FrankArr
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Sunday, 25 June 2006 |
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Footy Tipping Results : Round 12
This split round has brought my tipping streak to a dramatic halt. I only picked 2 winners. What was I thinking??
I've now have 61 correct tips for the season. I have tumbled in my tipping comps. I was challenging for the lead, and now I am back to the middle of the pack
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Friday, 23 June 2006 |
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Socceroos Through to the next round
Wonderful result! 2 all draw against Croatia sees the Socceroos advance to the next round of the World Cup. Finally Harry Kewell shows what he can do Group F - Match #44 - Final
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006 |
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FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 20th 26th June 2006 NSW only
Quiet week on the footy front. The Saints have a week off. I think I will avoid the footy for the weekend. Tuesday 20/06/2006
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Sunday, 18 June 2006 |
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Saints in the News
Those Saints just can't keep out of the news. Today it's all about Kosi collapsing and player injuries
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Over The Hedge
I took Bricey to an advance screening of Over The Hedge. Emma didn't want to come. She wants to see it when it's officially released for some reason. Cute movie. Kinda like a Looney Toon. Talking animals, my favorite genre ;) The soundtrack was by Ben Folds, which was a nice touch - featuring "Rocking The Suburbs" in the end credits, with different lyrics! I find it really curious that all these computer rendered movies make the animals, creatures, objects all look so good, and yet they can't get the people to look anything but cartoony.
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Saturday, 17 June 2006 |
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Mid Season report
We've passed the midway mark of the season. 12 rounds in, the Saints have a 6 win 6 loss record. Middle of the road result. Hopeful that we will make the finals, but we need to string together a bunch of wins. Let's look at the data of the past 12 results, thanks to the guys from FinalSiren 2006 Wins
Average margin: 28.83 2006 Losses
Average margin: 19.50 2006 Quarter Stats
Ah - we're not having good 2nd quarters.
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Thoughts on Corporate Entertainment in Sport
I got to go to an official AFL function on Friday night. I sat in in a room full of men in suits. Who goes to the footy in suits, FFS. At my table, I was sat with a people that supported other teams (Not St Kilda or Adelaide who were playing), or werent even interested in the game. Some even told me that they couldn't bear AFL and prefer a good game of Rugby League. I couldn't get any conversation going about the game. They were more interested in the kind of beer being served than the result of the game, There were speeches from different folks. Round 12 is "Welcome to the AFL" round, part of a broader multicultural football program run by the AFL. We had the multicultural ambassadors interviewed by the host, Stephen Phillips. He spoke to two good wog boys Angelo Lekkas and Steven Alessio. Lots of blah blah blah and not much else Then there was a guest speaker from the AFL, who was responsible for the new media rights discussions. The guy knew nothing about technology and he is the one who will be negotiating the new media rights. It was embarassing listening to him stumble over acronyms and describe how they are going to get so much more money for new media. Harrumph. Fix the broadcast fiasco in New South Wales, so I can watch my team live, or nearly live. Not at midnight. Later I went out to watch the game, most of the folks from the function stayed indoor. They didn't venture out and sit amongst the fans., They stayed in the room. There were literally rows and rows of empty seats. The tickets were sitting on tables and the folks who had them werent using them.
Is this the future of sport? A corporate shindig? Of course it is. Listening to that AFL dude you could tell that it is all about the money. It's no longer about the game. I know this is the case, I just hadn't experienced this. The room next door was the St Kilda Social Club. Everyone was dressed in the team colors. They were talking about the game. There was passion everywhere. That's where I would have liked to have been. At least I would have had some other folks to commisserate over the result.
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Huh? What were they all doing here. It was a game of footy. An important game in the overall scheme of things. And these folks didn't really care. They were there to smooze, to network, to have a drink. Want to smooze - go to |
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Friday, 16 June 2006 |
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Saints Destroyed by Crows
The Saints had their biggest loss of the season tonight. The crows were just too good. The crows were a machine - well drilled, well executed. The Saints were a shambles. And I was there live to witness this carnage. I felt good going to the game. It had been 2 seasons since I had witnessed a loss. I'm going to be miserable for a while. My tipping is going to suck this week too. ST KILDA: 2.1, 3.7, 5.10, 8.12 (60) Ruthless Crows destroy Saints 11:00:36 PM comment [] trackback [] G!
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Thursday, 15 June 2006 |
Stories in the lead up to the R12 game between the Saints and the Crows
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Victory Room, Telstra Dome : Afl Round 12 : Saints V Crow
I am feeling very fortunate today. I have a pass to a function at the Telstra Dome for the Round 12 game between the Saints and the Crows. 
It's going to be a tough match, but I'm hopeful for a win. Go Saints!!!
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Tuesday, 13 June 2006 |
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Socceroos Beat Japan: 3 to 1
Been watching the Socceroos tonight play Japan It looked all over at the 82 minute mark. Japan lead 1 - Nil, and that goal was questionable. But, the Socceroos scored 3 goals in 8 minutes to win the game!!!! Awesome result. Group F - Match #12 - 90 min
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Monday, 12 June 2006 |
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FOX Footy Channel Program Listings 13th 19th June 2006 NSW only
We've crossed the halfway point of the season, and the Saints are sitting at 6 wins and 5 losses. The upcoming round is the split round. The Saints face Adelaide in Melbourne and then they have a week off. The record against Adelaide since 1991 favours the Crows, but we beat Adelaide last year in the 1st Qualifying Final at AAMI Stadium
I'm heading down to see the boys play at the Telstra Dome on Friday night. Tuesday 13/06/2006
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Monday 19/06/2006
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Footy Tipping Results : Round 11
I was heading to a perfect round, until Ben's Demons stuffed it for me. That'll teach me for picking the Magpies - what was I thinking??
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Cars go Brmmm
I went with the kids to see Cars on Saturday morning. We went to the first session at Hornsby, to beat the rush. I really liked the movie. Typical story arc of The Hero's Journey, featuring talking cars. Owen Wilson who voiced the fast talking hero Lightning McQueen, just played his usual character. What was amazing about the film was the look of it all. The realism of the scenery and the shiny appearance of the cars. The racing scenes were just unreal. It was hard to believe this whole movie had been rendered on computers. Brice sat through the whole movie (again) which is a hilight for me, and he even waited through all the credits for the little fun things that Pixar always do The movie is having mixed reviews from critics, but I reckon it's going to be a block buster
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Saturday, 10 June 2006 |
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Off to the SCG
Heading out to the S.C.G I'll be going to the Saints Pre Match Function first, and then Sydney Swans vs. St Kilda at S.C.G. Go Saints!!!
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Friday, 9 June 2006 |
Heaps of news this week about the Saints
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FIFA World Cup 2006
The 2006 FIFA World Cup kicks off tonight. Wondering who the past winners were, I went to my favorite information source, Wikipedia The Last 10 Series
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Puns aplently thanks to Cars
Jason Kotte muses Media races to make the perfect Cars pun. It's so true - just look at this effort from The SMH - Pixar's latest movie puts wheel emotion into its cutting-edge animation. What a punny pun. Wheel Emotion! LOL Here's a bunch more:
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