Five years on, today we remember the great Jim Stynes ...

Only good thing to say today about Big Jim he gave everything for the Dees.

Edited March 20, 20178 yr by old dee

Five years! Feels like 5 months.

 

I remember listening to the service in the car. I hope his family are getting on with their lives.

 

One of the enjoyable aspects of watching those Jakovoch videos was seeing Jim in action. The guy could play.

I posted the picture of Jimma sitting with the cheer squad at the city end goals on my Facebook this morning

That is how i like to remember the big bloke.

 

Jimmy gave so much to this Club.  It's time to repay him in spades ..... starting in 2017!

gone but never forgotten , he was someone my wife looked at as inspirational  he gave her hope in the dark days , when she beat breast cancer 

we watched and followed his fight , even later when she found out after a few months of being breast cancer free to be told she had terminal bowel cancer , we still hoped 

she like Jim fought a brave and long battle , its good to talk about this , I can't believe its 5 years for Jimmy. He loved the Dee's 

I feel for his family , his friends , a great man is always missed. we never forget, they say with time its gets easier , it doesn't i can tell you that. 

RIP mate

 

Thinking of you Jimmy. 

A melbourne legend 

From the memory bank ...

When Jimmy was first brought to Melbourne he struggled a little and the club sent him off to VFA club Prahran where he played in their 1986 finals series -

 

3 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

From the memory bank ...

When Jimmy was first brought to Melbourne he struggled a little and the club sent him off to VFA club Prahran where he played in their 1986 finals series -

 

The days when the VFA wasn't a shell of itself. 

This video had MFC all over it: Jimma, Greg Hutchison. Even Paul McNamee got a guernsey in the Swan Open ad.

Those ads were superb!!

On 3/20/2017 at 7:28 PM, markc said:

gone but never forgotten , he was someone my wife looked at as inspirational  he gave her hope in the dark days , when she beat breast cancer 

we watched and followed his fight , even later when she found out after a few months of being breast cancer free to be told she had terminal bowel cancer , we still hoped 

she like Jim fought a brave and long battle , its good to talk about this , I can't believe its 5 years for Jimmy. He loved the Dee's 

I feel for his family , his friends , a great man is always missed. we never forget, they say with time its gets easier , it doesn't i can tell you that. 

RIP mate

 

First ever post on Demonland, and markc you are the reason.

My wife also looked to Jim when she had breast cancer, but after beating that beast fell to one you don't recover from, ovarian cancer, 6 months ago on the 6th

We were members of the now defunct Gold Pass when Jim came to office, got involved with the Foundation H thing etc, then as he became ill watched the wheels fall off.

Very sad.

Looking at were we are today, think the big fellow would smile and so would my wife.  RIP Jim.

Markc, mate I share your pain as few others on this site will. Keep strong.

 

On ‎20‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 6:41 PM, old dee said:

Only good thing to say today about Big Jim he gave everything for the Dees.

Yep can't think of anyone else who got off his deathbed to keep crackin the whip !

      I  cant  help  but  think  the  making  of  Jim  into  the  elite  footballer  he  became  was  that  day  at  Waverly.  He  ran  across  the  mark  and  for  the  rest  of  his  career  he  overcame  that  event.

     He  would  have  become  a  great  player  without  that  event, but  he  didn't  let  it  get  the  better  of  him.

    I  believe  the  MFC  got  the  better  of  the  day  for  the  rest  of  his  footy  and  admin  career. 

13 hours ago, Rossco said:

First ever post on Demonland, and markc you are the reason.

My wife also looked to Jim when she had breast cancer, but after beating that beast fell to one you don't recover from, ovarian cancer, 6 months ago on the 6th

We were members of the now defunct Gold Pass when Jim came to office, got involved with the Foundation H thing etc, then as he became ill watched the wheels fall off.

Very sad.

Looking at were we are today, think the big fellow would smile and so would my wife.  RIP Jim.

Markc, mate I share your pain as few others on this site will. Keep strong.

 

thanks mate , its was 4 months on the 18th , its so very hard , but little things help , Like your post , thank you for posting and U2 stay strong 

I am sure they are all smiling on us and looking down , I can only hear my wife telling me off , as she would calling me a silly old [censored] ( can i say that) 

take care and my all RIP 

mark

Edited March 22, 20178 yr by markc
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1 hour ago, markc said:

thanks mate , its was 4 months on the 18th , its so very hard , but little things help , Like your post , thank you for posting and U2 stay strong 

I am sure they are all smiling on us and looking down , I can only hear my wife telling me off , as she would calling me a silly old [censored] ( can i say that) 

take care and my all RIP 

mark

To you and Rossco.   You guys are inspirations.  Thank you for sharing. Our footy team only need to look to you guys for inner strength.  My thoughts are with you and on game days, I will think of you both again.

5 hours ago, ex52k2 said:

      I  cant  help  but  think  the  making  of  Jim  into  the  elite  footballer  he  became  was  that  day  at  Waverly.  He  ran  across  the  mark  and  for  the  rest  of  his  career  he  overcame  that  event.

     He  would  have  become  a  great  player  without  that  event, but  he  didn't  let  it  get  the  better  of  him.

    I  believe  the  MFC  got  the  better  of  the  day  for  the  rest  of  his  footy  and  admin  career. 

BANG! I have long thought that if that was the most significant thing he did in his career, then that would be all he was remembered for.

But he went on to do a number of more significant things. Brownlow. Games record. Etc. Shows the great character of the man. I hope his kids remember him not so much as a bloke who was an AFL great, but as a man of immense character.

8 hours ago, iv'a worn smith said:

To you and Rossco.   You guys are inspirations.  Thank you for sharing. Our footy team only need to look to you guys for inner strength.  My thoughts are with you and on game days, I will think of you both again.

Thanks iv'a much appreciated

On 3/20/2017 at 9:35 PM, Whispering_Jack said:

From the memory bank ...

When Jimmy was first brought to Melbourne he struggled a little and the club sent him off to VFA club Prahran where he played in their 1986 finals series -

 

Those ads are glorious.