10 hours ago, Wizard of Koz said:

The nastiest player in the last 50 years. A definite coward too. Unfortunately he was feted for it at the time. Society had very weird attitudes towards coward violence back in 70s and 80s.

Should have been jailed for what he did to Nev Bruns.Was charged for it but footballers in that era were teflon coated

Thank god its game should be big day

6 minutes ago, ghost who walks said:

Thank god its game should be big day

Loosely translates as ??

Asking for a friend 😉 😀

2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Loosely translates as ??

Asking for a friend 😉 😀

oh wait .oops jumped the gun I blame the scotch.Yes i know its a bit early but i was thirsty

1 hour ago, marquis said:

Hughes and Grinter only ever collected opponents in contests in my experience. Matthews routinely dropped blokes behind play. Just ask Stephen Smith. Or Peter Giles.

Matthews was seriously messed in the head.

I was at the Whitten Oval the day he broke Terry Wallace's jaw. You heard the smack, the ball did just leave the area but it was poor judgement on Grinter's behalf and something I reckon he's no proud of. As for Brereton he was of an incredibly talented player who loved getting in the face of the opposition. I liked him and wished he played for us.

24 minutes ago, ghost who walks said:

Thank god its game should be big day

Not sure which is better, a sober ghosty does walk, a peeezed one staggers, both highly entertaining I would have thought 😇

Edited June 6Jun 6 by picket fence

14 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Not sure which is better, a sober ghosty does walk, a peeezed one staggers, both highly entertaining I would have thought 😇

my pet wolf Devil loves me no matter how i am

14 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

So was Leigh Matthews, and he was also a thug.

Did you know them personally?

36 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

I was at the Whitten Oval the day he broke Terry Wallace's jaw. You heard the smack, the ball did just leave the area but it was poor judgement on Grinter's behalf and something I reckon he's no proud of. As for Brereton he was of an incredibly talented player who loved getting in the face of the opposition. I liked him and wished he played for us.

Agree, Brereton could have been an all time great had it not been for injuries.

Randomly watched his open Mike interview with Mike Sheahan on YouTube few months back.. actually a really good watch if anyone has seen it.

1 hour ago, ghost who walks said:

my pet wolf Devil loves me no matter how i am

Of course they do!

14 hours ago, Roost it far said:

Brereton wasn’t a thug like Matthews. Matthews was a cowardly thug.

It beats me to this day how a thug and coward like Matthews, who was de-registered as a player, can be regarded by many as an icon of out game.

I hope Shirvo is aware of the shrinkage factor with the iced water

1 hour ago, dondemon said:

Did you know them personally?

No, I didn’t. I watched how they played football though.

Are you asking everyone else who’s commented similarly this same question?

Didn’t think so.

13 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Grinter was a massive thug but universally loved by Melbourne fans.

As you say, every club had at least one in their team back then.

Back then you'd have to fight fire with fire and Grinter was our fire during that era and we loved him for it.
I remember one day out at Waverly and Brereton cleaned up Dean Chiron at the opening bounce.
It was Grinter who had him looking over his shoulder as he was the only player we had that Brereton was intimidated by.

But here's a few biffs and bumps from our choir boys back in the day.
https://youtu.be/OWhy2-aZCkU?t=1

Edited June 7Jun 7 by Fork 'em

I really believe the team will rally on Monday and win this.

Its obviously a last ditch chance for finals.

Goodys back is against the w

All we need do is just bring our best , it will do.

I'd like to some decent physicality against this mob that bullies us and gets away with it all top often.

Both Jake and Kozzie to have a big day out.

34 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

No, I didn’t. I watched how they played football though.

Are you asking everyone else who’s commented similarly this same question?

Didn’t think so.

So there.kiss my butt

35 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

No, I didn’t. I watched how they played football though.

Are you asking everyone else who’s commented similarly this same question?

Didn’t think so.

Hi my little sheet rack are they training this morning

41 minutes ago, Previously known as LITD. said:

I really believe the team will rally on Monday and win this.

Its obviously a last ditch chance for finals.

Goodys back is against the w

All we need do is just bring our best , it will do.

I'd like to some decent physicality against this mob that bullies us and gets away with it all top often.

Both Jake and Kozzie to have a big day out.

I watched the Pies dismantle the Dawks last week.
They were impressive.
Real impressive.

Yeah we can win it no doubt.
But everything has to go right.
Need to play 4qtrs, our guns need to fire and take our opportunities.
Choke in front of goal like usual and we're doomed ..... DOOMED I tell ya.

Edited June 7Jun 7 by Fork 'em

Watch the number of times Howe pushes his opponent in the back once beaten in a marking contest but don’t count on a 50 metre penalty. He got away with it multiple times against Hawthorn last week.

4 hours ago, Billy said:

What has Kolt done at Casey, nothing!!!

Laurie has been really good at Casey & deserves A FULL GAME!!!!!

I don’t blame Goodwin for for our goal kicking, but selection integrity has been been embarrassing under him

Laurie was dropped as shown via the Casey team changes. Laurie's best position is as an inside mid, not HF. Anyway, Kolt got a great write up by the VFL coach, your take is baseless

Koltyn Tholstrup

"Koltyn's role compliance on the weekend was a really strong once again. He got his rewards through his pressure acts inside 50 and up the ground, his tackles and smothers. His ability to be really calm and decisive with the ball impacted the scoreboard again which he's been able to do this consistently now which is great to see."

14 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

Watch the number of times Howe pushes his opponent in the back once beaten in a marking contest but don’t count on a 50 metre penalty. He got away with it multiple times against Hawthorn last week.

Interesting. Could it be a deliberate tactic rather than plain old nastiness? Perhaps a forced delay to stop the oppo playing quickly is of more use these days than a 50m penalty deep in defence which give time for opponents to organise, so it's worth the risk of a 50m.

4 minutes ago, MrFreeze said:

Laurie was dropped as shown via the Casey team changes. Laurie's best position is as an inside mid, not HF. Anyway, Kolt got a great write up by the VFL coach, your take is baseless

Koltyn Tholstrup

"Koltyn's role compliance on the weekend was a really strong once again. He got his rewards through his pressure acts inside 50 and up the ground, his tackles and smothers. His ability to be really calm and decisive with the ball impacted the scoreboard again which he's been able to do this consistently now which is great to see."

So did Jeffo but doubt that he will play! Selection is a lottery at the Dees, how does Lever get a game over T Mac??? Madness!

1 hour ago, ghost who walks said:

Hi my little sheet rack are they training this morning

There’s a main training session at Casey today and a captain’s run at Gosch’s tomorrow at 10am.

1 hour ago, DubDee said:

I hope Shirvo is aware of the shrinkage factor with the iced water

All good. He’ll blend in with every other slider. 🤭