Far-West Footy

"The more things change the more they stay the same." It doesn't matter the way you look at it, the cycle of life keeps repeating itself at Alberton. ---- Ken Hinkley has said that our victory against North was a “ significant performance .” According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the main sense for significant is “having meaning.” Among the synonyms for significant are “meaningful” and “revealing.” Then, considering Kenny’s own statement, what could our performance have meant or, even better, have revealed? In many ways, our game against North last Friday was a bastard sibling of our win over the Eagles. In both games, we have started dominant from start up to the beginning of Q3; they reacted; we stopped them; they came harder again up to the end, but the victory margin only went down because we couldn’t kick goals. The main difference is that we were worse this week than the previous one – and that is why we are all feeling bad after a win. However,

First "The Behind Post" after the blog's anniversary. Featuring this week: Stats; Lycett;  GremioPower as AFL Commissioner;  and some more random stuff. ---- 2019 v 2017 in Numbers There are two equally wrong approaches to stats: disregarding them as useless; and believing they are flawless. They are tools that, properly understood and handled, may be very useful. Nothing more, but nothing less either. Up to now, there seem to be an agreement that 2019 has been very similar to 2017. The season is just starting, so the sample is very small. But the equivalences and the differences are, at least, amusing. For instance, coincidentally, in both seasons: we started with 2 wins, 2 losses, and 1 win, in our first 5 games; we played 2 home and 3 away games; in Round 1, we have beaten teams that were considered flag contenders and set their seasons on fire; and we played against Carlton. Here, some more meaningful numbers: 2019 v. 2017 - First five games

On April 23rd, Far-West Footy celebrated its first anniversary. Since its inception, the blog have had more than 6,000 views (>500/week). I can only thank you all for your support! I wouldn't be doing this if it weren't for the readers. Before starting the blog, I had written one piece on footy. I wrote the preview for the second Port-Suns game in 2017 at Port's BigFooty community. People liked it, and I started to think about doing something regularly. It took me some eight months to have the courage to begin, but here we are. There wouldn't be a Far-West Footy if not for that preview. So, I am sharing it with you this week.     ---- Round 23 - Power v Suns (Solar Eclipse Round) LAST ROUND Power (5) v. (16) Suns, AO – 7:10pm  The last act of the 2017 Home&Away season is finally upon us. OUR OPPONENTS As everyone knows, the sun rises in the East and sets in the West. However, the people responsible for the AFL fixture thought there was a more

Since no one is asking me anything, I have decided to interview my own self. I am not sure I liked it. I am a mad and nasty questioner. It was tough to handle myself. Next time, I will wait someone else to do the honours... --- " Hey, GremioPower, what is going on? It is already Tuesday, we have had our 'best win ever' again this season on Friday, and you haven't posted anything on your blog yet. When we were losing, you were publishing the reviews immediately. I don't get it. Is it because you have forseen a defeat, but we ended up playing our best footy this season? Is it because you hate winning? Why do you hate winning? What is wrong with you?! This is digusting! I don't think we can be friends anymore ..." - Wait, wait, wait! I'm sorry, ok. I know I am late with the review, but it is not the first time. It took me time to publish the review on Carlton... [" A win as well... "] Hein? Let me be clear on this: I don't hate winni

This week: The Creed; Koch; Co-Captaincy; Tom Brady; My Lineup Changes; Ruckmen; and Game of Thrones ---- What is Port Adelaide FC? The Creed is probably my favourite part of the Port Adelaide F.C. I love it fullheartedly! It is full of a virtue called "magnanimity." It has a balance between arrogance and humility. The Creed and our mottos are parts of a same whole. They share a common spirit – the belief that We DESERVE to WIN. The Creed respects the opposition and recognizes our own shortcomings, but doesn't let our defects and their qualities stop us from achieving what is RIGHTFULLY ours — the premiership. After all, " We are Port Adelaide " and “ We exist to win premierships. ” We will work our asses off because no one can be better than us. We are going to win: if not this year, than in the next; if this year, then also in the next. By the way,  someone has brought up an analogy of the "grandfather's axe" (“ after si