{"id":47,"date":"2008-08-25T17:22:53","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T07:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelwyres.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2008-08-25T17:22:53","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T07:22:53","slug":"farewell-to-top-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwyres.com.au\/mwdc\/2008\/08\/farewell-to-top-bombers\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell To Top Bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sunday, the Essendon Football Club will farewell two of the finest servants of the club – Jason Johnson, and the inspirational Adam Ramanauskas.<\/p>\n

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Adam Ramanauskas Profile<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/center>\n<\/p>\n

Ramanauskas joined the club in 1999, by way of selection 12 in the 1998 National Draft. On paper, 133 games doesn\u2019t seem like a massive achievement, but after two cancer scares and a full knee reconstruction since 2003, to be even on a top-level football field is a mammoth achievement.<\/p>\n

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Adam was a member of the glorious 2000 premiership side, as was Jason Johnson, who also announced his retirement today.<\/p>\n

After 183 games – with injury severely hampering his 2008 season – Johnson, like Ramanauskas, has decided to leave the game on his own terms. Fans will always remember him as the engine room of Essendon\u2019s amazing 69-point turnaround against the Kangaroos in Round 16, 2001.<\/p>\n

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Jason Johnson Profile<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/center>\n<\/p>\n

I will be there on Sunday to see them play their final games – and I don\u2019t mind admitting, there will probably be a tear or two in my eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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