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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by Mofra View Post
    Bont one of the lowest accelerating kids at draft camp (bottom 10%) but still manages to use smarts to hit the contest at speed so it's not noticeable on the field. Knowing where to run covers a multitude of below-average athletic traits.
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    Only four weeks? Prepare your safety harnesses for take off from Whitten Aerodrome. Oxygen masks will drop if we reach Mach 2.
    "We flew so high I almost touched the face of God".
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    That's a great analysis soupaman - never thought of it like that but makes perfect sense. When reading that, made me think of Greg Williams, who was short and not overly athletic. He wasn't quick over the ground but got to every contest and rarely got caught with his low centre of gravity, fast mind and fast hands.

    Lallly Bamblett was short, pudgy, slow as treacle with legs like two vats of jelly and made the best defenders in the competition grab more air or fall over themselves trying to catch him than any player in history. I still don't know how but he had this way of running that made the player chasing him cross his legs while he was chasing and they always fell over. It was hilarious. We'd just hoop with delight as Les waddled into the goal square unmolested and quietly tap another through.

    He was amazing at intercepting defenders handballs too. A defender would handball to a teammate 5 metres away and Les would appear from nowhere between the two of them pluck the ball out of the air. All of a sudden he was goal side with the ball and the two closest defenders had their back to him wondering where the ball had gone.

    Les Bamblett gave me more joy watching him than any other player. There's never been a more enjoyable footballer. There was never a dull moment with Lally, he was one of a kind.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    [QUOTE=Twodogs;479073]Was Teddy Whitten alongside God?]

    No God FF, Teddy CHB.
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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Was Teddy Whitten alongside God?




    Lallly Bamblett was short, pudgy, slow as treacle with legs like two vats of jelly and made the best defenders in the competition grab more air or fall over themselves trying to catch him than any player in history. I still don't know how but he had this way of running that made the player chasing him cross his legs while he was chasing and they always fell over. It was hilarious. We'd just hoop with delight as Les waddled into the goal square unmolested and quietly tap another through.

    He was amazing at intercepting defenders handballs too. A defender would handball to a teammate 5 metres away and Les would appear from nowhere between the two of them pluck the ball out of the air. All of a sudden he was goal side with the ball and the two closest defenders had their back to him wondering where the ball had gone.

    Les Bamblett gave me more joy watching him than any other player. There's never been a more enjoyable footballer. There was never a dull moment with Lally, he was one of a kind.
    Strangely this clip has hardly any Dougie Hawkins in it, but a good Bamblett goal

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0u8mQPYtVw
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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    Lallly Bamblett was short, pudgy, slow as treacle with legs like two vats of jelly and made the best defenders in the competition grab more air or fall over themselves trying to catch him than any player in history. I still don't know how but he had this way of running that made the player chasing him cross his legs while he was chasing and they always fell over. It was hilarious. We'd just hoop with delight as Les waddled into the goal square unmolested and quietly tap another through.
    Lally was slow? I must have been watching a different bloke.
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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

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    Lally was slow? I must have been watching a different bloke.

    He wasn't fast fast but he knew where the ball was going better than anyone else. Me saying he wasn't fast is to properly contrast how amazing it was that he did things only lightning quick players usually only did. I'm not saying anything about lal. I'd have him back now.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by stefoid View Post
    Strangely this clip has hardly any Dougie Hawkins in it, but a good Bamblett goal

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0u8mQPYtVw
    Caught a couple of highlights of Bamblett on YouTube. Gee, he moves like Stringer.
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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Bamblett first 20 metres was lightning and did a lot of the run straight through work so if the ball did fall in his hands no one would catch him.
    Stringer does it a lot too but up the ground more than Lally did.
    Bring back the biff

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    And each step Lally took he could have kicked it, hand balled it or changed direction or two of the three at once all without breaking stride so defenders had that habit of panicking that Stringer seems to cause. Defenders hate getting caught in 3 on 1s with Stringer and the bouncing ball because at least 2 of the 3 will fall over.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAR4f1EWZY

    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    He wasn't fast fast but he knew where the ball was going better than anyone else. Me saying he wasn't fast is to properly contrast how amazing it was that he did things only lightning quick players usually only did. I'm not saying anything about lal. I'd have him back now.
    I'm with you 100% on Lally TD. I'm on record here as saying he's my all time favourite Bulldog to watch. Not fast, but such a pure player whose mind was a step ahead of everyone around him. 8.40 of the above clip is a good example of Lally at his best.

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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBWyKGbgQQ

    At 27.50 Lally looks quick in this match winner, but it's his football brain that has him ahead of the play.

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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by PeanutsPeanuts View Post
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBWyKGbgQQ

    At 27.50 Lally looks quick in this match winner, but it's his football brain that has him ahead of the play.
    Wasn't that the first win down at Geelong for 30 years or something ridiculous. I went to that game, it was so enjoyable.
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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Wasn't that the first win down at Geelong for 30 years or something ridiculous. I went to that game, it was so enjoyable.
    I was there too BAD. Wonderful game of football. Lally kicked 5 or 6 sublime goals and a still fairly unknown Garry Ablett had about 30 possessions and kicked 5.9 for Geelong.

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    I was there too. We got called western suburban scum by one fine specimen of manhood. He snarled at us and disappeared into the crowd.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Pre-season training - 2016

    Great signs to see that Bamblett is tearing up the training track this pre-season. He should have a massive 2016.
    More of an In Bruges guy?

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