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It’s the wild day of the AFL calendar – Mad Monday – and there’s a BEN-DER alert on those party animals, the Tigers.
After Richmond farewelled Ben Cousins yesterday, the players will pump up the celebrations on Mad Monday.
It was a brave last AFL game for Cousins, who racked up 21 touches while playing with a bung hamstring.
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WHEN John Elliott was invited to appear of the panel on the ABC’s Q and A program a few months back it was surprising to see him re-emerge into the national spotlight.
It was surprising that host Tony Jones would agree to have him on a serious, credible program.
Yet Elliott appeared almost respectable, almost genial, flashing displays of past wit and supposed wisdom you might expect from a figure imitating a respected elder statesman of business, politics - and , of course, sport.
But it didn’t take long for the real John Elliott to re-emerge, the boorish, arrogant, drink-sodden shell of a once brilliant business brain, seemingly destined for the Lodge but who almost wound up doing a stretch in Melbourne’s old Pentridge Prison.
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mark says:
Hi Stuart, A few quick points in response. 1 I was referring specifically to the alleged hush money paid by the CFC in the 80s that Elliott as President at the time claims was made NOT “a deeper introspection of the issues surrounding women in football.” It is those comments… Read more »
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stuart says:
Sorry Mark, but I think you misunderstand this article. Neil Wilson is showing how John Elliott has personally ruined something he loves - the Carlton Football Club. From my reading it is not intended as a deeper introspection of the issues surrounding women in football, rather a heart-felt and impassioned… Read more »
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