15 minutes ago, P-man said:

Hello and welcome to FootballMasochismLand.

It could be... but the point that I was trying to make is that I'm glad I saw Carey, Ablett and Dunstall in full flight.  They are matches that I'll tell my kids and grand kids about in the future.  There are plenty of legends of the game who I've seen play live who, for whatever reason, didn't have great matches when they played us.  However when a legend of the game plays a blinder, it sticks with you, and I'm glad I was there to see it.

23 minutes ago, robbiefrom13 said:

More recently I took my daughter to a St Kilda game at the MCG, and Nick Riewoldt kicked 9 against us - we had absolutely no answer to him.  He owned half the ground, they opened it up to him, and nothing we tried slowed him down.  Made no difference though - we won by 50-something points.  Individual brilliance doesn't always tear up anyone.

Round 15, 2004.

Reminded me of another game where a Saints forward had a field day against us, but we still thrashed them; round 4 in 1987, and Lockett kicked 12 of St Kilda's 14 goals to lose by 47 points. I could take week after week of opposition players tearing us like that. 

8 minutes ago, Tim said:

Round 15, 2004.

Reminded me of another game where a Saints forward had a field day against us, but we still thrashed them; round 4 in 1987, and Lockett kicked 12 of St Kilda's 14 goals to lose by 47 points. I could take week after week of opposition players tearing us like that. 

That's why I always preferred Dunstall over Lockett as a footballer. Lockett was such a presence that it was a matter of whether Lockett would do enough to get StKilda a win.

Dunstall was a more inclusive player and didn't demand half the ground.

7 hours ago, bush demon said:

1971 Len Thompson destroys us  we were unbeaten about eight zip under Ian Ridley  monster crowd at the G we didn't recover from that drubbing  

The game you're thinking of was round 6 and we actually won the next three games to go 8/1 after nine rounds. 

After that, we hit the wall and won only three more games (and drew with North) out of 13. We had to wait another 16 seasons before we got another crack at making the finals.

 

 

On 1/5/2016 at 4:48 PM, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

 

 

Wayne Carey Round SEVENTEEN 1996: 31 Disposals, 15 marks, 11 goals, 2 behinds

Another cold Friday night, this time sitting in the old Olympic stand, Carey was simple amazing.  Speed, power and breathtaking skills, he was primed and merciless.  It was a depressing evening for an MFC supporter as it looked like the team would merge and we'd be finishing at the tail end of the ladder, but even so, I knew I was watching a pretty special player.

 

 

Did Corey McKernan kick a ridiculous amount of goals from outside 50 that night as well? If he did I was there.

Sorry to post on this thread about mediocre players who have consistently destroyed Melbourne over the years but Dr John Dee shut my original thread down due to some perceived overlap. Perhaps years of watching Melbourne's mediocracy have blurred his vision.

David Hale and Chance Bateman were the original players I suggested as mediocre players who destroyed Melbourne but there are plenty of others. Kent Kingsley always seemed to do well against us as well.

Back to the original topic of Greats of the Game tearing us up and I can't go past Mitchell, Carey, Ablett (snr & jnr).

 

 

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The game you're thinking of was round 6 and we actually won the next three games to go 8/1 after nine rounds. 

After that, we hit the wall and won only three more games (and drew with North) out of 13. We had to wait another 16 seasons before we got another crack at making the finals.

I  was at that game, and I remember it was a bright, sunny day. (until the 3rd q).  Such hopes for Melbourne. If we won, we would have been back in town. Alas, we were swept away. Used to look forward to reading the Sunday Observer's write-ups in the early part of that season. Players like Denis Clark racking up the stats.

1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

 

 

 

On Tuesday, January 05, 2016 at 11:50 PM, Kiss of Death said:

Kent Kingsley 2001-2004 (yes, I know, certainly not a great of the game but on the topic of tearing us up..)

In those 4 games, he had 31 scoring shots (19.12) from only 38 kicks.

Still drives me bonkers how he averaged 4-6 goals against us for the better part of half a decade.....

THIS.

It gave me the shits. Made no sense. 

5 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

Sorry to post on this thread about mediocre players who have consistently destroyed Melbourne over the years but Dr John Dee shut my original thread down due to some perceived overlap. Perhaps years of watching Melbourne's mediocracy have blurred his vision.

David Hale and Chance Bateman were the original players I suggested as mediocre players who destroyed Melbourne but there are plenty of others. Kent Kingsley always seemed to do well against us as well.

Back to the original topic of Greats of the Game tearing us up and I can't go past Mitchell, Carey, Ablett (snr & jnr).

 

 

Or perhaps you just can't read. I'm glad you think proliferating threads with no significant points of difference is a virtue. I don't.

Vic Park R1 early 80s - last quarter in front. 

Daicos

1992  Round 6 Vs Essendon

41 Pts up at 3qtr time. iirc blew out to 51 pts into the last qtr

Salmon killed us, kicks 7 gls 2 bhs and the bummers get up by a point.