Club History New footage of John Coleman made available

[GandalfTheDon]

Perhaps this should have been posted in the club history board, but this deserves the light of day!

 

[Little Jerry]

He'd be a handy addition to our forward line at the moment.

 

[GandalfTheDon]

Anything would be a handy addition to our forward line at the moment!

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Not sure Coleman even touched the footy there.

 

[GandalfTheDon]

Better than nothing!

 

[Pweter]

The one thing that is frustrating is that Coleman was dubbed one of the greatest aerialists of all time, but there is bugger all footage anywhere to show us this.

I'd love to see some footage of him having an "on" day where he plucks everything.

 

[Fossie 32]

Just watched On The Couch feat. Tony Charlton who said Coleman was without doubt the greatest player he ever saw and that Bill Jacobs [also an esteemed commentator] agreed and was one of the many who followed him from end to end. I think if I had been around then I would have agreed.

 

[baz_machine]

Interesting watching Fletcher's first season

 

['51 Bewick]

Just looking at that crap delivery, makes you wonder how many goals he would get on the end of passes from the likes of Watson and Goddard.

 

[fishardansin]

Just looking at that crap delivery, makes you wonder how many goals he would get on the end of passes from the likes of Watson and Goddard.

He'd be leading into zones and would have bettter defenders on him. At his size he'd be a small these days.

You can't say that any of those guys would have been able to develop into modern footy.

 

[Beerfish]

Just looking at that crap delivery, makes you wonder how many goals he would get on the end of passes from the likes of Watson and Goddard.

Good point. Imagine how many goals he would've kicked if they could have fixed a knee back then the way they can now.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Didn't need much skill back then was just a mad scramble for the ball and if you get it just hoof on the boot or hand pass it..

 

[Beerfish]

Didn't need much skill back then was just a mad scramble for the ball and if you get it just hoof on the boot or hand pass it..

Taking a mark was still taking a mark and kicking for goal was still kicking for goal.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Taking a mark was still taking a mark and kicking for goal was still kicking for goal.

Yeah true.

 

[yaco55]

One things that stands from watching footage from the 1940's games is the intensity. The players were involved in lots of contests.

 

[Beerfish]

Yeah true.

It was certainly a lot more oafish seeming at times but my god watching Coleman take a mark amongst that would have been something any fan of football would have been running from each end of the ground to see. Dat leap.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

It was certainly a lot more oafish seeming at times but my god watching Coleman take a mark amongst that would have been something any fan of football would have been running from each end of the ground to see. Dat leap.

Yeah that would of been crazy.

 

[expires]

Hutchinson was the stand out in that little lot I thought if I have number 7 right.

 

[windyhill]

Didn't need much skill back then was just a mad scramble for the ball and if you get it just hoof on the boot or hand pass it..

Sort of like today.

 

[expires]

Sort of like today.

Sort of but targets are optimum now.

It was bit like John Kennedy's edict of "get it, kick it as far as you can and make it some one elses worry".

I would say crowd anticipation was greater. The footage seemed to have hope threaded through its every moment.