It is difficult to summarize the career of Matilda’s mid-fielder, Aivi Luik. She has done so much, achieved so much and had so many successes in so many footballing spheres that it is hard to get your head around it all. One of her most astounding achievements was the way in which she forced her way back into the Matildas team in 2018 after spending many years (and two world … [Read more...]
Tribalism in sport – lets hear it for the twitter twits
A few days back I stumbled onto an example of one of the sports clubs that, despite being ranked highly by the Australian Sports Commission as being potentially worthy of a federal government sports grant, had been turned down by the Federal Sports Minister. The Victorian soccer club in question had been assessed by the ASC (Australian Sports Commission) on a ranking scale … [Read more...]
Rugby scrum and sports rorts – government employs Spartan approach
I can’t believe that its over two thousand years since I last packed down in the front row of the Athens 1st fifteen. We were good. Especially our scrum. I was the best hooker in the Hellenic Union if I do say so myself. Those Spartan sissies thought that they could match us in the scrumming department, but they were dreaming. We kicked their arses. Time and time … [Read more...]
OLD MEN CAN’T JUMP – and good principles always apply
Despite coaching basketball for over twenty years Socrates still manages to make the same stupid mistakes he tries to teach his young players to avoid. The old fool turns up for a game of pick-up with a bunch of fellow old coots and manages to make a complete goose of himself by doing precisely what he knows doesn't work! The moral of the story? Even if you are playing with a … [Read more...]
Socrates and Aristotle debate football defence
Socrates and his philosopher mate Aristotle discuss the Australian Matilda's heartbreaking loss in the World Cup to shed light on what to do and what not to do in soccer defence. But what would they know. They are just Greek philosophers. Aristotle and I were watching the World Cup footy a while back and old “Totes” (his philosopher mates call him Totes) bloody nearly choked … [Read more...]