Matthew Lloyd

Sizzlers & sliders

Matthew Lloyd As some clubs take time out for the split round, Matthew Lloyd winds up a notch. How has your club performed? Where will it finish after round 22? It's over to the expert.

Mid-season draft a win-win

Matthew Lloyd As a recently retired full-forward, I've taken more than a passing interest in the incredible efforts of 28-year-old Cat James Podsiadly over the past couple of months.

Tough men content to play through injury

Matthew Lloyd We are only two months into the AFL season and already starting to see the rigours of our game take their toll on players.

Converts taking a huge punt

Matthew Lloyd Rugby league boys need to prepare for a blow to the ego.

Magpies, Dons deserve to own great AFL occasion

Matthew Lloyd This match has grown to such great heights that I can recall who played well each year - I couldn't say that for the past 15 preliminary finals that have been played.

Lloyd on that Lion

Matthew Lloyd On tour three hours outside Johannesburg on Thursday, Matthew Lloyd ventured inside the lions' cage and got more than he bargained for - a cub on his back.

Premiership window opens for Pies

Matthew Lloyd Never in my time in football have I associated the Collingwood Football Club with not getting the recognition it deserves or with flying under the radar.

The main game

Matthew Lloyd Retired Essendon captain Matthew Lloyd has spent the summer focusing on what he thinks will happen in season 2010.

Matthew Lloyd After the Hawthorn game, the journey home was anything but enjoyable. Yes, we had won, which was fantastic, but after the Brad Sewell incident, I didn't want to look sideways while driving along.

Game's tougher than ever and there's simply no place to hide

Matthew Lloyd People who think the game has gone soft should spend some time with an AFL team at its recovery session the morning after a game of football.

Got a good forward, Scott a winning team

Matthew Lloyd My first memory of Scott Lucas — he was unshaven with hair around his shoulders — was that he looked like Ringo Starr.

Holding their place is players' No. 1 priority

Matthew Lloyd Last weekend, I heard a radio talkback caller describe how her six-year-old son was sobbing in the back seat of the car because Melbourne had been beaten by a kick after the siren.

Time to take blinkers off to 30-somethings

Matthew Lloyd Your birth certificate seems to dictate worth more than the job you're doing.

Bombers' mission is to win respect

Matthew Lloyd Tonight's game is a chance to make amends for one of my worst football memories.

Bruises still linger after Saints' bashing - now to salvage some pride

Matthew Lloyd Sunday, August 31, 2008 - a date that sticks in my memory, for all the wrong reasons. Essendon walked off the then Telstra Dome in our season finale having been belted by St Kilda by 108 points.