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langers1971

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langers1971   2

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Guys

Hoping that someone on here can assist me, i am chasing old Melbourne games - in full, for season 1997.

If anyone has any and can copy them to dvd, that would be great, i am sure i could find a suitable swap in exchange.

i am not interested in anything on youtube.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated

thanks

 

Bring-Back-Powell Legend

Bring-Back-Powell   15,367

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Wow you're keen.

1997 was an absolute debacle of a year, after such a promising round 1 win over the reigning premiers in North Melbourne on opening night (who remembers the days when Carlton and Richmond didn't have a mortgage over the season opener?)

Not sure if we were injury riddled or didn't have the talent but we were putrid that year and copped some awful floggings.

Rare highlights of that year were beating Richmond on a Saturday night the week after Balme was sacked, stunning Carlton after a month of floggings and knocking Freo out of the finals in the last game.

I would say 1997 was our second worst season of the post 1987 ERA behind 2013. Perhaps 2008 was ever so slightly better than 1997??

 

 

Tim Redleg

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Ah 1997...

A. Yze streaming down the wing on a Saturday night to ice a comeback win against Richmond. Stynes getting into Jeff White’s face in the last game against Freo with the speculation of us using our pending early pick on him in the upcoming draft to make them likely future teammates. Taking down the reigning premiers in round 1, as well as putting Carey out till round 13 with a serious shoulder injury (courtesy of Sean Charles?). And beating Carlton - always nice. 

I also remember hearing that it was the only time in AFL/VFL history that a team won the first and last game of the season and also scored the wooden spoon. If true that’s elite level mediocrity!

 

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Sir Why You Little Legend

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I just went back to afltables.com to have a look at 1997

I had totally forgotten how bad we were. What a disgrace, how can this Club let its standards drop to such a level, SO OFTEN. 

It is truly remarkable that we even still exist...

1999 was also a shocker...https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1997.html

 

 

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PaulRB Redleg

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11 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I just went back to afltables.com to have a look at 1997

I had totally forgotten how bad we were. What a disgrace, how can this Club let its standards drop to such a level, SO OFTEN. 

It is truly remarkable that we even still exist...

1999 was also a shocker...https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1997.html

 

 

And yet we played in the GF in 2000...


drysdale demon Redleg

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3 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Not sure if we were injury riddled or didn't have the talent but we were putrid that year and copped some awful floggings.

Pretty sure we set a record after the first 5 rounds of that year of having the most injuries after 5 rounds and using the most players after 5 rounds not sure if that was a vfl/afl record or just afl. We did beat Collingwood in the Queens Birthday game.

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Bring-Back-Powell   15,367

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20 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

Pretty sure we set a record after the first 5 rounds of that year of having the most injuries after 5 rounds and using the most players after 5 rounds not sure if that was a vfl/afl record or just afl. We did beat Collingwood in the Queens Birthday game.

Sadly we got flogged by the Pies in round 2 by 106 odd points and round 17 by about 9 goals.

We didn't play a Queens birthday game that year. North played Freo at the G that day.

We beat Collingwood by about 8 goals in the 1996 Queens Birthday, in another terrible mid-late 90's MFC season.

drysdale demon Redleg

drysdale demon   4,837

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1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

We beat Collingwood by about 8 goals in the 1996 Queens Birthday, in another terrible mid-late 90's MFC season

Okay, 23 years ago probably too long  ago for me to remember.

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Pickett2Jackson Redleg

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That was a terrible year but we found some quality players and made the prelim next season.

I remember sitting in the stands in the final round, we belted the Dockers and unearthed Russell Robertson ,  while Jeff Farmer had his breakout game kicking a bag of 5 or 6.  Both guys were important for us in 1998 and onwards.

We need Pickett and LJ to do the same for us in 2021.

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langers1971 Rookie

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Guys

i am searching for copies of 2 Melbourne winning 1997 games:

round 15 v Carlton at mcg

round 22 v Fremantle at mcg

i have replays of both games but I am after the full games for both of these.

there is nothing on YouTube 

Any assistance is greatly appreciated 

 

thank you

 

 

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