It is becoming utter shite, bruise free crap. I totally agree with you. Correct disposal doesn't matter when the AFL wants us watching basketball. End to end dross weekend to weekend.
Was that the same season an Irishman won the brownlow? Same Irishman went on to become an Aussie legend, now with his own statue at the mcg, chairman of Melbourne footie club, Victorian of the year, helped thousands of kids, had a state funeral... endless achievements and accolades. How's sheedy doing?
Agreed, say what they want, he was a tough brave bastard. And when he came to the Pies for a year he straightened up Rocca and made him a much better player
They wanted him until they got him. He moved to Sydney in 1994 and was a disaster. Played only seven games, was suspended for seven weeks TWICE, and kicked a grand total of 7 goals. Bad tempered. Delisted. Not sure he did much better next year at Collingwood.
One of those players we use to love to hate over here in the west. But knowing what he had to put up with and been through I got nothing but respect for the man.
Tough as nails and, as he says, foolhardy. He was a phenomenal player. I visit Adelaide each year to watch the Hawks and every time I'm on the team heading to the game a supporter of the Crows or Port will always say..."Geez I loved Dermie. Wish he'd played for us!" Everyone wishes Dermott played on their team. Everyone.
And the crowds turned up to see the contests of player on player. Full forward on full back, half back and centre half forward. Wingman on wingman. Tough play, hard hits and a game of attrition without six on the bench, no subs, no loading g the backline. Just man on man footy. The good old days.
Only VFL game I ever saw at the ground and Dermet got sandwiched by two players, right in front of me. Will never forget the slapping sound of skin on skin, as he slipped to the ground like jelly. They clearly hated him and lined him up. Great player, it paid the opposition to hurt him.
Saw him at 6:30am doing a morning TV report in Melb. He looked like he'd been up all night on the gear at Crown Casino. The moment the camera cut he announced "That's me done & dusted. Im going to bed." 😆
@@Followthesciences two things which are completely unrelated only going to show dermott's tendency to speak out his behind about things he has no idea about.
@@cookiefphe's seen and done everything in the game. No better person to make comment. Dermott is a legend Bailey is a pup doing drugs and f√cking up his career. Should everyone just sit back and watch him derail his footy life? What about Ben Cousins? Did doing nothing help him?
@@Gezza1967 how goin' gezza ,do ya ever come accross old fottage some car accident had 60 ,s anything about old tow truck days were had fight job ,before allocation
It was a pretty tough thing to do back then , he could of got opened up. They would pat you on the backside and voice there concerns on social media if it happened on the weekend.
Bruns deserved everything he got and more. I was at that game and Bruns and Mark Jackson had been sniping Hawthorn players for the entire game. Gary Ayers copped a heavy hit only moments before Leigh gave Bruns his just desserts. Bruns was a dirty little thug and Matthews wasn't going to let his antics stand. Gary Ablett Snr served up loads of high hits with his elbows and forearms through his career and copped some back too. Ablett was a dirty bastard and allegedly responsible for the death of a young lass in his hotel room not long after his retirement. I wouldn't go backing up Gary Ablett Snr. He's scum of the highest order. Sure he could play footy but his life during and after has been a mess. Leigh Matthews coached four premierships and played in four too. Did G Ablett Snr ever win a flag? No. Why? Because he didn't even know the names of his teammates. Selfish and dirty as they come.
Ooh yeah brute of all power statements from the Umpire's of all," We are NOT upheld too laws, we are simply... UNDAMAGEABLE (with revelation and light of all of it's force...".)
1988. The Hawks won by about 54 pts if I remember correctly. I've got the newspaper clippings in a scrapbook so where in my old school footy collection. Dermott was all over the papers for the entire week following this. Then he played superb footy in the finals to win his third of five premiership medallions.
Jump in a time machine and I dare you to go back to 1988 and line up on Dermott for one quarter of old school footy mate. He'd smear you all over the park and wipe his arse with your face before throwing you over the fence like a ragdoll. This bloke tore games apart in minutes and could do it all. Don't let his super 80's perm fool you. He'd eat you for brekky and shit you out before the opening bounce just to tear you apart again for the crowd. Hahahaha!
Can you imagine footy in 10 years from now? It'll be people in wheelchairs, Hamas terrorists and a few ballet dancers just to make sure it's diverse enough
Mate rugby league at least know were ya enamies are in front you ,footy they come from anywhere ,most courageous men to ever picked up a ball is an Aussie rules player ,if played game know ,keep eyes on ball pray don't get hip shouldered feel every organ in body go to mush ,,backing into pack ,aponate,go,s punch ball breaks cheakbone walki g around depressed caved in head ,,that's what makes Aussie rules players the cut above rest ,can't cower even when know comn can't drop ball run away rugby is for boff headed New South wealchman,you look at difference,of a fourth generation New South wealchman, compared to Victorian ,,big boffheaded blocks ,look at fine speciman that is the tall well developed Aussie rules player cannonball shoulders strong forearms lean like racehorse when run see every muscle there no better pysic classic free weights old school weights resheme to get classic Aussie rules body ,
Funny how running ten yards into other men, in a line seems like the tougher game to do e people....? I can see them, right in front of me, wait...I'll throw it backwards to my mate so he can run into them instead, on this tiny little field. Der! Rugby is a game for thick eared morons. Aussie Rules is for brave men. Rugby players wear pads under their jerseys. Aussie Rules players don't need them because they're bred tougher and learn to take the hits. Not to run into a wall of meatheads. Hahahahaha!
Back when footy was un sanitised and entertaining…today it is woke and everyone has to be acceptable otherwise you’ll end up at the bottom of a media pile on like Clarko. The AFL is pathetic.
Yeah..he was too smart to line up and have his head bashed every few minutes. He used his braj s and skills to become e a legend of our Australian game. Not some European code that is played by cauliflower eared dolts who cannot avoid a swinging arm. Piss off with your NRL crap. Alm you mugs care about is State of Origin anyway...even if most of the blokes who play come from the islands. What a load of tripe Rugby of all types is. Aussie Rules takes brains and physical skills. Not just "run at men, stop. Line up and run at men. Stop." Idiotic code for idiots.
What game do you.enjoy? Soccer? A 90 minute nil all draw floats your boat does it? Or rugby? Lines of thick eared morons running directly into each other's arms....dumb sport which has trouble filling a 10000 seat arena.
@@patodabomb think what he means is that everything is scrutinised scientifically, so if it’s not “productive” in a “measurable” way, it’s looked down upon. Just my interpretation.
