Darren Bennett. “Great Stuff at Windy Hill”

[demosaw 1,082]

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

My dream fwd line of a few decades ago would be possibly a combo of

A. Jacko

G.Lion

Neita

Robbo

Farmer

Schwartz 

Yes pretty awesome. For balance and some pressure I’d play Jurrah and Davey with Robbo interchange and Neita at CHB.

A. Jakovich

G. Lyon

J. Farmer

D. Schwartz

L. Jurrah

A. Davey

If we could pick current players I’d have Davey on the bench and Pickett in.

[Farmer 889]

On 21/08/2024 at 21:26, Sir Why You Little said:

Shall never forget that day at Windy Hill….

Agreed. One of the best ever. Bennett was badly beaten by Hamilton, then that great coach Sheedy took Hamilton off firm and put Vanderhar on him. Bennett went mad!!!!!

[george_on_the_outer 7,727]

Totally appropriate title associated with Essendon @Sir Why You Little!!!

...................................."Great stuff at Windy Hill"

[Abyssal 466]

On 21/08/2024 at 21:26, Sir Why You Little said:

Shall never forget that day at Windy Hill….

Ditto, standing in the outer, one of favourite MFC matches, came from about 40 points down if I recall, Essendon had our measure until late 3rd qtr when Rhode went on to Michael Long who was destroying us. Rhode then completely shut down Long, last qtr momentum was like a tidal wave, Bennent and Ricky Jackson🔥. A magnificent day I’ll never forget.

If only we could have kept Bennett and Jakovich together for longer???

 

[Sir Why You Little 37,188]

1 minute ago, Abyssal said:

Ditto, standing in the outer, one of favourite MFC matches, came from about 40 points down if I recall, Essendon had our measure until late 3rd qtr when Rhode went on to Michael Long who was destroying us. Rhode then completely shut down Long, last qtr momentum was like a tidal wave, Bennent and Ricky Jackson🔥. A magnificent day I’ll never forget.

If only we could have kept Bennett and Jakovich together for longer???

 

Most of the first 3 quarters we were down by 20-25 points, we weren’t being thrashed, but it certainly didn’t look like a win. 
At the 20 minute mark of the Final Quarter we were 22 points down and came home, Ricky Jackson slotted one from the pocket near where i was, i think Sugar Healy kicked a beauty as well. 

[JJJ 1,314]

8 minutes ago, Abyssal said:

Ditto, standing in the outer, one of favourite MFC matches, came from about 40 points down if I recall, Essendon had our measure until late 3rd qtr when Rhode went on to Michael Long who was destroying us. Rhode then completely shut down Long, last qtr momentum was like a tidal wave, Bennent and Ricky Jackson🔥. A magnificent day I’ll never forget.

If only we could have kept Bennett and Jakovich together for longer???

 

I was supposed to be there but my older brothers wouldn’t take as they were going with all of their Essendon mates and didn’t want me there. 

How good was Ricky Jackson back in the day?!!! Another thread for another time. Time to head off to the G.

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1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Most of the first 3 quarters we were down by 20-25 points, we weren’t being thrashed, but it certainly didn’t look like a win. 
At the 20 minute mark of the Final Quarter we were 22 points down and came home, Ricky Jackson slotted one from the pocket near where i was, i think Sugar Healy kicked a beauty as well. 

I agree the margin was generally around 4 goals and Essendon definitely looked to have our measure, thought the margin got to over six goals at one stage but it was a long time ago.

I have the last qtr replay on VHS ( always wanted to digitise my library but tech is not my thing) Will dust off the Video player soon and give it a watch. 

Jackson’s goal was from the outer pocket I seem to remember, can’t recall if it was a banana or drop punt? Also not far from where I was.

Nb. IMO A Ricky Jackson clone, fast, great crumber, goal sense, x factor would be a much needed addition to our 22. Yes,  Pickett has all those attributes however as a duo our forward line would be extremely potent.

[Abyssal 466]

1 hour ago, JJJ said:

I was supposed to be there but my older brothers wouldn’t take as they were going with all of their Essendon mates and didn’t want me there. 

How good was Ricky Jackson back in the day?!!! Another thread for another time. Time to head off to the G.

Pity, would have been something to behold, standing amongst Don supporters during that last qtr.

Ricky Jackson was a star and very important to the success of that side. Rather under appreciated IMO.   
Seemed to often turn a game with his burst of magic. Then he just seemed to fade away and was gone and I never knew why. Maybe someone might know what happened to him.

Enjoy tonight.