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I think we all wish Robbo the best. He was terrific when we were crap
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Say what you like about Aker ,there weren't too many players better than him.
I think the peak of his career was one moment before he shoved the PA player in the face in the 2004GF after getting a free that he would have nailed and it rebounded the other way for a goal to them.
Some of our players were very unhappy with him and it turned the game.
After that his highlights reel for us and at the Dogs etc. was still stellar but it was a downhill run from thereon and no one seemed to like him much. Shame really, if he'd just pulled his head in and played solely and wholeheartedly for us he'd be an all time legend instead of a champion player who spent his last few years being highly regarded for his talent but not respected.
I don't know who he could be compared to these days, he was a one off. I reckon he'd tear the game apart now with his pace and football nous. He had it all really.
I think the peak of his career was one moment before he shoved the PA player in the face in the 2004GF after getting a free that he would have nailed and it rebounded the other way for a goal to them.
Some of our players were very unhappy with him and it turned the game.
After that his highlights reel for us and at the Dogs etc. was still stellar but it was a downhill run from thereon and no one seemed to like him much. Shame really, if he'd just pulled his head in and played solely and wholeheartedly for us he'd be an all time legend instead of a champion player who spent his last few years being highly regarded for his talent but not respected.
I don't know who he could be compared to these days, he was a one off. I reckon he'd tear the game apart now with his pace and football nous. He had it all really.
By my memory it wasn't just Aker who had a moment like that in the game, Brownie did too didn't he? A few too many craft beers in the years since have clouded the details, but I remember being dirty we weren't 4 goals up at half time.
Yes. Well Browny kept spraying them because his leg was done . We were still the best team at that point but had 4 or 5 players busted up . I remember when Power grabbed the ball in the Forward line early on and the PA defence just went straight for his head seeing he was knocked out 6 days prior. Not sighted after that. He obviously wouldn't have played these days.
The whole lead up to that game still burns.
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In my mind, strangely my favourite player of that era, Bradshaw was just as much to blame for the 2004 GF loss. From memory we were 3 goals up approaching 1/2 Tom’s. Bradshaw marked 30 out 45 degrees. I turned to my brother and said he kicks this we’re 4 up port will melt and we win. He missed. Port came out from 1/2 time and ran over us.
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Nah, Shaun Hart was the real villain. Lacked the courage to play in the GF after his mild collision with Bradshaw in the prelim. Soft like Gumby.
I saw Jono Brown at the airport the day after the 2004 GF and the poor bugger could barely walk.
He wouldn't be Aker if he pulled his head in.......but yeah he would have been more popular with his coaches n players. Not sure if Aker gives a damn.
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I'm not sure if it has been mentioned but Browny's podcast tracked down Heuskas to see what happened etc. It's been a while since I heard that episode but IIRC he is living a fairly normal life in Adelaide.
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Cam Ellis Yolmen randomly popped up on twitter. It was interesting to see that when he retired from the Lions he had all these NFT apes, sad boys, cat girls and all these other NFT nonsense plastered all over his twitter. He had a business group and a bunch of 'investors' he would mention in his tweets. No it seems all that has been scrubbed clean completely. Though he still is posting/retweeting mainly anti-covid stuff. I hope he has had some proper financial advice when he was a player.
I had to google NFT and then realised that in the back of my mind I had heard of them, had a quick read about them and they seem to be a poor mans crypto type thing, it has me beat why they are worth anything, maybe my old Lions keyrings/membership cards will be worth millions one day.
I am too old for all this new fandangled financial stuff, I still carry a bit of old fashioned paper money around with me... I do have a keycard though.
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Nailed it.
Nailed it.
In theory there is a use case for this kind of thing - demonstrated ownership of digital assets. In practice, no, because people can still losslessly copy digital assets and it turns out ownership only matters if you can enforce it, which NFTs don't.
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NFTs are incredibly funny, particularly when the server that hosts the bit of code that is the actual asset (not the picture) goes offline/out of business people lose the asset. Its beyond belief that the AFL is still flogging 'fan tokens' after the last year where they have cratered in value.
Joel Macdonald: Where is he now (no really, where is he)
The Age: Cat and mouse chase of former Dee over $15 million legal claim by teammate
The Age: Cat and mouse chase of former Dee over $15 million legal claim by teammate
One of the most personable players we've had over the journey. Incredible how many shonks are.
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Cedric Cox listed on the team sheet for Morningside in the QAFL.
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He played there last week as well, Mitch Robinson mentioned it on his Podcast... he was one of those players I thought had a hell of a lot going for him, alas it wasn't to be, he is still only 26 years old though.
Matt Hammelmann has kicked 82 goals in 16 games for Redlands in the QAFL so far this season.
for Redlands in the QAFL so far this season.
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Matt Hammelmann has kicked 82 goals in 16 games
A couple of years ago quite a few on this board were 100% confident he'd get back on a list and make an impact at AFL level
Clearly the clubs don't agree
I was one of them, he has consistently kicked bucket loads of goals in the QAFL for a long time now, I thought at the time he was worth another shot... still only 27 years old but yer he wont be getting another go at it.
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I questioned whether he wanted it.
Could be playing VFL or SANFL or giving himself a shot but seems happy to kig bags with his mates
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Where Are They Now?: 3-peat Team
It says much about the Lions’ 2001-02-03 premiership years that 20 years on more than half of the superstar group are still making a living out of football at the elite level.
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