reminds me of my dad. on his last legs, but every wednesday you'll find him down at aldi sniffing out a bargain that he'll never use.

lives in an apartment and bought a fire pit this winter.

he was juggling a soccer ball in pre game. there's camera footage of it

charlie had a 3-4 week injury and turned it into 2 years. wasn't it like 4 separate knee injuries that had nothing to do with footy and training?

basketball, squatting 100kgs at home before he had clearance to even do weights, fell up some stairs. i'm positive there was another one.

no one is saying the guys can't live. but they're being paid good money to play footy. with all the talk of mac andrew's contract, and harley reid being the first 20million dollar player - look for afl to start writing in contracts like NFL & NBA where they can't surf, or skate or play other sports outside their profession and outside their season etc

charlie had a 3-4 week injury and turned it into 2 years. wasn't it like 4 separate knee injuries that had nothing to do with footy and training?

basketball, squatting 100kgs at home before he had clearance to even do weights, fell up some stairs. i'm positive there was another one.

no one is saying the guys can't live. but they're being paid good money to play footy. with all the talk of mac andrew's contract, and harley reid being the first 20million dollar player - look for afl to start writing in contracts like NFL & NBA where they can't surf, or skate or play other sports outside their profession and outside their season etc

Was it a sprinkler head? Was it a pothole? Was it something else? The truth is, we may never know.
But whatever it was, it derailed Carlton’s season.
It was Saturday, July 6, and the Blues turned up to western Sydney full of confidence, fresh from a 10-goal belting of old rivals Richmond and sitting second on the ladder, a game and a half inside the top four.

But what transpired over the next four hours would have an impact on the rest of their season.

Half an hour before the bounce, superstar Coleman Medal leader Charlie Curnow lost his footing in the pre-game warm-up and clutched his ankle during a run through.

Two teammates saw it, but thought little of the severity of the incident. Curnow winced but carried on.

He played through pain for the game and for the first 32 minutes, Curnow’s lack of impact on the contest didn’t matter.

The Blues kicked eight of the first 10 goals and looked to be cruising to another victory.

A senior Blues delegate at the ground could even be heard joking about booking in club favourite Robbie Williams for September’s grand final entertainment.
You have to feel for him; it was hard to see what was coming.

The Giants would kick 12 of the next 14 goals, the Blues would lose eight of their next 10 games and the club would persist with playing Curnow.
Curnow played in the next five games, never really looking like the same player. He kicked 11 goals in those five contests, but if you remove the North Melbourne match, he kicked just seven in four games and was ruled out of the club’s demoralising elimination final loss to the Brisbane Lions.