Socrates is worried! Here is a lament from the idiot sports philosopher who has coached multiple sports for multiple years but has recently forsaken his earlier loves for Rugby, Rugby League and Basketball for “the beautiful game.” Some people who have only ever loved soccer will argue that he is not a real football person and that he doesn’t know what he is talking about. They … [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...]
Ante… I’ve got no problems with the “high line”…. but….
In comparison to Ante Milicic, I know sweet bugger all about the technical aspects of football. I am way too ignorant of the intricacies of his sport to offer a learned opinion on his choices of players or to critically analyse his decision to play “a high line of defence” and a “4-1-4-1” positional structure. Oh, I do have opinions on these matters, but as a rank amateur … [Read more...]
A letter to Alan
Former crap rugby player and current sports philosophy blogger, Tim Edwards, was uncomfortable about influential radio broadcaster Alan Jones' defence of Israel Folau's public social media proclamations about the dim future that homosexuals can expect in the next world. Well, actually, he was more than uncomfortable. He was down right horrified and perplexed. It was all because … [Read more...]
C’mon, de Minaur – when did Australia change?
After watching teenage Spanish-Australian tennis star Alex de Minaur win the Sydney tournament last week on tele, I was excited about watching his second-round Australian Open match last night. I’m no flag-waving patriot, but I do get a kick out of seeing a fellow-countrymen do well, even if Australia did pinch the talented young bloke from Spain, the place where he has lived … [Read more...]