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    EDFL Div 1 Discussion 2022

    What do you guys reckon APW need to be competitive in the top division next year? I'm thinking they would need at least another gun midfielder and key forward. But is it more likely that they will need to splash out on a handful of gun players to be competitive? Hard to know what the gap is...
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    EDFL Div 1 Discussion 2022

    Great vision. Hope Dunn gets a bag kicked on him this week.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    The End Well that's a wrap after 6.5 years. Thanks to everyone who read and/or contributed along the way. The Retrospectus has been a labour of love (and slight OCD). I'll go back and tweak a few things in the early entries to add more information where I can. There are more old video clips...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Pre-AFL As we know, Chris Grant was drafted in the 1988 National Draft at pick 105, and played for his home club Daylesford in 1989 before landing at Footscray for the 1990 AFL season. Here's the young man below-- Daylesford would later change its mascot/jumpers to the Bulldogs in honour of...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #1 – Round 1, 1990 vs St Kilda at Western Oval (1/4/1990) One of our best, kicking 2.3 from 9k in 63-point loss to the Saints. 9 marks not bad on debut. In the first of his 341 games, Granty caused St Kilda full-forward Tony Lockett to wonder out loud: "Who's this kid kicking all these...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #2 – Round 2, 1990 vs Sydney at SCG (8/4/1990) One of our best, kicking 4.5 from 12k, 1hb in 62-point win over the Swans. Granty took 10 marks in his second game as the Doggies recorded their first win of the year in style. The other day I recalled my older brother telling me during 1990...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #3 – Round 3, 1990 vs West Coast at Western Oval (14/4/1990) One of our best, kicking 3.3 from 13k, 1hb in 63-point loss to the Eagles. In this game, Turtle recorded his first tackles (4) and earned his first free kicks (2) in the AFL.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #4 – Round 4, 1990 vs Collingwood at Victoria Park (21/4/1990) One of our best, kicking 4.0 from 7k, 4hb in 18-point loss to the Magpies, the eventual premiers. Granty was something of a first-quarter specialist at this early stage of his career. Check out some entertaining highlights...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #5 – Round 5, 1990 vs Carlton at Princes Park (25/4/1990) Kicked 3.2 from 8k, 2hb in 27-point win over the Blues. A nice win over the tragic Blues on a day when the Doggies showed the AFL world that footy would work on Anzac Day. Very enjoyable highlights with plenty from Granty here:
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    Melbourne Demons in freefall.

    Plenty of bullying going on in that grand final last year I can assure you.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #6 – Round 6, 1990 vs Fitzroy at Waverley Park (5/5/1990) Kicked 4.2 from 14k, 3hb in 32-point win over the Lions.
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    Jack Macrae is the new Western Bulldogs VC

    Great choice.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #7 – Round 7, 1990 vs North Melbourne at MCG (12/5/1990) Kicked 4.1 from 7k, 1hb in 2-point win over the Kangaroos. The Dogs got away to a flyer and, with 17-year-old Chris Grant on fire in just his seventh AFL game, booted seven goals to one to lead by 38 points at quarter time. For the...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    I'd be worried too.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #8 – Round 8, 1990 vs Essendon at Western Oval (20/5/1990) Kicked 0.3 from 7k, 3hb in 19-point loss to the Bombers. If you'd like to watch some highlights of the match where some Essendon shut-in has done his best to remove the Doggies from the game, go ahead:
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #9 – Round 9, 1990 vs Brisbane at Carrara (26/5/1990) One of our best, kicking 6.3 from 12k in 69-point win over the Bears. This game is notable for Danny Del Re's first goal (DDR would go on to kick 139 goals in 62 games for the Scray):
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #10 – Round 10, 1990 vs Geelong at Kardinia Park (3/6/1990) Kicked 4.0 from 9k in 2-point loss to the Cats. Elite company.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #11 – Round 11, 1990 vs Richmond at Western Oval (11/6/1990) Kicked 1.0 from 5k, 4hb in 14-point win over the Tigers, played on a Monday for some reason. Some light reading before the main event: Always good to relive a victory over the Tigs:
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #12 – Round 12, 1990 vs Melbourne at Western Oval (17/6/1990) 2k, 2hb in 33-point loss to the Dees. And yes, for all those who have been asking, this was Tim Harrington's final game.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #13 – Round 13, 1990 vs Hawthorn at Waverley Park (30/6/1990) One of our best, kicking 2.1 from 11k, 4hb in 18-point win over the Hawks. Amazing that a team who was at the knackery gates in the off-season could topple the reigning premiers. But it's a funny game. Highlights that cut off...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #14 – Round 14, 1990 vs St Kilda at Moorabbin (7/7/1990) Kicked 3.0 from 9k, 4hb in 7-point win over the Saints. Highlights preserved in amber, you could probably extract Rick Kennedy's DNA out of this clip:
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #15 – Round 15, 1990 vs Sydney at Western Oval (14/7/1990) Kicked 4.0 from 6k, 3hb in 16-point win over the Swans. NSFW: 1990 season higlights presented by Ernie Sigley! Merry Chris-mas!
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #16 – Round 16, 1990 vs West Coast at WACA (20/7/1990) Kicked 2.5 from 9k, 1hb in 43-point loss to the Eagles: Not one but two vids on YouTube:
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #17 – Round 17, 1990 vs Collingwood at MCG (29/7/1990) Kicked 3.1 from 9k, 1hb in 3-point win over the Magpies. Another folkloric Bulldogs game from this era. Footscray and Collingwood (the eventual premiers) were trading blows in a thrilling final quarter, when Billy "Steve" Kolyniuk...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #18 – Round 18, 1990 vs Carlton at Western Oval (5/8/1990) Kicked 1.0 from 3k, 1hb in 29-point loss to the Blues.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Great pick-up! Had a really good day thanks Xie. Spent most of it baking a cake with Ian Collins' face on it, then urinated on it.
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #19 – Round 19, 1990 vs Fitzroy at Princes Park (11/8/1990) Kicked 1.0 from 5k, 2hb in 35-point win over the Lions. A shelter-shed of highlights, including a clever soccer goal from Granty, can be viewed here:
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #20 – Round 20, 1990 vs North Melbourne at Western Oval (18/8/1990) Kicked 0.2 from 4k, 1hb in 27-point loss to the Kangaroos. Grant's Year Chris Grant was drafted as a 15-year old from Daylesford, after the Footscray Football Club selected him with pick #105 in the 1988 VFL draft...
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #21 – Round 1, 1991 vs Collingwood at Waverley Park (24/3/1991) Kicked 1.0 from 7k, 6hb in 70-point loss to the Magpies. What a way to start the year. You can relive the season that was by watching That Was The Season That Was:
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    Toast Chris Grant - A Retrospectus

    Game #22 – Round 3, 1991 vs Geelong at Western Oval (7/4/1991) Kicked 1.1 from 6k, 4hb in 49-point loss to the Cats. In his second year, Granty entered the round as the 5th youngest player on an AFL list: Shout-out to S-Tull.
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