The Stupidest Thing I Saw In Canberra
No Kiss of Death this week. :(So in lieu of that and because I can't be bothered to write up a preview for this week's match against Southern Stars - because surely we'll win that match - I decided to...
View ArticleI'm Working On A Disclaimer Project At The Moment - South Melbourne 2...
Firstly, a confession. I had lined this slot up several weeks ago for a patented South of the Border self-satisfying stylistic splurge, in particular, writing this game up in the manner of a match...
View ArticleThe Problem With South Melbourne Hellas - guest post
Another anonymous poster, with another heartfelt missive. Remember when no one used to contribute?So here I was driving in my car after the game with bottom side Dingley, trying to work out what has...
View ArticleBack With A Vengeance - Kiss of Death, Round 14, 2013
Players come and go but the club remains. This is something people do not understand, or refuse to comprehend. The transfer window is now closed and the player merry-go-round is over. Clubs wheeled and...
View ArticlePreston - Dockerty Cup Quarter Final Ticketing information
The match has been scheduled for Tuesday 23rd July, at Lakeside, with kickoff at 7:30PM.This is a members only match for South and Preston members.Members of both clubs will still need to obtain...
View ArticleHasa Diga Eebowai - South Melbourne 1 Bentleigh Greens 4
Our social club is an empty shell!Hasa Diga Eebowai!And we're still living in VPHell!Hasa Diga Eebowai!All our new players are cup tied!Hasa Diga Eebowai!And all our goalies have gone and died!Hasa...
View ArticleThe Worst 4-2 Win In History - South Melbourne 4 Preston Lions 2
Where do you start with a game like that?Perhaps you can start by saying, "Geez, I've got a bad feeling about this game", but that's pretty much every game these days. Hell, maybe even the whole last...
View ArticleMatch Preview South vs Dandy Round Whatsit? 15 is it? 2013
This could be fun. We have a billion ex-Thunder players on our list now (and their coach), though one of those players - Iqi Jawadi - won't be playing, seeing as how he's suspended. They made a mess of...
View ArticleBang For Your Buck - South Melbourne 6 Dandenong Thunder 2
Our now former coach Peter 'Gus' Tsolakis had said throughout the 2013 portion of his coaching tenure, that one day we were going to absolutely batter a team with the amount of chances we were...
View ArticleHope it doesn't rain - Richmond vs South tonight
Well, here we are again, on the other end - hopefully - of our annual mid-season slump, and with the familiar slog of trying to storm home into the finals.Knocked over Thunder last week. Now on to...
View ArticleCasual Friday - Richmond 1 South Melbourne 1
Bloody cold on Friday night, with a bitter wind. A win would have made it worthwhile, but we didn't get it, did we? What hurt the most - apart from the missed opportunities - is what looked like a...
View ArticleWhat You Missed Last Night At Beachcomber
Miss the members info sesh last night at Beachcomber? Here's the gist.NPLPretty much sticking to the line that we're all united and that we shall overcome. But this issue is so volatile, it's hard to...
View ArticleAnother week, another game
Are we going to beat Hume this week? I don't know. Gut feel says no.Also welcome back Manny, who's back from an overseas sojourn. Bit weird saying welcome back to a person you've never met, but what...
View ArticleWhat's not to like? South Melbourne 6 Hume City 1
Finally here - post took a little longer to put up than usual because I was waiting for Steve from Broady's reports. The delay however means that this is a fairly bumper edition.The scoreline perhaps...
View ArticleTired Of Writing This Week - Oaks vs South preview
So Here's The Match Preview As Stolen From The FFV's Official Preview ServiceOakleigh Cannons (9th) vs South Melbourne (7th)Sun 3:15pm, Jack Edwards ReserveRound 17Dandenong Thunder 3-1 Oakleigh...
View ArticleLuck (and good goalkeeping)'s a Fortune - Oakleigh Cannons 1 South Melbourne 2
Usually this fixture is played on a Friday night, but due to Oakleigh's lights being in an apparent state of disrepair, we had the unusual situation of playing this game on a Sunday afternoon. Playing...
View ArticleA Missed Opportunity In More Ways Than One - Green Gully 1 South Melbourne 0
Without the vast majority of our recent signings, this Dockerty Cup semi final was always going to be a bit of an uphill battle. But at the same time, this was an opportunity not just to continue our...
View ArticleToo Much Entertainment - South Melbourne 3 Pascoe Vale 2
This article is late partly because I went out drinking, in my own very limited way.I have even less idea than usual of what happened at this game. I mean, you tell me what was going on out there on...
View ArticleFire Up, Farken - Knights vs South preview
This 'derby' is a bizarre one. When did it become a derby game? How much of it is retrospective? Because let's be honest, while there have been many classic encounters between the two sides, and a...
View ArticleMoments of Madness - Melbourne Knights 2 South Melbourne 1
I feel gutted by this result.The result and the manner it was achieved are not the reasons why this report is late - I spent most of today marking papers - but I wouldn't blame anyone for thinking...
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