Jumping Jack Clennett

Became a policeman, I think. I can recall another policeman who played for us... no-one’s mentioned him as an obscure player. Initials... P. P. Anyone know who I’m talking about?

Stuck at home like everyone else yesterday,I watched the first(terrible) half while on the exercise bike. Today 'I'm looking forward to a pleasant hour on the bike again, knowing it's going to be much more fun to watch! Go Ozzie! Are many past matches available on Demonland? '

One recurring problem is that our guys are kicking it OVER THE HEADS of our forwards. Compared to the WCE guys, esp. Gaff and Hurn , who calmly kick controlled passes to their targets, who have to run forward to take the ball on their chest. It is particularly ineffective to kick it high to the forwards who are outnumbered by tall backs. Surely it would be better to kick grass cutter passes, if there are fast crumbers( like Pickett, Bedford and Spargo), buzzing around the legs of tall, comparatively slow, backs like Barass,McGov, and Hurn. Tumble punts (“up-country mongrel finger breakers”) are also more likely to be effective,causing chaos in the forward line, if there are no promising options ahead. We make sure Hurn etc have easy marks, kicking them neat little drop punts,to their zone, well away from any Demon forwards. I think our guys forget they’re “pumped-up “ ,in the pressure of competition, and kick it too hard and fast. In practice conditions, they can pass accurately. Somehow we’ve got to play the way we practise. Also, would it be practicable to introduce a rule....”NEVER kick short to a 50:50 situation.? Surely it’s better to kick LONG to 50:50, if no good option is on offer.

One of the gutsiest players I’ve ever seen. Same with Clint Bizzell.

I thought Tunbridge could have been paid the mark. Frank Schwabb didn't!

Does anyone else remember Gary Byers? Also, we had a Minton- Connell on the list in '64. He didn't play firsts, but would he be Simon's father, and ? Peter Hudson's uncle.....oh no....perhaps we could have secured Huddo, if he'd become a regular at the Dees. We used to have quite an association with Tassie. Remember Jungwirth? (can't recall his first name.)

Of course you’re right, thanks Demonstone! l mixed up Neil Roberts and Brian Gleeson. ( but Terry was pretty unco considering his brother won the Medal!)

Terry didn't have "CoCo's ability,but he was tall enough to ruck. I remember once when he picked up the ball a metre from goal,directly in front, rushed the kick needlessly , and missed the ball with his foot. It dribbled through for a point.

Jimmy Jenkinson, Frankie Giampolo, Lou Salvana, Hugh Brommell,John Clennett(!),Ray Nilson, Frank and Joe Rugolo.

Remember Matthew Mahoney? A contemporary of these guys, I think.

A friend of mine met Alan Rowarth in Apollo Bay. My friend, an Esse’don fan in his seventies, didn’t remember him , but found out he played in 2 premierships for Melbourne. I remember him well, number 2, a shortish dark haired left footer, who played”decoy” full forward. He’d lead out, leaving the forward line open for Big Bob Johnson.It was a role Athol Webb played before him. But he got plenty of goals himself, being an accurate kick for goal. He was originally from Birregurra, but we picked him up from Castlemaine( where we got Barassi from, he informed my friend) .

I’d put Prince Charles’s son ahead of Colin Graham.

Sparkes and Ryan played well, yet I barely remember them. We ended up with quite a bit of talent out injured in the Prelim. eg Lyon and Connolly,( can’t remember the others). I notice Flower was missing from the Nat. Panasonic Cup. Danny Hughes made mention of Connolly in his victory speech, and made sure Robbie shared the glory. The fantastic team spirit of that group really shone through in that night final. It very nearly took us through to a proper Premiership. We had some tough players in Hughes, Grinter and Spalding.

Do you remember when I used the word "panegyric" in regard to Judd's retirement. Demonlanders liked that, too. ( I was saying how we should remember his eye gouging and chicken-winging, before praising him too much for his footy career)

I just found the 2nd half. Thanks!

That game was the beginning of our resurgence, which lasted, with vicissitudes, until the early 2000s. Northey could turn ordinary footballers into dedicated ,reliable members of the team. (eg Chiron, Duursma,Koop.) He made Yeats, Bailey and Campbell into good league footballers. Can you put up the second half?

David Williams,.......dammit...he should have been selected for the ‘87 prelim.

I reckon the. Players on less than $80000 shouldn’t have the same reductions as the others.

Darkie Rowarth Tiger Ridley

If Gawn, Oliver and Bradshaw can get back to their usual form, we’ll kill this mob!

If we’d kicked straight, and they kicked crookedly, we’d be well in front, despite Gawn losing hit outs to Nicnat.

I’d get Sarah to stay at full forward in the next game... she’s a much better bet than Tegan Cunningham. Tegan’s got the fumbles, and really is unlikely to kick a goal from any more than 5m out. Wasn’t it ridiculous when Sarah was called off the ground after her goal, ran 150m, then sent back.!? She recovered quickly from this. If I was a coach I would NEVER take a player off the ground straight after a goal. All clubs do it, and I think it could be worth 1-2 goals a game to a team gutsy enough to go against convention.

My only disappointment is that she isn’t no. 11 !

I'm worried we're a "tall short". However....their backline is as slow as treacle(bar Jetta). Perhaps we'll exploit that....I hope.

AND.....we were dead stiff not to beat them twice last season.