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Nah.
Still not interested.Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
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The Krushnakant story (and video) is beaut.
However, my favourite story this week is 99 years old. That's when, in 1920, Bill James laced up his boots to not only play his first League game of footy, like Marlion Pickett, in the Granny for Richmond, but they won the match and he became a premiership player AND he kicked the sealer AND then he never played another League match but returned to playing footy at Kyabram until he was accidentally shot in the foot on a shooting expedition and had to retire after winning premierships in four consecutive seasons. Love it!All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)
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I’m all over every player/human interest story that can dig up, especially about the underdogs.
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Both great stories! Debuting in a GF is very rare, unsurprisingly. Here's everyone who'd done it to date. Links to their Wikipedia entries, some are quite entertaining. I regret to inform that the Billy James foot shooting was post-footy career.
And an article about Keith Batchelor (1952):Season Date Name Playing.for Margin 1908 1908-09-26 Harry Prout Essendon -9 1920 1920-10-02 Billy James Richmond 17 1923 1923-10-20 George Rawle Essendon 17 1926 1926-10-09 Francis Vine Melbourne 57 1952 1952-09-27 Keith Batchelor Collingwood -46 Last edited by neilfws; 27 September 2019, 11:27 AM.Comment
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Have to say it’s a huge risk playing a debutant in a GF. By all reports he is a cool character and a vey good player , but the step up from WAFL / VFL is still a large one . Let alone in a final . Let alone in a GRAND final ! At the MCG in front of 100,000 people! If they win and he makes a contribution it’s genius , and if they lose and he does nothing they have made a big blunder . Anyway I’d imagine the Giants will give him a warm welcome to the big stage !
My feeling is that it’s one of those grand finals where one team (Richmond ) is expected to do it pretty easily , which quite often in recent years seems to turn out the opposite result. Adelaide in 2017 went in warm favourites , got smacked . Us in 2016 ( not entirely our fault but the game was still there to be won, we didn’t play great that day ) , and especially in 2014 ( probably the worst display I’ve ever witnessed from our boys ) . Also the Hawks in 2012 ( one of the best displays I’ve witnessed from the Swannies). Favourite tag in the biggest game of all is a huge expectation to carry.Comment
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Yes, there is the possibility of course that Gerard Healy's Ferrari that he says has turned into a Mack truck this finals series could
morph yet again into some kind of Ferrari/truck hybrid and completely destroy the Tiggers. No one knows of course.
I'd be surprised if GWS didn't go after the Richmond new guy Pickett. Almost 70 years since someone has done what he has
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BTW, I thought there was an agreement the 2014 GF should never be mentioned on RWO.Comment
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Is it over yet?Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.Comment
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