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The theme of your competition this week took me back to the not too distant past, the days of Quaddy brackets. Here is my field for the 1st leg of the memorial quaddy. 1. a) Fraser Gehrig b) Andrew Dunkley bracketed because they would be the first 2 in line to be Jerry Seinfeld's stunt double 2. a) Jason Akermanis b) Brad Sholl bracketed for their outstanding cartwheeling skills 3. a) Sean Charles b) Chris Tarrant bracketed as trailblazers in the push to recognise "getting away from it all" as a legitimate pre-season 4. a) Philip Read b) Brayden Lyle bracketed for their ability to run quickly with ball while maintaining tremendous posture.... the last of the straightbacks! 5. a) Darren Bewick b) Gary Moorcroft bracketed not because they are Essendon teammates..... not because they both have red hair..... not even for their goalsneak ability........... but bracketed for their ability to have every bit of hatred and vitriol directed towards them by opposition supporters 6. a) Mark Gale b) Shane Clayton bracketed for having the good sense not to follow in their fathers' footsteps 7. a) Richard Champion b) Dale Kickett bracketed for rarely living up to their surnames And now to the delight of every punter ...... the old (a), (b), (c) brackets : 8. a) James Cook b) Dean Rioli c) Stewart Dew bracketed for the inability to run down the wing (past the hot dog stand) without picking up 2 kilos. 9. a) Ronnie Burns b) John Stevens c) Paul Kelly bracketed for their contributions to the Australian music industry. With the quality of the brackets in the 1st leg of the Quaddy, I feel sure it would be a "field" job !!!!!!! Regards MARK GIULIANO PLAYERS WHO SHOULD BE BRACKETED TOGETHER BRISBANE: Black and White (Simon Black and Darryl White) Knobel Picken (Trent Knobel and Marcus Picken) CARLTON : White and Brown Rice (Adam White, Fraser Brown and Dean Rice) COLLINGWOOD : Gardiner/Orchard (Michael Gardiner and Mark Orchard) GEELONG : Harley Street (Tom Harley and Peter Street) HAWTHORN : Young Chick (Barry Young and Daniel Chick) MELBOURNE: Cook Lamb (James Cook and Chris Lamb) PORT ADELAIDE: James Bond (Roger James and Shane Bond) RICHMOND : White Knights (James White and Matthew Knights) EAGLES : Wooden Holmes (Josh Wooden and Todd Holmes) BULLDOGS :Southern West (Daniel Southern and Scotty West) SWANS : Bolt on Nick's ball (Jude Bolton, Matty Nicks and Jason Ball) WHEN THE SWANS PLAY PORT : SEYMOUR DICKIE !!! (Brad Seymour and Donald Dickie) IF ONLY.............across the eras George "tich" Shorten (Essendon from 1923 to 1926) had played with Todd Curley from Western Bulldogs we would have: Shorten Curly from Paul Russo/John Clements (3366 Faction) Dear Simon, Here is my list and also reasons why: (only where necessary) Rod Carter and Spider Burton - The leaning tower of Pisa Wayne Carey & Mario Turco - When Wayne retires the AAA Kangaroos B&F will be called the Carey / Turco cup Ozzy Osborne (the singer; not the AFL player) & David Parkin - Their obsession with sacrificial acts Mick Malthouse & anyone wearing the number 5 - At the Eagles, Mick was divinely granted 5 good years where his message would bear fruit (1990 1994 when they won 2 flags) followed by 5 years in which his message was in decline (1995 - 1999 when they finished WAAAAAAY down the bottom half of the eight). This process is being repeated at his new club: but the years have become weeks. Ron Alexander, Ben Graham and Peter Bell. Ben and Nick Holland - Double Dutch Stuart McArthur (after last week’s flattering letter) & Percy Jones - Butter and Stutter Leigh Mathews and any one of those he has cleaned up - Barney Rubble John Worsfold & Chris Mainwaring - Deadly Lightshade Andrew Jarman & Glen Middlemiss - The famous shot at goal in the 1993 Prelim (ask Champs, How far out?) David McKay & Gavin Wanganeen - Swan Dive Cousins, Bryan & Ben - What a shame they are not father and son; for, if they were, Ben would be a Geelong player, but they are JUST COUSINS!!! Tony McGuinness & Torch Magee - McGuinness Magee from A Bush Christening Barassi & Einstein - Barassi was called a genius this year after explaining Essendon’s dominance by the equation: Essendon = Melbourne, Carlton and Collingwood. This was soon shortened to E = MC Squared) Michael McLean & A group of Normal Supporters - Magic Mushrooms Gentleman Jim Cleary & Robbie Muir Royce Hart & Nathan Buckley - Write your own ticket To end: a 3 and a 4 Jack Dyer; any player in the Brisbane heat; & Max Hudghton - Blood, Sweat and Tears. (and thanks to Max for reminding us about passion) Peter McKenna, Mark Jackson, Warwick Capper & Stephen Kernaghan - A quartet which could never outsell the Beatles. Doug Long I would like to bracket Peter Daicos with THREE players! The Three Tenors - WwwooooooooowwwwHhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooo Warren Sampson This week I seem to be lacking inspiration, maybe it's the swimming distracting me from the football (Go Susie - WHOHOOO!) But just to put a different slant on player linked together and why I offer the following pairs: Libba and Kelly, Blakey and Jarman, Silvagni and Carey Why? Because when these players are on each other the tagger/backman never leave the other ones side. Michele Blight Players Bracketed Together................. come on....that's easy..........two long left footers, both adored by the female population. Not the Umpy' poulation however. It has to be the Essendon duo Scottie Lucas and Mattie Lloyd if only for the reason all fans MUST include the 'ie after each of their christian names as they win the "hard" ball. What other duo can match that? Then of course there is also the fact that all Mum's and Dad's, regardless of team allegiance would safely let their daughters double date with the No's 18 and 25 of the Bombers. Whilst we are on Numbers, since their debut in 1996 and 1997, they of course also both inherited numbers of a another famous Essendon duo, namely Todd Ridley of 18 fame, whilst 25 was of course made famous by Pluggers old wrestling buddy Brad Fox. Another Sheedy ploy to keep these two together. I think so. Surely the best tag team since Jamie Duursma and Dean Chiron at Melbourne in the late 1980's! and a PS. on the CUB Footy Tipping. Having been known to have a beer at the Clyde Hotel being a worker next door at the Uni', Tony Cleary, the current equal leader of the comp' is quite insulted to be considered part of academia as quoted by the "man who comes by train" in the last few weeks. An Economics Graduate who spends all his time reading Farragio, I think not. Sparks will surely fly!!!!!! Peter Hawting Craig Bradley & Scott Camporeale - because you "can't touch 'em" Julian(Bendigo) Dear Coodabeens, the following players can be bracketed together as follows: Daniel Southern & Peter Sumich / Tony Lockett & Brad Fox Their encounters at Subiaco & Waverley showed us all how great and diverse our game is by showing us how the skills of Greco-Roman Wrestling can be incorporated into Aussie Rules. Peter Foster, Bernard Toohey, Mitchell Hahn & That Beers Bloke who used to play for Collingwood. All changed their name by Deed Poll from a very early age to reap the benefits of lucrative personal endorsements from beverage manufacturers. A deal tried less succesfully by Bill Swan in the (now defunct VFA) and Garry Hocking. Craig Francis Dear Coodabeens, As a supporter of a team that may lack a little in tradition, I am happy to say that the Adelaide Football Club has a proud history of producing players that will always be remembered in pairs. McGuinness and McDermott. Hart and Smart. I'd like to to also point out some other, less obvious, pairs of Crows from the years. Clay Sampson and Chad Rintoul. The Porn stars. Simon Goodwin and Mark Bickley. (Most commentators get a little confused here....) Sudjai Cook and Tim Cook. (I'm still not sure which one was "better". Or if it's worth worrying about). John Klug and Rodney Maynard. (Cult figures both). Chris Groom and Randall Bone. (Both blooded in 1993. Both wore guernsey's in the 50s, IIRC - Groom 50 and Bone 51. Both thought to be "The answer" at CHF. Both weren't). Scott Hodges and Darren Smith. Eddie Hocking and Adam Saliba. (Meteroic careers). Jameson, Smart, McLeod and Robran. (Not a pair as such, but when the AFC finally decided to abandon the mullet as official club haircut, they did it with style). The Fish and The Weed. (Has any other VFL/AFL team fielded 2 players from Fish Creek?) Mark Viska and Paul Rouvray. (Glamour defenders). Herbert and Pittman. (Blighty had such kind things to say about them). Tyson Edwards, Tyson Stenglein, James Thiessen. Regards, Steve Loffler Dear Simon, my entry for this weeks competition, based upon which players are bracketed by the media and why is as follows. I have noticed the following combination referred to throughout the media, mainly in advertisements. It has always seemed a bit odd to me as these players are not from the same club, indeed one is retired. The combination is John Allison Monkhurst As a following division they would be a deadly combination and if they ever get their hands on you you would find it very difficult to make a come back. As I said, I'm not sure why they get such a high profile but the advertisements are everywhere. (The players of course are Gareth John (ex Swans), Brett Allison (Swans) and Damien Monkhurst (St Kilda) Greg Carroll These two hung around together -no. 10 for the Hawks (Barlow) & no. 15 West Coast Eagles (Chambers) no 8 Brisbane (Notting) & no 10 West Coast (Hill) no 4 Kangaroos (Martyn) & no 3 Sydney Swans (Lewis) no 14 Roos (Anderson), no 39 St Kilda (Blake) & no 23 Dockers (Parker) - "Fan fare for the common man." The Goodies - no 6 Hawks (Taylor), no 19 Eagles (Gardiner) & no 45 Eagles (Bellotti - Bill Oddie) Three Stooges - Loewe, Barry and Curley Footscray legend and Brisbane ruck man - Hawk and Keating Regards, Glenn Rogers Dear Coodabeens, It shames me to let out this secret but my greed at wanting to win the competition is too great. When talking about certain groups of players there can be only one. This particular group whenever mentioned in front of a Carlton supporter will immediately cause stunned silence and the gnashing of teeth. I realise that giving away such a powerful weapon to opposition supporters will not be popular amongst my fellow Carlton supporters but we all must get past this particular 'group' of players. So what is the secret? Whenever a Carlton supporter is annoying you just say the following in a mantra like fashion to get total silence. 'Athorn, Powell and Sholl' 'Athorn, Powell and Sholl' 'Athorn, Powell and Sholl' 'Athorn, Powell and Sholl' 'Athorn, Powell and Sholl' 'Athorn, Powell and Sholl' From the Encyclopedia of League Footballers: Athorn, Mark, 1987-93 83 games, 'He played in Carlton's losing grand final in 1993.' Powel, Tim, 1988-93 73 games, 'Played in the losing 1993 grand final side.' Sholl, Brett, 1992-93 31 games, 'Played in the losing grand final side of 1993.' None of these players played another senior game after 1993. Whether deserved or not this threesome will forever be blamed by Carlton supporters for losing the 1993 grand final. The very mentioning of their names together is enough to silence even the toughest Carlton supporter. Sob, Jamie Sanderson. |
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