Blogs & Pods

Date: May 29, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

There was significant irony watching members of FIFA’S inner sanctum hiding behind white sheets as they were whisked into police cars in Zurich yesterday. Each has been accused of living ghost-like lives amid the upper echelons of the sport – working in the shadows, accepting bribes, and according to The New York Times, involving themselves […]

Date: May 25, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Mick Malthouse is set to equal a 66-year-old record and he is not happy. The Carlton supremo will be coaching his 714th VFL/AFL game, drawing level with Collingwood legend Jock McHale who coached the Magpies for an astounding 38 years during which time he contested 16 grand finals for seven premierships. Malthouse is in his […]

Date: May 22, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Ross Lyon was recruited by Fremantle one purpose – to deliver the club its first flag. While some coaches are employed to rebuild a list that was the not the case when Lyon was snatched from St Kilda to head up the Dockers ahead of the 2012 season. For Fremantle and Lyon it was a […]

Date: May 15, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

In the countdown to this year’s Ashes series England is in a state of flux. There is a new chairman of the ECB; the coach has been sacked with a full-time replacement yet to be appointed; former captain Andrew Strauss has been appointed the new Director of Cricket for the England team; and Kevin Pietersen […]

Date: May 8, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Mick Malthouse reached an epic milestone last weekend but it appears little prospect that he will be at the helm of Carlton again next year. Indeed, it is reasonable to think that those at the pointy end of the Blues’ administration are already addressing their minds as to just who the club needs to take […]

Date: April 28, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

This past week I witnessed two very different examples of on-field behaviour towards match officials and the consequences of both were poles apart. It made me consider where the line should be drawn with respect to how players interact with umpires and referees. The first incident surrounded Port Adelaide midfielder Andrew Moore who was reported […]

Date: April 24, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Essendon qualified for finals football in 2013 but was denied the right to participate. On paper Perth Glory will qualify for next month’s A-League finals but it too will not participate. Both clubs’ omission is due wholly and solely to their own club’s administration. The Bombers missed out on the 2014 AFL Finals Series due, […]

Date: April 17, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

It was sad watching Gary Ablett through the opening fortnight of this AFL season. It was a case of the mind being willing but the body unable to follow suit. In the end there was only one decision that could be made – the dual Brownlow medallist is now on an indefinite sabbatical from the […]

Date: April 3, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

Australia is the World Cup champion, for the fifth time no less. We are the greatest one-day country in the history of the game. We are a damn fine Test nation as well, especially over the last 25 years having twice accumulated record 16-match winning streaks, been consistently ranked world number one and the produced […]

Date: April 1, 2015 / Posted by Glenn Mitchell

“Not guilty.” After 785 days of investigations and legal battles, those two words were uttered by AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal chairman David Jones with respect to the 34 current and former Essendon players tied up with the club’s doping saga. The players are all free to resume playing from this weekend. It is unlikely to be […]