thylacine60
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He played quite a bit of crap too which is surprising in such a decorated but short career. His best was explosive and no-one could hold him.
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He played quite a bit of crap too which is surprising in such a decorated but short career. His best was explosive and no-one could hold him.
Yes Captain Blood..... that he was.Good ordinary player
When Walker took to the skiesTen years ago to the day, and 169 senior games ago, Andrew Walker quite literally launched his senior League career.
Remarkably it happened against West Coast – the team Walker’s Carlton confronts this Saturday – way back in the 5th round of 2004.
“It’s amazing that I can actually remember everything about that game even though I’m 170 games deep. I remember the crowd and just how vocal the people were,” Walker said.
“I think that was the beauty of playing at Princes Park. You knew you were a Carlton player when you played there because they were just so much more loud.”
He played a great game that day A_M.
http://blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Round+5,+1984The biggest crowd of the round - 68,082, saw the Magpies hold out the Blues to win by five points in a hard, slogging match at VFL Park. This clash between the competition's most popular teams was held on ANZAC day,
Banno did a very good job on Juddy that day, as did Karl Norman on Phil Matera (kept him to 4 disposals & 0 goals if I remember rightly).It was a cracker of a debut and certainly one of the best that I can remember. The future looked a lot brighter as a result. I also have recollection of Chris Judd being at the peak of his powers which certainly created interest for me also. I think Jordan Bannister was his shadow that day and Juddy was reduced to a mere mortal.
http://blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Round 5, 1984
http://blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Round 5, 1984
How did Essendon* get the game?
Kick definitely missed. I was sitting behind the goals that day, with my younger brother & a couple of his mates (they wanted to sit behind the goals, I wanted to sit on the wing, as I always did, unfortunately I was outvoted). My initial hope was that the goal umpire may not have got a proper look at it as it was almost over the goalpost & depending on the angle, perhaps could have looked like a goal. Unfortunately the goal umpire got it spot on.Very lucky free kick to Ralph, reckon it was a goal also.
Pies were lucky encroaching the 5 metre protected area behind the kicker wasn't in place back then.
Kick definitely missed. I was sitting behind the goals that day, with my younger brother & a couple of his mates (they wanted to sit behind the goals, I wanted to sit on the wing, as I always did, unfortunately I was outvoted). My initial hope was that the goal umpire may not have got a proper look at it as it was almost over the goalpost & depending on the angle, perhaps could have looked like a goal. Unfortunately the goal umpire got it spot on.
That was particularly the case at VFL Park, where I felt the best place to watch the game from was standing behind the terraces on the wing, which I ended up doing the last couple of years I went out there.I will take your word for it MSR as I wasn't at that game, went yabbying instead...
Dont mind sitting behind the goals, you see a lot more of the play unfolding ahead of the ball and the also the action behind the ball, just gets a bit too hard to make everyone out down the other end though.
That was particularly the case at VFL Park, where I felt the best place to watch the game from was standing behind the terraces on the wing, which I ended up doing the last couple of years I went out there.
As for Ralph's kick, he just tried to kick the thing too hard & lost some accuracy as a result.
Add the drawn 2nd Semi Final in 1972.
Was there, pretty sure it was at Waverley.
I was at that game too. I still swear it was a goal, looked like it from where i was sitting.Kick definitely missed. I was sitting behind the goals that day, with my younger brother & a couple of his mates (they wanted to sit behind the goals, I wanted to sit on the wing, as I always did, unfortunately I was outvoted). My initial hope was that the goal umpire may not have got a proper look at it as it was almost over the goalpost & depending on the angle, perhaps could have looked like a goal. Unfortunately the goal umpire got it spot on.
Nostalgia ain't what it use to be tl15After yesterday's result guys, it is time for a day of nostalgia!!
Nostalgia ain't what it use to be tl15
I am sick of this group ruining my weekends.What I fear most is the possibility is that this is as good as it will ever get. I'm watching the Doggies at the moment. Last and first Premiership 1954, last GF 1961. I'm pretty certain that John Elliott described there history as tragic and that comment could apply to Carlton in years to come. Not having a good day today