Will Bakes win the ANZAC Medal ?

[Enrico_Misso]

Oh sorry, just checked the draw, and it seems we aren't playing tomorrow.

Maybe we will play on ANZAC day next year.
I can't remember the last time a StKilda player won this prestigious medal ?

[cowboy18]

Mark McGough.

[True Blue Sainter]

The last time I even remember us playing on ANZAC day was a night game against Fremantle I think in around '97?

And forget McG, he doesn't count cowboy!

[Enrico_Misso]

Mark McGough.

Good get.

I can't help but feel that because Harve's never won even one ANZAC medal whereas Hird won about three, that on balance Hird must go down as the superior player.

[GrumpyOne]

Mark McGough.

Good get.

I can't help but feel that because Harve's never won even one ANZAC medal whereas Heard won about three, that on balance Heard must go down as the superior player.

No..... really he's just one of the Hird.

[Enrico_Misso]

No..... really he's just one of the Hird.

Thanks GO
I have just hird you

[Saints43]

Why do Collingwood play on Anzac day when they are one of four teams who did not disband during the whole of the Great War where the Anzac legend was born?



In 1916 Collingwood were in the competition while six other teams did not field teams while their brave young men in the trenches.



Collingwood bravely won the premiership in 1917.



Lest we forget.

[GrumpyOne]

Nothing to do with commemmorating our gallant war dead.

Everything to do with money.

[Enrico_Misso]

Why do Collingwood play on Anzac day when they are one of four teams who did not disband during the whole of the Great War where the Anzac legend was born?



In 1916 Collingwood were in the competition while six other teams did not field teams while their brave young men in the trenches.



Collingwood bravely won the premiership in 1917.



Lest we forget.

That's exactly right.
And worth pointing out that the Govt at the time asked all the clubs to suspend playing as a mark of respect to the troops.
That is why we withdrew.
The same cannot be said of Collingwood, Carlton, Fitzroy and Richmond.

Some cheap and stained premierships.

[Eastern]

Oh sorry, just checked the draw, and it seems we aren't playing tomorrow.

Maybe we will play on ANZAC day next year.
I can't remember the last time a StKilda player won this prestigious medal ?

Your sarcasm echoes my sentiments. Either that or the AFL has the power to change history, but I'm sure that fans/players of clubs other than Coll, Ess, Geel & Freo made the ultimate sacrifice during the wars/conflicts that Australia has participated in.

The real cynic in me suggests that Bruce Ruxton sold the blood of those diggers and Demetriou is lining his pockets as a result !!

[st_Trav_ofWA]

i said it late last year we had the option of playing in the Anzac day game against Freo as originally they pitched it to the AFL as a Freo Saints game or a Freo Hawthorn in the end the AFL agreed to Freo Geelong

[esaint66]

The same cannot be said of Collingwood, Carlton, Fitzroy and Richmond.

Some cheap and stained premierships.

Wasn't one of those years the one where fitzroy came from last (out of 4 so they made the finals anyway) and won the grand final ???

[perfectionist]

Collingwood and Essendon should continue to play on Anzac Day in my opinion. Two lowly teams mired in the past, one coached by Simpson and the other by a donkey.

[Life Long Saint]

Mark McGough.

Don't forget Damian Monkhorst...even though we all try.

[Iceman234]

Makes me laugh when I see them carrying on about how special the Anzac Medal is - a medal struck between two teams that is supposedly held in such high regard, but cuts out the possibility of 14 teams players' winning it.

The Anzac Medal, to give it TRUE worth and value, should be awarded to the winner of the Anzac Round Army Medal, awarded to a player from any of 16 clubs who has shown courage, spirit etc.

Big flowering deal that James Turd is a triple Anzac Medal winner.
Means nothing in that monopolistic context.