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Agreed. Case in point was his critical touches at the two centre bounces that resulted in the final two goals of the 3rd Qtr of the GF. The first a "blink & you miss it" handball out of the middle to Trac, and the 2nd, a deft little toe tap into Jacko's path. In both cases, the very obvious parts of those plays was the dominance of Clarrie & Trac. But, that wouldn't have happened without Viney's vital touches at the coal face that made their involvement possible!

Me thinks complacency has set in, WJ. We've won the cup, now it's all just a bit ho hum...!

Very disappointing, Picket! What ever happened to the old "Team First" adage??!! Do you have no conscience??

And, still our trusty band of intrepid trackwatchers are missing in action!!

Crumbs, PF, that's a worry! Was it both Rosman & Spargo who were in parts? Or, just Spargo? Either way, still very concerning news. Roughly how many parts would you say he/they are in?

Thanks for posting this version, Andy. Best version for sticking up on my wall! Cheers!

My memory aint what it used to be, but seem to recall that, after we recruited him, he went back to Geelong's Awards Night to be presented with their "Best Club Man" award -- in a year when I don't think he played many games with their seniors. Seemed at the time to be a testament to the kind of guy he was. Sorry to see him go.

Watching the GF replay (again) today, couldn't help thinking he reminded me a lot in appearance to Allan Jakovich.

And treat their viewers with some respect??!! You're a funny guy, Pates!

Useless trivia: Unless I'm mistaken, the margin in both games yesterday, and today's game at 3/4 time in each case was/is 19 points.

(Not a footy term, but I reckon I can get away with it, given our great game is played on cricket grounds, and was first played to keep the cricketers fit in the off-season.) Anyway, that wretched term "Batter" for the cricketer holding the bat gets my goat! Batter is what you put on fish! The guy in the middle with the bat in hand is the BATSMAN!! (Yeah, yeah, PC police, beat yourselves up with that one! Couldn't give a rip!)

I thought it was great! To me, it was kinda like telling these boys that, even though they didn't play, they were still an important part of the team as the travelling emergencies, and so had earned the right to have a run on the ground in their full playing gear, while doing their required extra running. A nice touch by whoever thought of it. (A choppo thing, maybe??)

Kinda nice seeing the #17 running around in defence again, too. Memories of Brett Lovett...

Thanks, Jaded. That's sounds fair enough. (Well, then again, we ARE talking about the AFL! Won't hold my breath...)

I'm probably wrong, but was under the impression that if a player is subbed out of a game he is automatically ruled out of the next game. Hope I'm wrong...

Just saw video of Chappy handing Bowey his Jumper. Chappy in a moonboot. Anyone know what happened to him?

Not one to brag. But, what can I say...?? (Apart from "they coulda used me on Saturday night"...!! LOL) Okay, seriously, is good to see both Townsend and Emselle in that side. If my memory serves me right (and, there's every chance it doesn't!), one of those two seemed to always be injured, so they rarely both got to play in the same side. Anyone else recall that?

Aint that the truth! Whenever the ball is bobbing around on the ground amongst a heap of players, you can be sure to see our guys fumble after fumble, only to see an oppo player grab the thing and get it out to one of their players. Not just last night. Pretty much all season! SO frustrating!!

A chip off the old block!!

Might work. My memory tells me Neita started as a defender, and moved forward out of necessity when Schwarta went down. However, there are two notable blokes who both definitely started as forwards (with limited success), only to carve out terrific careers as defenders, by name of Steven Smith and Gary Hardeman.

Oops! Forgot Turner was one of our newbies!

18 MFC listed players! WOW!

So, he's moved into the Brayshaw family home, along with Rivers & jackson. Just how big is the Brayshaw mansion??

Probably been mentioned already in this thread. But, I just love to see the ball in Charlie's hands. Just KNOW it's gonna end up in a team-mate's hands! He is just SO reliable! Great footy smarts! (And in spite of being a midget, he's as tough as nails!)

A few years ago Mitch Robinson crowed that Melb were soft. Tonight, we need to go out and show him just how "soft" we are these days! No mercy! Grind 'em into the NSW turf!! Neeldy once declared he wanted Melb to become the hardest team to play against. Tonight we show that we have finally arrived, worthy of wearing that mantle! GO DEES!!!