Winmar bronze statue
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Winmar bronze statue
As I mentioned in the other thread, there was a bloke on AFL360 raising $ to create a bronze statue of Nicky Winmar in the "iconic" pose.
It's intended to coincide (next year) with 25 years since the Vic Park stand taken by the great #7.
My only reservation about the project is the desire to place it at Vic Park. There will always be a home for it at Moorabbin.
Anyway, if you have a few bucks lying around it seems a pretty worthy cause for any saintsationalist.
Here's the link to donate.
https://pozible.com/project/nicky-winmar-statue
It's intended to coincide (next year) with 25 years since the Vic Park stand taken by the great #7.
My only reservation about the project is the desire to place it at Vic Park. There will always be a home for it at Moorabbin.
Anyway, if you have a few bucks lying around it seems a pretty worthy cause for any saintsationalist.
Here's the link to donate.
https://pozible.com/project/nicky-winmar-statue
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
SemperFidelis wrote:As I mentioned in the other thread, there was a bloke on AFL360 raising $ to create a bronze statue of Nicky Winmar in the "iconic" pose.
It's intended to coincide (next year) with 25 years since the Vic Park stand taken by the great #7.
My only reservation about the project is the desire to place it at Vic Park. There will always be a home for it at Moorabbin.
Anyway, if you have a few bucks lying around it seems a pretty worthy cause for any saintsationalist.
Here's the link to donate.
https://pozible.com/project/nicky-winmar-statue
I would be much happier to see it outside the "G"'.
But then seeing we play our home games at Etihad maybe at the ground side end of the footbridge from Spencer St.
It should not be lost at the almost disused Victoria Park.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
Should be outside the new Moorabbin. Will likely get vandalised outside Vic Park, where
Pies fans have few fond memories of the moment or the furore it caused.
Or down in St Kilda somewhere.
Pies fans have few fond memories of the moment or the furore it caused.
Or down in St Kilda somewhere.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
No way would I donate a cent if it is to be located at Feral Park. The imbecile Pies fans would probably spit on it.
Why can't it just be incorporated into the the design and planning of Reimage Moorabbin instead and stop this gofundme nonsense??
Why can't it just be incorporated into the the design and planning of Reimage Moorabbin instead and stop this gofundme nonsense??
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
I was at the game when Winmar made his statement.
They ought to build a statue of Winmar & Gilbert McAdam.
They ought to build a statue of Winmar & Gilbert McAdam.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
Putting it at filth park would be like the poms wanting to put up a statue of "bomber" Harris in Dresden. A bit hyperbolic, but you get the drift.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
Agreed, nothing like the old days at surburban grounds, between the two of them they cut the Filth a new @hole that day.Linton Lodger wrote:I was at the game when Winmar made his statement.
They ought to build a statue of Winmar & Gilbert McAdam.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
As much as I loved Nicky, he would be a fair way down the list of people that would be honoured with a statue at Moorabbin, (Barker, Lockett, Harvey, Baldock, Vidovic etc. would go first) and he would be even further down the list at the MCG.
The statue they are talking about commemorates a certain moment in time that happened at a certain place and it would be inappropriate to put it anywhere else.
The statue they are talking about commemorates a certain moment in time that happened at a certain place and it would be inappropriate to put it anywhere else.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
kosifantutti wrote:As much as I loved Nicky, he would be a fair way down the list of people that would be honoured with a statue at Moorabbin, (Barker, Lockett, Harvey, Baldock, Vidovic etc. would go first) and he would be even further down the list at the MCG.
The statue they are talking about commemorates a certain moment in time that happened at a certain place and it would be inappropriate to put it anywhere else.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
Why not have statues of all the saints legends around Linton Street? Cue the little girl in the taco add.kosifantutti wrote:As much as I loved Nicky, he would be a fair way down the list of people that would be honoured with a statue at Moorabbin, (Barker, Lockett, Harvey, Baldock, Vidovic etc. would go first) and he would be even further down the list at the MCG.
The statue they are talking about commemorates a certain moment in time that happened at a certain place and it would be inappropriate to put it anywhere else.
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Re: Winmar bronze statue
kosifantutti wrote:As much as I loved Nicky, he would be a fair way down the list of people that would be honoured with a statue at Moorabbin, (Barker, Lockett, Harvey, Baldock, Vidovic etc. would go first) and he would be even further down the list at the MCG.
The statue they are talking about commemorates a certain moment in time that happened at a certain place and it would be inappropriate to put it anywhere else.
Place such a statute at Filth Park and it won't be just the pigeons shitting on it.