AFL Round 17 - The Players take over, not Carlton but.

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I try to view life and different races and cultures the same as you Brod in terms of people being people, but I think in the case of Daw and Aliir the added fascination came from their lack of exposure to the sport at young ages .. Aliir in particular first kicked a ball at 13 or something like that, hard to comprehend how far he's come in such a short time.
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JK wrote:I try to view life and different races and cultures the same as you Brod in terms of people being people, but I think in the case of Daw and Aliir the added fascination came from their lack of exposure to the sport at young ages .. Aliir in particular first kicked a ball at 13 or something like that, hard to comprehend how far he's come in such a short time.


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JK wrote:I try to view life and different races and cultures the same as you Brod in terms of people being people, but I think in the case of Daw and Aliir the added fascination came from their lack of exposure to the sport at young ages .. Aliir in particular first kicked a ball at 13 or something like that, hard to comprehend how far he's come in such a short time.

Not quite the same but I went to school with Clive Waterhouse, he was a very handy soccer player and general athletics, he never kicked the ball with us at lunch nor did he play school footy, nek minnit, he's suiting up for Para Hills 17's, then Port Magpies the following season then not long after lining up for the Dockers.

I wish I had of talked him into playing club footy sooner as we went from being scrubbers in under 13's then came good half way through 14's and could beat anyone on our day through to 17's.
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Lightning McQueen wrote:
JK wrote:I try to view life and different races and cultures the same as you Brod in terms of people being people, but I think in the case of Daw and Aliir the added fascination came from their lack of exposure to the sport at young ages .. Aliir in particular first kicked a ball at 13 or something like that, hard to comprehend how far he's come in such a short time.

Not quite the same but I went to school with Clive Waterhouse, he was a very handy soccer player and general athletics, he never kicked the ball with us at lunch nor did he play school footy, nek minnit, he's suiting up for Para Hills 17's, then Port Magpies the following season then not long after lining up for the Dockers.

I wish I had of talked him into playing club footy sooner as we went from being scrubbers in under 13's then came good half way through 14's and could beat anyone on our day through to 17's.


I Did a preseason with the Maggies the year he was drafted, a supreme athlete was 1 goal 5 Clive
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I Did a preseason with the Maggies the year he was drafted, a supreme athlete was 1 goal 5 Clive

He was always in our sports team to go to Kensington for the three jumping events, middle distant races and relays.
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Those races were far away? Its early.
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DOC wrote:Those races were far away? Its early.

30 years.
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Spargo wrote:I’m in a comp with 22 other blokes, entry is a carton of beer.
Pick the winning team & correct margin of the first game of the round. No one had really gone close until last night.
I had Adelaide to win by 16 pts! One point off winning 17 cartons!!!


I picked Richmond by 33 points tonight.
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Spargo wrote:
Spargo wrote:I’m in a comp with 22 other blokes, entry is a carton of beer.
Pick the winning team & correct margin of the first game of the round. No one had really gone close until last night.
I had Adelaide to win by 16 pts! One point off winning 17 cartons!!!


I picked Richmond by 33 points tonight.
1 carton...


Remember reading this last year and thought it was a great idea. Enjoy :partyman:
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Spargo wrote:
Spargo wrote:I’m in a comp with 22 other blokes, entry is a carton of beer.
Pick the winning team & correct margin of the first game of the round. No one had really gone close until last night.
I had Adelaide to win by 16 pts! One point off winning 17 cartons!!!


I picked Richmond by 33 points tonight.
1 carton...

Awesome, I went 38, I was worried 15 minutes in.
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