The Grand Final dream…or nightmare
ARE the great moments of football simply distant memories? GEOFF POULTER wonders where the classics have all gone. More »
ARE the great moments of football simply distant memories? GEOFF POULTER wonders where the classics have all gone. More »
GEOFF POULTER endured many torrid times when the pressmen questioned the coaches after a match. It could get quite heated, with the coaches treating the questioners with hostility or derision. But there were many lighter moments: More »
FINAL CURTAIN – Dateline 2048. Chapter 2. GEOFF POULTER concludes his trip into the future where he saw the last rites being applied to the great game of footy. More »
GEOFF POULTER has taken a trip into the future and he sees the last rites being applied to the great game of footy. More »
EACH YEAR the new batch of footy Hall of Fame members are announced. But, as GEOFF POULTER, points out, there are always many deserving stars whose names don’t get read out: IT MUST BE the most difficult job going around – being an Australian Football Hall of ... More »
IN HIS long career as a football writer GEOFF POULTER saw many of the greats in action, week in and week out. He says none was better than Gary Ablett senior and he deserves to be duly recognised. More »
ALLAN JEANS was the coach who ignored all the flash theories and gimmicks and simply preached good sense. GEOFF POULTER looks back at the legendary coach and some of the myths of the great game. More »
HOW to beef up the tempo of AFL to try to reduce ugly congestion and low scoring? A cure-all for the game’s great ills? Try GEOFF POULTER’S Panacea, football’s 10 commandments. More »
THE GRAND old warriors of football might be on the way out. GEOFF POULTER looks at the career of Luke Hodge, wonders about the future of footy’s hard men and selects a team to test the faint of heart. More »
BEFORE the season began they were red hot favourites for the wooden spoon. Now the Kangaroos are showing they are a growing force to be reckoned with. GEOFF POULTER reports: IT’S tempting fate to rile the Footy Gods. They tend to respond unkindly to cockiness ... More »
IT TAKES a very special player to push the mighty Alex Jesaulenko out of a team of all-time champions, but GEOFF POULTER reckons that Buddy Franklin has now earned that honour: THE time has come. Buddy must be included in the best team of all time. On the benc... More »
THE ROT really set in when Ron Barassi left Melbourne to coach Carlton. Was nothing sacred in football any more? Now players switch clubs with hardly any fuss. GEOFF POULTER looks at the change in club culture. More »