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- Member Since:
- April 2012
- Based In:
- Brisbane
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Essendon
- Favourite Sports:
- AFL, Cricket,
Latest Articles
Demons looking for that magic culture
9 Apr 2013We hear so much about culture these days. Culture is something that is readily described- by commentators, players, coaches and administrators but rarely are the ingredients easily recognised. With something so that we are told is so vital to a club success, surely the football community would have a better idea of how to cultivate [...]
How to increase our chances of winning the Ashes
9 Apr 2013Originally this was going to be an article on the squad to take to the Mother Country to take the urn, but it seems my fellow Roarers have gone to the well many times with that idea. So instead I’d thought I’d offer some thoughts on winning in the Old Dart. 1) Shane Watson must [...]
Watson needs to speak as part of the team
13 Mar 2013When it comes to Test cricket players and the media, most deliver a fairly good trade in clichés. Phrases such as ‘what’s best for the team’ and ‘stepping up’ are dull, but they are what the professional Test cricketer has to say to toe the line. After all, in a squad of 17 on a [...]
Livestrong, cycling and the Armstong legacy
6 Mar 2013Robin Williams did a routine during his 2002 DVD ‘Live on Broadway’ that talked about the French drug administration’s fastidiousness when it came to Lance Armstrong’s urine samples. It struck a chord (and some laughs) in a nation who believed in Armstrong over a bunch of fussy bureaucrats who seemed to be more interested in [...]
Clarke has finally accepted the inevitable
6 Mar 2013Test cricket – as is the case with any team sport – is about sacrifice for the group. It’s about putting the team’s needs first, over and above your own wishes. Such sentiments should invoke a sense of quiet integrity for the people who play it. Unfortunately, for Michael Clarke- when he echoed these sentiments [...]
The sports science debate continues
7 Feb 2013As an Essendon supporter, the last couple of days have been pretty dismal. In the midst of some sort of drug audit by the ASADA, the club can only hope that its players were clean and the alleged peptides they used were not the 10 percent that were seen as performance enhancing. If the worst [...]
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