Yeah, well you know who did youknow what to the you know what at the you know where
....hmmm true!
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| Author: | Jayz43 [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:25 am ] |
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http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/ ... 42,00.html |
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| Author: | Electric Blue [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:02 am ] |
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Oh! I thought the mystery was how come we havent won one in over 10 years, The longest drought for the club in my lifetime...... Solve that mystery you pricks! uuurrrrrggghhhhhhhhh!....(you kniow a kind of Krusty The Clown sigh.) |
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| Author: | BigBlueWave [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:57 am ] |
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Thats easy ... John Elliot. |
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| Author: | Crusader [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:28 pm ] |
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A nice link between the former power-house Blues and renowned criminals.... Much like the current Eagles link. |
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| Author: | dane [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:26 pm ] |
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BlueRob wrote: Thats easy ... John Elliot.
ive got this feeling he was at the helm for quite a few premierships. |
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| Author: | Car17on [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:37 pm ] |
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Electric Blue wrote: Oh! I thought the mystery was how come we havent won one in over 10 years, The longest drought for the club in my lifetime...... The longest drought in anyone's lifetime, I'd imagine. The worst droughts were 47-68, and the one before that was the stretch up to 1916-1938 (someone will correct me on this one) BlueRob wrote: Thats easy ... John Elliot. And Sir Richard has him in charge of fund raising!
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| Author: | DocSherrin III [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:45 pm ] |
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During Grand Final Day last year I chatted to a well known servant of the Carlton Football Club and the story of the missing '82 flag had come up briefly in conversation. I'm not entirely sure who did the digging - but I do know that Richard Pratt told current employees to use the '6 degrees of separation' to find out who could get the pennant back to the club. I'm honestly surprised it took this long...all it takes is the right phone call to the right person from the right person. N.B - Whilst no one wants to glorify the criminal deeds of those associated with the 'Carlton Crew' - it's important to recognize that many of their family and friends are still members of the footy club and of this website... When they came to the footy - they were supporters of Carlton, just like you and me. Some of my heroes growing up in Jimmy Buckley and Mark Maclure were their mates and Wayne Johnston used to babysit the Moran boys. I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are more than a few people who would have been the right people to make that phonecall to the right person! |
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| Author: | Electric Blue [ Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:18 pm ] |
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Yeah, well you know who did youknow what to the you know what at the you know where ....hmmm true!
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| Author: | AIRCAV [ Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:52 am ] |
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The issue that gets me here is that they asked the club for a favor, which was granted, then simply refused to give the flag back. Whilst they may be 'supporters', thats hardly shopwing the club much respect. And the result will probably now be that the club will never be so kind as to repeat the favor, no matter how good a supporter the person is. Selfish, pure and simple and now all Carlton fans suffer. |
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| Author: | tommi [ Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:32 am ] |
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Oh dear................ i tommi..........of Tee Cee.........ummm-do not know Air......and therefore-ahhhhmmm......distance myself from all comments made.......! i would like to add..........i don't have curley hair.......... and definately have two eyes................! kindest regards tommi |
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| Author: | DocSherrin III [ Mon Mar 26, 2007 11:50 am ] |
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Quote: The issue that gets me here is that they asked the club for a favor, which was granted, then simply refused to give the flag back. Whilst they may be 'supporters', thats hardly shopwing the club much respect. And the result will probably now be that the club will never be so kind as to repeat the favor, no matter how good a supporter the person is. Selfish, pure and simple and now all Carlton fans suffer. Let's just say that the article penned by Jon Ralph is not entirely accurate and that the following is complete rubbish. Quote: But when football manager Col Kinnear later asked the notorious gangland family to return the flag, he was firmly turned down.
Kinnear persevered under considerable duress. "It all got quite nasty in the end," a club source said this week. "There were a few people a bit scared to ask for it back." Given the current climate of footballers and media personalities having illegal dealings with certain people who make a large living from illegal activities - I'm pretty sure the aforementioned quote from a 'club source' was strategically placed so the club could distance itself from such elements. Fact of the matter is that I've since found out that the real story isn't half as good as the one written...it's a bit like when you're looking for something in the fridge and it's staring right in front of you. |
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