The Judd factor: bigger than Barassi

[Aphrodite]

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/ne...w-footy-messiah/2008/03/19/1205602483673.html

It is Easter again, there's a new footy messiah, and the heavens have turned on blue skies & Carlton is rumbling again, and Chris Judd arguably is one game ahead of Barassi. Membership is up 6000, corporate backers are queueing and in the merchandising shop, the only ready-made number guernsey is No. 5; it is walking off the shelves. "You could say he's paid his way already," said an old Carlton hand. "The thing is, he offers hope."

 

[thylacine60]

Yeah baby!

 

[HBF]

I'd love him to kick the first goal tonight. The crowd would go beserk.

 

[Bomba Sheldon]

I'd love him to kick the first goal tonight. The crowd would go beserk.

I just want him to get a kick and contribute to a win!

 

[Bluebear]

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/ne...w-footy-messiah/2008/03/19/1205602483673.html

I can see someones new avatar.

Who's it gonna be?

Should we run a book?

 

[Silvagnis]

:sickofJuddarticlesbecauseit'soverkill:

Thank God Judd didn't agree to do that interview with Ten.

Judd's a smart cookie and just wants to let his footy do the talking and the advertising.

 

[Silvagnis]

Carlton won resoundingly, prompting Percy Beames to write in The Age: "The Blues now know with reasonable certainty that the move is going to prove a profitable investment for the club." Three years later, the Blues won their first flag for 21 years.

Parkin played back pocket for Hawthorn against Barassi and Carlton in that 1965 match, but remembers little about it. He was coach of Carlton when last it trod this path, smuggling Greg Williams out of Sydney in 1992.

Parkin sees timeless similarities, in the players, in their impact. In Carlton's first practice game in 1992, Parkin watched as David Glascott was hit in the head by a Williams handball he was not expecting. "When you think I can't see you," Williams cautioned Glascott, "I can." Three years later, Carlton won the flag, its last

Proof things happen in threes.

 

[mediumsizered]

Did anyone else notice that the article stated that Nicholls was a 19 year old vice-captain to Barassi, when Barassi arrived in 1965, & a 22 year old premiership captain? Given Nicholls joined Carlton in 1957, that would have made him 11 years old in his debut season. I know he was always a 'big boy', but big enough to play VFL football at 11?

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

In Carlton's first practice game in 1992, Parkin watched as David Glascott was hit in the head by a Williams handball he was not expecting. "When you think I can't see you," Williams cautioned Glascott, "I can."

You have got to love this line. LOL. Diesel summed himself up to a tee.

This will be my new signature!

 

[as0l0]

You have got to love this line. LOL. Diesel summed himself up to a tee.

you do gotta love it. i love it. it's brilliant!