Autopsy Rd 5 Did Blues win? They s**t it in!

[Stig O'Hara]

Worst thing I found about the old boots were those bloody 3 feet long snake laces.

Utter nightmare to thread, and once you finally got them through there was a foot of slack you had to wrap around your foot twice......and kicking the thing.......

Trick I found was to use dress shoe laces and wrap a layer of tape over them.

 

[Accidental genius]

I’m sure you had a step AG.

now that you mentioned it...

 

[Robbo's my hero]

now that you mentioned it...

You and Campese.

 

[Accidental genius]

steady...it was rugby league

 

[thylacine60]

Yes. Illegal. Umps wouldn’t allow them.

when they wore down they ended up with edges like glass.......

 

[Bamboo Harvester]

Mine were the nail in plastic stops...when the soles of the boots started wearing a bit thin, the nails would stick into your feet.

 

[thylacine60]

yep, that's why we always had the umps in the rooms before the game running their hands across them looking for nails - and checking nails and jewelry...

 

[Healer]

I used to hate finding a surprise discarded nail in stop in the mud. Trap for young players that one.

 

[Healer]

Mine were the nail in plastic stops...when the soles of the boots started wearing a bit thin, the nails would stick into your feet.

been there, done that

 

[Stig O'Hara]

yep, that's why we always had the umps in the rooms before the game running their hands across them looking for nails - and checking nails and jewelry...

I know blokes that used to bring 2 pairs of boots, and stand there in socks and pull out the other pair, others used to hide in the dunnys....

They always were obsessed with fingernail length, which never seemed an issue to me.

 

[thylacine60]

I worry about the crowd you ran with, Numbers...........always have.........

 

[Stig O'Hara]

I worry about the crowd you ran with, Numbers...........always have.........

Apparently, under the 16 Round suspension rule, I’m out for life.

Technically of course.

 

[Arr0w]

Always puma kings, great feel

 

[thylacine60]

gotta say - still getting likes from an earlier post I dropped on the pies board post game - easily pleased today I think.........

 

[Blue and Blue]

yep, that's why we always had the umps in the rooms before the game running their hands across them looking for nails - and checking nails and jewelry...

luxury..you were lucky to have rooms...we used to have to huddle in t' cow shed...both teams, and coaches would shout till we cried......

 

[Jimmae]

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[thylacine60]

I wish.....

 

[PrinceCharles]

Watching the replay again, annoys me so much how Derwayne always refers to Harry's kicking as his achilles heel, the guy is running at 66% across is short career so far. He's a beautiful kick.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Someone pls 'splain more to me about the fog game

 

[GodisNavyBlue]

Watching the replay again, annoys me so much Derwayne

EFA

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[Aphrodite]

Someone pls 'splain more to me about the fog game

Here you go ...

http://www.blueseum.org/article25-A-Memorable-Game-with-Geoff-Southby

 

[Robbo's my hero]

Someone pls 'splain more to me about the fog game

Was there MEB. It ranks as the weirdest VFL I ever attended. Carlton had to win to keep its final chances alive.

It was such a lovely, sunny day. We always sat or stood in the outer and I was shielding my eyes from the sun in the first half. During the half time break a fog descended. This wasn’t the fog I occasionally experienced while playing early morning footy where you’re vision was cut to maybe one half of the ground. This was a full on London peasouper.

The second half was hopeless. You couldn’t see a thing unless the ball passed directly in front of you. It was eerily quiet and you could hear the players calling to each other. I’m certain the Fitzroy kicked to the scoreboard end in the last quarter. The lights weren’t on for Carlton but they went on for Fitzroy. Cheats. Fitzroy won the game and that was the end of our finals hopes. It was the last season of Ron Barassi as coach of Carlton who decided 6 seasons was enough.

IMO the game should have been called off.

Why did it happen? I think I’ve read that it occurred due to the proximity of Albert Park Lake to the Junction Oval. I’m not sure if that’s true. I prefer the theory that truckloads of dry ice were delivered to the ground because they didn’t want the Blues in the finals.

 

[Robertio]

Was there MEB. It ranks as the weirdest VFL I ever attended. Carlton had to win to keep its final chances alive.

It was such a lovely, sunny day. We always sat or stood in the outer and I was shielding my eyes from the sun in the first half. During the half time break a fog descended. This wasn’t the fog I occasionally experienced while playing early morning footy where you’re vision was cut to maybe one half of the ground. This was a full on London peasouper.

The second half was hopeless. You couldn’t see a thing unless the ball passed directly in front of you. It was eerily quiet and you could hear the players calling to each other. I’m certain the Fitzroy kicked to the scoreboard end in the last quarter. The lights weren’t on for Carlton but they went on for Fitzroy. Cheats. Fitzroy won the game and that was the end of our finals hopes. It was the last season of Ron Barassi as coach of Carlton who decided 6 seasons was enough.

IMO the game should have been called off.

Why did it happen? I think I’ve read that it occurred due to the proximity of Albert Park Lake to the Junction Oval. I’m not sure if that’s true. I prefer the theory that truckloads of dry ice were delivered to the ground because they didn’t want the Blues in the finals.

Yep i was there as well, down the junction end and as you said the main thing i can remember is how quiet it went.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Was there MEB. It ranks as the weirdest VFL I ever attended. Carlton had to win to keep its final chances alive.

It was such a lovely, sunny day. We always sat or stood in the outer and I was shielding my eyes from the sun in the first half. During the half time break a fog descended. This wasn’t the fog I occasionally experienced while playing early morning footy where you’re vision was cut to maybe one half of the ground. This was a full on London peasouper.

The second half was hopeless. You couldn’t see a thing unless the ball passed directly in front of you. It was eerily quiet and you could hear the players calling to each other. I’m certain the Fitzroy kicked to the scoreboard end in the last quarter. The lights weren’t on for Carlton but they went on for Fitzroy. Cheats. Fitzroy won the game and that was the end of our finals hopes. It was the last season of Ron Barassi as coach of Carlton who decided 6 seasons was enough.

IMO the game should have been called off.

Why did it happen? I think I’ve read that it occurred due to the proximity of Albert Park Lake to the Junction Oval. I’m not sure if that’s true. I prefer the theory that truckloads of dry ice were delivered to the ground because they didn’t want the Blues in the finals.

Thank you! That's so cool that you were there. I've missed out on so many cool Carlton times.

 

[Robertio]

Thank you! That's so cool that you were there. I've missed out on so many cool Carlton times.

You've got some good times ahead of you Meb