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Very very true. That goes for North players and those from other clubs.fu** the dogs - blokes like winston dont get their rightful praise because of *******s like you have expressed. same can be said for plenty of other indigenous players
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Abraham also revealed a moment of payback in 1998 when he played his first game against West Coast back in Perth for his new team North Melbourne, after leaving Fremantle the previous year.
“Pago (coach Denis Pagan) got everyone around as we were about to go on the field and said, ‘One more thing’,” he recalled.
“He said, ‘Winnie and Woosha have got a bit of a history — that stops today’. Before the ball was bounced, Glenn Archer ran from centre-half-back and grabbed Woosha by the throat and it was on.
“Then he turned and ran into ‘Duck’ (Wayne Carey) and the next time he turned he ran into Corey McKernan and Byron Pickett got him that day as well. It was awesome, we got him back, finally.”
Sensational.
Brilliant.
Geez, watching that he places the ball on his boot beautifully everytime
No '99 ? That 3/4 shimmy and goal ❤
It's damning to Fremantle. Winnie had to wait until he changed clubs to have Worsfold's bully boy tactics dealt with. I bet he wasn't making empty threats that day.That folks, is "culture".
It's damning to Fremantle. Winnie had to wait until he changed clubs to have Worsfold's bully boy tactics dealt with. I bet he wasn't making empty threats that day.
Thankfully Dennis didn't think flying the flag was crap and that Woosha was an ornament to the game.
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I don't reckon there'd have been too many game to target North players physically in that era. They were a tight group.Just knew his charges id expect, needed Winnie to know he was protected here and allowed to play his natural game
I don't reckon there'd have been too many game to target North players physically in that era. They were a tight group.
And every now and again Dennis would light the fuse under a few of them just to remind the opposition.
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In the aftermath of the Hawks game in 2015, they went on to win the flag and we dropped games to Gold Coast and Collingwood which cost us top 4.It's damning to Fremantle. Winnie had to wait until he changed clubs to have Worsfold's bully boy tactics dealt with. I bet he wasn't making empty threats that day.
Thankfully Dennis didn't think flying the flag was crap and that Woosha was an ornament to the game.
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Yup! That, along with “hopefully” and “we believe” we can “match it with the best”In the aftermath of the Hawks game in 2015, they went on to win the flag and we dropped games to Gold Coast and Collingwood which cost us top 4.
This summed up Brad and why he never won a prelim. He never had the killer instinct.
He must have used up his killer instinct quota as a player, because he had plenty of it back thenIn the aftermath of the Hawks game in 2015, they went on to win the flag and we dropped games to Gold Coast and Collingwood which cost us top 4.
This summed up Brad and why he never won a prelim. He never had the killer instinct.
For so long the narrative was around trying to beat a top 4 team.Yup! That, along with “hopefully” and “we believe” we can “match it with the best”
For so long the narrative was around trying to beat a top 4 team.
Or trying to match it with the good teams of the competition.
I was watching highlights from 2012 and the whole AFL world adopted the rhetoric that was coming out of Arden St and that beating Geelong or Collingwood was our ceiling.
Internally Brad set the standard at top 4 with the playing group. Go listen to any Andrew Swallow interview from that time and it was a consistent message. Our results actually backed it up so hindsight says Brad set out to achieve what he wanted without actually playing off in a grand final. It’s the only reasons he lasted 10 years.
Finishing top 8 and winning through to a prelim was our measurement for success and when you think about it, we played three finals in 2014 and 2015 like most premiers do, except we finished a week early each time.
Handicapped expectations were installed from the night we got belted by 100 points by St Kilda in 2010 and stayed right through the decade.
Brads greatest strengths was going in to defend the playing group, but this came through by virtue of the players following through on what success was measured on internally within the four walls of the club, and they delivered on that.
He was never good enough.
Worstfold is a campaigner. Nothing more. I think Ben Buckley might even agree to that.It's damning to Fremantle. Winnie had to wait until he changed clubs to have Worsfold's bully boy tactics dealt with. I bet he wasn't making empty threats that day.
Thankfully Dennis didn't think flying the flag was crap and that Woosha was an ornament to the game.
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I hate going to Collingwood games (unless we win obv)
It's damning to Fremantle. Winnie had to wait until he changed clubs to have Worsfold's bully boy tactics dealt with. I bet he wasn't making empty threats that day.
Thankfully Dennis didn't think flying the flag was crap and that Woosha was an ornament to the game.
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Since the start of the 2003 season we have played only 3 night matches at the G in the home and away season. That’s 3 night games in 18 years. All against Collingwood.The game in rd 5 2008 against them looked and sounded like the loudest largest North crowd I ever seen in a regular game.
but there was no 1998...In truth, he underachieved based upon his actual ability.
Still........1998........what a year.
The game in rd 5 2008 against them looked and sounded like the loudest largest North crowd I ever seen in a regular game.