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2nd highlight, Watts with beautiful body work to take the grab 20 metres out and kick the goal

He has done that many times in his short career, yet Neeld wasted 18 months of his career playing him down back

Just watched the 2000 QF highlights.

Good God I needed that.

That was great - thank you.

I remember that game against Freemantle. Cannot believe it was 5 years ago....


My mental highlight reel is replaying my sitting behind the goals in the rain during the 1960 grand final and watching us keep collingwood to 2 goals for the day.

My mental highlight reel is replaying my sitting behind the goals in the rain during the 1960 grand final and watching us keep collingwood to 2 goals for the day.

 

My mental highlight reel is replaying my sitting behind the goals in the rain during the 1960 grand final and watching us keep collingwood to 2 goals for the day.

My God angrydee you are as old as me.

I was there as well, standing on 26oz beer cans in standing room in front of my Dad so i could see.

which end were you?

Long gone now mate over half a century.

we are living on past glories long gone.

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My God angrydee you are as old as me.

I was there as well, standing on 26oz beer cans in standing room in front of my Dad so i could see.

which end were you?

Long gone now mate over half a century.

we are living on past glories long gone.

Was sitting about 15 rows back at the Punt rd. end.

Wet arse no fish and a memory that still warms me 53 years later.

I pity our current younger supporters - the few that are there- in 50 years what will their football going memories be?

They'll have the inept one's memorable after match pressers to look back on. Worst coach I've seen since Denis Jones.


Sticking it to Essendon... nek minit....

Green, Jurrah, Moloney would be great in this side right now. Watts showing he is actually a forward and Trengove having a blinder.

Was there that day the comeback v Freo....we couldnt believe it. One of the greatest games I was ever at.

My last real positive memory is 2010 v Sydney at the MCG, we took a good proud team apart. Paul Roos greatest loss as a coach it was magic.

Was sitting about 15 rows back at the Punt rd. end.

Wet arse no fish and a memory that still warms me 53 years later.

I pity our current younger supporters - the few that are there- in 50 years what will their football going memories be?

They'll have the inept one's memorable after match pressers to look back on. Worst coach I've seen since Denis Jones.

I can tell you what our memories are, losing, losing, losing. We haven't won a GF in my lifetime and if we continue to play like this I don't think I will ever see a flag. Still I will continue to go - that is why footy fans are crazy!

Was there that day the comeback v Freo....we couldnt believe it. One of the greatest games I was ever at.

Oh yeah, that was a great day. It was just a no-consequence game, but it felt like it mattered! That game was gone, then it was as if that team that played in the first half didn't come out of the rooms after the break, but a different team came out instead. Can they play this week?


Videos I've stumbled across over the years:

- this was the first of three games which we needed to win to make finals, having lost 7 in a row.

- this was the second of those three games we needed to win.

My mental highlight reel is replaying my sitting behind the goals in the rain during the 1960 grand final and watching us keep collingwood to 2 goals for the day.

...and one of those would have made for an interesting video review. It was I think Len Mann who looked as if he had marked it just inside the goal line.

Cold and wet but loved every minute of it.

Innocently, naïvely, I thought such things as MFC playing not just finals (every year 1954-1964) but GFs (1954-1960&1964) would go on forever. What a rude shock!

- this was the second of those three games we needed to win.

There was one other game win that stuffed us right up, Western Bulldogs 2007, Jeff White's 200 or 250 the only game that he had a kick and talk about tanking this is the game we needed to lose, the old sliding door what if, we lose we get Watts and Nic Nat in the 2008 draft, one memorable win that cost us so much.

Was sitting about 15 rows back at the Punt rd. end.

Wet arse no fish and a memory that still warms me 53 years later.

I pity our current younger supporters - the few that are there- in 50 years what will their football going memories be?

They'll have the inept one's memorable after match pressers to look back on. Worst coach I've seen since Denis Jones.

Well angrydee we were probably about 50 meters apart sorry make that about 55 yards.

Gee that puts Neeld in a very select group mate

...and one of those would have made for an interesting video review. It was I think Len Mann who looked as if he had marked it just inside the goal line.

Cold and wet but loved every minute of it.

Innocently, naïvely, I thought such things as MFC playing not just finals (every year 1954-1964) but GFs (1954-1960&1964) would go on forever. What a rude shock!

Another who's age I would never have guessed.

Share your memories mono

Better go now I am starting to mist up


Beating up on the swans vid... not only good to watch and the dees absolutely demolish the swans but the editing of Bruce and Dennis... HAHA

Was sitting about 15 rows back at the Punt rd. end.

Wet arse no fish and a memory that still warms me 53 years later.

I pity our current younger supporters - the few that are there- in 50 years what will their football going memories be?

They'll have the inept one's memorable after match pressers to look back on. Worst coach I've seen since Denis Jones.

great phrase!

Remember back it must have been in 2006 and im pretty sure we just beat hawthorn and the ground announcer said after the game melbourne fans you are on top of the ladder and they showed it up on the score board.

I should have really savoured that moment more.

 

2nd highlight, Watts with beautiful body work to take the grab 20 metres out and kick the goal

He has done that many times in his short career, yet Neeld wasted 18 months of his career playing him down back

Those who think its too soon to sack Neeld MUST WATCH THIS TAPE! YES YOU MUST.

It's Enough to make one sick. Look at Trengove taking huge marks, Watts outstanding, Stef Martin perhaps best on ground,Moloney terrific, Gysberts ok. So many of the present players performing as they did then, but can't now. Just watch it and realize we have some very good players, despite what the coach has done to the list. Watch the gameplan.

Urge EVERYONE TO WATCH IT! PLEASE!!!

I remember being out collecting firewood in 1993 and listening to the radio to the Dees thrash the tigers by 20 goals.

Still sticks in my mind as I remember the battle between the flashy gun full forward Allen Jakovich and my fav player at the time ruck rover Andy Lovell for the most goals of the day. All day they went goal for goal and finished with 8 apiece.

Would love to find footage of that one.

Here's the stats of the game, few names in that list that invoke some good memories

http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/games/1993/111419930822.html


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