17 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Fantastic read Fork thanks for that.

Jeez we really do forget just how good Ox really was or how good he could have been.

Love the Ox in the media. He is a bogan supporter bit like Eddie McGuire. If you every heard him commentate on a dees games its quite hilarious because how bias he is.

He's abit of a mixed bag the Ox.
Often says the things that need to be said regarding Melbourne but also lets himself down at times as well.
Like whining about the early part of our draw this year for eg.

Edited February 8, 20178 yr by Fork 'em

18 hours ago, praha said:

Remember it well. Was sitting in the MCC, right on the edge, near where the Melbourne members area started (where the cheer squad used to sit in the red seats). He did it while we were kicking to the punt road end, near the 50. The crowd roared when it went near him, but then suddenly ... silence. Could hear a pin drop.

Yeah that was the most depressing win I've ever seen, no one cared we'd won the match at the end

The OX unfortunately epitomised the MFC in the professional era. Now of course other clubs have had players go down 2, 3, sometimes 4 times with the same injury, but that we so loosely and casually allowed an absolute superstar to rush back into it not once, but twice, was in hindsight demonstrative of the club's unprofessionalism. Almost 2 decades later we still struggled with player management and only appear to now be entering the professional era.

Welcome to the AFL, Melbourne *slow clap*. Don't care what anyone says, we had a premiership team from 1994 until 1998 but we could just never get a full squad on the park, and I think it was more than just bad luck. Ox, Tingay, Charles, Lovett, Lyon, among others who just always seemed to be injured during that period. Throw in Jakovich and... well... time for a beer.

Edited February 8, 20178 yr by praha

And reading the Oxs book it was pretty obvious that footy was really only a means to fund his gambling habit.

 

I cant think of VFL park Waverley without immediately thinking of the sick taste in my mouth after the '87 Prelim game in the car park.

And I Used to go there a whole lot. Was there for the night premiership the year or 2 before. Was on the video jumping up and down. Who cares.

But I wish the ratsh!t joint was pulled down like the Berlin wall.

Edited February 8, 20178 yr by Franky_31