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- Member Since:
- November 2008
- Based In:
- brisbane
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Brisbane Roar Fc
- Favourite Sports:
- Football, Cricket,
Latest Articles
Football's offside rule needs a makeover
25 Oct 2012The constant confusion and argument over football’s offside rule is really starting to become a problem. For example, during the match between Central Coast and Newcastle in round three of the A-League, the Mariners were furious when Josh Rose was incorrectly ruled offside during a breakaway. This is just one incident amid a string of [...]
Defending football (once again)
25 Aug 2012Once again a small group of fools has fed the anti-football hate train with what they believe is a justification to bash an entire sport. Once again, Patrick Smith, an Australian Rules writer for the The Australian, has felt the need to bash a sport he knows nothing about and fruitlessly attempts to hide has [...]
What is the Australian media's problem with football?
12 Apr 2012Australian sport has long been touted as among the best in the world in terms of competition, variety and other factors. Yet the actions of Nathan Tinkler are the last straw in a nation which is becoming disgracefully bigoted and competitive when sports clash with each other. The hurtful actions of so many towards the [...]
Missing the great Brazilian football of old
12 Jul 2011Watching Brazil at the under-17 World Cup and Copa America has really left me quite sad. I, similar to many other football fans, wish that the old Brazil could come back. Brazil in the ’70s and ’80s are amongst the most loved and respected teams to have played the beautiful game. Players like Pele, Garrincha, [...]
Confessions of a Queenslander turned to the Blues
10 Jun 2011I love Queensland. I love the weather, I love Brisbane, I love the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, the Country Towns the northern tropics and countless other things. However, the one time I don’t love Queensland is during State of Origin. Now before you thrash around claims that I am a Sydney-sider and New South [...]
Is the global style of football changing?
8 Jun 2011Having watched the Champions League final in my lounge room with my jaw somewhere near my ankles, I began to wonder, is the method of playing football starting to drastically change? Teams like Liverpool in the seventies and eighties employed a style that was typical of their days, except nobody could match it. It involved [...]
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