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40 minutes ago, DV8 said:

you've got no idea. have you.

I had your alter ego on ignore and you haven't improved.

Bye.

Posted
Just now, ProDee said:

I had your alter ego on ignore and you haven't improved.

Bye.

tata little boy.

I thought you were more mature last time I witnessed you, but you regressed some how?  your age going backwards.  how do you do that?

Posted
12 hours ago, DV8 said:

Grinter is the equal of all of them, in terms of effectiveness.

 

Absolute Rubbish. Grinter spent a season and a half sitting in the Grand Stand suspended. 

and you put him in the same category as Jim Stynes??

Posted
1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Absolute Rubbish. Grinter spent a season and a half sitting in the Grand Stand suspended. 

and you put him in the same category as Jim Stynes??

as effective,  yes i do.

Posted
9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

No player has EVER done anything from the Grand Stand

 

that is true swyl just as you don't.

 

So obviously I'm talking about their games played.  Not how many, but the influence they have in the games they play.

That's how I determine their effectiveness.

 

I'm not voting like a best & fairest,,,,, as that desn't win games or Premierships.

I'm talking about doing things for the team to win matches, and sacrifice acts. etc, team acts.

Grinter is a great player of that era, and of Melbourne. 

not "the Greats" not the "LEGENDS",  but a great of Melbourne.   and of that afl era.

Posted
3 minutes ago, DV8 said:

that is true swyl just as you don't.

 

So obviously I'm talking about their games played.  Not how many, but the influence they have in the games they play.

That's how I determine their effectiveness.

 

I'm not voting like a best & fairest,,,,, as that desn't win games or Premierships.

I'm talking about doing things for the team to win matches, and sacrifice acts. etc, team acts.

Grinter is a great player of that era, and of Melbourne. 

not "the Greats" not the "LEGENDS",  but a great of Melbourne.   and of that afl era.

No he is not. He could have been

But there was too much blatant thuggery even by 80’s standards

Posted

Good grief. What is this thread even?

Of course they are going to hop into lever. It's part of footy, it's part of Aussie sport.

What Wallace said is mild and unremarkable.

Some of you should never go near a cricket field. You'd positively faint, my dears.

As for Grinter, he was a decent player with surprisingly good skills. Great? In your dreams. Hard nut, for sure. There were times when you were rapt Rod was on our side, as he "explained" a few things to the oppo. Other days when you wished he had held things in check.

His hit on Wallace, I think was one of those split second things where if he'd hit the ball, play on and no damage done. Or clipped Wallace, free kick, over and done with. As it happened, I think there was no malice and he was remorseful afterwards. Compare with eg Matthews who was completely devoid of feeling, or Ronnie Andrews who was too far the other way.

Grinter, a good guy, playing for the good guys, with hard but wayward fists.

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

No he is not. He could have been

But there was too much blatant thuggery even by 80’s standards

Your being blinded by stats, like games played. If Coleman was judged that way, he wouldn't anything more than a good ordinary footballer.   Which is what ANB & Tyson are at present.

Rodney was much better than that, and yes he missed a stack of games, but he swung a lot of wins our way, as well.

Lockett missed a stack of games.

Brereton lost a stack of games.

Dipper as well.

Greg Williams.

Jonathon Brown early days.

Posted
2 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Good grief. What is this thread even?

Of course they are going to hop into lever. It's part of footy, it's part of Aussie sport.

What Wallace said is mild and unremarkable.

Some of you should never go near a cricket field. You'd positively faint, my dears.

As for Grinter, he was a decent player with surprisingly good skills. Great? In your dreams. Hard nut, for sure. There were times when you were rapt Rod was on our side, as he "explained" a few things to the oppo. Other days when you wished he had held things in check.

His hit on Wallace, I think was one of those split second things where if he'd hit the ball, play on and no damage done. Or clipped Wallace, free kick, over and done with. As it happened, I think there was no malice and he was remorseful afterwards. Compare with eg Matthews who was completely devoid of feeling, or Ronnie Andrews who was too far the other way.

Grinter, a good guy, playing for the good guys, with hard but wayward fists.

 

Again, not one of the Greats, but he was a great footballer of his time.

Posted
16 minutes ago, DV8 said:

Your being blinded by stats, like games played. If Coleman was judged that way, he wouldn't anything more than a good ordinary footballer.   Which is what ANB & Tyson are at present.

Rodney was much better than that, and yes he missed a stack of games, but he swung a lot of wins our way, as well.

Lockett missed a stack of games.

Brereton lost a stack of games.

Dipper as well.

Greg Williams.

Jonathon Brown early days.

Disagree

Posted

They’ve targeted him a bit... all it’s done is fire him up. Close to BOG in the first half. Cheers Plough!

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

They’ve targeted him a bit... all it’s done is fire him up. Close to BOG in the first half. Cheers Plough!

pocketed 5 frees-for already.......haha

Posted
6 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Boy they sure shook him up ?

It was like the grand final all over again. Lever the only one with any idea how to play footy under any sort of pressure. 

Posted

Great idea, helium man.

About as successful as your various attempts at coaching.


Posted
On 5/25/2018 at 7:15 PM, pineapple dee said:

I will always believe Grinter was going fairly for the ball and it went a bit pear shaped. 

Never thought there was nothing malicious in it.

Agree. It was an overly exuberant attempt to spoil.

Posted

Well our Adelaide supporting friends have moved on. One drone on Adelaide BF declared that Lever " wasn't missed". Another dolt said Doedee was "better than Lever". They're sharp as bowling balls in Adelaide.

Certainly Tex "Einstein "  Walker has been proved right.

Posted
8 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Disagree

obviously

4 hours ago, Nasher said:

Boy they sure shook him up ?

LoL, yeah that'll teach him to leave the Crows. ?

_ now, who else wants to leave,  next ???

Posted
4 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

It was like the grand final all over again. Lever the only one with any idea how to play footy under any sort of pressure. 

spot on, it sounded just like it on radio, but looked like we stifled them more-so,,, on the Telly.

Posted
4 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

It was like the grand final all over again. Lever the only one with any idea how to play footy under any sort of pressure. 

Totally. Plus not having Lever there to deliver the half time spray probably didn't help either

Posted
On 5/26/2018 at 10:23 PM, Cards13 said:

 Bulltish one of the weakest acts I’ve seen. 

No he wasn’t a great, ( no matter your affiliation), he was a good player and someone i idolated until then. 

Huh?

Ohhh idolised. Now I get it, as in revered.

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