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1 hour ago, timbo said:

I will never forget Crackers Fn Keenan hitting up on me at the 1st at Gisborne GC, almost hitting me. I don't think he took to well to a small overweight 16 yo calling him out on it.

Crackers bloody Keenan

 

Crackers was a great tap ruckman, both sides, any distance to his rovers. Not much good at anything else, but hung in there. Used to have a smoke at half-time in the rooms, I'd heard. Funny man.

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    FFS..

    Maybe we could get Chris Connolly to head up footy, or get Gary Lyon to choose our next coach.

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    Might be a raging success like Kevin Bartlett, James Hird or Justin Leppitsch.

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    2 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Hardwick, Clarkson, Longmire, Chris Scott, Bomber Thompson, Matthews and Sheedy all coached the teams they played for right?

    Then we shouldn't go and get Clarkson then.

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    On 7/5/2018 at 9:17 AM, Deemania since 56 said:

    Absolute respect for the man, the player, the Captain of MFC and the inspiration that he brought to the Club and the game. Stan was the full package and for years (just because he was younger then), I dreamed on him becoming the MFC Coach after Northey as the two, as coaches, players and leaders of men had so much in common. Alves in so many regards was always one of the historical past who generated immense pride (in a continuously losing team) and respect. 

    Pretty close to the most boring special comments man going round.

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    9 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    Pretty close to the most boring special comments man going round.

    Never thought that when Alves was commentating. He was very good on his comments about what we now call midfielding, and ball movement through the players was a specialty. He was a reserved person, and that would explain some of the tonal monotony of his comments but hey, we are not all showmen, are we? When listening to radio broadcasts of football the imagination kicks in - all we need is a steady and factual stream of information to gain a relatively accurate picture of the game. What do you want? Bells and whistles, descriptions of dancing girls and upbeat lingo franca? We would look forward to the quarterly summaries that Alves provided - I can remember that well. 

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    11 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

    Never thought that when Alves was commentating. He was very good on his comments about what we now call midfielding, and ball movement through the players was a specialty. He was a reserved person, and that would explain some of the tonal monotony of his comments but hey, we are not all showmen, are we? When listening to radio broadcasts of football the imagination kicks in - all we need is a steady and factual stream of information to gain a relatively accurate picture of the game. What do you want? Bells and whistles, descriptions of dancing girls and upbeat lingo franca? We would look forward to the quarterly summaries that Alves provided - I can remember that well. 

    Stan Alves is the embodiement of what all of us would like to be given his cruel loss! Astute football brain and brilliant player! To say anything else is just wrong or malicious!!

    Lovely man who keeps on giving!

    Well done Stan!

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    On 7/6/2018 at 8:59 PM, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    Pretty close to the most boring special comments man going round.

    Dermot Brereton has that covered. Most long-winded BSer I've ever heard. Even beats Roaming Brian.

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    The 1st autograph I ever got was from Stan Alves when he was Cpt.
    Before training in the Punt rd end goal square.

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