Any of "Diamond" Jim Tilbrooks Kicks....They went a long way...but not in a direction he could control!!!

Don't agree with that one.

I always thought his kicking was the best part of him.

DJ's biggest problem was the rest of the team resented how much he was paid compared to them.

They simply ignored him on the field most of the time.

I remember a game at Vic Park where he was constantly free on the Half forward line and calling for the ball

The other players simply kicked it everywhere but to him.

Don't agree with that one.

I always thought his kicking was the best part of him.

DJ's biggest problem was the rest of the team resented how much he was paid compared to them.

They simply ignored him on the field most of the time.

I remember a game at Vic Park where he was constantly free on the Half forward line and calling for the ball

The other players simply kicked it everywhere but to him.

You would remember more than me O.D. I just remember him as a kid, thinking "Why is this guy being paid $60,000??"

You would remember more than me O.D. I just remember him as a kid, thinking "Why is this guy being paid $60,000??"

I have a good friend who was playing with the Dees at the time.

He told me the majority of the team got between $5 and $10000 PA.

You can see why they would be a little [censored] at his $60 000

Don't agree with that one.

I always thought his kicking was the best part of him.

DJ's biggest problem was the rest of the team resented how much he was paid compared to them.

They simply ignored him on the field most of the time.

I remember a game at Vic Park where he was constantly free on the Half forward line and calling for the ball

The other players simply kicked it everywhere but to him.

I was at a game at the Western Oval when he kicked it from the centre of the ground and it went through for a score. A point, unfortunately, but still the biggest kick I've ever seen live.

I have a good friend who was playing with the Dees at the time.

He told me the majority of the team got between $5 and $10000 PA.

You can see why they would be a little [censored] at his $60 000

Yes 60 Big ones was Beyond Top coin wasn't it back in 72. Pity the MFC couldn't mediate a bit better in those days.

That is about the same as Big Carl was paid to come over in '73??? or did he get around $70,000

Yes 60 Big ones was Beyond Top coin wasn't it back in 72. Pity the MFC couldn't mediate a bit better in those days.

That is about the same as Big Carl was paid to come over in '73??? or did he get around $70,000

But he was the coach as well

But he was the coach as well

Yes, but the coin was unheard of in those days....I remember seeing all those zero's on the back page of the SUN & just going WOW!! That is a lifetime wage.

Carl was good Value Though...He gave his absolute.

I was at a game at the Western Oval when he kicked it from the centre of the ground and it went through for a score. A point, unfortunately, but still the biggest kick I've ever seen live.

Probably why he ended up playing at full back, in those days the main idea of the kick in was to kick it as far as you could up the ground.

He was good at that and it did not matter if it was a little off target most full back kick ins where.

Funny back then the full back did 95% of the kicks ins.

If you kicked it 15 metres into the pocket you would have been imediately dragged off and that would have been it for the day.

Probably why he ended up playing at full back, in those days the main idea of the kick in was to kick it as far as you could up the ground.

He was good at that and it did not matter if it was a little off target most full back kick ins where.

Funny back then the full back did 95% of the kicks ins.

If you kicked it 15 metres into the pocket you would have been imediately dragged off and that would have been it for the day.

Danny Hughes was the last of our "old" Full Backs. What a Massive Roost he had in him too

Did Ben Holland ever take any important kicks?

Holland lining up for goal was a head-in-your-hands moment, even (especially?) when he was at the top of the goal square.

I don't remember him ever taking a real kick but I'm sure he missed from the square or close to it in that last game at Optus Oval.

Shannon Grant against the Pies anyone? (Rubbish, rubbish umpiring aside)

On the flip side;

1964 second last H&A round. Melbourne vs Hawthorn. Hassa Mann kicks a freakish goal in the dying moment to win the game for Melbourne. A week later, at the end of the H&A season, Melbourne finished top, and Hawthorn finished 5th (missed the final 4). If Hassa Mann's kick had missed, Melbourne would have finished 5th, missing the finals and Hawthorn would have finished on top.

Thanks for providing that memory DavidNeitz9 . Recently I have spent a bit of time researching results trying to find which game that was and was tearing my hair out trying to find it..I think I got off on the wrong foot thinking it was the final match of the season and that's why I couldn't find it..

Yes I remember that well. From memory, Hassa was awarded a very questionable mark by an umpire who was unsighted behind him..and I think the ball may actually have touched the ground as he was diving and grabbed it? Think he was on the HFFlank Punt Road end, Members side(Western Stand). Is that how you remember it too Bush Demon and DavidNeitz9?

Shows you how remarkable the ladder was that year when as you say one kick meant the difference between fifth and a Flag for us and Hawthorn finishing 5th instead of first.

I still have happy childhood memories of later that year (or close to?) of spotting Hassa standing outside the chemist shop in Sorrento eating an ice cream! Made my day! In those days it was unusual for a kid like me to ever see a MFC football hero in "real life" as opposed to on the turf on game day or on Saturday night replay with Butch Gale and Mike Williamson before Pelaco Inquest!

Its Simon Eishold and Tony Elshaug.

I dont think we would have got close to Carlton in 1987 after the PF punch out with Hawthorn.

Northey would have fumed over an Irishman crossing over the mark.

I've always wondered about this and have to agree that Carlton would have flogged us in 1987, but would making the 1987 GF have held is in better stead in 1988? We were demolished by the Hawks but many of our players were young and inexperienced to the GF week experience whereas the Hawks were old pro's. Making the 1987 GF may have taken some of the edge off the 1988 GF (assuming we made it again).

Thanks for providing that memory DavidNeitz9 . Recently I have spent a bit of time researching results trying to find which game that was and was tearing my hair out trying to find it..I think I got off on the wrong foot thinking it was the final match of the season and that's why I couldn't find it..

Yes I remember that well. From memory, Hassa was awarded a very questionable mark by an umpire who was unsighted behind him..and I think the ball may actually have touched the ground as he was diving and grabbed it? Think he was on the HFFlank Punt Road end, Members side(Western Stand). Is that how you remember it too Bush Demon and DavidNeitz9?

This was well before my time but I've heard the story before and pretty sure this game was at Glenferrie Oval not the G.

This was well before my time but I've heard the story before and pretty sure this game was at Glenferrie Oval not the G.

Yes, Glenferrie Oval

Yes, Glenferrie Oval

Back on topic - the very same H.Mann, having done the above in the penultimate H&A game, takes a mark about 15 metres out straight in front late in last quarter of GF to put us in front, only to fluff it with a shocker. Fortunately, soon after, an even worse field kick from Brian Dixon fell into the arms of Neil.....and we drift off topic again.

Let me set the scene.

1. An important match.

2. A very important kick ... butchered!

What is your nomination?

Mine is ... Simon Eishold, 4th quarter, Preliminary final, 1987

I recall a kick for goal on the run by Graeme Yeats that also missed the mark. There were a few that day, that could have won us the game and a spot in the Grannie!

Eishold '87 Prelim ... no contest.

Hear! Hear! A Lay Down Misere.

David Neitz first shot in the 2000 GF i will always remember...He had to kick it to make some sort of statement. I was right behind it, sitting in the old Smokers Stand.

It just missed & i knew Essendon would kill us after that...

Have never watched any of that game since the day it happened.

David Neitz first shot in the 2000 GF i will always remember...He had to kick it to make some sort of statement. I was right behind it, sitting in the old Smokers Stand.

It just missed & i knew Essendon would kill us after that...

Have never watched any of that game since the day it happened.

I think exactly what you think.Its funny because I watched the replay of that last year on foxtel, I was 5 when the match happened and all I remember from that day was my dad and uncle leaving for the game, and my dad and uncle coming home from the game, then again Neitz should never have taken that mark, a simple shepard on the line and it would've been Schwartz's goal and anything could of happened from there. And just like you WYL i never want to watch that again, EVER!

Doesn't have to be in the last quarter. Crucial moment - the first minute of the 2000 Grand Final - David Neitz .... shouldn't be overlooked.

But Simon Eishold's performance in 1987 will never be beaten. In fact I'd have it for the double - "Worst Important Kick" and "Worst Kick"

But Simon Eishold's performance in 1987 will never be beaten. In fact I'd have it for the double - "Worst Important Kick" and "Worst Kick"

Although ive seen the kick, as it was before i was born, can someone please set the scene for me. I know it was a PF, but how long was left and what were the scores...

Eishold in the 87 prelim. My memory is fading, was late in the last qtr and would have effectively sealed it. Someone with more dedication will remember the details more clearly.

Don't agree with that one.

I always thought his kicking was the best part of him.

DJ's biggest problem was the rest of the team resented how much he was paid compared to them.

They simply ignored him on the field most of the time.

I remember a game at Vic Park where he was constantly free on the Half forward line and calling for the ball

The other players simply kicked it everywhere but to him.

Interesting to see if the lower paid GWS players play the same way in 2012.

Eishold, Campbell & Yeats - fourth quarter 87 prelim - any one of them could have sealed a grand final berth for us & none were difficult shots - still sticks it my craw ..