South of the Yarra
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- Jul 23, 2006
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There seems to be an absolute lack of respect for the history of our great game by some Interstate clubs supporters simply because their clubs were not present.
Should Carlton forget about champions such as Nicholls and Jesaulenko because they only played in 12 team competitions?
Should the legends of the Colliers and Coventry’s be wiped from the record books because they played iagaindt ‘suburban’ teams’ ?
Should the Coleman medal be renamed the ‘Kennedy Medal’ because the great man played in a time of ‘amateur’ footballers and should Reynolds exploits be ignored?
Perhaps Bunton and Murray should be thrown on the scrap heap.
Maybe the immortal that is EJ Whitten should be relegated to suburban footballer and forget about Charlie Sutton.
Farmer and Goggin should be removed because they were not part of the AFL. Even Ablett’s 9 goal GF heroics would be wiped.
Matthews the greatest of them all would not be considered with the modern greats because he played in pre AFL
Barrassi and the immortal Demons teams of the 50s and 60s should not be celebrated due to the the fact they didn’t play in the expansion. The Norm Smith medal should be renamed
Grieg and Dempsey only played part time and could not possibly rank with the greats of today
Forget the Jack Dyer medal, Tigers fans should ignore his legend and rename it the Dusty medal. As for Hart and Bartlett they would not rate.
Pratt’s 150 and Nash’s heroics do not count
Baldock and Stewart ??? Who ???
And well we are at let’s rename ‘Up there Cazaly’ - Up there Modra
and the Jock McHale medal the ‘Simpson Medal’. No matter what era, no matter how long ago, a champion of the game is a champion of the game. They were the best on a level playing field against their peers. A Premiership whether Essendon in 1897 or West Coasts in 2018 was just as important. The history of our great game has been carved and written and for those who don’t like it the answer is simple. Stop whinging about our past and go and make your own history.
Should Carlton forget about champions such as Nicholls and Jesaulenko because they only played in 12 team competitions?
Should the legends of the Colliers and Coventry’s be wiped from the record books because they played iagaindt ‘suburban’ teams’ ?
Should the Coleman medal be renamed the ‘Kennedy Medal’ because the great man played in a time of ‘amateur’ footballers and should Reynolds exploits be ignored?
Perhaps Bunton and Murray should be thrown on the scrap heap.
Maybe the immortal that is EJ Whitten should be relegated to suburban footballer and forget about Charlie Sutton.
Farmer and Goggin should be removed because they were not part of the AFL. Even Ablett’s 9 goal GF heroics would be wiped.
Matthews the greatest of them all would not be considered with the modern greats because he played in pre AFL
Barrassi and the immortal Demons teams of the 50s and 60s should not be celebrated due to the the fact they didn’t play in the expansion. The Norm Smith medal should be renamed
Grieg and Dempsey only played part time and could not possibly rank with the greats of today
Forget the Jack Dyer medal, Tigers fans should ignore his legend and rename it the Dusty medal. As for Hart and Bartlett they would not rate.
Pratt’s 150 and Nash’s heroics do not count
Baldock and Stewart ??? Who ???
And well we are at let’s rename ‘Up there Cazaly’ - Up there Modra
and the Jock McHale medal the ‘Simpson Medal’. No matter what era, no matter how long ago, a champion of the game is a champion of the game. They were the best on a level playing field against their peers. A Premiership whether Essendon in 1897 or West Coasts in 2018 was just as important. The history of our great game has been carved and written and for those who don’t like it the answer is simple. Stop whinging about our past and go and make your own history.