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Bringing back the torp!

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1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Not today.

No milk today, my love has gone away, the bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn.

 
31 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

and donny williams

Deemania will no doubt remember when Don was captain Coach of the Sale FC in between his stints with Melb...!

32 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

and donny williams

Don was another ripper and for stab passes, Hassa was sublime. Kent in every regard of onfield play reminds me of Hassa  but does not drop kick - the modern game doesn't demand such skills excellence. 

 
3 minutes ago, Vagg said:

Deemania will no doubt remember when Don was captain Coach of the Sale FC in between his stints with Melb...!

Vagg, Jack Schuback from Sale FC taught me everything about footy...he was my uncle. 

3 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

No milk today, my love has gone away, the bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn.

No marks today, the Torp has gone away, the Trac stands forlorn, as does Maxie Gawn...


2 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Don was another ripper and for stab passes, Hassa was sublime. Kent in every regard of onfield play reminds me of Hassa  but does not drop kick - the modern game doesn't demand such skills excellence. 

A few years back I was among a group of old blokes invited by sponsor AAPT to a session of "training" with the Lions.  Totally stuffed me!  But, at one stage I was involved in a bit of short passing with Jared Brennan, and I pulled out a nifty little stab pass.  Shoulda seen the look on his Jared's!  Kinda like "What the F... was that?..."  Was so funny!  Mind you, I tried to repeat the trick with my second kick, and totally stuffed it up!  LOL

1 minute ago, Vagg said:

No marks today, the Torp has gone away, the Trac stands forlorn, as does Maxie Gawn...

You poet laureate, you. 

Now all that's left is that kick against Collingwood, the Members' Terrace in the shade was falling down, With all the cheers from the snobs on the balcony - just two up, siren blown.....

1 minute ago, Deemania since 56 said:

You poet laureate, you. 

Now all that's left is that kick against Collingwood, the Members' Terrace in the shade was falling down, With all the cheers from the snobs on the balcony - just two up, siren blown.....

Ok.  You win...!  LOL

 
3 minutes ago, Vagg said:

A few years back I was among a group of old blokes invited by sponsor AAPT to a session of "training" with the Lions.  Totally stuffed me!  But, at one stage I was involved in a bit of short passing with Jared Brennan, and I pulled out a nifty little stab pass.  Shoulda seen the look on his Jared's!  Kinda like "What the F... was that?..."  Was so funny!  Mind you, I tried to repeat the trick with my second kick, and totally stuffed it up!  LOL

It did amaze those who had not used/seen/imagined the stab pass. Most people that I sent one to who had not received one before - fell over or were badly winded. Haha. Fed the full forwards, though. Sometimes at the very half-second of dispatch of a stab, you just knew it was another goal. Fastest conversion ever. I practised the stab for three years as a junior, and loved it. So did the coach. 30 metres dead straight, lighting fast, never reaching more than 6 feet off the ground up to 30-45 metres ... bring the bullet (7.92 mm) back!

Imagine Petracca sending one in!!!

1 hour ago, demonstone said:

Sorry Barrie!  I agree that Tassie Johnson may be the one you're thinking of, and what a prodigious roost he had.

As a kid I had the big Mobil posters of Tassie and Hassa Mann on my wall, and Hassa's 29 was on my first guernsey.

Me too ds

Hassa was my favourite, but the reason I began supporting was the Tassie drop kick at St Kilda junction oval which sailed into centre half forward where a stab kick gave it to Big Bob. Aaahh those were the days.


2 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Don was another ripper and for stab passes, Hassa was sublime. Kent in every regard of onfield play reminds me of Hassa  but does not drop kick - the modern game doesn't demand such skills excellence. 

and don't forget stuie spencer for stab kicks and drop kicks

many vfl rovers were top exponents of the stab kick

18 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

and don't forget stuie spencer for stab kicks and drop kicks

many vfl rovers were top exponents of the stab kick

Never mind the stab, DC, let's stick to the Torp. 

My last memorable Torp was against West Footscray in the 1966 Under 16 Semi Final played at Kingsville Oval.

I wore the colours of the Sunshine Football Club.

At a boundary throw in about 45 Metres from our goal I was rucking against Laurie Sandilands. I was awarded a free kick - good it was free, didn't get too many other that day though I kicked 2 goals and was named in the Best Players - I kicked a Torp towards goal and it kept sailing and sailing, right through the hi diddle diddle. I ran back to the centre as though I'd meant to kick it.

I love the Torp...

3 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Vagg, Jack Schuback from Sale FC taught me everything about footy...he was my uncle. 

Yep, I can vouch, us Germans know a thing about footy. Just ask the Manns, the Schwartz, the Mueller, the Carl, the Neitz, the Obst, I could go on and on, as we all know by now...


6 minutes ago, dieter said:

Never mind the stab, DC, let's stick to the Torp. 

My last memorable Torp was against West Footscray in the 1966 Under 16 Semi Final played at Kingsville Oval.

I wore the colours of the Sunshine Football Club.

At a boundary throw in about 45 Metres from our goal I was rucking against Laurie Sandilands. I was awarded a free kick - good it was free, didn't get too many other that day though I kicked 2 goals and was named in the Best Players - I kicked a Torp towards goal and it kept sailing and sailing, right through the hi diddle diddle. I ran back to the centre as though I'd meant to kick it.

I love the Torp...

the thing about a torp is that any old dummkopf could accidentally kick a torp by actually just mis-kicking a punt kick

now a stab kick (daisycutter) was truly an art only mastered by a skilled few

2 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

the thing about a torp is that any old dummkopf could accidentally kick a torp by actually just mis-kicking a punt kick

now a stab kick (daisycutter) was truly an art only mastered by a skilled few

Hey, Man, I resemble that. Jack Storey - ex Port player, Sunshine Under 16 Coach, go figure - took me aside one training session and taught me how to kick. Man I was called King Torp, those kicks just kept floating ever onwards... Pity 'bout my drop kicks, let alone a Stabber...Apart from Ernie Steigler and Peter Ramholt, I was the only other dummkopf in the team. 

35 minutes ago, dieter said:

Yep, I can vouch, us Germans know a thing about footy. Just ask the Manns, the Schwartz, the Mueller, the Carl, the Neitz, the Obst, I could go on and on, as we all know by now...

You Krauts certainly know about torpedoes!

3 minutes ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

You Krauts certainly know about torpedoes!

My point entirely, Jumper.

 

5 minutes ago, Jumping Jack Clennett said:

You Krauts certainly know about torpedoes!

Though, to be fair, young man, the so-called Allies knew a thing or two about them as well. Just ask the survivors of the torpedoes that awaited the millions of civilians who fled the oncoming Russian advances in 1945...


4 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

No milk today, my love has gone away, the bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn.

In my case, a symptom of the lawn...

Why did i start reading this    #!@#$%$#@!@#$%^

 
1 hour ago, dieter said:

It don't work, Mr Bin.

What is it?

woops:

 

7 hours ago, bush demon said:

Could make the drop kick mandatory from the kick out. Would either be a press buster or a chaos ball.

 


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