I think bratty may have posted this elsewhere, but since our press over the last 12 months has been so woeful, and opening the Age in particular has required fortitude, this is a truly cracking article on our captain that I thought it worth a bump in a separate thread.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/n ... hvlx1.html
Connolly on Roo
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Re: Connolly on Roo
Great article. What a champ.
I hope he can play on next year as well.
I hope he can play on next year as well.
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A lot of people talk about players althetes rather than footballers ie Stanley. But I think out of all the great footballers Nick Riewoldt I'd possibly he best athlete we've seen, certainly of any key position player. Able to run like a midfielder and cover 20k per game.
I remember when Daley Thompson took some training sessions he said that if he could train Nick for four years he could get him into an Olympic 400m final. Quite incredible when you think about it.
I remember when Daley Thompson took some training sessions he said that if he could train Nick for four years he could get him into an Olympic 400m final. Quite incredible when you think about it.
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we all owe nick big time.......guts it out every week with his heart on his sleeve.....
.everybody still loves lenny....and we always will
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Is there footage of his great chase in the first qtr, when he forced the Demon player to run out? Inspirational stuff!
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+1.mordi wrote:Is there footage of his great chase in the first qtr, when he forced the Demon player to run out? Inspirational stuff!
That was perhaps the turning point
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mordi wrote:Is there footage of his great chase in the first qtr, when he forced the Demon player to run out? Inspirational stuff!
Watched the replay yesterday and at that time the commentators were on the "Oh Melbourne is a different team under Paul Roos: meme.
All Darcy could say was how great it was for the Demon player to "take the game on".
Funnily enough, from where I was sitting, the Demon player ran out of bounds as Reiwoldt chased he all the way up the field. But not one word of praise from the commentators.
Darcy is an A grade idiot.
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Darcy always either takes a negative view or ignores STK altogether (just like this example of Roo). I have a theory that at some time, either as a player or a coach, he went for a job at STK and got knocked back - hence the unusual/unnatural bitterness.joffaboy wrote:mordi wrote:Is there footage of his great chase in the first qtr, when he forced the Demon player to run out? Inspirational stuff!
Watched the replay yesterday and at that time the commentators were on the "Oh Melbourne is a different team under Paul Roos: meme.
All Darcy could say was how great it was for the Demon player to "take the game on".
Funnily enough, from where I was sitting, the Demon player ran out of bounds as Reiwoldt chased he all the way up the field. But not one word of praise from the commentators.
Darcy is an A grade idiot.
Can anybody shed any light on that theory, one way or the other?