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Chris Yarran won't play for first third of the season

Its Time for Another

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Bluey's Dad Redleg

Bluey's Dad   3,419

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1 hour ago, old dee said:

Fairly confident that back then Choke it would not have mattered where you went footy clubs were very blokey places.

Most have since changed substantially but not so much at Carlton it would seem.

That's probably true, but it wasn't THAT long ago. This was around 1998/1999. I can still remember the big difference in between sitting the Carlton members and the Dees.

They were both 'blokey', but one felt intimidatingly so. The rage the Carlton members displayed towards their own team was amazing, and it's the reason I stopped going with him. Although loud and sometimes angry, I can't remember the Dees fans being nearly so abusive.

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1 minute ago, Choke said:

That's probably true, but it wasn't THAT long ago. This was around 1998/1999. I can still remember the big difference in between sitting the Carlton members and the Dees.

They were both 'blokey', but one felt intimidatingly so. The rage the Carlton members displayed towards their own team was amazing, and it's the reason I stopped going with him. Although loud and sometimes angry, I can't remember the Dees fans being nearly so abusive.

Well we are a more civilised group Choke those to the  North tend be less so.

Seriously 1998 is 18 years ago things have change quite a bit in that time.

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Bluey's Dad Redleg

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2 minutes ago, old dee said:

Well we are a more civilised group Choke those to the  North tend be less so.

Seriously 1998 is 18 years ago things have change quite a bit in that time.

True.

I guess what I'm trying to say is Carlton supporters suck and Dees supporters don't.

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Oh absolutely Shorts is a gun

But Jeff aint far behind him if he can just straighten up those shots at goal. 

Does he actually run too fast to have steady aim when kicking??

so easily could have dobbed 60 goals last season. 

Misses often by centimetres!

stats and more damned stats - however

Jeffy scored 71 times and shorts 88 times for the season

Adelaide were second best in the the AFL for inside 50's  - av 55 - We were 3rd worst with 44.

Adds weight to your argument on how good Jeffy could have been if he could have kicked a few more and we got it inside 50 with more regularity. ( on the flip side  - Shorts has always been a better kick at goal than Jeffy - 66% efficiency vs 59%)

 

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2 hours ago, Choke said:

I definitely agree with this. My uncle was a blues supporter and took me to a bunch of games when I was a kid. I really hated the atmosphere in the members section at Optus Oval. It felt unwelcoming, there was lots of swearing and yelling. It felt intimidating.

Doesn't surprise me that their female members feel like that too.

Hey Choke ( or anyone)

Are you old enough to remember men's only "pleasant Sunday mornings" at the MCG change rooms ? - I went to one when I was a puppy - I guess 40 odd years ago. Lordy lordy - it was during the Barassi era and after it started to unfold Barass who was there excused himself as it was out of control.

Without going into detail - I did say it was Men's only but there were a couple of females there who "entertained".

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4 minutes ago, nutbean said:

Hey Choke ( or anyone)

Are you old enough to remember men's only "pleasant Sunday mornings" at the MCG change rooms ? - I went to one when I was a puppy - I guess 40 odd years ago. Lordy lordy - it was during the Barassi era and after it started to unfold Barass who was there excused himself as it was out of control.

Without going into detail - I did say it was Men's only but there were a couple of females there who "entertained".

Surely not at the MFC!

Wash your mouth out nubean

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3 minutes ago, old dee said:

Wash your mouth out nubean

I so wanna say something here but I think it would earn me at least a post deletion or at worse a holiday !

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Hey Choke ( or anyone)

Are you old enough to remember men's only "pleasant Sunday mornings" at the MCG change rooms ? - I went to one when I was a puppy - I guess 40 odd years ago. Lordy lordy - it was during the Barassi era and after it started to unfold Barass who was there excused himself as it was out of control.

Without going into detail - I did say it was Men's only but there were a couple of females there who "entertained".

don't see anything wrong with a couple of singers, nut

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Its Time for Another Redleg

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1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

don't see anything wrong with a couple of singers, nut

What singing nuts in the changing rooms?

Talk about a thread off the rails.

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6 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Didn't the Blues have Dave Buttifant as fitness adviser? The same guy who was credited with getting the Pies into finals with Malthouse?

Interesting, if so, that he wasn't able to stay ahead of the curve or get the Blues to train to the required standards..

That was a few years ago - have ASADA / WADA become more active in recent years?

4 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Oh absolutely Shorts is a gun

But Jeff aint far behind him if he can just straighten up those shots at goal. 

Does he actually run too fast to have steady aim when kicking??

so easily could have dobbed 60 goals last season. 

Misses often by centimetres!

I bet Dennis was hoping he was a few cm the other way, so he could say ..."centimetre perfect"

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10 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

He was told that he might be the extra ingredient that Richmond needed to win some finals, and has set his peak for the season accordingly.

Kind of the reverse of the rest of the Tigers - the goal was to make finals, so then they stop.

That would be new ground for him - coming from Carlton and all....

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11 hours ago, small but forward said:

Loved Titus O'Reily's Twitter post on this "Chris Yarran won't play for the first third of the season. His teammates have yet to announce which third of the season they won't play."

Which 1/3 

The bit that has the finals :rolleyes:

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