Yeah indeed, but the really strange thing is if you look at the long range odds for rnd 12 v Collingwood (which i checked this morning)....its exactly the same as it was for this round ...Coll 1.45 Melb 2.70?? Go figure!??
Yes it was big in the early to mid seventies, and quite outrageous. There were special songs for opposition players..(Mark (Marcia) McClure) Carlton was a squad favourite...as well as the police who watched over us.....hilarious....You would always visit the supermarket before a game and grab as many toilet rolls as you could to throw on the ground when we kicked a goal (which wasnt that often most years)...Cheersquad leader was Steve Hartung. Not sure what happened to him or others (Harry & Budda etc) from that period.
Garlett would have been very handy today, how much did the last kick of the day miss by?....Hogan best possible reply, Max Gawn is a star, got a few who played well for Casey to come back in....all is not lost.