Fittingly, my lasting memory of AFL 98 is "push in the back by....Clarkson"
In fact it was the only thing I really knew about Clarkson when we appointed him in 2004
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In fact it was the only thing I really knew about Clarkson when we appointed him in 2004
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I remember AFL 99 on PS1 being one of the first video games I ever played. That intro video still gets me amped!
I remember you could modify the sliders and make a team of super fast, super skilful giants and pit them against a team of barely functional ants who were smaller than the footy.
Great marketing opportunity missed to sign him up to an ambassadorial contract with Polyfilla
At the risk of protracting a debate RB93, healthy skepticism works both ways.
Each to their own, but I stopped buying into the AFL media's regular prognostications which are predominately fictional inventions many years ago...
FFS, there is less gossip and innuendo nonsense in Women's Weekly/New Idea than is published on the Foxsports website these days..!
Related, who was it that said; "I haven't read any daily news for years as I'd rather be uniformed than misinformed"..?
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All I've said consistently is that we should hold fire on the volatility and abuse of this guy until we know more than spurious reports that were constantly changing. I'd say that's a more balanced posting than firing off things like he only took the North job "because the PR might be a little too negative".
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You said only, I didn't.
Let's hold off on the volatility and abuse until Clarko chimes in and then we can just assume everything he said is 100% true and accurate
Let's be balanced guys!
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Wow... it looks weird seeing Clarko in the North coloured polo.
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It's way better than seeing him in a red and black one though.
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Looks like in 2023 at least 50% of coaching spots will be filled by Clarkson and co. Imagine if he got commissions. That would be a hell of a pyramid scheme.
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Tonight’s game should be an absolute cracker. The loser very little chance of winning the flag especially the Lions unless both Freo and the Pies slip up.
“ well done Adrian that was an absolute master stroke stealing Irving Mosquito from the hawks like that “
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yeah, just saw that. LOL.
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This is intruging. Not because there's any real pattern to it, but trying to work out who is the next Bolton/Cameron and gets the ass.From Reddit user HerdOfGibbons, the Clarkson coaching tree
I wonder how comically large it'll get if he succeeds at North?
My guess is Ratten or Bevo.
Funny how quickly thing go up and down. Weird how Ratten was held up as something special off a few wins and now seems well under the pump...
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St Kilda will do that to you.
I've paid very little attention to the media for many years and take everything they say with a grain of salt. They tend to think the most relevant and important thing about a football story is it is they who are covering it.
I can't recall the exact quote from Jeff Kennett many years ago when asked about the difference between media in politics and football. He said something like the media thinks they are part of politics, whereas the football media think they own it. Quite happy for anyone to supply the precise quote
To me it doesn’t though.
My first recollection of him was in the Roos colours in the Battle of Britain, circa ‘87, running away from various blues players
My memory of Clarko as a player was how well he played for Melbourne in the anti-merger game.To me it doesn’t though.
My first recollection of him was in the Roos colours in the Battle of Britain, circa ‘87, running away from various blues players
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Don't worry, still has plenty of polish to sell.Great marketing opportunity missed to sign him up to an ambassadorial contract with Polyfilla
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Speaking to a Norf colleague of mine, they hate Essendrug more than we do. And more than Norf hate us...
Have to love them for that.
Yes recall that one, although not his exact quote - but for all his constant gaffs and foot-in-mouth quotes, occasionally Kennett comes up with a ripper.I've paid very little attention to the media for many years and take everything they say with a grain of salt. They tend to think the most relevant and important thing about a football story is it is they who are covering it.
I can't recall the exact quote from Jeff Kennett many years ago when asked about the difference between media in politics and football. He said something like the media thinks they are part of politics, whereas the football media think they own it. Quite happy for anyone to supply the precise quote
Like last year during the trade period when the AFL media created this nonsense narrative about us shopping around most of our senior players, which was pure speculation on the back of Kennett's ambiguous comment in a letter to members about being 'prepared for change'.
So when these trades did not materialize (TOB/Ceglar the exceptions), with the media buffoons back-tracking while also half suggesting Kennett had somehow mislead them, on SEN Kennett said in a jovial tone:
"Gee, you know I can't help feeling a lot of you media people have really missed your true calling as fictional novelists..!"
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