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Sleep with the chickens

June 10, 2014 by · Leave a Comment
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I trust North Melbourne as much as I trust Angus, my two-year-old son not to spill his soup.  He insists on feeding himself, so the Tyrannosaurus Rex on his jumper gets a feed too.

On Sunday, a lot of AFL aficionados believed North was a certainty against Richmond.  Most of those experts believe the Roos are on the cusp of something great.  Those experts trust North more than I trust those experts.

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Better to be antisocial

June 5, 2014 by · 1 Comment
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Josh Bootsma is silly.  Perhaps he didn’t want to play football.  It could be argued he didn’t do too much playing during his 14 games.  Only in four games did he get more than 10 possessions.  In eight games he had seven or less possessions.  He kicked just two goals and averaged two marks per game.

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    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.

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