David Hards
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Melbourne Heart Player Reviews
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With the curtain drawn on the inaugural Melbourne Heart season I have a look at how the players performed.1. Clint Bolton (Played 30; Clean Sheets 7)Bolton was coming off a season best performance with champions Sydney. Expectations were high but unfortunately were not met. Working with a new defence is never easy, but a keeper of Bolton's experience will be unhappy with a return of less than 25% clean sheets. Fans should look for a better second season for Clint. Season...
Another Marketing Own Goal
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The main summer sport in Australia was on its knees last week in Melbourne with fans calling for mass sackings of players and officials. Worst of all, English sports fans were happy and boisterous. England has retained the ashes. The Australian cricket team were horribly outplayed in Melbourne and the popularity of the Australian team has never been so low. So what is the marketing department at Football Australia doing to take advantage of this? Nothing. That's right, nothing at all....
Do the Australian media have Delhi belly?
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The Commonwealth Games are now finally up and running, but Australia's media seem to be focussing on the negative rather than the positive. We should be highlighting athletes who have gone through rigorous training schedules, constant 4am wake up calls, and putting their lives on hold to achieve their ultimate goal. Instead we are reporting that everyone in Delhi has to wait hours to gain access to transport, contracting food poisoning while watching the cricket, completely ignoring the...
No medal for Gardiner
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If the Saints win this week Michael Gardiner will be the hard luck story. Playing in the Grand Final on Saturday he strained his hamstring and looks a certainty to miss out on this weekend's replay. He might not be the only player to miss out either. But to earn a premiership medallion you must have played in a winning grand final. It's a unique situation. There have been just three draws in 110 years. We all know the statistics and the fact remains no play no medal. Other...
Johnson to win Tour Championship
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This weekend the world's leading 30 golfers will be teeing off at the legendary East Lake GC in this year Tour Championship. The season ending event will be one of the most fiercely contested of the year, with both FedEx cup and Tour championships up for grabs. With no cut this weekend, all golfers will be playing four rounds, and will all hope to be somewhere near the top of the leaderboard on Sunday. It is also the last chance for the players to make some serious money...
5 reasons why Collingwood can be Premiers in 2010
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1. The ultimate home ground advantage The biggest games of the calendar year are played at Australia's colosseum, The MCG. As of Round 16 onwards, Collingwood don’t leave the place. As St Kilda found out last year; footy's biggest stage isn't the Indoor concrete jungle of Etihad, it's played under all weather conditions on footballs hallowed turf. Collingwood will almost have two months to perfect their MCG game plan, while other finals contenders travel to Darwin, Launceston, Sydney,...
Why the A-league must have its own FA Cup
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The time has arrived for the A-League to introduce a cup competition. As of next year, 12 teams will be battling it out to be crowned champion of Australia/New Zealand. Ideally it could be run in the same vein of the FA Cup where the tournament is open to all teams based in the two countries, and possibly the pacific islands in the future.With player poaching happening in the main football codes of Australia, the FFA should take the bull by the horns and run with the cup. In traditional...
The Greatest AFL team of the last 30 years - Part 1
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Who is the greatest side of the last thirty years? It's a question that probably cannot be answered but is a much debated topic. Over the next seven weeks I am going to try and answer this question with the help of thebigtip.com.au readers. With Essendon and Carlton doing battle this Friday night, let’s remember some glory days of both proud clubs and put possibly the best two seasons in recent memory head to head. ESSENDON 2000 The mighty bombers took it all before them in the...
AFL Umpires – The numbers up!
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The role of the sporting official is a long and thankless task. Whether you a football referee, AFL or netball umpire it doesn’t matter, the premise is the same. The preparation you go through week in, week out to perform at your best, physically and mentally you have to be at your best every week. When all is said and done, how do you know if you have performed well, you don't get cheered off the ground, or named in the best players. You find yourself walking off the ground...
The Greatest AFL team of the last 30 years - Part 2
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Who is the greatest side of the last thirty years? It's a question that's difficult to answer and is always a much debated topic. Over the next seven weeks I am going to try and answer this question with the help of thebigtip.com.au readers. With Adelaide and Brisbane doing battle this Sunday, let’s wind back the clock to some proud Premiership moments in both club's short history.BRISBANE 2001-03 Brisbane almost did the unthinkable in the modern era by winning four consecutive premierships....
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Enjoys playing, watching, reading, writing, talking about Sport. Try to follow most sports but draws the line at syncronised swimming. Follows Geelong, Melbourne Heart, West Bromwich Albion, amongst others, but as a rule try to have a sporting team in most leagues/Countries (Its more interesting that way).
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