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That is enough – part two

June 28, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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Social media is an oxymoron, as is the term intelligent footballer.  The advent of Twitter and Facebook is making immediate twits out of footballers, but footballers don’t need the assistance of social media to look foolish. 

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That is enough

June 21, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
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Sledging is tradition.  It has been ever since football was invented, because the game tests the mental mettle of its combatants.  Squib a contest, drop a mark, miss a target and a player will get sledged.

 

To play football is to expect the sledge.  If a player can’t hack having his courage, parentage and intelligence questioned, he’ll never make it.  It has always been the same, ever since the first football was kicked to a teammate.

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    In front of the player’s race at Arden Street.

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    Welcome to the Ramble,

    My name is Matt Watson, avid AFL, cricket and boxing fan. Since 2005 I’ve been employed as a journalist, but I’ve been writing about sport for more than a decade. In that time I’ve interviewed legends of sport and the unsung heroes who so often don’t command the headlines.

    The Ramble, as you will find among the pages of this website, is an exhaustive, unbiased, non-commercial analysis of sport and life. I believe there is always more to the story. If you love sport like I do, you will love the Ramble…
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