I just finished watching the week before against the Roos! The crows game is next.

The '87 match was before my time but it is legend in my family. I have never seen the whole match only the awful ending.

I saw the whole game with my own eyes. It is treated like a death of a close friend or family member to me.

Interestingly Hawthorn people feel exactly the same way about the 2011 Prelim. It will never leave them...Good!

Absolute disaster of a game from ND. We had them on the ropes at 3/4 time, yet the players were stuffed.

Lost track of the times that the ball came out of the centre and was marked uncontested by Adelaide talls in their forward line.

And the whole time ND had Darren Jolly sitting on the bench!

As usual, he finally got a run with 5 minutes to go when the game was lost. He could have sat at CHB, having a field day, and we would have been in the Prelim.

George,

I thought the pendulum was starting to move at the end of the 3rd quarter. The two players who had lit up MFC, Trapper and Yze looked spent. In 2002, We stopped running in the last bit of the 3rd quarter and stopped alltogether in the last quarter. We burnt our fuel in a frenetic 2 quarters.

But the truth is we lost it in the 1st quarter when we were about 7 goals down and looked listless and got spanked out of the centre. We came from too far back and worked at such a rate in the 2nd and 3rd that we ran out of fresh legs.

However it was a weakness of the side that we did not a bons fide CHF and CHB in 2002.

FWIW, I hated the game. It was such a letdown. Cant see why we cherish it? Trapper plays his best game ever. Typical and it only lasted for 2 quarters.

Give me the 1987 finals against Swans and NM anytime.

I just finished watching the week before against the Roos! The crows game is next.

The '87 match was before my time but it is legend in my family. I have never seen the whole match only the awful ending.

You missed the best bits.

The whole Demons finals campaign & the run into the finals was brilliant, except for the ending to our then nemesis.

Robbie Flower's last Year.

We would have creamed the Blues, had we gotten over our collective nerves that Prelim.

I have seen the replay more than once. IMO it was very poor coaching that ultimately lost it for us. Daniher should have closed the game down after our momentum died down and the runners were tiring.

Man up and slow the game and play hard tight disciplined footy for the last quarter was the way to go.

I have seen the replay more than once. IMO it was very bad coaching that ultimately lost it for us. Daniher should have closed the game down after our momentum died down and the runners were tiring. Man up and slow the game and play hard tight disciplined footy for the last quarter was the way to go.

Correct, but they should have been pumped at the first bounce....Home final down by 7-8 goals in the first Q.

Any other club that would have been Danners last game.

Correct, but they should have been pumped at the first bounce....Home final down by 7-8 goals in the first Q.

Any other club that would have been Danners last game.

That's irrelevant that we started slow. We were up by 28 points late in the third quarter. We were good enough to peg the big deficit back and build a commanding lead. Irresponsible loss when we had them on the ropes. Poor coaching to start so flat and inexcusable to toss it all away at the end.

Edited December 19, 201113 yr by Jackie

That's irrelevant that we started slow. We were up by 28 points late in the third quarter. We were good enough to peg the big deficit back and build a commanding lead. Irresponsible loss when we had them on the ropes. Poor coaching to start so flat and inexcusable to toss it all away at the end.

Ran out of gas

I feeel like crying, I was at the young age of 7 and I remember those quarters 2 and 3 like no others, I haven't ever been more excited at a footy match and that is to this day the best i have seen us play, I'm 16 now and just thinking about it makes me feel sick, all those easy mark in our def 50 all game pisses me off, we shoulda had a crach at the pies in the prelim. That year [censored] me off, we beat the premiers at home for god's sake and because good old one trick pony Neale Daniher was stupid lost us the game and shattered the hearts of many. In the years I can remember we have been beaten too many times and there are more disappointments than joyous moments at the footy, times r changing though and I can't wait. Now to watch the comp's most talented coodabeen star rip it up and then watch in horror, oh that night......

I feeel like crying, I was at the young age of 7 and I remember those quarters 2 and 3 like no others, I haven't ever been more excited at a footy match and that is to this day the best i have seen us play, I'm 16 now and just thinking about it makes me feel sick, all those easy mark in our def 50 all game pisses me off, we shoulda had a crach at the pies in the prelim. That year [censored] me off, we beat the premiers at home for god's sake and because good old one trick pony Neale Daniher was stupid lost us the game and shattered the hearts of many. In the years I can remember we have been beaten too many times and there are more disappointments than joyous moments at the footy, times r changing though and I can't wait. Now to watch the comp's most talented coodabeen star rip it up and then watch in horror, oh that night......

Don't loose ya passion mate. Gold.

Don't loose ya passion mate. Gold.

I would say passion is the last word you would use when it comes to the Dees, Im more than passionate and I love my footy! just ask the people who sit around me in the members....

I would say passion is the last word you would use when it comes to the Dees, Im more than passionate and I love my footy! just ask the people who sit around me in the members....

Keep on shining. I am just as loud as you on level 2 MCC!!

Just finished watching the game and if there was ever a time not to have a head clash between 2 of your best players it was then 10 mins into the last 1/4. Jesus if that didnt happen we wudda won it.

Unbelievable, just our luck, now of to Round 1 2003 where Green kicks the winner with 1 min left, sh*t my memories good!

Give me the 1987 finals against Swans and NM anytime.

Absolutely.

Elimination Final:

Melbourne 22.26. 158

Nth Melb 5.10.40 - Margin 118 points.

Semi- Final

Melbourne 21.23.149

Sydney 10.13.73 - Margin 76 points

Absolutely.

Elimination Final:

Melbourne 22.26. 158

Nth Melb 5.10.40 - Margin 118 points.

Semi- Final

Melbourne 21.23.149

Sydney 10.13.73 - Margin 76 points

Geez we had a lot of shots at goal in the space of 2 saturday afternoon didn't we!! It really was surreal.

I think it is available for streaming on this site.

http://spekyselector...om/spekyv5.html

Great site DF , pity it doesn't go back to the late 80's .

Just watched the 2nd and 3rd , didn't bother with the 1st or last .

Some fist pumping stuff through there .

Uze from the boundry a standout .

Uze from the boundry a standout .

HOHOHOOHO the days where we had goal kicking midfielders. That was some goal it was like watching a replay of Vardy's except with sooooo much more class. Oh that man was too good, the team we had was too good, bar the tall defenders, Chris Lamb!, how did we not have more success in those early 2000's??

Uze from the boundry a standout .

HOHOHOOHO the days where we had goal kicking midfielders. That was some goal it was like watching a replay of Vardy's except with sooooo much more class. Oh that man was too good, the team we had was too good, bar the tall defenders, Chris Lamb!, how did we not have more success in those early 2000's??

I would say that the best goals of the game for us, crowd pleasers were Green's snap in the second, Vardy/Yze from the boundary, Johnstone's dash down the middle and classy finish, he never missed on the run, and Walsh's goal from 45. Those goals got me fist pumping!

Remember that game I was at a mates 30th, his wife booked a restaurant wihich didn't have a tv, I wathed the 1st and 2nd quarters and listed to the 3rd on the way to the restaurant and was feeling confident. I asked one of the barmen during the party if he knew who won and he said Melbourne, I was happy as thinking bring on the Pies in the prelim next week, then we got back to me mates house and watched the 2nd half of the replay, f#%k I was gutted and wasn't saying too many good things about the barman.

Yeah similar thing happened to me. I was working that night and was watching snippets on the TV during my shift. I knocked off at 3rd quarter time in a great mood thinking we had it in the bag and rushed home to watch the last quarter...totally devastating, just couldn't believe we let it slip so easily!

Edited December 22, 201113 yr by Ascobar

George,

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Give me the 1987 finals against Swans and NM anytime.

I agree Rhino, but for me it all started a week earlier with our last game of that H&A season. The sheer emotion still gets to me, and it's far and away the most viewed game in my extensive VCR / DVD collection

Lets hope this year delivers at least one memorable victory, H & A or otherwise!

Tell you what, I'd give my right leg to watch us pump North this year.

Tell you what, I'd give my right leg to watch us pump North this year.

North .... Give me the Pies .

Edited December 23, 201113 yr by My TD

I would say that the best goals of the game for us, crowd pleasers were Green's snap in the second, Vardy/Yze from the boundary, Johnstone's dash down the middle and classy finish, he never missed on the run, and Walsh's goal from 45. Those goals got me fist pumping!

He missed a sitter late in the 2nd Quarter!!! I watched it last night. Although he was not alone, 3 very getable shots were missed just before Halftime.

Tell you what, I'd give my right leg to watch us pump North this year.

You give away Body parts far too easily...North won't even exist within a decade!!