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Prompted from discussion on another thread about a possible curse on the RFC...
We do seem to have had our fair share of unconventional injuries.
Obviously the weeked tragedy with Polly & the tram is right out there in terms of unconventional.
Some others just from memory:
Cogs slips in the shower & stuffs his knee the first time
Ottens falls in the garden and impales his groin on a garden stake! WTF!
& back in the dark ages
Greg Strachan gets an infected foot after stepping on a needle in his shag-pile carpet (yes it was the late late 70's!) & almost missed the 80 GF from memory.
Any more?
Tetley Tigers
1 Jul 2008, 11:11
I know what you're saying but I don't think anything or anyone can be "cursed" as such.
The young fella from WB stepped onto a stingray, and Kerr did just as well. But we all remember what happened with Steve Irwin. Peter Motley was involved in a horrific accident in the 80s which nearly took his life.
People are involved in accidents all the time, it's just when it happens to an AFL footballer it gets a lot of media coverage. You would probably be surprised to know about the number of times people are hit by trams. They just don't get the media coverage. Road deaths are barely even mentioned in the newspapers now, unless it is a particularly horrific accident.
I guess that is the way it is...
CoggaRules
1 Jul 2008, 11:26
didnt chubba do his back or a hamstring, surfing during the week before a game? ;)
maybe karma getting back at wallace
maybe karma getting back at wallace
What a stupid thing to say. How can a player who came across from the dockers being bowled over by a tram have anything to do with wallace. Ditto Ottens getting his goolies impaled on a stake or Strachan stepping on a needle? It is pitiful idiots like you that give the other bulldog supporters a bad name.
You are having a great season and are being well coached, You had another coach between your current coach and wallace and still you hang onto this resentment.
The only reason i am not deleting your post is that others would not get the chance to see what a pathetic post it was.
itsintheblood
1 Jul 2008, 12:38
maybe karma getting back at wallace
Some of you so called bulldog supporters just make me wanna puke. You are pathetic. Stop breathing good oxygen.
Greg Strachan gets an infected foot after stepping on a needle in his shag-pile carpet (yes it was the late late 70's!) & almost missed the 80 GF from memory.
You wanna know why that happened?
He did it deliberatly to get out of training.:o
Not particularly strange in that it was during a match, but Campbell doing his (achilles?) after celebrating a goal was not only unconventional but a tad funny too :p
maybe karma getting back at wallace
Wow did ya think of that one by yourself or did your Mummy help you sweet checks?
F- for originality and being a pathetic post.
Not particularly strange in that it was during a match, but Campbell doing his (achilles?) after celebrating a goal was not only unconventional but a tad funny too :p
I remember Paul O'Brien from Melbourne running away from KB on the wing at the G. Ump called him back for a free, he jumped in disgust and did his knee. Also, Richard Lounder accidentally lost his ability on the flight between Adelaide and Melbourne. Word is a flight attendant found it in his seat pocket but it was left at 'oversized baggage' at Tullamarine and was never collected. Shame.
I remember Paul O'Brien from Melbourne running away from KB on the wing at the G. Ump called him back for a free, he jumped in disgust and did his knee. Also, Richard Lounder accidentally lost his ability on the flight between Adelaide and Melbourne. Word is a flight attendant found it in his seat pocket but it was left at 'oversized baggage' at Tullamarine and was never collected. Shame.
Lol!!!
TigerCleavage
1 Jul 2008, 19:09
Dermie broke his shaft when he fell off a table while shafting some chick.
Not Richmond I know, but f*cken funny!
tucker777
2 Jul 2008, 01:07
Greg Strachan gets an infected foot after stepping on a needle in his shag-pile carpet (yes it was the late late 70's!) & almost missed the 80 GF from memory.
Any more?
1stly i think i went to school with his daughter and met him a couple of times
2ndly some of my favourites include
Wayne Campbell doing a hammy celebrating a goal with another player
Andy Kellaway:confused:...i think....... doing an injury while surfing
oh and that Ottens one if i remember correctly he was on a cordless phone..or mobile and he said something about he went outside to get better reception:o
Rancid_Beasties
2 Jul 2008, 03:48
Didnt Justin Charles injure his hand punching the ground? In any case if being caught for steroids is an injury, we are the only team with such a player that i know of.
Also Richo when richo did his knee it had something to do with the fencing at the SCG being too close to the boundary, pretty unconventional.
I'm sure theres a few more.
tigerboyz
2 Jul 2008, 04:29
Who remembers when cogs kicked a stirring goal in a final quarter comeback against geelong at the dome in 2003 then wayne campbell did a hamstring running up and celebrating?.
maybe karma getting back at wallace
How is Kyabram going mate?
Used to go up there every year for the rodeo.
My old mans from Ky!
Stop having a go at Wallace BTW.
Gees you Bulldogs supporters,why don't you let it rest.
Funny thing is I can see if Wallace left and coached another team to a flag,every oposition supporter would be saying what ________s we were for not keeping Wallace.
mitch richmond
3 Jul 2008, 01:10
Great call Strawbs.
We've had no luck with ruckman. Didn't Honybun have to travel in the back of Benny Gales wagon to Geelong 'cos his back couldn't handle the drive?
And this isn't an injury but I'm sure Robert Schaefer wet his pants before the 1993 Night GF at Waverley. I've got the tape at home. Freezer, Brian Leys and The Flea were all punching him in the chest trying to rev him up before they ran through the banner and he looked petrified!