Saints Channel on YouTube

[jaxons]

Happy new year to all SS members.

I got PM'd by the person that made the Tony Lockett video.

Ended up chatting and this person is too understated to want any notoriety.

However they have set up a new YouTube channel with literally hundreds and what will end up being thousands of amazing Saints videos over the last 30 years.

Would be great for people here to subscribe as thanks for what is a remarkable effort and hours upon hours of work.

Show your support for what is an amazing effort and subscribe to their channel, I know I have.

Click on the link below and just hit subscribe, it takes seconds and you will love the content I guarantee you.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ashjam35

[outside66]

That's an incredible amount of content! Cheers for the heads up

[philtee]

Wow! Thanks for the info Jaxons. Looks like a mother-lode of about 150 videos from a
terrific era. Great to see Saints playing with aggression, verve, and erm, skill.

[tedtheodorelogan2018]

My favourite channel on YouTube is Ted Talks. Unbelievable and informative channel. We need an Aussie to do a ted talk on the Saints.

[SaintPav]

A few bad memories in that lot.

[jaxons]

How good is this?

[saint64]

Great content. I hope he/she adds more games from the seventies and eighties.

[saint64]

How good is this?

Brilliant - that late eighties era, with the likes of the Doc, Plugger, Winmar, Loewe, Burke and Harvey on board promised so much after the lows of the late seventies/early eighties. Great to see the likes of Wow Jones, Burns, Coghlan and Barker in there.

[leighsaintsince66]

Thanks very much jaxons. As suggested I subscribed to the channel recently. It has been an unusual and precious privilege to share the vision of the Doc and his players in the sanctuary of the rooms at Moorabbin.

[leighsaintsince66]

This is not about the Doc as coach, but as a player...
I can remember chatting to, in the late 1960's or 1970, the grandfather of a school friend at the time.
He was a keen Richmond supporter and spoke about attending finals at the MCG in the late 1920's.
He would have seen Dyer, Titus, Coventry, Bunton, Reynolds, Barassi, Whitten and other champions over a period of 40 plus years.
I asked him about who he felt was the best footballer he had ever seen...His response seemed to be quite measured and succint...Darrel Baldock...
I know the above is only one anecdote and as such has minimal validity. Footy however is about opinions and passion.
I too for what its worth, believe that there has never been a more gifted, brilliant player than the Doc in his prime.

[happy feet]

My Dad would have been 96 this year if he was alive. He saw just about every home game since the late 1940’s until the early 1980’s as he worked as a gate attendant at the Junction Oval and the Moorabbin.

I posed the same question to Dad and he could not split 3 players. They were Darrell Baldock, Ian Stewart and Tony Lockett. All could turn or win a game almost on their own.

I asked him who the toughest player was and he replied....that’s easy - Eric Guy. Most other old timers agrees that Eric Guy was the toughest player to play the game.

This is not about the Doc as coach, but as a player...
I can remember chatting to, in the late 1960's or 1970, the grandfather of a school friend at the time.
He was a keen Richmond supporter and spoke about attending finals at the MCG in the late 1920's.
He would have seen Dyer, Titus, Coventry, Bunton, Reynolds, Barassi, Whitten and other champions over a period of 40 plus years.
I asked him about who he felt was the best footballer he had ever seen...His response seemed to be quite measured and succint...Darrel Baldock...
I know the above is only one anecdote and as such has minimal validity. Footy however is about opinions and passion.
I too for what its worth, believe that there has never been a more gifted, brilliant player than the Doc in his prime.

[jaxons]

For those who aren't joining or don't get on youtube happy to share some of the gold every now and then if you like.

[asiu]

yep

good idea

[jaxons]

[saynta]

This is not about the Doc as coach, but as a player...
I can remember chatting to, in the late 1960's or 1970, the grandfather of a school friend at the time.
He was a keen Richmond supporter and spoke about attending finals at the MCG in the late 1920's.
He would have seen Dyer, Titus, Coventry, Bunton, Reynolds, Barassi, Whitten and other champions over a period of 40 plus years.
I asked him about who he felt was the best footballer he had ever seen...His response seemed to be quite measured and succint...Darrel Baldock...
I know the above is only one anecdote and as such has minimal validity. Footy however is about opinions and passion.
I too for what its worth, believe that there has never been a more gifted, brilliant player than the Doc in his prime.

I saw, Skilton, Coleman, Barassi, Whitten, Murray, Jezza, Baldock, Stewart, Ditterich, Plugger and Harvey play over many years.

Baldock was the best followed by Plugger and Stewart.

Barrasi wasn't in the same class.

And yeah, Eric Guy was the toughest and Muir the most scary.

So I agree with happy feet's dad, except I can separate them.

[leighsaintsince66]

Hi saynta & happy feet, Do you guys rate Riewoldt in the same class as Ditterich and Harvey? For what its worth I'd also have Baldock , Plugger and Stewart as 1, 2 and 3 respectively. After that I cannot separate Harvey and Riewoldt.
I used to have Ditterich as the toughest but have changed my mind recently. I can't really recall Eric Guy but I accept that he was most likely our toughest. In what way was Guy tough? Of course I'm aware of his clash with Bobby Skilton...Would Guy get cited or reported much if he played in this era?

[happy feet]

Hi saynta & happy feet, Do you guys rate Riewoldt in the same class as Ditterich and Harvey? For what its worth I'd also have Baldock , Plugger and Stewart as 1, 2 and 3 respectively. After that I cannot separate Harvey and Riewoldt.
I used to have Ditterich as the toughest but have changed my mind recently. I can't really recall Eric Guy but I accept that he was most likely our toughest. In what way was Guy tough? Of course I'm aware of his clash with Bobby Skilton...Would Guy get cited or reported much if he played in this era?

All champions, but Big Carl played in a different era, he would get rubbed out so many times if he had played in the Roo & Harvey period. Carl was big, mobile and talented. He was ruthless and feared by other players, he was nicknamed ‘The Shadow’. Any rough stuff dished out to our players was swiftly dealt with.

Eric Guy was made of hardened steel and was a very fair player, but would crash the packs fearlessly. Came from Carrum and was a Drainer. Toughest to have ever played the game.

I remember reading a book on AFL/VFL - it was one of those short story anecdote types. Neil Roberts nominated Eric Guy as the toughest to have ever played the game and said that Leigh Matthews and Dermott Brerton we cream puffs by comparison.

[jaxons]

What an amazing win this was, forgot about this game.

[SaintPav]

What an amazing win this was, forgot about this game.

Game Roo went down which derailed our season.

Roo was in great form too. Wonder what would have been if this never happened

[jaxons]

This maybe our best win in the last 30 years certainly right up there.

[kosifantutti]

Great channel, but I still prefer Riewoldt12. He’s one of our own.

https://www.youtube.com/user/riewoldt12

[jaxons]

Great channel, but I still prefer Riewoldt12. He’s one of our own.

https://www.youtube.com/user/riewoldt12

Kosi the person behind this channel is also one of our own.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ashjam35

Both great channels.

[SaintPav]

How’s our skill level in some of these games?

Sublime.

[jaxons]

How’s our skill level in some of these games?

Sublime.

Which games are you referring to SaintPav?

[dragit]

Man, I really miss us being a top 4 side… and kicking the ball to our own teammates… and through the goals.