Great story telling by Max. 

Its good to hear some of the fun times away from the Club.  And, pleased that Mclardy gets a gig at our informal 'events'.

"Happy" by Pharrell Williams

 

Easy to see why Neale would choose that song. 

How Happy would he be for us to win the silverware?

I feel kind of desperate to win it very very soon to share it with some really special Demon people, while they are still with us:  Neale Daniher, Ronald Dale Barassi and the remaining 1964 Premiership Team.

But tomorrow, hope the team heed Neale's words:  "Don't give up, don't give in, give it all you've got".

Can someone copy paste from the Hun. Not a subscriber

1 hour ago, timbo said:

Can someone copy paste from the Hun. Not a subscriber

I was able to read it by tapping on the image in Demonland's post, on my phone.  For some reason that seems to get around the paywall.  But it doesn't work from my laptop.

The general gist of the article was that last summer some players, some ex board members and guests went for a golf game (hosted by the club) to the Mornington Peninsula.  Trengove, Watts and Gawn went to the Sorrento Hotel and (unintentionally, ho, ho) had quite a few drinks.  When they went back to their accommodation in the wee hours of the morning, they found Don Mclardy and Neale Daniher sitting around a campfire, blaring out music not caring about the noise nor who they disturbed.  The three players joined them and Watts told stories and they all selected music.  There they stayed most of the night.  Max says the only song he remembers is the one Daniher chose:  Happy.  Max thinks of Neale Daniher as a very special man. 

I'm sure there would be a ringing endorsement of Neale being a special man.

 

FYI:  It is against Demonland rules to paste entire articles onto this site.

Edited June 10, 20186 yr by Lucifer's Hero

5 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

I was able to read it by tapping on the image in Demonland's post, on my phone.  For some reason that seems to get around the paywall.  But it doesn't work from my laptop.

The general gist of the article was that last summer some players, some ex board members and guests went for a golf game (hosted by the club) to the Mornington Peninsula.  Trengove, Watts and Gawn went to the Sorrento Hotel and (unintentionally, ho, ho) had quite a few drinks.  When they went back to their accommodation in the wee hours of the morning, they found Don Mclardy and Neale Daniher sitting around a campfire, blaring out music not caring about the noise nor who they disturbed.  The three players joined them and Watts told stories and they all selected music.  There they stayed most of the night.  Max says the only song he remembers is the one Daniher chose:  Happy.  Max thinks of Neale Daniher as a very special man. 

I'm sure there would be a ringing endorsement of Neale being a special man.

 

FYI:  It is against Demonland rules to paste entire articles onto this site.

Nice summation LH

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Nice summation LH

Indeed.  The link worked for me and without taking anything away from LH, I think he really just summarised the highlight.  It was quite a well constructed rambling from Max, in which he also goes over in his own way the now fairly well trodden story and widely acknowledged admiration for Neale and the life lessons that can be taken from his battle with MND and the positive way he carries himself.

Also touches on the Melb Vs Pie Queens birthday tradition and the meaning of that as a player as well as Rd 23 last year and it's apparent thay remains a motivator for the playing group.