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Maybe he's a bit batty with a Woo-Who virus .

He famously said he was in favour of the merger out of loyalty to "Tiger" ( Ian Ridley ) .

Lost me ages ago when he supported the dreaded merger proposal .

I actually laughed when Fritsch late in the game attempted an impossible screamer behind the pack in the BACK POCKET ! Kinda ranks with our centremen shooting out lightning handballs to our nearest guernsey often between two opponents .

"Club Legend" Garry seemed to be urging him to kick a couple more in the tight last quarter .

Hunt can trick the brain ( mine at least) . All it takes is several ball-bouncing runs along the wing and one can go home thinking " this lad is a future star " . Next day , reading his full stats - reality hits . The last two rounds he has had five and four disposals respectively .

No argument the game was a poor standard but i'm amazed nobody has commented on Tomlinson's hurried set shot at the death . A senior player should have attempted to settle him down . The game WAS there to win .

A future Garry Lyon chaired panel would get the appointment spot-on................i think .

As Richie would say "Do my eyes deceive me ?" but making the distance from close range set-shots can be an issue for him .

J.K. was as articulate, intelligent and successful as they come but i found him irritating . I remember him as a player in his last couple of years when he was a spoiling short ruckman who delighted in getting under the skin of our Big Bob Johnson . As a coach he admitted to particularly disliking us - a legacy of so many defeats in the 1950's . Another annoying trait was when he appeared on World of Sport Coach's Corner he would often pour extravagant praise on well-defeated opposition . My dad once described him as "flamboyantly modest" .

Strewth......what a relief . I thought it was the Toiges Richo !!!

Ah yes , we had a gale behind us to the South Rd end in the last quarter and even nearby Saints supporters at 3/4 time were worried. Col kicked the winning goal at the death from in front of the small grandstand . It was at least as long and high as the legendary Malcolm Blight shot at Princes Park .

How good was that . Found myself wiping away a tear after Jacka goaled with a banana after the 3/4 time siren . It was bizarre that one of my least fav players , Simon Eishold , played considerably better than champs such as Carey and Lyon .

Wow--eee can't wait..........Jackalenko you beauty !

Lethal was just about best ever but outrageous thuggery was common . Will never forget our Peter Giles (pretty much a harmless hippy type ) being clubbed to the ground from behind as he cleared the ball from defence .

Garry would be my choice as a player not as a clubman . Have not forgiven him for backing the Merger " in support of Tiger " .

........and to think Ollie was there for the taking .

Quite right . He went through the farce of inspecting the Junction Oval............"not up to standard " . In typical Carlton style he had already stitched up a nice little extra earner as Richard] Pratt's Environmental Spokesman .

Jeez , the guy was a volunteer whose prominent marketing background helped with fund raising/ finding sponsors .

Yes , the Ormond . McKinnon Bentleigh area was our zone and very fruitful in the baby-boomer 1950's .

I remember a game at Arden Street ( but not the year ) where due to injuries Barassi was forced to play as ruckman in the last quarter . In a thriller he took running leaps at his opponents at throw-ins or just bustled negatively . We won by a whisker and the great man was so stuffed he had to be assisted off the ground '

Have to say , i get a bit of perverse satisfaction that the 80% plus non-MFC supporters getting their MCC Email re Russell's appointment will be muttering " There they go again " . The only good thing about being a septagenarian is that i won't be alive when the Pies surpass us.........and it will happen !

Some "empty suit ".............former national CEO of the mighty George Patterson advertising agency .

Then there were the rusted- on Aussie colloquial first names such as Hassa (Harold) Mann . With a single given name initial in The Record of his day i'm sure many kids didn't know his real name .

Horrible recruiting decisions such as selecting Jimmy ( "confidence issues" ) Toumpas over Ollie Wines have nothing to do with Political Correctness .