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LatestThe VFL/AFL’s Blunt Team
by Ian Wilson | Mar 30, 2024 | Football | 0 |
Essendon coach Brad Scott has come out deliberately with his team’s mantra, ‘The Essendon Edge’ in...
Football
LatestSydney Swans – The Black Knight of the AFL
by Ian Wilson | Mar 16, 2024 | Football | 0 |
The term ‘high percentage’ in sport, especially in AFL footy is something clubs talk about but ...
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LatestThe AFL’s Ginger Wildcats
by Ian Wilson | Mar 10, 2024 | Football | 0 |
My youngest daughter Mia has a cat named George who has three legs and a serious attitude. It’s...
With Genius Can Come Flaws
by Ian Wilson | Jan 26, 2024 | Football
There is often a strange symbiosis between natural talent and unacceptable behaviour when it comes...
Read MoreThe Saint’s Department of Youth
by Ian Wilson | Oct 3, 2023 | Football
After fifty years of supporting the mighty Saints, I finally was able to attend the 2023 Best and...
Read MoreWhy Winning Isn’t Everything
by Ian Wilson | Sep 25, 2023 | Football
I met Mick Malthouse once. Purely by chance of course but what started out as an unmitigated...
Read MoreThey’re The Boys From Werribee
by Ian Wilson | Sep 16, 2023 | Football
There’s a statistic in footy that can never be measured but it’s arguably the most important....
Read MoreThe Joy of Reunions
by Ian Wilson | Jul 18, 2023 | Football
Getting old now, crossing sixty and I’m finding myself thinking more in terms of mortality and my...
Read MoreA Homage To AFL Defender’s IQ
by Ian Wilson | Jul 12, 2023 | Football
This title may appear on the surface as an oxymoron, however the defenders in our game are cruelly...
Read MoreBemoaning Today’s AFL Commentary
by Ian Wilson | Jun 30, 2023 | Football
Being a St Kilda FC tragic, I recently received a youtube video of the Team of the 70’s. It was,...
Read MoreA Homage To Footy IQ
by Ian Wilson | Jun 27, 2023 | Football
It can be assumed that the term IQ isn’t normally associated with the majority of beefcake running...
Read MoreMissing in Marvel Stadium
by Ian Wilson | Mar 20, 2023 | Football
I’ve been working in the Mental Health sector for a couple of years now having completed thirty...
Read MoreWerribee FC’s Class of 1993 – 30 Years On
by Ian Wilson | Jan 8, 2023 | Football
2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Werribee FC’s first VFA/VFL premiership, so I thought I would...
Read MoreThe Best and Worst of Crowd Behaviour
by Ian Wilson | Dec 22, 2022 | Football
Image: Alamy stock photo Last week’s appalling crowd invasion at AAMI Park raised a number of...
Read MoreWillow’s Top 10 Most Talented Coorparoo FC Players 1984-1986
by Ian Wilson | Nov 12, 2022 | Football
Gary Becker Greg Page Jason Dunstall Kevin O’Keeffe Terry O’Neill Michael Gibson...
Read MoreThe Peerless Joel Selwood
by Ian Wilson | Sep 28, 2022 | Football
Picture this for a moment. It’s sometime in the late 90’s and its dinner time in the Selwood...
Read MoreTo Spray or Not to Spray…..
by Ian Wilson | Jul 30, 2022 | Football
L to R – Ray ‘Slug Jordan, Ron Barassi, Tom Hafey, John Kennedy Snr, Des Tuddenham...
Read MoreThe Loneliness of the Sacked Coaches Club
by Ian Wilson | Jul 12, 2022 | Football
I always feel uneasy watching a sacked coach’s press conference. Regardless of their performance,...
Read MoreA Matter of Will
by Ian Wilson | Jun 23, 2022 | Football
As a lifelong St Kilda supporter there comes a time every year when despite an optimistic start to...
Read MoreEmbracing The Storm
by Ian Wilson | May 9, 2022 | Football
The most important frame of mind to have as a St Kilda FC supporter, is to lower your...
Read MoreThe Kings of the Wings
by Ian Wilson | Apr 22, 2022 | Football
From bottom left clockwise – Michael Turner, Robbie Flower, Chris Mainwaring, Peter Matera,...
Read MoreCall Out to Werribee FC Past Players & Officials
by Ian Wilson | Mar 16, 2022 | Football
The Werribee Football Club has a distinct difference from any other club in the VFL. It’s a...
Read MoreLooking at the AFLW Objectively
by Ian Wilson | Jan 20, 2022 | Football
At the end of the 1986 footy season in Brisbane my Coorparoo team mate Andy and I were invited to...
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