News So Much for Pathos..

[Paracleet]

I really enjoyed the truly epic level of classical references in this match analysis:
http://www.theroar.com.au/2014/05/19/lemons-winners-losers-afl-round-9/

 

[awaremind]

Good article, cheers for posting!

 

[slicedndiced]

Lemon is a truly brilliant writer on most things and definitely my favourite since the passing of Matt Price.

He had a blog here...

http://heathenscripture.wordpress.com/

which he sadly hasn't kept going because of work committments.

Even so, it is well worth a read if you enjoy witty, intelligent prose laced with some truly brutal takedowns of people and policies that pissed him off.

 

[scon]

Yip!Bookmarked the fella.Good tip sliced and cheers Para for the reminder of the fact that the sport does have journos worth reading.
Bloody easy to forget.

 

[strobe00]

Am I the only one that read the thread title and wondered where porthos and aramis were?

And took a minute to realise I'd gotten a name wrong.

A very good read. The comment on the definition of immortal was gold.

 

[basashi]

Yip!Bookmarked the fella.Good tip sliced and cheers Para for the reminder of the fact that the sport does have journos worth reading.
Bloody easy to forget.

A rare and surprising reminder.

 

[Freodoc]

Thanks Para, good read

 

[Tonga Bob]

Champagne Commentary! Very much the heir apparent to Matt Price.

'The Grapes of Ross' will never leave my head from this moment on.

 

[willoblue]

love it

 

[Grape Bear]

I am a Grape of Ross!


Thanks for sharing, really good read. Pav as Hector is quite apt, valiant hero in a losing side, honoured by his army and his opponents alike.

Great article, except the part where they forgot to mention that we only won the game because of questionable umpiring that turned it in our favour (so says the Geelong and Main Board).

 

[Gekko71]

A bonza read - delightful and incomparable in equal measure., as all great writing should be.

What's even rarer, it was penned by a football writer with both a brain, and seemingly, a classical education;

That is the rarest of creatures - we should have him stuffed and mounted.

 

[Bender571]

Some of the comments are gold

Geoff Lemon said | May 19th 2014 @ 12:51pm | Report comment
In Freo after a bye they should have been fresh and firing. For most of the game they stayed on level terms, but the first-quarter freeze killed them. With Freo’s recent form, the Cats needed to win that one.

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• Roar Guru
  Gene Anderson-Conklin said | May 19th 2014 @ 12:52pm | Report comment
  
  guess you don’t watch much footy, most teams struggle after byes, especially first quarters. Great in theory only.
  
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  • Columnist
    Geoff Lemon said | May 19th 2014 @ 2:21pm | Report comment
    
    You’re right, I don’t watch much footy. I just write the columns as an elaborate ruse.
    

 

[slicedndiced]

A bonza read - delightful and incomparable in equal measure., as all great writing should be.

What's even rarer, it was penned by a football writer with both a brain, and seemingly, a classical education;

That is the rarest of creatures - we should have him stuffed and mounted.

He is heavily involved in promoting writing, and the spoken word, for young people via workshops, competitions and the like. He is also involved in various literary festivals in the Eastern States and comes to WA on occasions. He speaks as well as he writes, if not better, which is quite something. If you get a chance, do not miss one of his talks.

Writing about the footy is just a sideline for him, but he is very knowledgable. Some of his more whimsical stuff about life in general, and his reactions to it, are nothing other than brilliant. His humour is sharp as a mother in laws tongue and few in modern writing can rip someone/thing to shreds in the manner by which he does.

Freo fans may not be as fond of him if they read some of his burnings of us when we were shit, however he was spot on and it was richly deserved.

 

[Nothing]

Some of the comments are gold

Geoff Lemon said | May 19th 2014 @ 12:51pm | Report comment
In Freo after a bye they should have been fresh and firing. For most of the game they stayed on level terms, but the first-quarter freeze killed them. With Freo’s recent form, the Cats needed to win that one.

Reply

• Roar Guru
  Gene Anderson-Conklin said | May 19th 2014 @ 12:52pm | Report comment
  
  guess you don’t watch much footy, most teams struggle after byes, especially first quarters. Great in theory only.
  
  Reply
  • Columnist
    Geoff Lemon said | May 19th 2014 @ 2:21pm | Report comment
    
    You’re right, I don’t watch much footy. I just write the columns as an elaborate ruse.

Of course, Roar Guru is actually right. The majority of teams have lost after a bye (in the modern era).

 

[balthazarthedonk]

Some of the comments are gold

Geoff Lemon said | May 19th 2014 @ 12:51pm | Report comment
In Freo after a bye they should have been fresh and firing. For most of the game they stayed on level terms, but the first-quarter freeze killed them. With Freo’s recent form, the Cats needed to win that one.

Reply

• Roar Guru
  Gene Anderson-Conklin said | May 19th 2014 @ 12:52pm | Report comment
  
  guess you don’t watch much footy, most teams struggle after byes, especially first quarters. Great in theory only.
  
  Reply
  • Columnist
    Geoff Lemon said | May 19th 2014 @ 2:21pm | Report comment
    
    You’re right, I don’t watch much footy. I just write the columns as an elaborate ruse.

Gene is a particularly one-eyed and self-righteous Geelong supporter. I've lost count of the times he has told me on that site that I don't know what I am talking about. Not as annoying as the Swans fans who lurk there though. They have no idea, other than that the inclusion of Buddy makes them the best AFL team eva and the premiership is in the bag. Oh and that Freo reaching the GF last year was a sheer fluke caused by mass injuries to every other team in the league.

 

[BananaOnTheRun]

Lemon's the co-editor of a little literary magazine called Going Down Swinging. I heard him speak on a panel at a young writers festival once about writers and taking drugs. The guy is one of these lucky bastards whose synapses fire even better when wasted. Anyway, good read.

 

[slicedndiced]

Lemon's the co-editor of a little literary magazine called Going Down Swinging. I heard him speak on a panel at a young writers festival once about writers and taking drugs. The guy is one of these lucky bastards whose synapses fire even better when wasted. Anyway, good read.

He's very gonzo.

Vale Hunter S.

 

[Bender571]

Of course, Roar Guru is actually right. The majority of teams have lost after a bye (in the modern era).

That doesn't take into account whether a team is genuinely better or not. If the bye was so detrimental I can't imagine why teams try so hard in the Qualifying finals

 

[BananaOnTheRun]

He's very gonzo.

Vale Hunter S.

Very much so. We need more of this in footy journalism.

 

[strobe00]

'The Grapes of Ross' will never leave my head from this moment on.

I'll struggle with that phrase, as it sounds like something that Rectinol would help with.

 

[slicedndiced]

I'll struggle with that phrase, as it sounds like something that Rectinol would help with.

facial wrinkles?

 

[strobe00]

facial wrinkles?

Modern medicines really are versatile, aren't they.

 

[Nothing]

That doesn't take into account whether a team is genuinely better or not. If the bye was so detrimental I can't imagine why teams try so hard in the Qualifying finals

This is from the punting board...

A very simplistic analysis. Make of it what you will.

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I have seen the line (or At the spread) stats and they tell a similar story, in that teams underperform coming off a bye.

I guess the difference in QFs is that they are at the end of a season (moree recovery is better) and it also provides a chance for coaches to dedicate extra time to analysis.

 

[Harry Reems]

All hail the Lemon.

 

[TheMcManusNose]

Very much so. We need more of this in footy journalism.

We need more of this in journalism.