I remember the Sunday morning after our prelim. final defeat in 1987 reading the Sunday Age at a Clayton Bakery which had a quote from French soccer legend Michelle Platini. He said that there is more meaning in defeat than victory. This sounded bizarre at the time and was no solace to the shock of Jimmy crossing the mark but i have no doubt that jimmy has been driven by this wound and that our continuing resurrection owes something to one man's quest dating back to that fateful day.

Only Jimmy really knows, but my guess is that its more likely to be his love for the Melbourne Football Club, and gratitude for the opportunity it afforded him to make a life in this great country.