2012 Brownlow

[Wedgie]

mitchell now better than leigh matthews?

Accolades don't define a player and the impact they had on the game. In this instance it makes little difference as Lethal Leigh was so much more than Mitchell could ever hope to be. Matthews also kicked 915 goals.

He also ended Barrie Robran's career.

Not to mention being charged with assault by the police after his gutless snipe of Neville Bruns breaking his jaw.
Absolute grub of a man.

[marbles]

mitchell now better than leigh matthews?

Accolades don't define a player and the impact they had on the game. In this instance it makes little difference as Lethal Leigh was so much more than Mitchell could ever hope to be. Matthews also kicked 915 goals.

He also ended Barrie Robran's career.

howd that happen. do tell...

[Booney]

mitchell now better than leigh matthews?

Accolades don't define a player and the impact they had on the game. In this instance it makes little difference as Lethal Leigh was so much more than Mitchell could ever hope to be. Matthews also kicked 915 goals.

He also ended Barrie Robran's career.

howd that happen. do tell...

About '74 or '75, I think at the SCG in a state game Matthews skittled Robran and buckled Barrie's knee. The hit was late, nothing surprising with Lethal.

Robran had several operations (3 in 3 cities if I recall) and he played on until 1980, but he was never the same after the incident and never really got to any level of fitness because of it.

[Wedgie]

mitchell now better than leigh matthews?

Accolades don't define a player and the impact they had on the game. In this instance it makes little difference as Lethal Leigh was so much more than Mitchell could ever hope to be. Matthews also kicked 915 goals.

He also ended Barrie Robran's career.

howd that happen. do tell...

He took Robran out in a state game at the SCG when Barrie was at his prime in 1974. Caused Barrie's knee to buckle and he was never the same again, still walks with a heavy limp to this day.

[Booney]

mitchell now better than leigh matthews?

Accolades don't define a player and the impact they had on the game. In this instance it makes little difference as Lethal Leigh was so much more than Mitchell could ever hope to be. Matthews also kicked 915 goals.

He also ended Barrie Robran's career.

Not to mention being charged with assault by the police after his gutless snipe of Neville Bruns breaking his jaw.
Absolute grub of a man.

Not making excuses for that, or any other Matthews incident, but he was no lone soldier when it came to thuggery in that era. Like his football ability, he just executed his plans better than many others.

We all remember Balme, Dietrich, Muir etc as thugs, it's just that Matthews was a brilliant player to go with it where they, in the main, were not.

[marbles]

There can only be one! ie: highlander

odd that vics were playing sa at scg

[Booney]

There can only be one! ie: highlander

odd that vics were playing sa at scg

Used to be a carnival where every state went to one place and they all played each other in either round robin or knockout format.

[Wedgie]

Accolades don't define a player and the impact they had on the game. In this instance it makes little difference as Lethal Leigh was so much more than Mitchell could ever hope to be. Matthews also kicked 915 goals.

He also ended Barrie Robran's career.

Not to mention being charged with assault by the police after his gutless snipe of Neville Bruns breaking his jaw.
Absolute grub of a man.

Not making excuses for that, or any other Matthews incident, but he was no lone soldier when it came to thuggery in that era. Like his football ability, he just executed his plans better than many others.

We all remember Balme, Dietrich, Muir etc as thugs, it's just that Matthews was a brilliant player to go with it where they, in the main, were not.

Dietrich?

[Booney]

Ditterich, Carl. (Sp). Not Grenville.

[Wedgie]

Ditterich, Carl. (Sp). Not Grenville.

Ahhhhh! LOL! Glad I didn't post my long winded rant to you now!

[Lightning McQueen]

Ditterich, Carl. (Sp). Not Grenville.

Ahhhhh! LOL! Glad I didn't post my long winded rant to you now!

Ha, I nearly screenshotted it and sent it to Gren, FB would've had a meltdown!!

[Booney]

Ditterich, Carl. (Sp). Not Grenville.

Ahhhhh! LOL! Glad I didn't post my long winded rant to you now!

Ha, I nearly screenshotted it and sent it to Gren, FB would've had a meltdown!!

I'll do it now.

I didn't realise how different the spelling was, always thought they were both "Dietrich's"

[therisingblues]

Accolades don't define a player and the impact they had on the game. In this instance it makes little difference as Lethal Leigh was so much more than Mitchell could ever hope to be. Matthews also kicked 915 goals.

He also ended Barrie Robran's career.

howd that happen. do tell...

He took Robran out in a state game at the SCG when Barrie was at his prime in 1974. Caused Barrie's knee to buckle and he was never the same again, still walks with a heavy limp to this day.

A real tragedy.
Robran played his first full season in 1967, and played about 160 games until mid 1974, during which he won North's best and fairest every year barring that final year where he was injured. He also won Magareys in 1968, 70 and 73. Absolutely incredible stats Imo.
After Leigh's late hit to the knee, he played just another 40 games until 1980. Some say it's amazing he even played again.

[daysofourlives]

So Leigh Matthews is the first and the last person to be credited with busting someone's knee supposedly deliberately. Cool story.
Robran wasnt fit to tie Leigh's shoelaces. GOAT no question, 915 goals at what 5'7"? A bazillion B&F's at the best club in Australia at the time (and still is). Imagine how many Magareys Lethal would have won if he played in the tin pot league, Ebert and Robran together dont come close

[Wedgie]

So Leigh Matthews is the first and the last person to be credited with busting someone's knee supposedly deliberately. Cool story.
Robran wasnt fit to tie Leigh's shoelaces. GOAT no question, 915 goals at what 5'7"? A bazillion B&F's at the best club in Australia at the time (and still is). Imagine how many Magareys Lethal would have won if he played in the tin pot league, Ebert and Robran together dont come close

Lol bad troll is bad troll.

[therisingblues]

So Leigh Matthews is the first and the last person to be credited with busting someone's knee supposedly deliberately. Cool story.
Robran wasnt fit to tie Leigh's shoelaces. GOAT no question, 915 goals at what 5'7"? A bazillion B&F's at the best club in Australia at the time (and still is). Imagine how many Magareys Lethal would have won if he played in the tin pot league, Ebert and Robran together dont come close

Classic DOOL! Do you write your own material?

[daysofourlives]

So Leigh Matthews is the first and the last person to be credited with busting someone's knee supposedly deliberately. Cool story.
Robran wasnt fit to tie Leigh's shoelaces. GOAT no question, 915 goals at what 5'7"? A bazillion B&F's at the best club in Australia at the time (and still is). Imagine how many Magareys Lethal would have won if he played in the tin pot league, Ebert and Robran together dont come close

Classic DOOL! Do you write your own material?

Happy i could offer you a laugh.
No doubt in my mind that Lethal is the GOAT

[Magellan]

Imagine how many times Lethal would have been charged with assaulting opposition players on the field if he played in the tin pot league, Ebert and Robran together dont come close

Edited for accuracy, and 100% true.

[Jim05]

Imagine how many times Lethal would have been charged with assaulting opposition players on the field if he played in the tin pot league, Ebert and Robran together dont come close

Edited for accuracy, and 100% true.

There were far bigger thugs than Matthews running around in the SANFL in that era. It was just the done thing at the time.

[Magellan]

Imagine how many times Lethal would have been charged with assaulting opposition players on the field if he played in the tin pot league, Ebert and Robran together dont come close

Edited for accuracy, and 100% true.

There were far bigger thugs than Matthews running around in the SANFL in that era. It was just the done thing at the time.

Maybe up to and including the 1970s, but by the mid 1980s? At any rate, I'm not aware of any SANFL players charged with assault for snotting someone during a game.