45 is way too young to go.

Sailhack said...

A true gentleman of not only his sport but sports of all codes.

Amazing man, amazing talent. Will be missed by any AFL fan. Vale RIP Jimmy.

the comments of jason akermanis are symptoms of a bloke who suffers "attention deficit syndrome" what a complete effyn tool

SandS said...

ockanui said...

the comments of jason akermanis are symptoms of a bloke who suffers "attention deficit syndrome" what a complete effyn tool

What did he say?

Did he open his mouth before or after he coloured his facial hair !!!!!

What I would like to know is why he is getting a state funeral, will all footballers get one now?

Jimmy helped start a program called Reach, that helps kids of various ages in time of hardship 'get back on the rails", I heard that there has been over 500,000 contacts with such "problem' kids made in that time, so I guess his involvement in the Victorian community has been greater than other parts of Australia, he was also "Victorian of the year" twice, received and "OAM" order of Australia by the Queen, in short your right, why would footballers/ entertainers get state funerals? well they shouldn't, but blokes who have genuine commitment to the community in the way Jim had, don't come around to often and should get a wider community acknowledgment, A State Funeral? Well that was offered by the Government and accepted by the family

Great work Ock!

With regard to what Jason Akermanis said, I can can sort of "half" understand what he was on about... He said this;

"When I knew him he was competitive and nasty and brutal. He wanted to win and would do anything to do it. That's the quality I admired the most about him."

He said some other things, which helped the media have a "blow up" about it !!

But I can understand his basic statement, about a hard nosed competitor who played for the other team !! So from Jason's perspective, I can actually half understand that particular comment... But there were other comments which were slightly out of line!

Reds if you like... But I think I "half" clarified it!

Personally speaking (typing) I wouldn't mind seeing some dignity/respect being shown to the Stynes Family at this point of time to be honest from everywhere not just the media vultures....they've just lost their shining light.
All this rubbish floating around isn't helping them to naturally grieve as they are entitled to do.
Akermanis? .... pffffft , grain of salt!
If Big Jimmy gets a state funeral granted good luck to him I say , we can't control that - the Govt does.
Let the bloke lie in Peace until he's buried imho

BulldogPup said...

Personally speaking (typing) I wouldn't mind seeing some dignity/respect being shown to the Stynes Family at this point of time to be honest from everywhere not just the media vultures....they've just lost their shining light.
All this rubbish floating around isn't helping them to naturally grieve as they are entitled to do.
Akermanis? .... pffffft , grain of salt!
If Big Jimmy gets a state funeral granted good luck to him I say , we can't control that - the Govt does.
Let the bloke lie in Peace until he's buried imho

Are we not allowed to have an opinion?

I just read the akamanis statement and subsequent apology .

Ocka you are right, aka is a complete tossa .

In my opinion the apology was almost as bad as the original statement .... Just trying to cover his arse and big note him self .

BulldogPup said...

doggie said...

BulldogPup said...

Personally speaking (typing) I wouldn't mind seeing some dignity/respect being shown to the Stynes Family at this point of time to be honest from everywhere not just the media vultures....they've just lost their shining light.
All this rubbish floating around isn't helping them to naturally grieve as they are entitled to do.
Akermanis? .... pffffft , grain of salt!
If Big Jimmy gets a state funeral granted good luck to him I say , we can't control that - the Govt does.
Let the bloke lie in Peace until he's buried imho

Are we not allowed to have an opinion?

You and others have , reading above mate so .....

So what........

BulldogPup said...

So what what what ? Good on him for getting a high honour mate. I can't answer your question as to whether a footballer or doctor whoever gets that honour deserves it or not..... although this person did a fair bit for others so that counts for something.

He started a charity, don't get me wrong that's a great thing that many people will get alot out of. He was also a great sportsman, he wasn't from my team but I enjoyed watching him play.
But, as far as a state funeral goes, yea na don't agree with it but that's just what I think I guess.
I'm not going to argue with you as your already on ya high horse about it and you saw what I posted yesterday in LBs.

Ock, FYI, Bulldog & Doggie have a little history of being buddies who "almost" see eye to eye! Deep down, they love each other !

BulldogPup said...

doggie said...

BulldogPup said...

So what what what ? Good on him for getting a high honour mate. I can't answer your question as to whether a footballer or doctor whoever gets that honour deserves it or not..... although this person did a fair bit for others so that counts for something.

He started a charity, don't get me wrong that's a great thing that many people will get alot out of. He was also a great sportsman, he wasn't from my team but I enjoyed watching him play.
But, as far as a state funeral goes, yea na don't agree with it but that's just what I think I guess.
I'm not going to argue with you as your already on ya high horse about it and you saw what I posted yesterday in LBs.

No high horse mate , as you were saying about opinions everybody gets one regardless of whether it be right or wrong ... that's life
I saw what you posted yes I don't think it was cold it's your point of view.
Moving on it's your shout isn't it ? Coops please mate

Yea what eva I'm going to the pub.

doggie said...

BulldogPup said...

doggie said...

BulldogPup said...

So what what what ? Good on him for getting a high honour mate. I can't answer your question as to whether a footballer or doctor whoever gets that honour deserves it or not..... although this person did a fair bit for others so that counts for something.

He started a charity, don't get me wrong that's a great thing that many people will get alot out of. He was also a great sportsman, he wasn't from my team but I enjoyed watching him play.
But, as far as a state funeral goes, yea na don't agree with it but that's just what I think I guess.
I'm not going to argue with you as your already on ya high horse about it and you saw what I posted yesterday in LBs.

No high horse mate , as you were saying about opinions everybody gets one regardless of whether it be right or wrong ... that's life
I saw what you posted yes I don't think it was cold it's your point of view.
Moving on it's your shout isn't it ? Coops please mate

Yea what eva I'm going to the pub.

Bottoms up .... I'm off to the GC tomoz catcha from there mate