The Old Dark Navy's
1 Dec 2001, 21:40
Bought the SOS video today even though it seems it was made six months ago, things are not easy to get in these parts.
Anyway, by the end of it I was getting a bit choked up realising that SOS didn't get to fulfill his destiny to be club captain and went out sooner than he wanted to. I know how great a player he is/was but seeing those highlights all together like that really rams it home. Maybe he can take a year off and come back like Salmon has? I don't care how old he is, I'll have him back any time!
Just a trivial little side note, the narrator said that Peter Motley, Des English and .. even Bruce Doull were mentioned in the 1987 Grand Final aftermath. He was referring to the infamous Peter Dean speech ... "Mots, Desie, and f****** Bernie, beautiful" that caused microphones to be taken off the podium. Of course he was referring to Bernie Evans who was suspended for the 87 GF. Pedantic I know, but I hate basic errors like that in these days of professional journalism.
Anyway, by the end of it I was getting a bit choked up realising that SOS didn't get to fulfill his destiny to be club captain and went out sooner than he wanted to. I know how great a player he is/was but seeing those highlights all together like that really rams it home. Maybe he can take a year off and come back like Salmon has? I don't care how old he is, I'll have him back any time!
Just a trivial little side note, the narrator said that Peter Motley, Des English and .. even Bruce Doull were mentioned in the 1987 Grand Final aftermath. He was referring to the infamous Peter Dean speech ... "Mots, Desie, and f****** Bernie, beautiful" that caused microphones to be taken off the podium. Of course he was referring to Bernie Evans who was suspended for the 87 GF. Pedantic I know, but I hate basic errors like that in these days of professional journalism.