The one time I met Lance Franklin I didn’t say anything to him and I don’t think he knew that I was there. It was a couple…… Read more “Football as Lance Franklin’s Stage”
Tag: West Coast
The Disappeared Magic of Mark LeCras
The game always seems to move in unreasonably slow speed for the great players, in cruelly rapid speed for the lost. Mark LeCras has gradually made the…… Read more “The Disappeared Magic of Mark LeCras”
AFL Quick Hands: Finals Week One
So much incredible stuff happens across an AFL weekend. It’s impossible to keep up with it all. The Onballers crew – and some of our friends -…… Read more “AFL Quick Hands: Finals Week One”
Josh Kennedy is the All Australian full forward, and every argument against this is wrong
West Coast’s season will end on Saturday afternoon in the west of Sydney, but not without an almighty effort to avoid it by one man: key forward,…… Read more “Josh Kennedy is the All Australian full forward, and every argument against this is wrong”
Exit Music (For a Pitiful West Coast Eagles Season)
Apathy, when practised with sufficient shamelessness, can begin to look almost magical. On Sunday at Etihad Stadium, the Eagles were magnificent in their brazen, unrelenting disinterest. A…… Read more “Exit Music (For a Pitiful West Coast Eagles Season)”
AFL Quick Hands: Round 18
So much incredible stuff happens across an AFL weekend. It’s impossible to keep up with it all. The Onballers crew – and some of our friends -…… Read more “AFL Quick Hands: Round 18”
West Coast enters the darkest timeline
The West Coast Eagles’ season is almost over. What if the past two months have been the start of the team’s descent into its darkest timeline? Where…… Read more “West Coast enters the darkest timeline”
