“Warren Tredrea, take a bow!” ABC Radio Commentator before Tredrea’s lap of honour at AAMI Stadium on Saturday.
Here at The Terrace, we couldn’t agree more with our good friends at the ABC. Nice work, Warren. By the way, did you know Waz’s second name is Gary? That, my good friends, is noteworthy.
Here at The Terrace, we’re really struggling for words. And whilst it’s not red-headed Tuesday, we couldn’t resist breaking with convention and sharing this little gem with you. Nice chain, Scratcher.
Here at The Terrace, we’re not actually convinced Mick Turner’s nickname was ‘Micky T’, but that’s beside the point. Then again, we’re not exactly sure what the point is. Anyway…our somewhat flaky records suggest Micky T. played the grand total of 245 games for the Cats in the 70′s and 80′s. Wearing number 9, he dobbed an impressive 285 career goals, was captain of the club for two years and started on the members’ wing in our ‘Teeaaaaammmm of the Ceenturrry’ (insert Dennis Walter voice over – with echo special effects for good measure). Micky T. now has a son called ‘Che’. We wonder if he has a strong interest in South American Revolutionary history? Hmmmmm. Happy Wednesday Amigos!
MCG, rain, cold, St Kilda, Molly Meldrum, John Farnham, Toe Poke. Sound familiar? Yes Sir indeedy!
Australia loves big things. The Prawn, the pineapple, sharks, the ‘G and the jPod to name a few. But how often do we ask the big questions? Is there a God? Does he have a son? Do I inhabit a meaningful universe if he is no longer part of it?
With more angles than a Stevie J GPS reading, the task of extrapolating, defending and understanding how we would cope on an emotional, social and physical level without our junior is near impossible to anticipate. The speculation has been constant and still continues. We at The Terrace have wrung out every drop from our army of blue and white informants and still we are not placated.
Like a successories poster hanging in your psyche, we remind ourselves that the one thing we can control is our attitude. Therefore we have accepted (on one level) that he may leave us in pursuit of mammon. We fear an emotional bottleneck if we haven’t appropriately worked through the ‘what if’ if it were to become a ‘what is.’
If we grieve now, then we are prepared and the chance of tears at unwelcome public moments (in the future) is minimised. If he stays, then the chance of a life-size 29 tattoo on the back becomes a possibility.
There are a number of key stages when grieving, known as the ‘grief cycle.’ They include shock, denial, anger, loss, despair and acceptance. For the moment we don’t know where we sit in that cycle (possibly right of anger), but crushing the pies on Friday can only help.
Joffa is a knob.
Whilst we’re at it, check out some footage from Sam Newman’s 300th game at KP waaaaay back in 1980. Rumour has it there were 40,000 punters in attendance!
This week we celebrate the career of one Paul Jeffreys. You see, Paul played no less than 91 games between ’77 and ’85, but more than anything he seems to be remembered for clocking David Rhyss-Jones with an almighty ‘haymaker’ at Princess Park. For the record, he got three weeks on the sidelines as a result. We think his card is pretty good, but you’ll enjoy the footage of the king hit more. Keep an eye out for it in the first 5 seconds, then watch him (#22) go bang!
Here at The Terrace, we’ve all had a bumper inaugural year…here’s our top 10 memories from 2009.
1. We discovered that David Mensch is no David Dench – nor a indeed a Mensch.
2. We found a special bound between Anthony Rocca and Whitney Houston.
3. We introduced you to the glorious portrait of John “Olden days’” Scarlett.
4. We left the unwinnable match early – and then we won.
5. We unveiled commemorative marketing genius in its purest form.
6. We found Gary and the sax lounging on the floral couch.
7. We admired the Cameron Ling portrait (aka Ling of Fire).
8. We shared our unique and twisted sense of Coccyx humour.
9. We remembered Bodhi (aka Patrick Swayze) and his special link to the surf coast.
10. We got ROI @ LOI.
Thanking youse for your unwavering love and support throughout the year.
Yours 2010ingly,
The Terrace
We couldn’t resist sharing this grand-final photo (click here for a closer look) from one anonymous punter. What a great snap (pun most definitely intended)!
Next week: our very first, very special Terrace Christmas competition/giveaway. How exciting!
Happy Friday,
The Terrace
Here at The Terrace, it’s been a long time between premiership drinks. We’ve just awoken from almost two months of post-premiership hiberbliss and, we’re delighted to say, we’ve still got that special tingle inside. So much so we’re looking forward to reliving the glory again, and again and again. Did someone say glory again?
Today, it’s the second biggest day (after Monday night football day, if you know what we mean) in the football calendar: draft day. Yawn. We might just head back to the cat cave to enjoy a few more weeks of hiberbliss before we wake to the magic of Christmas and find the special premiership DVD pack – rumour has it the KROCK commentary is worth the wait, Cats y-fronts and Harmsy and Paul Daffey’s 2009 Footy Almanac inside our premiership garry hocking…ummm…I mean stocking.
In the meantime, enjoy reading this cracking article about Bill McMaster and Stephen Wells, Geelong’s recruiting officers from the last 36 years. I think you’ll agree they’ve done a fine job. Unfortunately one of our favourite finds, the ‘Mummy’ Mumford, won’t be with us to celebrate back to back in ’10. On that note, who has been, in your opinion, the most anticipated but ultimately disappointing recruit or draft pick in recent times? Brett Spinks? Steven Hooper? Brian Peake? Gary Ayres? Stephen O’Reilly? Brent Grgic?
Zzzzzzz……….
The Terrace
Here at The Terrace, if someone had said to us that, in the dying minutes of the Grand Final, with the scores level, that Scarlo would toe-poke the ball into the hands of one G. Ablett, who would then kick long to the square, where Chappy would crumb and kick a match-winning goal, we would have said: “Scaaaarrrrrrrllllllooooooooooooooooooooo, Scaaaarrrrrrrlllllloooooooooooooooooooooo, Scaaaarrrrrrrlllllloooooooooooooooooooooo!!!”
How good was the toe poke – aka the ‘stab of brilliance’!? How good is Matthew Scarlett?
Your Scarlettfully,
The Terrace
p.s. we still feel good!
