Nathan Grima retires

[Roo Beauty]

An underrated defender whose career was plagued by injury. Very sad to see him go, but a long media career waits.

http://m.nmfc.com.au/news/2015-07-08/grima-retires

http://m.nmfc.com.au/news/2015-07-08/the-ultimate-competitor

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Will probably get a few "north board" comments. But his attitude typified what every afl players should be.

Absolutely desperate to play at the top level and never let anything hold him back (no pun intended) .

Was horrible seeing him in so much pain on the half time show 2 months back and how he would shut himself in his room in tears over the pain and the prospect he may never play again.

Thank you Narni

 

[#gosaintas]

Will probably get a few "north board" comments. But his attitude typified what every afl players should be.

Absolutely desperate to play at the top level and never let anything hold him back (no pun intended) .

Was horrible seeing him in so much pain on the half time show 2 months back and how he would shut himself in his room in tears over the pain and the prospect he may never play again.

Thank you Narni

Never heard of him

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Sadly l expect Leigh Adams to join him due to too many concussions.

 

[BloodRet]

Who?

 

[PACatter]

That's unfortunate. Never was going to be a great player, but a good solid defender who could've given some good years to the league if his body cooperated.

 

[Roo Beauty]

Never heard of him

So you don't remember when he towelled Nick Riewoldt up back in 2012?

 

[Porked04]

Bad luck to Nathan, a really underrated player who was cruelled by injuries. To battle through 86 games in 8 years is a real test of character and resilience

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Bad luck to Nathan, a really underrated player who was cruelled by injuries. To battle through 86 games in 8 years is a real test of character and resilience

Kicked his only goal against essendon, was a great moment.

 

[Purple Suit]

North Board

 

[mcgarnacle]

Shame. Gave it his best. At least commentators won't butcher the pronunciation of his name anymore.

It's a Southern European (Maltese) 'i' so it should be.......'Gree-mah'. Not Gry-mah.

A bit how some used to pronounce Mon-tag-na phonetically too. how do they pronounce Lasagna?

 

[#gosaintas]

Kicked his only goal against essendon, was a great moment.

Guess you had to have been there...

 

[Roo Beauty]

Shame. Gave it his best. At least commentators won't butcher the pronunciation of his name anymore.

It's a Southern European (Maltese) 'i' so it should be.......'Gree-mah'. Not Gry-mah.

A bit how some used to pronounce Mon-tag-na phonetically too. how do they pronounce Lasagna?

He pronounces it Gry-mah.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

So you don't remember when he towelled Nick Riewoldt up back in 2012?

One game a career does not make

 

[Falchoon]

So you don't remember when he towelled Nick Riewoldt up back in 2012?

10 possessions and a goal?

sounds like Drew Petrie's career


it would have been nice for Grima to pass the 100 mark

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Guess you had to have been there...

He had great raw joy in his face and was swamped by teammates, one of footballs better personalities.

 

[A_Typing_Llama]

After pushing through 8 years of pain and injury torture.
And big footy still seems to belittle a retiring player
Top draw. Top draw......

Unlucky Narni, will be missed at North if he moves away.
Will have a great media career, or at the least a booming landscaping business.

 

[LeverPuller]

Shame, will be great post-footy in the media. Should be asked to slot straight into The Run Home on SEN - has great chemistry with Ox and Mark

 

[DaVillaBlues]

Sad news, had some rotten luck in his last few seasons it seems.

Will be missed by North, seems like he is one of those type of blokes every footy club needs..

 

[Sylvia Saint]

The post-game interview with him after he kicked his first ever goal is probably the best/funniest I've seen. Legend!

 

[jimbler]

At least commentators won't butcher the pronunciation of his name anymore.

No, but Camporeale's back again.

 

[Oneiros]

Seriously unlucky with injuries. Used to do a real number on Darling when they went head to head.

 

[Quivorir]

Shame. Gave it his best. At least commentators won't butcher the pronunciation of his name anymore.

It's a Southern European (Maltese) 'i' so it should be.......'Gree-mah'. Not Gry-mah.

A bit how some used to pronounce Mon-tag-na phonetically too. how do they pronounce Lasagna?

You trying to tell him how to pronounce his own name?

 

[inamedthegiants]

After pushing through 8 years of pain and injury torture.
And big footy still seems to belittle a retiring player
Top draw. Top draw......

Unlucky Narni, will be missed at North if he moves away.
Will have a great media career, or at the least a booming landscaping business.

Is he a business partner with Deledio?

 

[Demonated]

Decent serviceable player. I liked him just for the fact he was the funniest player in the league. Really want him to go into the media in some capacity.