Australian Football Association of North America

by Lisa Albergo reporting for AFANA from Chicago

The football magazine Inside Football has a humor page called the Back Pocket. Everything contained therein is complete fabrication and pokes fun at current goings-on around the league. So here are a few chioice items:

From the desk of Daniel Bradshaw (after he kicked six goals to help Sydney defeat his former club Brisbane, coached by Michael Voss):

Dear Michael

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Love,

Daniel
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WHAT HE SAID: We've recruited two players who have brought a heck of a lot to the football club. Their character alone is outstanding - Collingwood Coach Mick Malthouse on Darren Jolly (traded from Sydney and Luke Ball (traded from St. Kilda)

WHAT HE MEANT: They are polite, well-educated, train hard, don't get drunk, and can string three words together into a complete sentence. We usually don't get people like that at Collingwood

WHAT HE SAID: I got involved and forcibly tried to slow him up a little bit. I've found myself in situations before where I've needed the same sort of thing - Ben Cousins (former West Coast Eagle and rehabilitated drug addict) on punching Tiger teammate Daniel Connors in an effort to curb Connors' loud and drunken antics in a hotel

WHAT HE MEANT: Wish Juddy (former West Coast teammate Chris Judd) had punched my lights out 10 years ago. Might be a whole different story

Source: Inside Football