Footy Wrap Up, Week Four

Ok, I was slack last week, but I was also too upset with the disgusting decision set down upon Fev when he was given a week off, and yet a Fremantle player can king hit behind the play and get off. What a joke the tribunal system is at the moment.

Anyways, it looks like the footy is coming back to some semblance of reality, with Carlton slowly making there way down the ladder. My only solace is that the Bully's keep defying the odds and winning some heart stoppers along the way. Great performance and game against Geelong, showing how a real game of footy should be played.

Brisbane are certainly on the slide. Its amazing how the local press just ignore AFL if Brisbane drops off. Surprisingly, they haven't ripped into the side yet, rather they focus on the NRL Bronco's and Cowboys, who get about 16 pages to the AFL's 2. Still its just the reverse in Melbourne, so I shouldn't complain.

Some games, I just didn't care about. So Adelaide won. Big Whoop, except now they're 3-1. West Coast one again, and if it weren't for the Bully's, they'd be on top. Melbourne beat the ugliest team players in the league, Sydney. Bad luck boys, kicking backwards is now loosing you matches.

Port beat St Kilda in another interesting game. It wasn't that much of a spectacle, as it was all catch up, but Port should have won by a lot more in the end, so credit to the Saints. The big surprise for me was Collingwood ripping into the Bombers. Goata would have reason to smile as the Colly-Wobblers are now 3-1 and Didak's kicking goals!

C'mon the Blues, Whiz.

Footy Wrap Up, Week Two

So boys, is it too early to be whinging about the umpires already. But Fair Dinkum, if Freemantle hadn't got 4 suss goals from free kicks in the first quarter, it might have been a different story out Subiaco way. Ok ok, I'm biased, but the old Bluey's are still playing well above their so called form. Next week should be interesting with Sydney.

Speaking of Sydney, it would seem like they and Essendon are finally going to suffer for their crap "kick backwards" style of play. There's no flow, everything is about holding up and looking for the best way forward to goal. To me it is totally uninspiring, and both teams are getting what they deserve with losses. It would seem this afternoon that the only reason they came back was they decided to actually go direct instead of piss farting around.

Geelong and West Coast are showing some excellent starting form, and the Cats are mind blowing at the moment, although the home ground seems to help. The big surprise continues to be the Bulldogs, who also look fantastic when you watch them. Now that's the kind of footy I like, fast, quick and direct, with massive tackling efforts.

And this week, at least Goaty gets to be happy with a win on the board for the Woodsmen.

Go Blues, Whiz.

P.S. Anyone interested in going to Sydney/Carlton next Saturday night at the Telstra Dome?

Footy Wrap Up, Week One

Well, I gotta say, I'm happy. I sat, listening to 3AW over the Net, with baby Callum asleep on my lap, wanting to jump up and go "Da Da Da Da Da" with Rexy, but unable to. Dave and Tink know what I would have been thinking. First time in several seasons, we won in the first round. Is it too early to say, "The Bluey's are Back?" (I was saying it last year after the pre-season, and look where it got us...)

In my recollections, the happiest of us has to be Age-ah. Go Kanga's. Highest position of the Strathmore Boys supporters on the ladder. Then I was tossing up whether it would be Brucey next, given that he's now defacto Adelaide, and he has the added bonus of the Bomber's big win following up behind it. Next we'd have Nais, Bretty, Ro, Detto and Erv on the Bomber's bandwagon. Erv would have to be a little sad over beating Sydney, but you can't have it all. Me, Tinks and Big Dave as mentioned previously are ecstatic for our win, which really only leave's Goaty to lament yet another year of potential misery with the Colly-Wobbles. Still, away, in Adelaide, it would have been a big ask, much like the Saints at West Coast.

Now, you've also gotta be happy when the biggest win of the week goes to the good ol' Scraggers. Go Doggies! Interesting season ahead.

Go Blues, Whiz.

Google Groups - Strathmore Boys

Fellow Strathmore Boys,

At Detto's request, I have put together a group mailing list on Google Groups to facilitate the automatic posting of new Blog Entries, and new Blog Comments. Detto was concerned that if he didn't get an e-mail, how was he going to know that there was something new on the blog. Must be tough in the high flying world, where browsing just doesn't happen!! You should all get an e-mail about it, and hopefully a follow up e-mail about this post!

Anyways, Here are the essentials:

• Group name: Strathmore Boys
• Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/StrathmoreBoys
• Group email address StrathmoreBoys@googlegroups.com

Note, that the main reason I created this page was as a multi-email list so we'd get Blog notifications. That's really all its for! Hopefully its gonna work.

Cheers, Whiz.