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Dee Dee Redleg

Dee Dee   1,103

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Rob Hickmott: played 2 games for the Dee's. I must confess I cannot remember them. But good luck to him and well done on the win today.

 

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Can't remember the Saints game. Pretty sure I was at G for the 127 point loss to North. 

Outer was being demolished. 

Was in the MFC rooms after the game. Swoop went ballistic - sent Wight and Viney off to lead player discussion and come back and report to him. 

 

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Think I recall the Saints game as well. Wet day. Muddy ground. Not out of it at 3/4 time but Winmar tore us up.  

Torps in driving rain from 55, 60 then 65 to sink us.

Nothing changed in 26 years. 

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He and Gudinski...had to have $20 each way...I'm a happy once a year punter (truth be known, I only found out about those connections after the race).

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One for the battlers.

Any Billionaire can win the Cup,unless he is Middle Eastern, which makes it a great leveller.

Speaking of levellers,

I still think it is ridiculous to knock down the 96 year old grandstand at Flemington just to build a concrete one, even though Gina Rhinehart took a tumble down the stairs yesterday ,the aftershocks being felt in China and New York.

Nick Williams also deserves credit for falling over and ruining his over-loaded knee, thus forcing his father to battle his hatred of people to accept the Cup in what must be a very boring day for him.He seemed to enjoy the press conference and questioning as much as Mal Meninga did in his political career.

Robert Hickmott deserves congratulations for his training effort.LLoyd has been training him for years and he has rarely missed a session.

After seeing the photo posted above I am pleased he chose an honest job and didn't opt for male modelling.

 

 

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2 hours ago, C.Smoker Champion said:

One for the battlers.

Any Billionaire can win the Cup,unless he is Middle Eastern, which makes it a great leveller.

Speaking of levellers,

I still think it is ridiculous to knock down the 96 year old grandstand at Flemington just to build a concrete one, even though.....

 

 

Me too although I am reliably told that there are major defects in the stand and it is dangerous without a few hundred thousand spent each year to keep it safe.......

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1 hour ago, Elwood 3184 said:

Robert Hickmott has now trained as many Melbourne Cup winners as he played games for the Demons.

A stunning achievement.

Lucky Neita doesn't train horses.........

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6 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Me too although I am reliably told that there are major defects in the stand and it is dangerous without a few hundred thousand spent each year to keep it safe.......

That explains why their drinks and food prices are the most expensive of any race track in Victoria.

God help us after the renos have been done.  Will have to go back to the days of smuggling my drinks in...

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6 hours ago, rjay said:

Cup Day.jpg

Hah.  I sat with my back to the floor of people standing around the TV watching.  I'm sure at least half the 'crowd' don't give a stuff about it and were just watching as a socially accepted way of slacking off for a few minutes.

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