Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

[Remi Moses]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

I remember Bernie working with the ABC and 7 in the late 80’s
Fair to say he was a tad biased our way

[merantau]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

We recently inducted him into our hall of fame.

I believe though that we got the best of KT but merantau can fill us in on that. Would be great to have a forward like that now.

When KT first came to the club he was underdeveloped in the upper body. Had a solid undercarriage though. But lots of training saw him address that imbalance.
He became a really powerful forward. Quick on the lead, agile, hard to shift in one on ones and a great pack mark too.
He could also roost the ball 60 - 70 mts with these huge barrels.
I heard he did us a favour when he went to Melbourne as his knee(s) was/were shot and he could no longer play to the very high standard that he set himself.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

Kelvin showed glimpses of his old self at Melbourne
Kicked a bag against us if I recall
His knee was cooked , and rumor has it he told the club to cash in on him .
Remember a Game against us in 85 where KT couldn’t kick more than 30 metres
Sad ending for such a great player
I don’t take the AFL HOF serious until he’s in it

[Axe Man]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

I hope you realise how lucky you are to be able to talk to my boyhood idol

Quinlan, Johnson and Templeton were the standout players in the red, white and blue from my perspective.

I rambled incoherently with Bernie in a pub on a footy trip once.

[Sedat]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

Kelvin showed glimpses of his old self at Melbourne
Kicked a bag against us if I recall
His knee was cooked , and rumor has it he told the club to cash in on him .
Remember a Game against us in 85 where KT couldn’t kick more than 30 metres
Sad ending for such a great player
I don’t take the AFL HOF serious until he’s in it

The tragedy of our competitive but outgunned teams from 1983-88 (no season under 10 wins) was that KT and Beaser couldn't play together. But for his knee injuries KT would have been in his prime at the same time as Beaser - in the days of stay at home key forwards, we would have had an elite CHF and FF combination almost the equal of Brereton and Dunstall and vastly superior to any other team.

[The Doctor]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

My best Bulldogs forward line ever

HF: Hawkins, Quinlan, Grant

F: Royal, Templeton, Dickson

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

My best Bulldogs forward line ever

HF: Hawkins, Quinlan, Grant

F: Royal, Templeton, Dickson

Wow Doc that is a huge compliment for Dicko.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

Wow Doc that is a huge compliment for Dicko.

Had a fantastic 2015 and a very good 2016 given how injured he was but as much as I like him I dont think hed make my team

[Grantysghost]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

My best Bulldogs forward line ever

HF: Hawkins, Quinlan, Grant

F: Royal, Templeton, Dickson

No Johnno ?

[The Doctor]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

sh!t I had him in there!

Yes Johnno in, Sorry Dicko!

[Grantysghost]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

sh!t I had him in there!

Yes Johnno in, Sorry Dicko!

Ha gold.

[merantau]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

Kelvin showed glimpses of his old self at Melbourne
Kicked a bag against us if I recall
His knee was cooked , and rumor has it he told the club to cash in on him .
Remember a Game against us in 85 where KT couldn’t kick more than 30 metres
Sad ending for such a great player
I don’t take the AFL HOF serious until he’s in it

I remember that game too. It really was tragic to see a great player reduced to a shell of his former self.

[Eastdog]

Re: Did Bernie Quinlan want to leave the FFC?

When KT first came to the club he was underdeveloped in the upper body. Had a solid undercarriage though. But lots of training saw him address that imbalance.
He became a really powerful forward. Quick on the lead, agile, hard to shift in one on ones and a great pack mark too.
He could also roost the ball 60 - 70 mts with these huge barrels.
I heard he did us a favour when he went to Melbourne as his knee(s) was/were shot and he could no longer play to the very high standard that he set himself.

Really great insight merantau. From what I hear we had some great players back then but just couldn’t as a team win premierships. 1985 we came really close.