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09-05-2019, 02:51 PM
#106
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
I hope he never leaves the club. Bulldog personified.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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09-05-2019, 03:00 PM
#107
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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09-05-2019, 04:08 PM
#108
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Absolutely incredible. A freak of nature.
I will never see #16 the same!!
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09-05-2019, 06:36 PM
#109
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Originally Posted by
Rocket Science
If you *really* want to get well Dale why not drink broth from the bones of the forwards you've vanquished over the years?
Brilliant!
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09-05-2019, 07:52 PM
#110
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Freak. Of. Nature.
I honestly thought we'd never see a recovery from an ACL tear quite the likes of Libba Snr's in 1998.
Then Dale Morris says "Hold my bone broth..."
What a blessing he's been for our club.
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09-05-2019, 11:43 PM
#111
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
I mentioned a while ago that you just don't bet against Morris not only playing this year but maybe even next.
You'd have to think that his professionalism would have an impact on our younger players
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10-05-2019, 12:03 AM
#112
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Remarkable.
This guy is going down as an all time great - almost unrivalled.
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10-05-2019, 01:58 AM
#113
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
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16-06-2019, 11:43 AM
#114
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Whoa! Is anyone else watching The Sunday Footy Show? Dale Morris is being interviewed and they showed some of the treatment that Dale is receiving on his knee and the manipulation on his knee. I wouldn't want someone doing that to my knee, especially if it was broken already. It's not just onfield that footballers are brave.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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16-06-2019, 11:56 AM
#115
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
I'm sure Dale wants to play on. But he's played just 22 games out of the last 56 games (2.5 seasons). Immediately before that he was playing with a broken back. He's a hero, he's a warrior but I don't see giving him another year is the best decision (he'll be 38 next year with a badly banged up body and a lot of games missed to injury).
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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16-06-2019, 12:13 PM
#116
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
I'm sure Dale wants to play on. But he's played just 22 games out of the last 56 games (2.5 seasons). Immediately before that he was playing with a broken back. He's a hero, he's a warrior but I don't see giving him another year is the best decision (he'll be 38 next year with a badly banged up body and a lot of games missed to injury).
Dale says that because he didnt have the latest knee injury operated on that means the trauma that the operation would otherwise have caused isn't there so he is confident of playing until he is 40-he may have said that with his tongue in his cheek because the other panelists started to carry on when he said it and they didn't follow up if he was serious or not. Although Dale Morris doesn't strike me as somebody who kids around about stuff like that.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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16-06-2019, 01:44 PM
#117
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Originally Posted by
Twodogs
Dale says that because he didnt have the latest knee injury operated on that means the trauma that the operation would otherwise have caused isn't there so he is confident of playing until he is 40-he may have said that with his tongue in his cheek because the other panelists started to carry on when he said it and they didn't follow up if he was serious or not. Although Dale Morris doesn't strike me as somebody who kids around about stuff like that.
He was on a panel at the end of 2015 ar an event. He said he was hoping for 3, maybe 4 years if he didn't start getting regular injuries or 'old man injuries' (calves etc). That takes him to the end of this season. I think it's time, but if anyone in the club's history deserves a season too long for their service, it's Dale.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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16-06-2019, 04:55 PM
#118
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Wouldn't it be great if he never retired. Just kept on playing.
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16-06-2019, 05:00 PM
#119
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Yeah, do you get a free kick against if you use a Zimmer frame to spoil.
Don't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...
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16-06-2019, 05:04 PM
#120
Re: Morris ACL!!!!
Suspecting that new and old injuries will come back to haunt him, I don’t want him playing lots of games.