Open Mike: Malcolm Blight

Malcolm Blight is on Open Mike at 8-30 tonight on Fox Footy Ch. 504

This is a fascinating interview, watch Mike Sheahans' reaction to the SANFL references.

it was only the 30 min short version

here is the full version

Where is the SANFL reference, Harpo?

What time on the tape?

Fantastic player; shocking commentator.

redandblack wrote:Where is the SANFL reference, Harpo?

What time on the tape?

4mins

Harpo wrote:

redandblack wrote:Where is the SANFL reference, Harpo?

What time on the tape?

4mins

there is a couple of references, i think the one Harpo is talking about is when asked about the VFL Blight said (paraphrasing) ''that was something a million miles away down the road & we had very little interest in it'', a bemused MS 'really' ? near the end MB was also asked what would he like to have changed if anything of his career & the reply was ''play more games for Woodville'' MS equally bemused & added something i can't recall at the moment

Phil Carmen was another who said his best time in his football life was at Sturt (or words to that effect)

Phil Carman said when he left Norwood for Collingwood, it was because he thought the VFL was a better competition, but he found out it wasn't, and that Collingwood were nowhere near as professional as Norwood.

How times have changed

The Sturt reference was the time he spent coaching Sturt was the most rewarding time in his football life.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:Phil Carman said when he left Norwood for Collingwood, it was because he thought the VFL was a better competition, but he found out it wasn't, and that Collingwood were nowhere near as professional as Norwood.

How times have changed

The Sturt reference was the time he spent coaching Sturt was the most rewarding time in his football life.

thanks for adding that about Norwood & Collingwood AH, as for the Sturt part well that was how it was supposed to read sorry i must've worded it incorrectly

Adelaide Hawk wrote:The Sturt reference was the time he spent coaching Sturt was the most rewarding time in his football life.

You can understand his fondness here. Without trying to be too parochial, he took a perennial cellar dweller to within 9 points of a flag. Sturt's resurgence from 1995 - 2001 under Fab has been well documented and I think he would look back on that achievement with pride.

Surprised he hasn't been coined with the Nickname "Moses", given he all but took the Blues to the promised land. Although he did have T-Shirt in his honour emblazened with "messiah" on it.

He was an enigma surely. Always came back to the bar with his wife for a frothy or two with the fans.

Chambo Off To Work We Go wrote:

He was an enigma surely. Always came back to the bar with his wife for a frothy or two with the fans.

apart from the one night a dickhead (i know him, he's a tiler by trade) baited Phil & Phil took a swing

One of the most exciting days as an impressionable young Norwood fan was the debut of Phil Carman in round 1, 1970 v Port Adelaide. To see a lad straight out of schoolboy footy play the way he did was astounding. Best on ground, had 7 opponents on the day including Russell Ebert and Peter Woite, and belted every one of them.

It's a moment I shall never forget, I just wish the game was on video, I'd pay plenty for a copy.

Adelaide Hawk wrote:One of the most exciting days as an impressionable young Norwood fan was the debut of Phil Carman in round 1, 1970 v Port Adelaide. To see a lad straight out of schoolboy footy play the way he did was astounding. Best on ground, had 7 opponents on the day including Russell Ebert and Peter Woite, and belted every one of them.

It's a moment I shall never forget, I just wish the game was on video, I'd pay plenty for a copy.

Assume you mean in a footy sense, of course.

Fab could certainly play.
Didn't he once rub Cornesy's face in the mud? That would have been funny.

Yep, belted was an unfortunate turn of phrase

And yes, Carman rubbed Cornesy's face in the mud, it was beautiful. Cornes had just given the fingers to the Norwood crowd and was strutting around at his arrogant best, so Carman decided to rub his face in the mud. The crowd went nuts

You can find it on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV5Q_CKkMGE

Adelaide Hawk wrote:Yep, belted was an unfortunate turn of phrase

And yes, Carman rubbed Cornesy's face in the mud, it was beautiful. Cornes had just given the fingers to the Norwood crowd and was strutting around at his arrogant best, so Carman decided to rub his face in the mud. The crowd went nuts

You can find it on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV5Q_CKkMGE

good,glad you've got it, i've been looking for it for 10 minutes, Cornes has often said it was a funny moment with Phil doing it in fun...........imagine that this happened now in the AFL, you get a head high tackle with the likelyhood of a 50 metre penalty to boot