No Gawn…No Hogan…No Worries!
by Darren Spence
On the topic of Hogan I think I speak for everyone in that we wish him a speedy full recovery and hope to see him back terrorising defences really soon.
With reports that the players knew of Hogan’s situation on Friday it would have given the boys extra motivation on Saturday to come away with a win. And win they did running out 41 point victors at one of the most daunting assignments in footy today in what will undoubtedly go down as one of the Mighty Dees greatest wins of modern times. Read more
Do you remember Adelaide 2001?
by Jacqui Parry
I was at Crow Park when Melbourne snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against the Crows in 2001. In the dying seconds of the last quarter, and just as the Crows supporters were about to pour their celebratory Chardonnay, Andrew Leoncelli burst out the forward pocket and BANG!!! slammed home a goal. Melbourne won by 3 points. Read more
The goal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xujU9yx6HEo
Match report: http://demonwiki.org/Round+2+2001
Daisy Pearce column: Personal sledging on the AFL field is bullying
The Age published this excellent article by Daisy Pearce on the events of last week. A must read.
“The ugly stoush from last weekend’s St Kilda versus Carlton match involving the sledging of Blues skipper Marc Murphy spilled off field and created a huge amount of discussion. At surface level the issue in question is sledging….” Read more
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