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Outstanding read
At that age your father is some sort of demigod - all powerful and bulletproof. The reality is that when you get to your fathers age and have kids of your own, nothing is further from the truth
And that 1991 game against Fitzroy remains the worst Eagles game I've watched live - the first time I remember watching a side (Fitzroy) not even attempt to win but rather try to minimise the damage from the opening bounce. Roos was central to that strategy and picked up a mountain of possessions in the back half playing on nobody yet somehow got 3 brownlow votes in a game his side lost by 99 points
That Roys game was just terrible. I remember going in thinking we'd win by 160+. And we should have... can remember Malthouse fuming after the game.. But yeah, Roos went nuts with 42 touches and from memory Alistair Lynch was pretty decent at Full Back too. Come to think of it, I think the ABC gave those two as the two best on ground that day.