Thanks AGRO, I've been contacted by him recently. I'll send an email off now.

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The Spirit of Carlton compels you!

Pretty sure that was during the middle of the year in the lead up to a home and away Carlton -v- Collingwood game and it was Mario Bortolotto who gave Lou a spaghetti bath in a wheel barrow.

But Lou Richards and his muck racking ghost writer Tom Prior printed a story in the week leading up to the 1982 Grand Final that Parkin had a signed a contract to coach Collingwood in 1983 - this was because Richards and Prior were filthy that Carlton would be winning their 14th Premiership in 1982 and would become the greatest winning premiership team in VFL history finally drawing clear of Collingwood who were sitting on 13 wins since 1958 and Essendon* who still had 12 wins.

They ran this story with no evidence to back it up purely in a vindictive effort to destabilise Carlton in the run up to the Grand Final.

There efforts proved unsuccessful.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Thanks, Ags. I only have vague memories of the event. I guess time plays tricks on your memories of things like that. I seem to remember some brief footage of it?

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

I still remember some of my feral mates (Pies supporters) kept saying that after teh '81 flag we would be stuck on 13 flags for years and years to come as it was cursed being No.13 (not because the 'Pies were sh*t and could win a flag since '58).

They were bloody shattered when we went straight from 12 - 14 flags in consecutive yaers (so did the Bombers as well in 84-85) - what do you expect from 'Pies numbnut supporters.

Not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere, but it's pretty cool

http://www.jcap.com.au/jamie-cooper-dis ... -painting/

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#DonTheStash

I find the positioning of the bottle of champers and the way its held...intriguing

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So that, and not the cup with dead bird on Doull's head?

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

Or the discarded stripper boots, and the dead body stuffed in the locker?

You mean they're not Ace Frehley's?

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

We are slowly becoming the 'Liverpool' of the AFL

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“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ― Richard Feynman

http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-browse_gal ... &offset=60

I love that shot of Super Cool with the cup on his head

whats marcou holding?

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Between our dreams and actions lies this world

No, all those other things appear normal...

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Some big personalities in that team. Loved the big stage.

Chalk and cheese to the current team.

Did anybody see the Rohan Connelly greatest Grand Final team. It was supposed to be a team of the greatest Grand Final performers. I started reading with great anticipation but stopped when the Dominator or Bruce Doull didn't even rate a mention. I think Sticks was the only Carlton player in the side.

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Carlton - Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love

I probably would have stopped when I read this

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Yes and Fitzpatrick wasn't too shabby either at the business end.......no pun intended!

It was the greatest Grand Final team of the AFL era, 1989-2012.

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

There's no need to destroy a good rant with facts now

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Carlton - Nothing's changed
I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love