Blake's Wedding

Con Gorozidis · Mon 21 Nov 2011 6:49pm

great club stalwart. incredibly durable.

the question is:

was plugger66 best man at the wedding?
and if so what did he say in the speech??

plugger66 · Post: # 1176630Post **plugger66** » Mon 21 Nov 2011 7:08pm

Con Gorozidis wrote:great club stalwart. incredibly durable.

the question is:

was plugger66 best man at the wedding?
and if so what did he say in the speech??

Yes I was. And what happens at the wedding stays at the wedding.

asiu · Post: # 1176643Post **asiu** » Mon 21 Nov 2011 8:14pm

.i agree.
.was good to see u again pluggsie.

Con Gorozidis · Tue 22 Nov 2011 3:25am

cant argue with that.
ive always lived by the edict what happens in queenstown stays in queenstown. sadly ross lyon had different ideas.

SaintPav · Post: # 1176732Post **SaintPav** » Tue 22 Nov 2011 8:36am

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.

Saint_Ash · Post: # 1176737Post **Saint_Ash** » Tue 22 Nov 2011 8:50am

noddy04 wrote:I was just wondering....as Jason is on 199 games if he plays in NAB games do they count as in would a Nab game be his 200th?

No they don't.

Only premiership season games count. eg Home & Away and Finals.

saintbrat · Post: # 1176738Post **saintbrat** » Tue 22 Nov 2011 9:02am

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?

saintbrat · Post: # 1176739Post **saintbrat** » Tue 22 Nov 2011 9:03am

silly new machine------

where's my delete button

perfectionist · Tue 22 Nov 2011 9:13am

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.

Agree.

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.

Rosco · Post: # 1176751Post **Rosco** » Tue 22 Nov 2011 11:09am

saintbrat 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?

pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership games

IluvHarvey · Tue 22 Nov 2011 11:18am

Rosco wrote:
saintbrat 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?
pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership games

I believe that the AFL count preseason games for life membership purposes.

Saint_Ash · Post: # 1176955Post **Saint_Ash** » Wed 23 Nov 2011 8:53am

IluvHarvey wrote:
Rosco wrote:
saintbrat 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?
pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership games
I believe that the AFL count preseason games for life membership purposes.

Yep as well as International Rules games.

saintspremiers · Wed 23 Nov 2011 10:19am

Saint_Ash wrote:
IluvHarvey wrote:
Rosco wrote:
saintbrat 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?
pretty sure they count pre-season games for that, only played 181 premiership games
I believe that the AFL count preseason games for life membership purposes.
Yep as well as International Rules games.

I think our club may count those rubbish games (ie Nab crap/IR) towards Saints life membership also??