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The minute's silence, was so fitting !!!

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The minute's silence was so impressive and very fitting. What a great way to acknowledge our demon legend Dr Don Cordner. I don't recall this being done before .

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    Yeah I thought it was very respectful.

    I also like what I have seen them do in English soccer now and then to respect players and officials who have passed away, rather than a minute of silence, they have a minute of applause and cheering. Seems a fitting tribute to a sporting champion.

    But yeah, the minute silence yesterday was great and fully deserved.

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    Just another reason why people like Wayne Jackson should just crawl away and keep their rubbish opinions to themselves.

    The minute silence a great mark of respect and brings the spotlight on how much the people of our great club have contributed to this great game and stadium.

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    The minute's silence was so impressive and very fitting. What a great way to acknowledge our demon legend Dr Don Cordner. I don't recall this being done before .

    Troy Broadbridge also had minute's silence.... how very sad was that day !!

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    i thought it was fantastic before the game. we don't have many premiership captains left standing, for our club players like don are amongst the greatest.

    i was dissapointed that the minute was so short, it perhaps should have been called a 'moments silence'.

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    i thought the minutes silence was extremely short as well! What amazed me was the amount of respect that was shown, i didn't hear one child talk, one cough, one fool start cheering or anything. All we heard was pure silence from 30,000 people, it was special.

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    I'm so disappointed I missed this! I was coaching and the game finished about 30 minutes later than it should have, so I rushed there and did well to only miss the first two minutes, but unfortunately I missed this. I didn't even know it'd happened.:( Very glad they did it though. Pity there wasn't a crowd in excess of 40,000 to participate in it.:(

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    i thought it was fantastic before the game. we don't have many premiership captains left standing, for our club players like don are amongst the greatest.

    i was dissapointed that the minute was so short, it perhaps should have been called a 'moments silence'.

    i thought the minutes silence was extremely short as well! What amazed me was the amount of respect that was shown, i didn't hear one child talk, one cough, one fool start cheering or anything. All we heard was pure silence from 30,000 people, it was special.

    It was a great mark of respect.

    I agree with the moments silence, rather than a minutes silence as was announced. It lasted a good 25-30 seconds (maximum).

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    It was the reason we support this great club & why it shall rise again soon.. Built on Tradition. All these new clubs that the AFL has formed or is forming, will never understand

    where the MFC has come from.

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    Also great to see the Doggie's supporters paying due respect to Dr. Don on Saturday.

    They were very respectful, probably remembering the late Teddy Whitten and what a legend of their club he was and how significant it is to honour your own.

    The minute's silence lasted 30 seconds to the dot btw.

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