radar

Allan Jarrot and Billy Nettlefold went ok

I wanted to see Hawthorn defence Chip, Frost and OMac. Howe and Dunney to round out our team of ex Dee defenders with Stef Martin dropping back

Better when players had a real job or trade or studied

How quickly teams that managed Premiership trebles - Hawthorn/Brisbane - fell away with ageing lists. Hoping Cats manage to replicate it. I would be happy with 1/10th success of those three clubs this century. Only realised, Bulldogs, Port, Pies and Scum aside, every Premier this century has gone twice - WCE/Swans - or three times now with Tiges

Geelong have added Higgins, Smith and Cameron to the oldest side ever fielded

Now that’s interesting cos I was looking at Gabletts new book and as the siren sounded in 2007, there is a pic of Costa and Cook embracing. I thought I saw a baby faced Daniel Andrews about 2 rows back. Bracks and Baillieu Geelong supporters. Probably Napthine, dunno - was Western District

May for Hogan looking better

How many “champion” forwards have GWS had bloke who went to Footscray and won a flag Patton Cameron wasnt there a Johnno Rourke - think he kicked a bag against the Pies. We’ve had Neita and Michael Newton

Dockers have Jesse on trade table. pass

Posted before, but in the early 80s we had a rare win at the Cattery in the “Templeton Game”. l lived nearby his Knox City sports shop and went in happy during the week. All he wanted to know was, were the supporters happy, when did the supporters think we had it, and how did the supporters think we went. RIP #2

Hope Weid saw King’s game for Saints. Seriously happy to watch Eagles and their fans cop it at Boo factory. Better structure and system for WC but pies still found a away to win. Made most of their chances - never gave in

Cat performance very Melbourne like - Intensity, but missed chances forward kicks 5 points reject Motlop kicks 3 goals from 3 kicks

Dan is the Winner - now 800 and closing in on a 1000

Got to keep AVB. reminds me of Keenan’s joke at Essendon - Andrews would position for the mark, Crackers screaming in behind the pack, “I’ve got him Ronnie!” ?

First picked for a final

Goals in time on to Sean Wight and Chopper! ?

Listened on radio against Suns; didn’t hear his name at all. Wondering if he’d been relisted and downgraded to Emergency. Game on the line, late in the last - he gets called 3 times in two minutes.

Heard comments on coast to coast v Tigers or Suns. Think there were couple yesterday

Bit of Line in sand game for them, too

Ins - Confidence Belief

Kinda think we beat them about once in the Seventies

Dash plaque on my car - like I need reminding

One time against Brissy they huddled in the shade at last break. Lions got up. Godzilla after that win (with AFL help)

“the Templeton game” No. 18 Melbourne v Geelong Round 5, 1983, Kardinia Park Memory tells me it was Easter but a record of the 1983 season shows ANZAC day on Monday 25 April. Pretty pumped over long weekend cos taking delivery of 67 MGB on the Tuesday. My dream car, Mustang Convertible remained in my dreams only, or Hollywood. Attended the game with my Geelong mate and stood in a Cat stronghold. Nowhere else at Kardinia Park. Then, a provincial ground. Trees abounded alongside wooden stands. The Cats leapt out, smacking us with handbags. I recall 6-0-36 to nothing sometime in the first. They had the Nankervis brothers, Peter Featherby, Peake and Malarkey. Somehow a Melbourne side with Robbie, Peter Moore and Gerard Healy managed 1.2.8 to 7.2.44 at Quarter time. My back ached from standing. Cool and ominously grey. Thoughts wandered to the MG. Studying the games stats I see five of our side came from North. Willo, Jarrott, Icke, Zantuck and Rodney Wright - the only player I cannot recall. Add one RDB and guessing Xavier Tanner was injured we seemed Roo-ted. If anyone else was there, or can offer more description, please help me. Our second quarter with Batto, Bamblett, Connolly and Ellingworth saw us make up some ground to be 64 to 44 at the main break. Miserable wind blew off Corio Bay, dark clouds foretold no enlightenment. My back hurt some more I cannot recall much of what happened next. My main recollection is Big Name recruit Kelvin Templeton marking and kicking everything to the non city end. Must’ve bagged 4 or 5. Total joy. I do recall a slightly obnoxious Radar giving it to the Cat fans as the boys ran rampant kicking 9.5 to 3.2 for a 17 point lead at at the last change. Templeton and Moore had been huge off season signings for us and about 4 rounds in, looked like it was clicking into place. I’m guessing Templeton bagged another couple in the final term to finish with 8. Our heroes kicked three straight to their 3.6 to get up by 11 points. Eight goal turnaround. Don’t remember any further back discomfort Elshaugh, Giles, Alan Johnson, Rhino Richards and Michael Seddon rounded out the twenty. A great win, fantastic, come from behind. At Geelong. Final scores 18.13.121 to 16.14.110 28 000 crowd. How many Demonlanders? Next day I was rostered off. Lived Wantirna, walking distance to Knox City and Robbie Flower’s sports shop. I go in and the champ is there. Mentioned how pumped I was about our great performance. He wanted to know what I liked about it, all smiles, and asking me when I thought we had it in the bag. Champion. The MG came and went. Disappointing as the Demons. Forty years on, realised my dream; V8 convertible. Fixed in the cabin of every GT is a dash plaque; Mustang - since 1964

Games with one goal or less in a half is new normal