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19 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Still makes me sad that Robbie Flower wasn't alive to see the Demons break their 57 year Premiership drought. He would of been overjoyed with happiness!

Let's hope the 2021 AFL Premiership cup pays a special visit to the Flower family over the next few weeks. I think it would be very significant for the Melbourne Football Club to do this.

Lastly, I still hope that the MCC considers putting up a statue of Robbie Flower at the MCG. I think it would be very important for this to happen.

Absolutely agree. Please remove the statue of that thug Leigh Matthews and replace it with one of a true footballing god.

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    Whilst extolling the virtues of the great man, I have a bottle of Robert Flower 2002 signature edition rare old tawny port in a glass and timber display box.  I’m not a port or wine buff and wondering if it would still be drinkable? Advice really appreciated. 

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    23 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Well aware of all the greatness of R Flower

    For some reason The Umpires never voted him high enough 

    We will never know. 
    But one of the main reasons i take little notice of The Brownlow. 
    I mean let’s be honest, KB was another who was crucified on Brownlow night

    Then they were idiots. Flower was more deserving than any of those

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    3 hours ago, ProperDee said:

    Whilst extolling the virtues of the great man, I have a bottle of Robert Flower 2002 signature edition rare old tawny port in a glass and timber display box.  I’m not a port or wine buff and wondering if it would still be drinkable? Advice really appreciated. 

    I opened and drank my 1981 Ron Barassi tawny port on premiership night 2021 and it was SWEET. Tawny port keeps well for many years. Yours will be equally sweet I'm sure.

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    Robbie would be so proud of the boys this year🙂

    True red and blue that's for sure🥰

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    Thank you so much for this video and post. As a new MCC member in the late 70s-early 80s, Robbie's extraordinary skills and clubmanship drew me to follow the Demons (plus an inbred hatred of Richmond, the only co-tenants at the time). Memories of his play have sustained me through to the 2021 premiership.

    In answer to some other posts, Robbie polled highly in two Brownlow counts '79 and '84 finishing third each time. I can't remember which year but he missed 6 games at the end of one of these seasons with a broken arm. It is extraordinary that Robbie won only one B&F. I have heard a quip that the MFC voters suffered combined dyslexia in the 3 years that Laurie Fowler won ('75, '79 & '80).

    Thanks again

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    The most graceful, complete player we've had. One of the only players opposition supporters had unequivocal admiration for. Worth going to the footy just to see him live.

    Thanks Ash for the video. Every football fan should see this video just to see how the game can be played. 

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    7 hours ago, norwood_demon said:

    Thank you so much for this video and post. As a new MCC member in the late 70s-early 80s, Robbie's extraordinary skills and clubmanship drew me to follow the Demons (plus an inbred hatred of Richmond, the only co-tenants at the time). Memories of his play have sustained me through to the 2021 premiership.

    In answer to some other posts, Robbie polled highly in two Brownlow counts '79 and '84 finishing third each time. I can't remember which year but he missed 6 games at the end of one of these seasons with a broken arm. It is extraordinary that Robbie won only one B&F. I have heard a quip that the MFC voters suffered combined dyslexia in the 3 years that Laurie Fowler won ('75, '79 & '80).

    Thanks again

    I think it was 84 where the injury cost him the Brownlow.  I remember watching as a little tacker and being upset when Peter Moore went by him and won.  My father (a Geelong man) told me I should be happy another Melbourne player won, but it wasn’t the same.

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    On 10/11/2021 at 9:34 PM, hemingway said:

    A reminder of his sublime instinctive skills. He was so natural and so good on both sides. Both feet and both hands. If you didn’t know, you would be hard pressed to determine his natural side. There were no weaknesses.  Pure football genius. 

    I agree, he was good on both sides, but his kicking foot of choice was his right. Oddly, when he ran and bounced the ball, he would push the ball down with his left hand which is opposite to what would be natural for a right footer. 

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    37 minutes ago, doc roet said:

    I agree, he was good on both sides, but his kicking foot of choice was his right. Oddly, when he ran and bounced the ball, he would push the ball down with his left hand which is opposite to what would be natural for a right footer. 

    He was a left hander! Left hand Bowler, Right foot kick ( but equally adept on his left) Right hand Golfer! Weird!

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    On 10/12/2021 at 11:08 AM, Dante said:

    Thanks Ash, I got one of the original dvd copies from Mark and I'd love to have this one as well, is there any way I could download this on to a thumb drive>

    There is software programs available that allows you to download videos from youtube.

    Another option is I can put all the Melbourne Player Highlight videos I have on USB sticks. Distribute them similar to old Robbie Flower DVD back in the day. Not sure how we do that, cost of USB sticks, postage etc

    I do live in Cranbourne East these days, about a 2 min drive from Casey Fields, perhaps if it can wait until next season, people can meet me at Casey fields with their USBs. Not sure how that would work with me getting them back to you, but it's something we can work with.

    Player Highlights I could feature would be Flower of course, plus Garry Lyon, David Neitz, Jeff Farmer, David Schwarz, Russell Richards, Aaron Davey, Russell Robertson, Adem Yze, Allen Jakovich and Shaun Smith

    Any other players that we think are worthy? I tend to focus on past players

    Just throwing out ideas, happy to hear suggestions on players and how we can make this work

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    53 minutes ago, Ash35 said:

    There is software programs available that allows you to download videos from youtube.

    Another option is I can put all the Melbourne Player Highlight videos I have on USB sticks. Distribute them similar to old Robbie Flower DVD back in the day. Not sure how we do that, cost of USB sticks, postage etc

    I do live in Cranbourne East these days, about a 2 min drive from Casey Fields, perhaps if it can wait until next season, people can meet me at Casey fields with their USBs. Not sure how that would work with me getting them back to you, but it's something we can work with.

    Player Highlights I could feature would be Flower of course, plus Garry Lyon, David Neitz, Jeff Farmer, David Schwarz, Russell Richards, Aaron Davey, Russell Robertson, Adem Yze, Allen Jakovich and Shaun Smith

    Any other players that we think are worthy? I tend to focus on past players

    Just throwing out ideas, happy to hear suggestions on players and how we can make this work

    Yes just download an App that will download clips from YouTube 

    There are many

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    28 minutes ago, Ash35 said:

    There is software programs available that allows you to download videos from youtube.

    Another option is I can put all the Melbourne Player Highlight videos I have on USB sticks. Distribute them similar to old Robbie Flower DVD back in the day. Not sure how we do that, cost of USB sticks, postage etc

    I do live in Cranbourne East these days, about a 2 min drive from Casey Fields, perhaps if it can wait until next season, people can meet me at Casey fields with their USBs. Not sure how that would work with me getting them back to you, but it's something we can work with.

    Player Highlights I could feature would be Flower of course, plus Garry Lyon, David Neitz, Jeff Farmer, David Schwarz, Russell Richards, Aaron Davey, Russell Robertson, Adem Yze, Allen Jakovich and Shaun Smith

    Any other players that we think are worthy? I tend to focus on past players

    Just throwing out ideas, happy to hear suggestions on players and how we can make this work

    Thanks Ash, I would be happy to send them/one, too you with a reply paid card and reimburse you for your costs.

    I'm not tech savvy and wouldn't have a clue how to download from YouTube.

    Just let me know and PM me if you prefer. 

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    One f the greats was Robbie. Never fell over which is a sign of a terrific footballers.

    By the way the port wasn't that great.

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    54 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

    One f the greats was Robbie. Never fell over which is a sign of a terrific footballers.

    By the way the port wasn't that great.

    Leaving mine in the bottle seems the right call then. Might surround it with premiership merch

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    My Favourite player ever and probably my only childhood hero that wasn't a Star Wars character..

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    It's nostalgic to read of all the memories of the great Robbie Flower. 

    For what it's worth, I was born in Feb 65 and until a few months ago my only claim to fame was that I was conceived at the time of the last Demons' flag. 

    Grew up watching Flower and as several have noted, he was often the only reason you went to the footy in the 70's.  I also read with interest the commentary around no Brownlow and only one B&F and this caused me to delve deeper in to my memories.   My recollection is that notwithstanding the Tulip brilliance, he wasn't always the most consistent performer and had his share of "off" days. 

    My assessment in fact is that Clarry is well on the way to being the best MFC player I've seen in my time following the Dees and Trac may well end up in second place.  Their consistency of performance is a significant part of that assessment.

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    Flower will always be a legend of our club. The skinny kid with glasses, not built like Truck or Oliver but was as committed and as gutsy.

    He would be hoping that Truck and Oliver put him down the pecking order of Melbourne greatness with a dynasty.

     

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    Nothing much more I can say about a sublimely gifted gentleman...

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    What more can you say about R. Flower?

    He could have played in the GF Side this year. His style of play was timeless

     

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    49 minutes ago, Copuchas said:

    It's nostalgic to read of all the memories of the great Robbie Flower. 

    For what it's worth, I was born in Feb 65 and until a few months ago my only claim to fame was that I was conceived at the time of the last Demons' flag. 

    Grew up watching Flower and as several have noted, he was often the only reason you went to the footy in the 70's.  I also read with interest the commentary around no Brownlow and only one B&F and this caused me to delve deeper in to my memories.   My recollection is that notwithstanding the Tulip brilliance, he wasn't always the most consistent performer and had his share of "off" days. 

    My assessment in fact is that Clarry is well on the way to being the best MFC player I've seen in my time following the Dees and Trac may well end up in second place.  Their consistency of performance is a significant part of that assessment.

    He was in fact consistently good but because he was so good, we expected more of him than others. If he were in a better team, I think he might have polled better in those days. There were too many games in which we weren't competitive and, as a result, the 3, 2, 1 all went to the opposition.

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    42 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    He was in fact consistently good but because he was so good, we expected more of him than others. If he were in a better team, I think he might have polled better in those days. There were too many games in which we weren't competitive and, as a result, the 3, 2, 1 all went to the opposition.

    That may explain the absence of winning a Brownlow WJ, but it doesn't account for only one MFC B&F, the voting for which I've always found to be reliably consistent over my lifetime of watching the MFC.

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    Robbie was more graceful, but Clarrie is now my No.1 Demon.

    (Born in 1961.)

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    2 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    More Robbie … a blind turn

     

     

    I was there that day. I’ll never forget that piece of play. If you notice, the ball is exactly between him and the Collingwood player and Robbie runs to the side of it, which enables him to pluck it from out of the path of the Collingwood player. How his summed it all up so quickly is beyond me. 
     

    as for the comparisons with some of our present greats – almost impossible, and I say that as a huge fan of  Oliver. Do we really have to choose between them?

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