Re: Round #4 Carlton vs St. Kilda in NZ: Pre Game prognostications
Reply #211 –
Have faith mate. We hadn't won one for 21 years before that 68 success, and we did our best to kick ourselves out of it. Nothing has changed in that regard, has it. Also, I reckon Geoff Blethyn who played for Essendon and was the only Full Forward, and possibly player that I have seen playing in glasses, probably should have been paid a mark in the 10 metre square which would have won the game for Essendon. Glad it wasn't, of course!!
It's only been 20 years, this time, so we have a year to go before we start panicking that like my missus, who is a demons supporter, we will never see another flag in our life-time.
Rod Macfarlane, who I played with at Coburg Ammos, wore glasses and was on the Essendon list. Not sure he cracked it for a game. He kicked the ton for us.
Carlton had a bloke who played in glasses; Tony Southcombe. He could have been a key forward for many years but opted to go home to Bendigo.