Best League? Best Umpires Needed
If you’re an Aussie Rules fan, you know umpires are essential to the game. Without umpires, there is no game. I am an umpire and understand what goes into the craft. I often find myself sympathising with them given that the game has been complicated to a point that almost every umpire interprets each contest…
In Retrospect: Too Old, Too Slow, Too Good
Given that I stopped writing for my blog once VCE really started to get serious, ironically I write this heavily in retrospect given that the 2023 AFL Finals are almost at its conclusion. When I wrote just my second piece for this blog at the start of 2022, I essentially said that 2022 would be…
VFL: Lions Topple Wavering Demons
When the Lions came to Casey Fields, they knew what had to be done. Win and top 4 wouldalmost be secured. Winning would shift the spotlight to Williamstown, who as we nowknow, were defeated by the Sandringham Zebras, seeing the ‘Gulls finishing 5th . The Lions knew what was at stake and when the going…
Always with a Smile
Right now, being a Daniel Ricciardo fan is tough. To see him being dominated by his young and ultra quick teammate, Lando Norris, makes me worry for his future. ‘The Honey Badger’ as he is known has had a tough start to the 2022 Formula 1 season currently sitting 11th in the drivers standings, having…
OOH To Be a Gooner
Ahhhh the ups and downs of supporting Arsenal. With three games to go, we led our fiercest rivals Spurs in the race for the top 4 by four points, with the top 4 in our hands. Now with the final day looming, we trail Spurs by 2 points. Needing them to lose to last placed…
The Darty Party
On the blog last week was the ‘Barty Party.’ This week is the ‘Darty Party’. In my first night time game of footy at the MCG in a long, long time, the Pies looked like they were going to be all too much for the Cats at three quarter time. However, a six goal haul…
The Barty Party
Well that didn’t last very long. Ash’s career is over and it was purely her choice. At just 25, it seems she has achieved everything she wanted to from tennis. She can now move on to bigger and better things (which might be hard to do!) It’s come at a fair shock to everyone and…
The King of Australia
Despite being a couple of weeks since the world heard the news, so many of us are still in shock. Warnie is gone. I seriously could not believe that the greatest leg spin bowler of all time had died a sudden and tragic death, just days after announcing that he was on a mission to…
Too Old Too Slow
Since I started barracking for Geelong in 2010, the narrative has always been the same; the Cats are ‘too old and too slow’ and perhaps in the last five years, this saying has come to have some truth behind it. At the end of 2010, after Geelong lost emphatically to the eventual premiers Collingwood in…
Return of the Full House
With the Foo Fighters announcing they will be playing at Geelong’s GMHBA Stadium in the first full capacity concert in Australia since March 2020, the buzz around the one night only event is immense. Having seen the Foo Fighters at Marvel Stadium twice, I know the energy and excitement that is generated and I really…
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