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[NarklesHelmet]

1991 also. If we'd beaten Geelong, then we had the Hawks who 1990-1992 we beat four out of five times. And we didn't lose to the Eagles in Melbourne from 1988-1993.

My memory of the 1991 was that gblett and Geelong got an armchair ride by the umps in that final at article park, we didn't lose by much, and should have won

I don't know how it is possible that 1 club can have such bad luck

The really disgraceful and what seems forgotten story about us and 1991 was that we finished 4th in a top 6 system, had to play 3rd (Geelong), while Melbourne and Essendon (5th and 6th) played each other. Somehow after losing we were eliminated along with the loser of the other game in Essendon.

It has to be one of the most idiotic and unfair decisions the AFL has made and possibly possibly cost us a premiership as in 91 we were so hard to beat on out day, had the wood on the eventual premiers, and had the greatest goal kicker of all time playing for us at his peak.

 

[Rors]

My memory of the 1991 was that gblett and Geelong got an armchair ride by the umps in that final at article park, we didn't lose by much, and should have won

I don't know how it is possible that 1 club can have such bad luck

Geelong lost 4 grand finals in 7 seasons don't forget (89, 92, 94, 95).... They didn't have the best luck either

They hadn't won a flag since 1963

 

[psychosaints]

Geez , good way to pump me up for the weekend Verdun

Don't forget 2004-2005. Should have won one there

 

[psychosaints]

Can someone explain when the commentators call our games it's Sinclair but the Eagles player is Sin-clair? Any takers?

 

[sammm]

North wont win one either. He can come to us as a mature age rookie if he likes

Ha ha. So he can keep finger pointing

 

[VDS66]

Bet you weren't talking about his finger pointing in 2010 when he took that hanger and put us in front...

 

[aussierulesrules]

Bet you weren't talking about his finger pointing in 2010 when he took that hanger and put us in front...

Exactly! Everyone seems to forget the fearful bakes Rooey has given off over the years when he doesn't get it lace-out, or if we don't kick it to him when he's outnumbered 3-to-1. No-one seems to complain about his leadership as a result of all that!

 

[Mowman]

Exactly! Everyone seems to forget the fearful bakes Rooey has given off over the years when he doesn't get it lace-out, or if we don't kick it to him when he's outnumbered 3-to-1. No-one seems to complain about his leadership as a result of all that!

No I do complain about it when Roo does it. I hate it when he bakes the young boys out on the ground like he does

 

[TheLastEmperor]

Roos' bakes, BJ's finger pointing both shit me but still love them in Saints colours.

As much as I admired BJ as a Saint, he's now the Injectors mouth piece & I wouldn't want him back. Pass.

 

[Joffaboy]

Exactly! Everyone seems to forget the fearful bakes Rooey has given off over the years when he doesn't get it lace-out, or if we don't kick it to him when he's outnumbered 3-to-1. No-one seems to complain about his leadership as a result of all that!

Yes but that is usually after a triple lead and the delivery is at his toes or over his head.

bj nowdays hangs about a HBF getting cheap kicks and then point s and yells at everyone

 

[VDS66]

Perhaps people should ask the Lord God Almighty Pelican which everyone had wet dreams over as to why BJ left us.

There's a reason why both Pelch and Watters are gone.

 

[TheLastEmperor]

Perhaps people should the Lord God Almighty Pelican which everyone had wet dreams over as to why BJ left us.

Or read Emma Quayle's book that explains just how poorly the state of our TPP was in especially with all the stupid incentive triggers in player contracts. It was a mess & difficult decisions needed to be made. Bains has also said as much over the years.

 

[Periphery]

Or read Emma Quayle's book that explains just how poorly the state of our TPP was in especially with all the stupid incentive triggers in player contracts. It was a mess & difficult decisions needed to be made. Bains has also said as much over the years.

HOW DARE YOU BRING FACTS INTO THIS!

 

[VDS66]

Or read Emma Quayle's book that explains just how poorly the state of our TPP was in especially with all the stupid incentive triggers in player contracts. It was a mess & difficult decisions needed to be made. Bains has also said as much over the years.

Totally agree with all of that. He was the obvious choice to cut free to ease the squeeze. In order to stay, he would have had to take a pay cut of massive proportions, which IMO wasn't fair as he was entitled to decent coin based on what he was worth on the open market.

My understanding was that he was quite flexible, but was constantly low-balled by the club... pretty much giving him no option but to leave.

I'd like to see how many on here would be prepared to take a large pay cut just to stay with their current employer. If my boss tried to screw me over and the competitors were offering big coin, I'd be gone in a heart beat.

Loyalty is a 2 way street.

 

[God Save Max King]

Bet you weren't talking about his finger pointing in 2010 when he took that hanger and put us in front...

There's just a slight difference between expecting perfection from a team coming off a minor premiership and a Grand Final, and a rebuilding team way off the 8.

 

[StFly]

Totally agree with all of that. He was the obvious choice to cut free to ease the squeeze. In order to stay, he would have had to take a pay cut of massive proportions, which IMO wasn't fair as he was entitled to decent coin based on what he was worth on the open market.

My understanding was that he was quite flexible, but was constantly low-balled by the club... pretty much giving him no option but to leave.

I'd like to see how many on here would be prepared to take a large pay cut just to stay with their current employer. If my boss tried to screw me over and the competitors were offering big coin, I'd be gone in a heart beat.

Loyalty is a 2 way street.

700k down to 450k for instance? I'd take the hit, I scringe and save only so I can amass wealth and lessen personal debt, of which I currently have none so everything is surplus atm, but also, it's really worth nothing in the end, it buys you things and in a year those things will no longer be things you want, or remember, but the people you meet along the way, the experiences you have, the roads you travel and how you grow? That's worth.

Bit different when it's say 40k down to 25k, since then you end up speaking possible poverty & minimum wage instead of superfluous living standards.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I'm in Chemist Warehouse with my daughter, waiting for a prescription, bored, and my daughter drags me over to the perfume section and proceeds to window shop. While i'm there i notice: Collingwood Fragrance, Carlton Fragrance and Essendon Fragrance. My mind was boggling as to what that could possibly smell like , but then i saw the french words, Eu de Toilette, and the translation I did in my head seemed about right. ( other options could have been Eu de dirtysokkes , or Eu de Ferritcage, or Eu de rottenteethbeerbreath ).

 

[Nutsngum]

Toilette means to wash yourself in french. Also a foreign concept to many supporters of certain teams.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Toilette means to wash yourself in french. Also a foreign concept to many supporters of certain teams.

I knew that i was being funny. But it is pretty stupid to call the bog a "Wash room " or "bathroom" which is what the Americans and French do. ( hence "the torlet " I mean could anyone have called the toilets at Victoria Park a "wash room" back in the day?

Eud de toilette , probably comes about from the propensity of the French to spray themselves with something stronger than their body odour , rather than the unpleasant alternative of washing.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

I'm in Chemist Warehouse with my daughter, waiting for a prescription, bored, and my daughter drags me over to the perfume section and proceeds to window shop. While i'm there i notice: Collingwood Fragrance, Carlton Fragrance and Essendon Fragrance. My mind was boggling as to what that could possibly smell like , but then i saw the french words, Eu de Toilette, and the translation I did in my head seemed about right. ( other options could have been Eu de dirtysokkes , or Eu de Ferritcage, or Eu de rottenteethbeerbreath ).

Hirdy could probably help with the translation

BTW, is the Essendon Fragrance a spray or a roll-on?





Or do you inject the bloody stuff!!!

 

[StFly]

Hirdy could probably help with the translation

BTW, is the Essendon Fragrance a spray or a roll-on?





Or do you inject the bloody stuff!!!

"The truth of injunction"
The advert is one of a caucasian male with an open shirt and chiseled abs driving a Toyota with the passenger side door dangling by the thinnest of threads, at night, in sunglasses passing slightly bogan chicks who look surprised to see a man, then smoke will appear, the man will pass it off as from his exhaust and crack a smile, an air raid siren sound approaches, gradually growing louder before he comes to a stop in front of Lara Bingle, stepping out it fades to black with the logo of a syringe and a mushroom cloud.

Hird then pops up with his cheesy grin, flanked by the inner cabal of Essendon leaders with the disclaimer of AFL merchandise.

"Really Happy to be Here"
The Carlton effort is more like the above set in internment camps done only in greyscale, no shirts to be seen as gods amongst men cut at stone, it's all very hard, very gritty and that is all enforced by these men retiring not to beer and wenches, but to song and bravado as they all proceed to drop their pants and urinate as it fades out. It'll be a catchy tune and you'll be unable to get it out of your head for weeks.

"Meat Pie"
Collingwoods effort is like Dior, in fact, it has nothing but celebrity in it as you're given pictures of doves and swans mingling, a choir was heard in the background and the voice over chick gives a glowing recommendation about how it was sustainibly sourced from a wild monkey tribe no ones heard about and cocoa bean on Mars, at the end there will be prison bars and it'll just end and leave people going "well it was starting so well and then it just died in the arse".
it'll still outsell everyone despite 9 out of 10 dogs noses running away yelping at it.

 

[The Jack Pack]

Is anyone watching The Chosen Few on Channel 7 at the moment? It's pretty interesting to hear the thoughts from all of the captains.

 

[STK2020]

Yep , watched that last night .
WOW , How much of a fantastic leader is St Nick.
He is basically coaching on field every game ,
I was always one to say we need to get a young captain in next season , now I just hope he goes another year as skipper.

 

[CALL ME SNAKE]

Anyone interested in a Peugeot? Ces't bon!

everything i know about the French i learnt from Willie.

 

[Persevering Saint]