Blake's Wedding
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My three favourite memories of Blakey were when he beat Sandilands in the ruck down in Tassie in that strange game, his 3 goal third quarter performance againts the Hawks in 08 and when he was on his own in front of goal with the ball and counting down the clock towards the end of a quarter at Etihad. He walked with the ball for about 20 meteres without bouncing it.
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still wondering how Gardi was counted BY Lyon as being on 200 - and eligible for AFL life membership when his games record only showed 189 or similiar--
what other games were counted? would he have played 10-11 representative games?
what other games were counted? would he have played 10-11 representative games?
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Agree.joffaboy wrote:I agree St.Luke. The guy is a true Saints stalwart. teams are built around Riewoldts and Harvey's but Clubs are built around the type of player and character The Blake is.
Drafted from Bowwie in 98, has seen off Watson, Blight, Thomas, Lyon, and now is on to Watters.
Has played up forward, down, back, in the ruck, as a mid, as a tagger, anywhere he was asked to, and many times with great effectiveness.
Was almost choked to death by Brown of Brisbane, had his back fractured by Stafford (then came back after eight weeks and ran back into a pack with a minute to go with the team 10 or so goals up, to show heart and courage.
Has played 199 games with limited ability but EVERY SINGLE TIME with 100% committment.
And through all that he has not collected one single Brownlow vote. Even the night in 2008 when he was moved forward after halftime and tore the Hawks a new one in 2008.
A big fan of his heart and courage and his LOYALTY to the Saints.
A true clubman in every single sense.
Congrats to the Blake and looking forward to his 200th in R1 next season.
For those who don't know, the term "Joe Blake" is part of the rhyming slang vocabulary that existed up until the last thirty years. If someone had the "Joe Blakes" then they had the shakes, generally from over indulging. My father's generation used rhyming slang a lot, my generation less so and now it has all but disappeared. Emoticons are far more fashionable.
pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership gamessaintbrat wrote:still wondering how Gardi was counted BY Lyon as being on 200 - and eligible for AFL life membership when his games record only showed 189 or similiar--
what other games were counted? would he have played 10-11 representative games?
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I believe that the AFL count preseason games for life membership purposes.Rosco wrote:pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership gamessaintbrat wrote:still wondering how Gardi was counted BY Lyon as being on 200 - and eligible for AFL life membership when his games record only showed 189 or similiar--
what other games were counted? would he have played 10-11 representative games?
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Yep as well as International Rules games.IluvHarvey wrote:I believe that the AFL count preseason games for life membership purposes.Rosco wrote:pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership gamessaintbrat wrote:still wondering how Gardi was counted BY Lyon as being on 200 - and eligible for AFL life membership when his games record only showed 189 or similiar--
what other games were counted? would he have played 10-11 representative games?
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I think our club may count those rubbish games (ie Nab crap/IR) towards Saints life membership also??Saint_Ash wrote:Yep as well as International Rules games.IluvHarvey wrote:I believe that the AFL count preseason games for life membership purposes.Rosco wrote:pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership gamessaintbrat wrote:still wondering how Gardi was counted BY Lyon as being on 200 - and eligible for AFL life membership when his games record only showed 189 or similiar--
what other games were counted? would he have played 10-11 representative games?
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