Just looking at a newspaper I kept the day after Jack Dyer passed away. In the sports section there are some great words attributed to our Captain Blood, Jack Dyer. Thought you all may like to re-read them.
If you dont mind umpire!
I wont say anything in case i say something
Things aren't the same now there are five teams in the four
An Essendon supporter is a Collingwood supporter who can read and write
Bamblett made a great debut today and an even better one last week
A champion team will always beat a team of champions, unless the team of champions is very, very good
His long arms reached up like giant testicles
I hate Collingwood so much I wont even watch a black and white movie
He's a good ordinary footballer (on Carlton's Peter Bosustow)
A bit of bad luck for Bob (on the death of former Carlton captain Bob Chitty)
He's so scared he sleeps with the lights on
Is it you or your brother who isn't here? (to one half of identical twins he asked to dress differently at training)
He's on an angle so tight the ball got stuck between the goalposts
I want you to pair off in three's (to the Richmond players)
He's loping around the wind like a giant tarantulope (on a particularly spindly ruckman)
The French Riverina (mixing up his European and NSW Geography)
Bartlett's older than he's ever been before
Johnston missed one from the 10 yard square- it was impossible to miss that
Henshaw passes the ball to Kelly and Kelly gives the Henshaw to glendinning
Thats the beauty of being small- your hands are closer to the ground
There weren't too many best mans on the ground
He tuckled strongly by Tack
He sets himself for a high mark- actually that was a low high mark
He's put the game beyond result
They've got a couple of good players in Harvey
A rather difficult goal kicked very easily
They should've kicked 12 goals in that 1/3 quarter because they were right on top and hardly did a thing right
Flanagans trying to use pace he hasn't got
The goalposts are moving that fast I cant keep up with play
The Richmond Banner the next match also had the most emotional message I've ever seen on it.
Heaven's football team can now take the field because your captain has arrived- Jack Dyer 1913-2003
If you dont mind umpire!
I wont say anything in case i say something
Things aren't the same now there are five teams in the four
An Essendon supporter is a Collingwood supporter who can read and write
Bamblett made a great debut today and an even better one last week
A champion team will always beat a team of champions, unless the team of champions is very, very good
His long arms reached up like giant testicles
I hate Collingwood so much I wont even watch a black and white movie
He's a good ordinary footballer (on Carlton's Peter Bosustow)
A bit of bad luck for Bob (on the death of former Carlton captain Bob Chitty)
He's so scared he sleeps with the lights on
Is it you or your brother who isn't here? (to one half of identical twins he asked to dress differently at training)
He's on an angle so tight the ball got stuck between the goalposts
I want you to pair off in three's (to the Richmond players)
He's loping around the wind like a giant tarantulope (on a particularly spindly ruckman)
The French Riverina (mixing up his European and NSW Geography)
Bartlett's older than he's ever been before
Johnston missed one from the 10 yard square- it was impossible to miss that
Henshaw passes the ball to Kelly and Kelly gives the Henshaw to glendinning
Thats the beauty of being small- your hands are closer to the ground
There weren't too many best mans on the ground
He tuckled strongly by Tack
He sets himself for a high mark- actually that was a low high mark
He's put the game beyond result
They've got a couple of good players in Harvey
A rather difficult goal kicked very easily
They should've kicked 12 goals in that 1/3 quarter because they were right on top and hardly did a thing right
Flanagans trying to use pace he hasn't got
The goalposts are moving that fast I cant keep up with play
The Richmond Banner the next match also had the most emotional message I've ever seen on it.
Heaven's football team can now take the field because your captain has arrived- Jack Dyer 1913-2003
;D
