Match Discussion 2016 - VAFA Premier B Round 14 : 23 Jul - Fitzroy v St Bedes ( another Catholic Mob)

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DERRINALPHIL

DERRINALPHIL

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Two years ago we knocked off this mob to set the rest of the year up. A crippling run of injuries, an absolutely crippling run of injuries, ruined the rest of the season but now we have a opportunity to move into the four.

Pickers, Gaiter may be back. I am not working so I will be at the ground for the start of the Ressies. Get there and support the boys. Work certificates (Wisdom teeth, abscesses etc) will be available from behind the goals at the three quarter time breaks from one of the Tramconductors for you wage slaves who were supposed to attend work.

This is the game of the season; a win and A Grade beckons.

Lunch is on at about forty bucks and Harmsie is MCing so come along and support the Roys
 
Fitzroy Mens (VAFA) :
Seniors - Fitzroy 8.9.67 def St Bedes-Mentone 7.13.55 @ BSO, Saturday 2:00pm (5th v 2nd)
Reserves - Fitzroy 12.10.82 def St Bedes-Mentone 3.9.27 @ BSO, Saturday 11:40am (6th v 3rd)
Thirds - De La Salle 10.7.67 def Fitzroy 5.6.36 @ Sportscover Arena, Saturday 11:40am (5th v 7th)
U19s - Caulfield Grammarians 7.8.50 wdb Fitzroy 8.8.56 @ Glenhuntly Oval, Saturday 9:20am (4th v 5th)
https://www.facebook.com/fitzroyfc
http://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/
https://twitter.com/Fitzroy_FC - livescores.vafa.com.au
http://www.vafa.com.au/

We're only ahead of 6th & 7th by way of a draw's 2 points, so it's time to start snaffling some big trophies. This weekend would be an awesome time to start.

Fitzroy Womens (VWFL) :
Seniors - Bayswater 4.4.28 wdb Fitzroy-ACU 7.6.48 @ Bayswater Oval, Saturday 4:45pm. (6th v 3rd)
Seconds - Roxburgh Park 2.4.16 def Fitzroy-ACU 1.8.14 @ Lakeside Reserve, Sunday 12:00pm. (6th v 5th)
https://www.facebook.com/fitzroyfc
http://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/
https://twitter.com/Fitzroy_FC
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3068-0-399010-0&sID=325040

Double chance would be nice. Should be gettable too as 2nd placed AJAX have a bye next week but we'd want to make sure we don't drop this match. This is the penultimate round prior finals. SKOBs next week and then some pre-September Septembering time. C'arn the filles du Roi!

Fitzroy Juniors (YJFL) :
Too many teams to list.
https://www.facebook.com/FitzroyJuniorFootballClub
http://www.fitzroyjuniorfc.com.au/
http://www.yarrajfl.org.au/

South Australia (Adelaide FL) :
Seniors - West Croydon 17.18.120 def Fitzroy 5.7.37 @ Fawk Reserve, Saturday 2:15pm (1st v 6th)
Reserves - West Croydon 24.13.157 def Fitzroy 1.1.7 @ Fawk Reserve, Saturday 12:15pm (2nd v 8th)
https://www.facebook.com/FitzroyFootballClubSA
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FitzroyJuniorsSA/
http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/

A great win last week see Fitzroy skipping clear of the cellar but they need to keep at it to ensure safety. West Croydon have not lost a match this season, but they did draw one with the team that's currently 7th. Believe!!!

Fitzroy Stars (Northern FL) :
Seniors - Fitzroy Stars have the BYE (3rd)
Reserves - have the BYE (5th)
https://www.facebook.com/FitzroyStars
http://www.nfl.org.au/
 
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DERRINALPHIL said:
By the way, I had thirteen years of Catholic education by people who didn't get paid a cent. Only people like me can hang it on the Catholics.
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Without the the catholic church, oratorios may never have existed, as the concept of non-theatrical choral sets was heavily driven/supported by the pope(s) at the time. This means that without the catholics we may never have gotten Handel's Messiah and been able to giggle like schoolgirls at "Oh we like sheep"!
 

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Three Quarter Time : Fitzroy 7.19.61 v St Bedes/Mentone Tigers 6.10.46. That's 2.10 for the quarter, gah!

There apparently IS a breeze, and in the last quarter, we don't got it. But we do have a 15 point lead!

In other matches, Hampton lead by less than a kick of Haileybury, Parkdale yet to score a goal v a rampaging Old Brighton.
 
Final score : Fitzroy 8.19.67 def St Bedes-Mentone Tigers 7.13.55.
c/- https://www.facebook.com/fitzroyfc

That's an awesome win! Against the wind, against an opponent known to put most of their eggs into the last half of their baskets. Congrats Roys!
 
I have just got back from Europe where I spent some time in the Alps. I went to the highest mountain in Germany, the Zugspitze, where there was snow everywhere, but the weather on the top of this mountain was positively balmy compared to the weather and pressure the Boys from Old Fitzroy laid on down at Brunswick Street on Saturday, for yet another bunch of Southern Catholics,


A particularly nasty disease broke out at the ground: Fitzroyitis, and both its primary and secondary stages (as reported to the American CDC International Classification of Diseases 2016 Edition) were both exhibited in a match that sent the Fitzroy faithful into rhapsody. Well, actually it drove us to the bar, but with a smile on our face.


The day started with a Foundation Luncheon with over 100 guests. They were hanging from the rafters and a tidy profit would have been banked.


We opened with a strong breeze and could have put the patient to bed. With Pickers, Greenie, Tommy B, Rory and Little Roscoe out I thought we would be short on tall timber, especially down back. However Brownie stepped up to the plate, taking over the key defensive position and Jules went down back and played an exceptionally fine game. This was fine coaching by our twin supremoes.


Corbs was in everything early as he made every contest, bringing the ball to the ground, fighting on like a junk yard dog. The goals were shared around all day with only Dohers getting two but I took special notice of Max Stella snagging one, He is one of the under nineteen players called up for the game. Aiden Lambert (BOG), Longie (he badly needs a shortie haircut) and Ligar are all just out of the juniors and will terrorise visitors to the BSO for years.


We had an even spread of goal kickers during this quarter but a late goal put St Bede’s back into the match.


St Bede’s kicked two goals immediately the second quarter opened. One was the result of a series of rapier like short passes that took the ball end to end without us having a chance to counter. With twenty odd minutes with the breeze and only a couple of goals down they would have been confident of being in front at half time.


Many diseases have several stages. Syphilis, for example, has three stages which are called, creatively (?) the primary, secondary and tertiary (or late). Unfortunately for St Bede’s Primary Fitzroyitis erupted all over the ground in the second quarter. Corbs went down back and defended grandly, as did Danny B. Gater controlled the ruck but the warning signs, the pathognomonic signs of this disease were all on show

· we hand the ball back to the umpires for a ball up every time

· we throw ourselves at every contest

· Baker senior (150 games ) usually does one unbelievable smoother or similar act

· scoring slows to a stop

From Saturday’s game I have identified a new feature of the condition. It has to do with Lachie Henderson who plays in number 61. Most opposition coaches would not put much thought into Lachie. I don’t think a Brownlow has been won in the number 61.


The other thing is that Lachie doesn’t look like a footballer. That Jessie White who plays for the Pies is the best looking, hopeless footballer I have ever seen. The guy is built like a tank, can run like the wind but can’t get a kick. Lachie is the exact opposite, being a footballer that rarely loses a one on one despite appearing such an unassuming bloke on the field.


Late in the second quarter, during the primary Fitzroyitis stage, Lachie took willed himself into a mark and made no mistake, putting us two goals up. St Bede’s were going to suffer another Henderson symptom late in the match.

Once again we leaked a late goal just before half time.


We kicked 2 goals 10 to 2 goals 1 in the third quarter. The game should have been over and my neck is still sore from watching the ball go over one side or the other from my vantage point behind the goals. Once again we leaked late goals so the last quarter saw us 15 points up but into the breeze. A particularly nasty secondary form of Fitzroyitis erupted as for about 15 minutes no one could score. St Bede’s could not breath, and either could the Fitzroy faithful as we held our breath and prayed for a cure .They got a lucky goal, off the ground, and combined with a few rushed behinds, it meant with five minutes to go, they were within a goal.


We forced the ball forward. Several times Fitzroy players were first in and when the ball slipped out into the forward pocket the barometer, the pathognomonic sign, number 61, the sign that they never come back from, call the relatives, then the morgue, pounced on the ball, centred perfectly to Ligar who wasn’t going to miss from straight in front.


The patient was still breathing but there was no hope for St Bede’s. No one recovers from the Ligris Henderson procedure.


On a final medical note, one of our own, Anita Roper, has finally been given the all clear from the Quacks. Six months or so ago it looked grim but she can now finally tell the surgeon that she may never need his services again. This was best news I have heard at the footy this year.


We play Second Preference next week out at Clayton so I will see you all there.
 
DERRINALPHIL said:
I have just got back from Europe where I spent some time in the Alps. I went to the highest mountain in Germany, the Zugspitze, where there was snow everywhere, but the weather on the top of this mountain was positively balmy compared to the weather and pressure the Boys from Old Fitzroy laid on down at Brunswick Street on Saturday, for yet another bunch of Southern Catholics,


A particularly nasty disease broke out at the ground: Fitzroyitis, and both its primary and secondary stages (as reported to the American CDC International Classification of Diseases 2016 Edition) were both exhibited in a match that sent the Fitzroy faithful into rhapsody. Well, actually it drove us to the bar, but with a smile on our face.


The day started with a Foundation Luncheon with over 100 guests. They were hanging from the rafters and a tidy profit would have been banked.


We opened with a strong breeze and could have put the patient to bed. With Pickers, Greenie, Tommy B, Rory and Little Roscoe out I thought we would be short on tall timber, especially down back. However Brownie stepped up to the plate, taking over the key defensive position and Jules went down back and played an exceptionally fine game. This was fine coaching by our twin supremoes.


Corbs was in everything early as he made every contest, bringing the ball to the ground, fighting on like a junk yard dog. The goals were shared around all day with only Dohers getting two but I took special notice of Max Stella snagging one, He is one of the under nineteen players called up for the game. Aiden Lambert (BOG), Longie (he badly needs a shortie haircut) and Ligar are all just out of the juniors and will terrorise visitors to the BSO for years.


We had an even spread of goal kickers during this quarter but a late goal put St Bede’s back into the match.


St Bede’s kicked two goals immediately the second quarter opened. One was the result of a series of rapier like short passes that took the ball end to end without us having a chance to counter. With twenty odd minutes with the breeze and only a couple of goals down they would have been confident of being in front at half time.


Many diseases have several stages. Syphilis, for example, has three stages which are called, creatively (?) the primary, secondary and tertiary (or late). Unfortunately for St Bede’s Primary Fitzroyitis erupted all over the ground in the second quarter. Corbs went down back and defended grandly, as did Danny B. Gater controlled the ruck but the warning signs, the pathognomonic signs of this disease were all on show

· we hand the ball back to the umpires for a ball up every time

· we throw ourselves at every contest

· Baker senior (150 games ) usually does one unbelievable smoother or similar act

· scoring slows to a stop

From Saturday’s game I have identified a new feature of the condition. It has to do with Lachie Henderson who plays in number 61. Most opposition coaches would not put much thought into Lachie. I don’t think a Brownlow has been won in the number 61.


The other thing is that Lachie doesn’t look like a footballer. That Jessie White who plays for the Pies is the best looking, hopeless footballer I have ever seen. The guy is built like a tank, can run like the wind but can’t get a kick. Lachie is the exact opposite, being a footballer that rarely loses a one on one despite appearing such an unassuming bloke on the field.


Late in the second quarter, during the primary Fitzroyitis stage, Lachie took willed himself into a mark and made no mistake, putting us two goals up. St Bede’s were going to suffer another Henderson symptom late in the match.

Once again we leaked a late goal just before half time.


We kicked 2 goals 10 to 2 goals 1 in the third quarter. The game should have been over and my neck is still sore from watching the ball go over one side or the other from my vantage point behind the goals. Once again we leaked late goals so the last quarter saw us 15 points up but into the breeze. A particularly nasty secondary form of Fitzroyitis erupted as for about 15 minutes no one could score. St Bede’s could not breath, and either could the Fitzroy faithful as we held our breath and prayed for a cure .They got a lucky goal, off the ground, and combined with a few rushed behinds, it meant with five minutes to go, they were within a goal.


We forced the ball forward. Several times Fitzroy players were first in and when the ball slipped out into the forward pocket the barometer, the pathognomonic sign, number 61, the sign that they never come back from, call the relatives, then the morgue, pounced on the ball, centred perfectly to Ligar who wasn’t going to miss from straight in front.


The patient was still breathing but there was no hope for St Bede’s. No one recovers from the Ligris Henderson procedure.


On a final medical note, one of our own, Anita Roper, has finally been given the all clear from the Quacks. Six months or so ago it looked grim but she can now finally tell the surgeon that she may never need his services again. This was best news I have heard at the footy this year.


We play Second Preference next week out at Clayton so I will see you all there.
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Great write-up. The guts and determination shown by the Royboys on Saturday was exceptional. All of us amongst the crowd watched it unfold and were proud the jumper could be worn with such pride. It was arguably the best victory of the seniors for several years.
 
Triple J Triple L



Arriving to the joyous ‘Luna Park smile’ welcome and personal salutation of jestful greeter Peter Hille (RFC,FPPR), as I’m sure did all attendees to the President’s Luncheon, Saturday instantaneously promised to be a bottler. It was in all respects.




Unlike our current political leaders whose own initials hint at the truth of their promises, “MT” and “BS”, a Fitzroy promise is that from a Diverse City all will be welcome but you don’t all have to agree. Hopefully there will never be just one FFC banter/mantra otherwise it would be Total@arian or God forbid Bohemian as Jon Kanis on 96.5 inner fm Vafa radio often incorrectly asserts (though he wisely tipped us last Saturday). On the field our players are true to the theme song promise “We will always fight for victory , we will always see it through…





At the Luncheon Greens sat down with Reds. Reds ate Greens and Greens drank Reds: Greens ate Greens and Reds had a ‘Tongan’ red meat Feast recalling their Tongtober expedition of a decade ago. This Blueblood (as kindly or unkindly proclaimed by others) and my Joker Jaw Jabber sidekick passed on the meal; we knew the burgers were better at Hungry Dave and Mandy’s BBQ outside the reception room. Besides with others at our table we had the shared brief task of helping to keep E .Regnans ‘darling buds of May’ (sonnet 18) their friend Sally and JTH’s children out of ER’s and Harm’s way during parts of the afternoon entertainment when their respective and respected fathers went to the rostrum.






One of John’s educational mentors Errol and Rod Oaten made up a table of young and not so young as is the current makeup of the Fitzroy ‘Mens’ Footy side . What will we call them when the anti -heteronormative and anti-binary warriors who have made the long march through the institutions and now caution against the use of ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘boy’, ‘girl’, ‘man’ and ‘woman’ from the lexicon in the “safe” schools curriculum. Premier Dan Andrews’ mandated Ingsoc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingsoc) is coming to a public school near you ; be afraid be very afraid for your sons and daughters- sorry little humans –sorry- keep the rats in the cage cries Winston from 1984.





It can be confirmed, as stated that the things most loved about the FFC by this scribe are the Triple J’s of Fitzroy. First the Viva Voce (Peter Hille) (“We welcome back today seven former club treasurers; thanks for flying in from the Cayman Islands to be with us”) and scribbling jesters referred to above, though ER you can, at times, be more Hamlet than Yorick eg.

“2016’s is the autumn that never was. I wonder whether the weather of 2016 will later be seen as the beginning of the end.”

And don’t worry about Stevens & Miss Kenton in Kazuo Ishiguro’s, “The Remains of the Day” and the metaphorical analogical move of Fitzroy to the VAFA; it was not a death. I’m sure Collingwood would like to have our prospects long and short term . Enjoy every day like it’s your last for as it has oft been said one day it will be.





Secondly our Fitzroy JESTAR’S - Joan Eddy , Sharon Torney and Anita Roper and all they bring to the club including in Anita’s case ‘Professor’ Tom Roper whose inestimable knowledge and diplomatic imparting of same to proles, players, professionals, public servants and paid up members alike is a treasury immeasurable that few amateur Clubs could call upon.




Thirdly our Jet/stars out on the ground who provide the glorious football entertainment each week at all levels of their respective competitions.



This week out on the field it was the triple L’s again. Aiden ‘abet’ Lambert was early on the scene smoting St Bedes Mentone Tigers as if he was Maximus in the film ‘Gladiator’and he certainly had the crowd with him as he flew and flashed around the oval with 1st Quarter stats of 6 kicks, 4 handpasses ,2 marks,2 tackles, a hip and shoulder classic bump, 1 tap on, a goal assist and 2 behinds that off the boot on a windless day would have sailed through the centre of the goals. His efforts in large part established the 4 goals 8 behinds first term aggregation on the scoreboard which buffer was to prove sufficient to set up victory. However this was not before the tense drama unfolded during succeeding quarters.



Having ,sadly, got stuck in my head the singing of the Australian National Anthem to the tune of Gilligan’s Isle after John Harms’ rendition at lunch me thought our remaining quarters could be summarised by paraphrasing another American TV ditty from when I was a boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7sPvWrL6KY but I won’t suffice to say-

Daniel Bisetto is a man, yes a big man, he wrongly disputed a call of the Umpire in quarter 3 resulting in a goal to the opposition from two 25 metre penalties but his character, focus and resolve by deed in the 4th showed what a Captain should be.


From the dead crow cap on the top of J. Lo to the heels of his teammates shoes we were entertained to the “rippernest, roarenest, fightiness” game
the Royboys had to shew. Young ‘Cattogio’ moves like the Millennium Falcon through an asteroid belt; just when you think he is going to be hit on the starboard bow he morphs to warp 5 and dodges danger.




Then along came Ligris, unsatisfied with his teammates inaccuracy in front of goal and rightly so, given his thirteen accurate kickouts in the gusty conditions, wandered forward and slotted the sealer adding to his multiple 1%ers tally. If he was reduced to the size of a bullant I’m sure he could kick a miniature football through the wings of fly by mosquitoes cascading them into the hungry mouth of an air oscillating hummingbird a yard away.




Broken ribs Browny kept the Tigers gun forward goalless, young Will Symons backing into the flight of the ball to mark against men and countless others chipped in with courage and bravery when called upon none more so and confidently expected than Sam Baker of whose 150 VAFA games I’ve had the privilege of seeing 75 senior right royal performances and no doubt the source of your courage, parents Peter and Helen and Grandmother Monica, have seen most games since your junior days. Well done to all players and game day coach Nick Mitchell.




Finally though JTH would have you believe the closest he got to his father’s vocation of Lutheran Pastor would be a Pasta linguini it was clear in the eyes of this observer as to how he cherishes his own children and treats with dignity all persons happy, hostile or indifferent that his spiritual journey may yet bring him closer to become more Bonhoeffer than bon vivant as time goes by. He understands God’s gifts just ask his son Theo whom addressed the assembled, aged only 8 years old, with aplomb.




Too sack cloth and ashes PB? too bad- may the AE remain your Guardian Angel.
 
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'At the Luncheon Greens sat down with Reds. Reds ate Greens and Greens drank Reds: Greens ate Greens and Reds had a ‘Tongan’ red meat Feast recalling their Tongtober expedition of a decade ago. This Blueblood (as kindly or unkindly proclaimed by others) and my Joker Jaw Jabber sidekick passed on the meal; we knew the burgers were better at Hungry Dave and Mandy’s BBQ outside the reception room. Besides with others at our table we had the shared brief task of helping to keep E .Regnans ‘darling buds of May’ (sonnet 18) their friend Sally and JTH’s children out of ER’s and Harm’s way during parts of the afternoon entertainment when their respective and respected fathers went to the rostrum.'

This is a great description of the lunch but completely not understandable to anyone not there
 
Any chance of getting the Court Stats George!111?

I have just started looking at the third quarter and I reckon you and I look like penguins, those penguins that spend the winter nestling an egg between their eggs. We've put so many clothes on
 

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