.
The AFL's cosy relationship with the media is obviously paying
dividends, their reach into the consciousness of residents of the
Olympic City is staggering. You can find out anything that's
happening in the world of footer, as long as it's happening to
the Swans.
A scientific survey of several people in a pub in Marrickville
revealed that not one Sydneysider could name a footballer apart
from Tony Lockett, who has retired.
Closer to home sports journalists may take a brief moment to
explain to punters what a backline is. There is a disturbing
trend of referring to it as the Dee-Fence. Is it any wonder that
there is confusion about the charging rule when half the crowd
can't figure out if they're watching basketball or football?
The highly overrated Richmond receive a boost with the news that
the Congupna Kid, Sam Keenan, the Coburg-Fitzroy-Richmond
Lions/Tigers And All The Beasts Of the Jungle tall man and son of
Crackers makes his return at City Oval this weekend.
I'm yet to be convinced that Richmond are anything but crap. One
can but look askance of a club that has a man of this calibre
languishing in the reserves of the reserves. He didn't get his
nickname SKUL (Sam Keenan - Utter Legend) for nothing. Sure, he
mightn't get as many grabs as the next bloke. Sure, he mightn't
always lay that tackle or kick too straight. But does this guy
put on a party! What this country needs is footballers who can
hire a decent jukebox and make sure that the room's still pumpin'
at 3am.
Richmond don't know what they're missing.
Instead we get athletics coaches coming in and buggering up the
game, making players fitter and faster and the game more boring.
When Mark Williams says "you don't want dumb players" you know
he's only kidding. Dumb players are what make the game great.
They make the crowd laugh. It's good for the kids, and provides
something exciting and unpredictable. There's something magic
about a bloke who can have bounce, run on, have another bounce,
run on, evade a tackle, ignore an option to his right and launch
into a shot on goal only to see the thing spew off the side of
his boot out of bounds on the full. You gotta love it.
It was sad to hear that the man who started the trend for
footballers to model themselves on deodorant sticks, Andrew
Wills, has announced he will hang up the boots - which is a
bitter blow for the Werribee Tigers, and something of a relief
for Footscray. Wills gave great service to the game, especially
to the Painters and Dockers, and was a favourite of game callers
across the nation.
On a more hirsute note we are disturbed by the allegation that
Dermott Brereton, and the desire to be like him (sic), is the
inspiration behind so many footballers opting to lump for the
bottle blonde look. This column actually thought it was a desire
to look more like Carl Ditterich, a man of subtle beauty.
Whilst in Sydney we learnt that the boardroom stoush alluded to
on last
weeks Footy Show continues apace, with Paul Keating being primed
to take
over from Edward Maguire in a coup at Collingwood.
This story will be expanded upon on this Thursday's show as
newshound 'Fearless' Eddie Maguire spills all the stories that
are doing the rounds at Vicky Park. And to think some bottom
feeding low life accuse him of having a conflict of interest - we
all know he reports just as accurately and with full disclosure
of the facts about his own club as he does about anyone else's.
But then again, no one in Sydney has a clue who Eddie Maguire is,
and they care even less.
Phil Doyle - Running over the mark and giving away a 50 metre.
http://www.afltips.com/people/phildoyle.html
All of this is copyright Phil Doyle 2001, for whatever that's
worth. Any resemblance to persons living or dead I consider a
compliment.
