Old Bear

Whenever Howes gets a possession I hope he at least kicks it out on the full Better result than hitting the opposition on the chest

Playing in the Bush if the coach brought out a soccer ball I’d ask if it was ok to run a few laps Always treated a soccer ball as poison I think RDB did as well

How small are our ( bigs ) at Casey I watched the practice match against Sandringham and was on the ground at the quarter time huddle Fullerton and Varrell are not AFL size Ruckmen and they struggle at VFL level Tom McDonald was our biggest player that day and Sandy had much bigger Big Men Watching on today we were boys against men verse Gold Coast Club is desperate for a future Ruckman to take over from Max

Pre HIV I used to think the more blood on my face the better Had my nose broken in a Grand Final from a back hander and refused to let the trainer wipe the snot and blood away until half time A lot of opposition got out of my way that day and the backhander guy kept looking over his shoulder waiting for the even up Was a better tactic than evening up

Did a preseason there in 74 seemed bloody huge then with the No of laps required by the coaches 😡

Len Mann far right at the back

Example Josh Kelly

Nervous as I am I can’t help thinking Oliver is going to play the best game of his career Which will give the Pies little or no hope of winning There so everyone stop worrying

Certainly looks likely atm

Their on the Gold Coast with one day less to recover Hope that’s the difference between us and them

Leo Sayer playing very a good game for the Blues He looks a lot like Ed Curnow

Should have grabbed him while playing at Casey’s development team

Watching him closely last few weeks I think he’s going to be someone Special in the future He has his own way of going about the game and continues to surprise each week as his confidence grows

Played a few half time games there in under 13 during the the VFAs great days in the 60s Even got on the TV once I agree that a once great club is being reduced to a gap filler role in this stupid version of VFL

Almost feel sorry for him on the Sunday Footy show Just a Mr Bean type character along side some reasonably good explayers Trying very hard to be relevant

Pretty sure most GWS memberships are freebies This was the case when I worked for them on the Far South Coast of NSW

Juice kicked 12 for Wangaratta two weeks ago The Big one that got away

Better than BT

Watching him up close at Wonthaggi last week his athleticism was amazing If he could stay healthy his up side is unlimited

Tommo did an impersonation of Oscar McDonald at his worst today Though Oscar never didn’t try hard thought Tommo looked disinterested often

If you played a good game in the u/17 in suburban footy you might even get a mention in the Sporting Globe Only happened to me once but still remember it 50 years on

And if you have ever lived in parts of Cranebourne You wouldn’t be feeling to superior about people from Broadmeadows Bomber Suppoerters an Exception They all need to be sentenced to spending a week in the presence of Kevin Sheedy a cruel and unfair punishment

I’ve run Auskick programs in Wodonga and STH Coast NSW under the AFLs heavy hand The AFL have taken Junior Development at this level away from local clubs and introduced strange rules that most Fathers fined hard to get their heads around So foreign to the game they once played Im not a fan of Auskick or how it’s run even though I loved being paid to coach kids I may be 68 and didn’t start playing until I was 11 and the coaching Received early wasn’t great but Auskick isn’t the answer either

Had disagreements with you in the past dazzel but couldn’t agree more Flags are always very special at any level