No, not a reference to cell phones!
In September 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Hitler’s Germany following the German invasion of Poland. It was May 1940 before Germany launched its westward invasion through Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland. The intervening period was known as the “Phoney War” in Britain because nothing much warlike was happening.
Well, we can’t escape the feeling here at AussieRulesBlog Central that we’re similarly entwined in a misleading period of peace and tranquility — a phoney season — before the hostilities of the AFL season begin with ‘war games’ on February 11 as a prelude to full battle on March 24.
We’re not in the business of prognostications, so don’t look for them. We’ve found Supercoach and Dream Team to be singularly unexciting and uninteresting. We take little notice of the optimistic assessments trotted out to club faithful at this time of the year.
We just want the footy to start . . .
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
The phoney season
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No, not a reference to cell phones!In September 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Hitler’s Germany following the German invasion of Poland. It was May 1940 before Germany launched its westward invasion through Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland. The intervening period was known as the “Phoney War” in Britain because nothing much warlike was happening.
Well, we can’t escape the feeling here at AussieRulesBlog Central that we’re similarly entwined in a misleading period of peace and tranquility — a phoney season — before the hostilities of the AFL season begin with ‘war games’ on February 11 as a prelude to full battle on March 24.
We’re not in the business of prognostications, so don’t look for them. We’ve found Supercoach and Dream Team to be singularly unexciting and uninteresting. We take little notice of the optimistic assessments trotted out to club faithful at this time of the year.
We just want the footy to start . . .
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