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BornInDroopSt'54
15-10-2021, 09:42 PM
As above.
Nicholls 6'1" with legs like tree trunks, nousy, great footy brain and temperament, a short stocky giant.
Carlton
B: 19 John O'Connell 20 Geoff Southby 43 David McKay
HB: 30 Vin Waite 11 Bruce Doull 33 Paul Hurst
C: 34 Ian Robertson 12 Barry Armstrong 27 David Dickson
HF: 22 Neil Chandler 42 Robert Walls 5 Syd Jackson
F: 2 John Nicholls (c) 25 Alex Jesaulenko 8 Trevor Keogh
Foll: 28 Peter Jones 3 Kevin Hall 10 Adrian Gallagher
Res: 7 Andrew Lukas 6 Garry Crane
Coach: John Nicholls
BornInDroopSt'54
15-10-2021, 09:45 PM
Would they get their hands on it?
Twodogs
15-10-2021, 10:31 PM
Would they get their hands on it?

Nicholls?

Yes. How tall you are has very little to do with how good a footballer you are. Big Nick would find a way to dominate opponents exactly the way he dominated them in the '60s and '70s.
Bulldog Joe
16-10-2021, 12:06 AM
Nicholls?

Yes. How tall you are has very little to do with how good a footballer you are. Big Nick would find a way to dominate opponents exactly the way he dominated them in the '60s and '70s.

Only problem is that they have changed the rules to eliminate the craft that Nicholls relied on.

He would be penalised in every ruck contest because he would need to get between his opponent and the ball to compensate for the lack of reach/height. That is now adjudicated as blocking.

Rules now favour athletes over footballers.
BornInDroopSt'54
25-10-2021, 02:31 PM
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Preseason training 1970.CH]
BornInDroopSt'54
25-10-2021, 02:45 PM
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Preseason training 1970.
bornadog
25-10-2021, 03:25 PM
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great Photo, thanks
Twodogs
25-10-2021, 08:53 PM
great Photo, thanks



Anyone want to have a guess at who any of the players are?

Apart from EJ obviously. I want to say that it's Alan Stoneham at the front but if it's 1970 Stoneham would have only been 12 years old or so.
bornadog
25-10-2021, 11:18 PM
Anyone want to have a guess at who any of the players are?

Apart from EJ obviously. Instant to say that it's Alan Stoneham at the front but if it's 1970 Stoneham would have only been 12 years old or so.

I can't guess any of them
BornInDroopSt'54
26-10-2021, 12:49 PM
Steve Power 2nd to left of EJ?
Twodogs
26-10-2021, 09:11 PM
Steve Power 2nd to left of EJ?

In the Richmondy sort of jumper?
BornInDroopSt'54
01-11-2021, 05:50 PM
In the Richmondy sort of jumper?

Yes is it?
He had sideburns methinks.
Twodogs
01-11-2021, 09:03 PM
Yes is it?
He had sideburns methinks.

The side bangers were obviously in fashion that year.
Twodogs
01-11-2021, 09:05 PM
The guy next to the guy over EJ's right shoulder in the sleeveless top could be Free Cook.
Twodogs
02-11-2021, 01:19 PM
Most people wouldn't have gotten away with walking the streets at 5am hanging on a drum. Luckily EJ wasn't most people!