Oppo Camp The Non-North FOOTY DISCUSSION ONLY & Matchday Chat Thread III

[Groin guru]

Legitimate question, is Plugger okay? He doesn't look well.

Curse you, Micky Martyn. Some day i'll have the power to destroy you!

 

[Groucho]

Rumours that Stringer to * good as done.

 

[Mav]

AFL Tonight started with this story. Just a shocking situation and I really feel for the family.

On the Cats board one poster has suggested that the mental health issues of his sister is the major reason he has been wanting to come back to Victoria. The Cats and the GC need to get something sorted out quickly though it all looks a bit late now.

And I have to apologise for some of my thoughts, being that he was just coming back for money purposes. Very incorrect it would seem in the light of this tragic development.

Did you have a source for the coming back for money line or were you just making s**t up. Surely you wouldn’t post innuendo.

 

[Shermanator]

Rumours that Stringer to * good as done.

Good, not enough Sherrins for the ugly giraffe, orazioooo, Greenie, Dev and now Swinger.. They'll be eating each other by round 1.

 

[Horace]

Did you have a source for the coming back for money line or were you just making s**t up. Surely you wouldn’t post innuendo.

Show me where I posted innuendo.

 

[Egga]

Did you have a source for the coming back for money line or were you just making s**t up. Surely you wouldn’t post innuendo.

Horace admitted he made a mistake and apologised. Only one poster on this board chose to have a crack at him. Make of that what you will.

 

[Mav]

Show me where I posted innuendo.

Show me what you’re apologising for and my guess is it’s innuendo. But, you don’t like people posting anything unfounded so I’m guessing you didn’t post innuendo. But then I’m confused as to why you would be apologising.

 

[Mav]

Horace admitted he made a mistake and apologised. Only one poster on this board chose to have a crack at him. Make of that what you will.

A paper hat.

 

[Horace]

Show me what you’re apologising for and my guess is it’s innuendo. But, you don’t like people posting anything unfounded so I’m guessing you didn’t post innuendo. But then I’m confused as to why you would be apologising.

Well golly gosh. What a twisted process you've been through. You didn't like what I said to you in the "Who is Cam Joyce" thread yesterday, so you've decided to have a crack at me in a totally unrelated thread.

Not that I need to explain anything to you but what I was apologising for were my own personal thoughts. I simply thought that the reason for him wanting to come back was because he was coming back for a better financial reward from Geelong. I never even mentioned those thoughts to anyone. I never posted those thoughts anywhere.

We all at times jump to conclusions, occasionally right mainly wrong. In my mind I misjudged him. I was wrong. I felt guilty about my thoughts so I owned up. That is all.

 

[Mav]

Well golly gosh. What a twisted process you've been through. You didn't like what I said to you in the "Who is Cam Joyce" thread yesterday, so you've decided to have a crack at me in a totally unrelated thread.

Not that I need to explain anything to you but what I was apologising for were my own personal thoughts. I simply thought that the reason for him wanting to come back was because he was coming back for a better financial reward from Geelong. I never even mentioned those thoughts to anyone. I never posted those thoughts anywhere.

We all at times jump to conclusions, occasionally right mainly wrong. In my mind I misjudged him. I was wrong. I felt guilty about my thoughts so I owned up. That is all.

Who are you apogisong too? If you feel guilty of personal thoughts about Ablett, apolgise to him. Your persoanl thoughts haven’t offended or hurt anyone on this forum. Sure admit you were wrong, but if you feel so guilty send Ablett a message on Twitter or do the old fashioned thing and write him a letter.

 

[Horace]

Who are you apogisong too? If you feel guilty of personal thoughts about Ablett, apolgise to him. Your persoanl thoughts haven’t offended or hurt anyone on this forum. Sure admit you were wrong, but if you feel so guilty send Ablett a message on Twitter or do the old fashioned thing and write him a letter.

Weird post if ever I have read a weird post.

Even weirder your suggested approach. Oh well.

Think what you like but don't bother engaging me in this thread any further because I won't be reacting to your inanity in this thread anymore.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Weird post if ever I have read a weird post.

Even weirder your suggested approach. Oh well.

Think what you like but don't bother engaging me in this thread any further because I won't be reacting to your inanity in this thread anymore.

You could put whoever that is on ignore.

 

[Horace]

You could put whoever that is on ignore.

Thanks H2H. Yes I may well do that. But if I'm not mistaken that poster is the poster who defends the umpires every time anyone complains. It is always worth reading him/her (pretty sure it is a him) defending the indefensible.

 

[Tas]

AFL must be delighted that Kennett is back leading Hawthorn, might as well put the Tassie team plans through the shredder.

 

[Saintly_]

So Geelong get pick 19 for Motlop as compo which was way too high.

Cats then 'coincidentally' use pick 19 to get disgruntled Ablett back to Cats. (and a tiny swap of seconds)

So essentially Cats got Ablett for Motlop as direct swap.

AFL is an absolute farce.

 

[King Corey]

So Geelong get pick 19 for Motlop as compo which was way too high.

Cats then 'coincidentally' use pick 19 to get disgruntled Ablett back to Cats. (and a tiny swap of seconds)

So essentially Cats got Ablett for Motlop as direct swap.

AFL is an absolute farce.

Motlop rated somewhere around Buddy Franklin value. Seems fair to me.

 

[koshari]

Thanks H2H. Yes I may well do that. But if I'm not mistaken that poster is the poster who defends the umpires every time anyone complains. It is always worth reading him/her (pretty sure it is a him) defending the indefensible.

surely thats DRs alter ego?

 

[Snake_Baker]

Then

Now

 

[Heaps of fun]

Then

Now

Nah then was more like

 

[giantroo]

Mumford has retired.

 

[giantroo]

'I kicked goals on all of them': Dee great reflects
Marc McGowan October 20, 2017 1:27 PM

ENIGMATIC former Melbourne genius Allen Jakovich has emerged from the football wilderness in an entertaining two-hour-plus interview on his extraordinary but brief career.

Jakovich remains a fan favourite – even a mythical figure – for how he burst onto the AFL scene and left it almost as quickly with a failed stint at Footscray after sitting out the 1995 season.

The 49-year-old's final tallies read 54 games and 208 goals, including 47 and 201 for the Demons, with hamstring woes ensuring his brilliant stay at the top was all too short.

Jakovich sat comfortably in what was the last great era for full-forwards, when Tony Lockett, Gary Ablett, Jason Dunstall and Tony Modra were kicking oodles of goals.

He played his first match for Melbourne as a 23-year-old in 1991, via Perth, Port Headland, Kalgoorlie, Darwin and Adelaide, and was the fastest AFL player to kick 50 career goals, in just nine games.

Only the legendary John Coleman slotted 100 majors as swiftly as Jakovich's 21 matches.

"It's just, I suppose, another of them famous stats, but when I look at it, if I was 18 or 19 years of age at that time and that happened at that age, I'd say it was a real great feat," Jakovich told the Demonland Podcast.

"But being 23 years of age, I'd had a fair bit of senior football under my belt with Woodville in the SANFL and also a bit of a stint up in Darwin, so I was pretty primed and ready to go.

"What unfolded in that season probably fuelled me to really get crackin'. It was a bit of a purple patch there, and that was fuelled by a lot of different emotions and … a want to succeed and kick some goals."


Jakovich recounted the day he booted a career-high 11 goals – along with eight behinds and another out on the full – in a public mauling of a North Melbourne defence led by 300-gamer Mick Martyn.


Martyn, a dual premiership player, was a rough and rugged full-back who thrived on grit and an acid tongue rather than natural talent, but was one of the best in those days.


He warned Jakovich, the older brother of dual All Australian defender Glen, at the first bounce he would punch him "in the back of the head" if he considered going near the ball.


"I never said too much until you let your goalkicking do the talking," Jakovich said.


"Once I was up and about and had kicked a couple, then I sort of let Micky know that day that, 'Look, mate, don't worry about punching me in the back of the head, I'm going to make you look like a clown today'.


"The more I kicked, the quieter poor old Micky got, and it was quite funny, because I started to rev him up after I had about four or five.


"Every time I saw the North Melbourne runner … I kept reminding Micky that he was coming to get him very shortly and to, 'Lift your head Micky, he's coming to get you'."

Jakovich was reported for abusive language towards an umpire that same afternoon at the MCG. It was one of four occasions in his AFL stint that he was fined or suspended.


He never crossed paths with Martyn on a football field again, such was the blink-and-you'll-miss-it nature of his career. But they did bump into one another at a pub.


"I promised him I'd give him another shot, but it wasn't to be," Jakovich said.


"We had a beer and we had a bit of a laugh, but he had an incredible career – he was a great player for North."

Jakovich with Demons teammate David Schwarz. Picture: AFL Photos

Jakovich struggled to name his toughest opponent, requesting not to be taken the wrong way, but that "I sort of kicked goals on all of them".

Judging by his following comments, Hawthorn defender Chris Langford was the one, but he wrote off Danny Frawley as "slow" – and whenever they clashed "it was always a good time for a bag".

Jakovich admired Stephen Silvagni's ability to be equally effective up forward as down back despite not being "overly skilled" and related to Mark Zanotti having "a few screws loose".

He also had a feeling a then-young Mal Michael was destined for big things, which played out across 238 games and three premierships.

Jakovich went on to explain some of his complex character owed to a "me against the rest of the world" attitude after struggling emotionally with losing his father, Darko, at a young age.

"He was instrumental in my life and it's hard to deal with that sort of loss," he said.

"When it did get me down, there were a couple of times there, you might see on a few replays, I was probably the only bloke who wore a black armband one particular week.

"That helped me bring him along with me."

 

[King Corey]

54 game career, career high tally against North Melbourne. Someone clearly had their eye on the 1991 Kerridge.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Rightio tugger flogs.

You wanted him, now pony up!

 

[giantroo]

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Perhaps explains why the Saints were underwhelming in the trade period.