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Where is Allen Jakovich?

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11 hours ago, daisycutter said:

love jako, but i can't imagine him making any speeches. maybe he'll be serving the beers

He'll definitely be drinking them.

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    Logistics mate in Manila has confirmed its legit

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    17 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Definitely not a "great" but a cult hero for sure. Delivered more than Jurrah, still the quickest to 50 goals I believe? And second only to Coleman as quickest to 100?

    Equal quickest with Coleman and if he had kicked straighter would have got his 100 in 15 games instead of 21.  

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    17 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    A lot of posters naming him a great of the club ................... don't think so.

    He was a "great" in the same way Jurrah was - unfulfilled potential.

    Wash.your.mouth.out.

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    18 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    A lot of posters naming him a great of the club ................... don't think so.

    He was a "great" in the same way Jurrah was - unfulfilled potential.

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    19 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    A lot of posters naming him a great of the club ................... don't think so.

    He was a "great" in the same way Jurrah was - unfulfilled potential.

    He was about 5 levels above Jurrah.

    Jaka -  201 goals in 47 games

    Jurrah -  81 goals in 36 games

     

    Jakovich kicked bags in finals. In 47 game with Melbourne, he kicked 7+ goals on 10 occasions. Jurrahs best was 5.   AJ was a superstar. Only longevity stopped him being an all time great of the game.  Kicked an absurd amount of behinds too, if he had been more accurate... wow.

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    5 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

    He was about 5 levels above Jurrah.

    Jaka -  201 goals in 47 games

    Jurrah -  81 goals in 36 games

     

    Jakovich kicked bags in finals. He was a superstar. Only longevity stopped him being an all time great of the game.  Kicked an absurd amount of behinds too, if he was more accurate... wow.

    In my original post I made no comments about their relative merits as footballers and I won't now.

    Both played less than 50 games for the club and both, in their own way, were magical, charismatic crowd pullers.

    Both, in their own ways, drifted off into football oblivion and hence my comparison - unfulfilled potential.

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    I remember seeing Jako sing in TFS band at least 25 years ago (when it was mildly entertaining) and thinking with a good manager he could be a footy pop star. Unfortunately his star burnt out very quickly on both fronts

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    20 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    A lot of posters naming him a great of the club ................... don't think so.

    He was a "great" in the same way Jurrah was - unfulfilled potential.

    *slap*

    Please don't compare Jurrah to Jako. Jurrah was fantastic. Jako was god like who regardless of the club he was at, would have had a short career.

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    2 minutes ago, praha said:

    *slap*

    Please don't compare Jurrah to Jako. Jurrah was fantastic. Jako was god like who regardless of the club he was at, would have had a short career.

    Read my post 2 spaces above.

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    Id compare him to Ablett senior. Still remember when I saw him at the MooraBIN ground and win a game for us. The saints supporters went silent when the ball was near him.

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    14 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    I wonder if Hogan will become a superstar? I think he will. 

    All he needs is one good preseason.....Oh wait I've used that one

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    On 07/09/2017 at 8:19 PM, Bitter but optimistic said:

    A lot of posters naming him a great of the club ................... don't think so.

    He was a "great" in the same way Jurrah was - unfulfilled potential.

    Exactly the same way i feel about Jim Morrison.

    if he learned how to inject himself safely he could have won the noble prize fro literature but instead he died in the bath .

    Unlike your unique aroma.

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    On 08/09/2017 at 1:47 PM, Earl Hood said:

    Equal quickest with Coleman and if he had kicked straighter would have got his 100 in 15 games instead of 21.  

    Took 9 games to kick 50 goals and his first two games he kicked 0 (Melbourne kicked 2.8 for the day in a downpour against WCE in Perth) and 1. Averaged 7 goals/game in games 3-9.

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    12 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Took 9 games to kick 50 goals and his first two games he kicked 0 (Melbourne kicked 2.8 for the day in a downpour against WCE in Perth) and 1. Averaged 7 goals/game in games 3-9.

    The guy was a Freak, who had a chronic back injury from before he came to us

    We got the best we could have out of Allen. It was just pure bad luck he couldn't make the '94 Finals Series

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    8 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    The guy was a Freak, who had a chronic back injury from before he came to us

    We got the best we could have out of Allen. It was just pure bad luck he couldn't make the '94 Finals Series

    To be fair, I think that back injury came about because of all the extra pud he used to carry around (which led him to being delisted at the end of 1994).

    That being said, one of my all time favorites. Jaka didn't fit the stereotype of a Melbourne footballer. He lived on his wits and was a master sledger. Dustin Fletcher recalled with a smile about him kicking a bag of nine on him in his first year 'and telling me all about it after each and every one'.

    If you are feeling depressed about round 23, go to YouTube and watch our last ever game at Victoria Park in 1992. The bakes he directed at the Collingwood crowd, Gary Pert and Mick Gayfer were a thing of beauty (not to mention he kicked 7 and was the difference between the two teams).

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    19 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    To be fair, I think that back injury came about because of all the extra pud he used to carry around (which led him to being delisted at the end of 1994).

    That being said, one of my all time favorites. Jaka didn't fit the stereotype of a Melbourne footballer. He lived on his wits and was a master sledger. Dustin Fletcher recalled with a smile about him kicking a bag of nine on him in his first year 'and telling me all about it after each and every one'.

    If you are feeling depressed about round 23, go to YouTube and watch our last ever game at Victoria Park in 1992. The bakes he directed at the Collingwood crowd, Gary Pert and Mick Gayfer were a thing of beauty (not to mention he kicked 7 and was the difference between the two teams).

    The last time i went to that old Slag Heap....

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    Rounds 15-21 , 1991

    51 goals, 38 behinds in 7 games for an average of 7.3 goals per game,  5.4 behinds per game.

     

    Ended up with 71 goals (5.1 per game), 57 behinds (4.1 per game) in 14 games on the season. Including 8 goals in his first ever final.

     

    Buddy Franklin , Josh Kennedy and many others could only dream of a run like that.

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    So did anyone get a photo of this elusive creature in his Philippine natural habitat? Or a recording of his mating call? 

    Does he feed on San Miguel, pork adobo and chicken McNuggets? 

    Does he look like a bloated sack of protoplasm or a wrinkly piece of leather left in the sun too long? 

    Where does he sleep? Does he still have a mullet? 

    We need answers, dammit! 

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    2 hours ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

    So did anyone get a photo of this elusive creature in his Philippine natural habitat? Or a recording of his mating call? 

    Does he feed on San Miguel, pork adobo and chicken McNuggets? 

    Does he look like a bloated sack of protoplasm or a wrinkly piece of leather left in the sun too long? 

    Where does he sleep? Does he still have a mullet? 

    We need answers, dammit! 

    Lurking through Robinson's Shopping Malls eating Jollibee

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    13 hours ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    To be fair, I think that back injury came about because of all the extra pud he used to carry around (which led him to being delisted at the end of 1994).

    That being said, one of my all time favorites. Jaka didn't fit the stereotype of a Melbourne footballer. He lived on his wits and was a master sledger. Dustin Fletcher recalled with a smile about him kicking a bag of nine on him in his first year 'and telling me all about it after each and every one'.

    If you are feeling depressed about round 23, go to YouTube and watch our last ever game at Victoria Park in 1992. The bakes he directed at the Collingwood crowd, Gary Pert and Mick Gayfer were a thing of beauty (not to mention he kicked 7 and was the difference between the two teams).

    After being dragged in the first half 

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