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Is that Rodney on the right?

 

How old is Wiz' son? And what near term father sons do we have in the next couple of years? Whatever happened to Jake Lovett?

 
On 31/05/2017 at 11:32 AM, Dr. Gonzo said:

His 2000 season was phenomenal, 76 goals for a small forward. One game at Docklands against either Freo or WCE he kicked 7 or 8 goals including one off the ground from about 40 metres out in the pocket

Not to mention his 9 2nd half goals against the Pies after being dragged. 

This is the game I remember. Shocking first half and then just absolutely magical. The Wiz; he'd have to give it a shake for best small forward of all time.

18 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

Is that Rodney on the right?

Yeah. There doesn't get much more mfc royalty in our premiership drought than Farmer, Neitz and Grinter.

They enjoyed a beer too for all those fretting about Spencer and co.


We could use the Wiz right now.

 

1 hour ago, SFebey said:

How old is Wiz' son? And what near term father sons do we have in the next couple of years? Whatever happened to Jake Lovett?

He is running around in the Casey Development team. Played on Saturday.

39 minutes ago, Tough Kent said:

He is running around in the Casey Development team. Played on Saturday.

Who wiz son or lovett son?

 
1 hour ago, deebug said:

Who wiz son or lovett son?

Jake Lovett. I think we made the right call

3 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

Yeah. There doesn't get much more mfc royalty in our premiership drought than Farmer, Neitz and Grinter.

They enjoyed a beer too for all those fretting about Spencer and co.

Different era, different expectations

Great photo. Time waits for no man


48 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Different era, different expectations

Great photo. Time waits for no man

What era does Hodge play in?

4 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

What era does Hodge play in?

Farmer, Neita and Balls (your examples) are from a different era.

Hodge was suspended by his club for drink driving, but I guess you knew that. 

But I digress off topic

30 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Farmer, Neita and Balls (your examples) are from a different era.

Hodge was suspended by his club for drink driving, but I guess you knew that. 

But I digress off topic

Hodge is the greatest captain of the modern era. He was suspended by the club by nessecity. Loves a beer but that is politically incorrect these days.

i don't condone drink driving but Hodge is a massive drinker and has captained the best team in the last decade. Players line up to stick by him because they respect him and they've all had a few beers with him.

On 6/2/2017 at 1:17 AM, Tim said:

A particular part of his work that I liked was that in clutch games (esp finals) he was often up and about early when the game was there to be won, hitting the scoreboard in his exciting way. 

Yep, he'd cut loose and just light us up.
Here's a great interview from Dee TV with Robbo.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2014-07-24/leaving-dees-toughest-decision-farmer

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8 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Here was our WIZARD … the magic of Jeff Farmer 🧙🏽 

 

Behind only Robbie as my favourite all-time Dee to watch live. 

His 9 goal half against the filth, his Waverley goal, his mark on Garry's head. I saw them all live and so much more. 

The true 'Wiz' of the AFL. What a player!

3 minutes ago, Palace Dees said:

Behind only Robbie as my favourite all-time Dee to watch live. 

His 9 goal half against the filth, his Waverley goal, his mark on Garry's head. I saw them all live and so much more. 

The true 'Wiz' of the AFL. What a player!

I was at the MCG Collingwood game.

9.1 goals.

WOW!

I too was at the Collingwood game. What was it like 1 kick to half time? Marked everything after that.

There's been a lot of brilliant small forwards in this game but he was a special player.

Ahh had some great memories from those video highlights...

Jeff "The Wizard" Farmer was probably one of the most exciting players to ever play at the Demons.

I remember people WANTING to go to the footy to see him play for the Demons. The excitement when Jeff Farmer had the ball in the forward line was far better than even anything Charlie Cameron has produced for the Brisbane Lions.

Jeff Farmer was probably one of the best forward pockets of his time.

It was such a travesty when he left to go to Fremantle.

I still reckon if we had kept him we could of won a Premiership in the early 2000's. 

Imagine if we had both Jeff Farmer and Aaron Davey in the same team!

I'm disappointed that this thread wasn't rebooted as to a board suggestion, and then I could my Demonstone-approved line that you're all now reaching for wizzie-straws. 

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Maybe the media department can put something out like “there’s only one Wizard” or “we had the real wizard” or “Anything you can do he did better” you get what I mean and just show off his highlights reels all day especially when the hawks do for their phony.  The Wiz is still the best. I don’t even have to say his name, you just know. 😏 

7 hours ago, layzie said:

I too was at the Collingwood game. What was it like 1 kick to half time? Marked everything after that.

There's been a lot of brilliant small forwards in this game but he was a special player.

Had some real similarities to the day Jakovich ran amok at Vic Park, benched early came back on and kicked 7.

7 hours ago, layzie said:

I too was at the Collingwood game. What was it like 1 kick to half time? Marked everything after that.

There's been a lot of brilliant small forwards in this game but he was a special player.

Yep, 9 goals in 40 minutes. And kicked 7 straight the following week against the Hawks at the G

 
23 minutes ago, dice said:

Yep, 9 goals in 40 minutes. And kicked 7 straight the following week against the Hawks at the G

Still can't believe he kicked 7 or more 5 times that year, culminating with the 8 against North in the prelim. Such a fun season watching us in 2000!

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1217662/eddie-betts-luke-breust-and-ranking-the-top-10-small-forwards

How on earth can Aaron Davey not make this list? Basically invented the defensive, high pressure small forward role in his debut year of 2004 (another fun year to watch @layzie). I seem to recall Rioli admitted at one point in his career that he was influenced by the Flash

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