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Checker Mate

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  1. Sorry Tarax, my error. Although, having said that, I am surprised that it's "Big Bob" (Robert Junior) as I would have thought that '50 - '52 was a tad too early for him too. Ah well, we live & learn 🙂
  2. That would be Robert "Tassie" Johnson
  3. Bloody Wallace - attempting to bite poor old Balls on the forearm !!! 😁
  4. Forgive my ignorance, but why are 1939 & 1955 included in that list ?
  5. Why would you hang around with Brownlow Medallists, Coleman Medallists & fellow Premiership players once you had heard that the famous Field Medallist in PF was available for befriending ?
  6. Though I hate to admit it (purely because it's the filth) that is brilliant. What makes it worse is that it isn't rocket surgery - it's just common sense, honesty AND a respect for their grass roots supporters. What the hell is so hard that our Comms team can't work out the basics ? 😪
  7. If he's ready to go early, then that would be great, but I am happy waiting until the coaches decide that the time's right. One thing that we have done particularly well over the last few years is blood the kids properly rather than have to rush them in as saviours before they're ready. Having said that, from the limited vision I've seen, the kid reminds me of a young Lenny Hayes.
  8. He may have had "problems", Pickett, but I'm sure that Jimmy fixed it.
  9. Only if his surname is "Choad"
  10. Was originally a Geelong supporter, as I was conned by my mother (whose whole family had been catters). However, my father played 2's footy for the Dees back in the late 40's - early 50's. He then went on to be a recruiter and became heavily involved with both the club proper (finished up on board as Treasurer) and the former players & officials association. He never hassled me to follow Melbourne, but if I was going to the footy with him - then I was going to Melbourne games. He was so heavily involved during my formative years of the 70's & 80's that he would be there for the Under 19's at 9am (then the reserves before the main attraction at 2pm) and would still be in some club function at 10pm. Subsequently I basically grew up at The G, exploring every inch of the place. I also had the (under-appreciated at the time) joy of having full access to the rooms pre & post game - and at half time. I still remember the day that I changed from Geelong to Melbourne. The 2 teams were playing each other (in all 3 games, as you did in those days) in 1976 and I'd wandered down to the end of the race from inside the rooms during the 2nds game to watch. I distinctly recall thinking " I claim to be a Geelong supporter, but I can name only 1 player out there. Every single player for Melbourne has been around to our place for a BBQ at some stage. Who am I kidding - I am Melbourne". Then the hard part came: telling mum that I had jumped off Geelong. It took about 3 weeks to pluck up the courage before I cornered her while she was busy making dinner. I summoned up the courage & explained that I had something very important to tell her; she looked concerned and stopped to listen. When I finally blurted out that I had defected, her response was quite calm. "Well that took considerably longer than I had anticipated". God love her - and here I am almost 50 years later still welded on to the club.
  11. And yet 3 months later, he still has the same 8 bottles for $50 each. I guess that you weren't the only one who didn't lash out after all 🤣
  12. Am I missing something here ? Max is the ONLY one that I have seen so far that has admitted that there are some issues that need addressing. Yes, he said that the culture is pretty good BUT there are some things that need to be looked at. That is a helluva lot more than Goodwin & Pert said. They just kept the line going about great culture & nothing to see here. As for May: FFS, he was at a CLUB function, having had a few beers (by his own admission when he was interviewed at the time) and made a comment from the heart to HIS people (not the general football public), If not then, when the hell CAN he say something ? He has now said "okay, probably could have chosen my words better" which should appease all the butt hurt [censored] out there. If not, WGAF ? At the end of the day, the proof will be in the pudding, but slagging off players for actually answering questions ain't helping anyone.
  13. It's a 2-way street. Harmes is/was a dyed-in-the-wool Demon, but he's now gone.
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