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And it was the fisherman, not the fisher, who caught the fish to go into the batter before cooking.

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    7 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    I wonder what Lillee, Warne, McGrath and all the other great bowlsmen would make of this.

    Uhm… get the spelling right!

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    20 hours ago, DubDee said:

    If we finish top, we were the best and most consistent team all year.

    Doesn’t mean nothing to me

    Didn't realise this, but we actually win the McClelland Trophy for being minor premiers (sorry, top of the ladder)

    Bring on the fancy silverware!!

      
     

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    20 hours ago, tiers said:

    Why, oh why, does the media insist on using the ugly terminology to describe our position.

    We are "top of the ladder" as it has been since the dawn of the footy era. We are not "top of the table", an ugly term purloined from overseas soccer.

    If we finish top of the ladder that is enough to define our success. Again that's how it has been since the dawn of footy. That ugly expression "minor premiership" has crept in from rugby and has no place in our great game.

    Curse those journos and commentators who use these terms in the hope of sounding fancy and "sophisticated". They don't, they sound like presumptuous prats and bores.

    Call me an old fuddy duddy but some things we should hold sacred. Our great game and its traditional terminology are sacred and must be preserved.

    Go dees.

    Or even "toppermost of the poppermost" (The Beatles) would suffice.

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    When I first started listening to live radio broadcasts back on a Saturday arvo, the term "playing in the pivot" was still in currency. Those were the days when all VFL games were played on a Saturday and you could grab a freshly-printed Sporting Globe outside Richmond station on the way home.

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    The McLelland trophy used to be awarded to the team with the best results overall for seniors, reserves and thirds. We actually won a few times in my memory.

    Dates me, doesn't it. Who else remembers reserves (or seconds) and thirds? And the pink coloured "Sporting Globe" when it was a mandatory read and not a bar.

    No legal; betting on footy, footy special trams to the games, suburban grounds, no creature comforts but the footy was at least as good. And no pretentious, pompous, pratty, pseudo personalities to cheapen our great game with their dumb comments.

    At least we no longer have 3LO, 3UZ and 3DB who would fit the footy commentary in between the races at lesser places than Manangatang just when your team was about to score.

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    21 minutes ago, tiers said:

    The McLelland trophy used to be awarded to the team with the best results overall for seniors, reserves and thirds. We actually won a few times in my memory.

    Dates me, doesn't it. Who else remembers reserves (or seconds) and thirds? And the pink coloured "Sporting Globe" when it was a mandatory read and not a bar.

    No legal; betting on footy, footy special trams to the games, suburban grounds, no creature comforts but the footy was at least as good. And no pretentious, pompous, pratty, pseudo personalities to cheapen our great game with their dumb comments.

    At least we no longer have 3LO, 3UZ and 3DB who would fit the footy commentary in between the races at lesser places than Manangatang just when your team was about to score.

    Oh I remember this, would curse when we were covered by the racing stations, especially when they would make comments, "Oh it looks like it's getting close at the footy" I would scream at the radio!!. I also remember laying in bed as a young bloke listening to the night games afrom the Lakeside Oval (I believe this was the only ground with lights good enough to cover the whole ground)

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    1 hour ago, Demon_spurs said:

    Oh I remember this, would curse when we were covered by the racing stations, especially when they would make comments, "Oh it looks like it's getting close at the footy" I would scream at the radio!!. I also remember laying in bed as a young bloke listening to the night games afrom the Lakeside Oval (I believe this was the only ground with lights good enough to cover the whole ground)

    The Lakeside Oval (aka South Melbourne ground) was the only ground with lights but they were only good enough for a match so long as there was no tv telecast. Used only for the post season competition for teams that were not playing real finals footy. I believe (although not sure) that the lights were installed for the 56 Olympics.

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    23 hours ago, tiers said:

    Why, oh why, does the media insist on using the ugly terminology to describe our position.

    We are "top of the ladder" as it has been since the dawn of the footy era. We are not "top of the table", an ugly term purloined from overseas soccer.

    If we finish top of the ladder that is enough to define our success. Again that's how it has been since the dawn of footy. That ugly expression "minor premiership" has crept in from rugby and has no place in our great game.

    Curse those journos and commentators who use these terms in the hope of sounding fancy and "sophisticated". They don't, they sound like presumptuous prats and bores.

    Call me an old fuddy duddy but some things we should hold sacred. Our great game and its traditional terminology are sacred and must be preserved.

    Go dees.

    Remember the centre diamond ? :)

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    47 minutes ago, KysaiahMessiah said:

    Remember the centre diamond ? :)

    Remember before the centre diamond or square? Just three circles. Worked for nearly 100 years until Kennedy ruined the game.

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    5 hours ago, tiers said:

    The McLelland trophy used to be awarded to the team with the best results overall for seniors, reserves and thirds. We actually won a few times in my memory.

    Dates me, doesn't it. Who else remembers reserves (or seconds) and thirds? And the pink coloured "Sporting Globe" when it was a mandatory read and not a bar.

     

    I remember all of that. It was a race to get a Sporting Globe and then the War Cry for Mum to read.

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    Not quite the right post for the thread. But it nearly fits.

    What the [censored] is with the 'underground' handball? 

    Underground... seriously? 

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    Another that gets me is when the commentators refer to the Melbourne Football Club instead of Team.  Eddie does it all the time. It’s the Team that plays the game, not the Club. The Club includes all of the staff and members. 

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    Match v Adelaide.

    Triplechins referring to "caressing" the ball through ... Said it a number of times.

    Also referred to the ball going "straight through the middle" a couple of times when the ball missed the goal post by a bee's ###.

     

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    19 hours ago, Supermercado said:

    Also more of people playing in the 'pivot' please.

    I still use Pivot. The true centre man position. Playing pivot to me means someone who basically plays in the centre square. Not rushing to defence or to F50. The guy who is always the go guy switch, the first defender when the ball bounces out of F50. Never gets out of 2nd gear (usually because he doesn't have another to go to!) But plays 100% game time. Not just another on baller who goes every where. The Greg Diesel Williams style of play. 

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    18 hours ago, faultydet said:

    Modern commenters are the worst. Constantly attempting to leave their imprint on the game with absolute garbage like "the fat side" or "front and square"

    Jfc.

     

     

     

    ^ This.

    I wouldn't mind so much if they came up with something original, rather than pinched it from some US sport or soccer. It's so incredibly lame!

    Bring back the daisy cutter! And, who could go past the drop kick? A unique and technically difficult style of kicking that, as a bonus, became a popular form of derision. Eg. The commentators are a bunch of drop kicks!

     

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    3 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

    a popular form of derision.

    It's not quite as innocent as it seems as it's a shortened version of the rhyming slang "dropkick and punt".

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    On 8/18/2021 at 8:24 PM, tiers said:

    Why, oh why, does the media insist on using the ugly terminology

    Because they think it will make them sound like an insider, or make them sound cool. 

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    On 8/18/2021 at 9:56 PM, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    I get annoyed when people say banner. It's correct name is a run through. 

    I'm almost 60, and I've always used banner.

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    20 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    I just hope everyone enjoyed their wildcard weekend last week.

    Stop it, Hutchy.

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    37 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    It's not quite as innocent as it seems as it's a shortened version of the rhyming slang "dropkick and punt".

    I didn't know that! It still works remarkably well in my sentence

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    We need to get back to things like this, noted in the Australasian Sketcher, September 1881 - 'Members of the theatrical profession in Melbourne taking part in a charity match on behalf of the family of the late Marcus Clarke; held on the East Melbourne Cricket Club ground; opera house employees against the remaining theatres; all the players are in theatrical costumes'.

     

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