Big Carl

10 minutes ago, ex52k2 said:

          Great  list  but   my  best  would  be  rd7   2008  vs  fremantle.  51  pts  down  in  the  3rd  qtr  and  we  got  up  and  won  by  7  pts.

          Millars  best  game,  strong  all  day ,  just  pushed  over  dockers  all  day.

          Aussie  Wonaeamirri  terrific  last  qtr,  Robbo  marked  everything  and  kicked  well  also  in  the  last  qtr.

         And  you  just  had  to  love  Daveys  run  and  long  gaol  in  the  third.

         Its  a  pity  only  19400  people  bothered  to  go,  we  lost  $6000  but  got  the  4pts.

         When  the  Dees  go  bad  and  I  need  a  pickup  this  is  the  game  I  put  on.      

I always put in the ESS vs Melb game at Windy Hill in 1990 when we were down by over 5 goals in the last quarter. 

Shirtfronts, great marking and 4 last quarter goals from Darren Bennett all from outside 50m. Not a final but a great win!!

20 great games in the last 30 years in no particular order

Essendon vs Melbourne Windy Hill Round 16 1990

Melbourne vs Adelaide MCG QF 1998

Melbourne vs Carlton VFL Park 1988 PF

Footscray vs Melbourne Western Oval Round 22 1987

Melbourne vs North Melb MCG EF 1987

Melbourne vs West Coast VFL Park EF 1988

Melbourne vs Carlton MCG QF 2000

Melbourne vs North Melb MCG PF 2000  (Farmer 8 goals)

Geelong vs Melbourne Kardinia Park Round 20 2005 (Robertson 7 goals)

Geelong vs Melbourne Kardinia Park Round 12 2015

Adelaide vs Melbourne Adelaide Oval Round 8 2017

Melbourne vs Hawthorn MCG Round 22 1990

Melbourne vs Hawthorn MCG EF 1990

Collingwood vs Melbourne Vic Park Round 20 1992 (Jakovich 7 goals)

St Kilda vs Melbourne Moorabbin Round 18 1991 (Jakovich 8 goals)

West Coast vs Melbourne Subiaco Round 8 1989

Melbourne vs Foostcray MCG SF 1994 (Lyon 10 goals)

Melbourne vs Essendon AFL Park EF 1991 (Jakovich 8 goals)

Sydney vs Melbourne SCG Round 24 1994 (Schwarz 9 goals)

Melbourne vs Collingwood MCG Round 14 2000 (Farmer 9 goals)

Darren Bennett - 1990

87 goals for the year  including 5 great goals to best Essendon from 5 goals down at Windy Hill.

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

You reap what you sow and we have been shizen for a long time. We deserve this draw.

Defining year next year for a lot of people at the club and unless we finish in top 8, The unemployment queue will get bigger, starting with the coach! IMV

Agree. Hard decisions have been made so nowhere to hide if we don't make finals.

I understand why we sell 2 home games in the NT but at what point do 4 premiership points become more important?

Every win is critical to finishing as high as possible to maximise the chances of playing in the Grand Final.

On 28/10/2017 at 6:21 PM, thevil1 said:

We are top 4 bound in 2018, stop stressing fellas

So which teams are we going to finish above to make the Top 4?

Have the assistant coaches for 2018 been finalised?

A goal kicking coach should be a priority.

Gary Hardeman

3rd in 1972  Brownlow Medal

Runner Up in 1974 Brownlow Medal

Agree Red and Blue.

Big oversight!

Big fan of Tingay, Sean Wight and Jeff White.

Let us know your best MFC Team in the last 50 years.

B:     A Johnson   D Hughes  G Yeats

HB:  B Lovett  G Hardeman  S Febey

C:     S Alves  G Wells  R Flower

HF:  G Lyon  D Schwarz  T Viney

F:    J Farmer   D Neitz  A Jakovich

R:  J Stynes  Gerard Healey  N Jones

Int:  J McDonald, R Grinter, R Robertson A Yze

Emerg:  B Wilson. E Spalding, A Obst, B Green

Paid way "over" for Lever.

Gave Watts up too cheaply (plus we are still paying part of his salary in 2018). Jack's performance over his 9 years had been well documented but players of his height, ability, kicking and finishing skills don't grow on trees. At what point do you look at the host of support coaches at MFC and ask what share of responsibility do they take for not getting the best out of him?? 

There is no hiding now. The club has made their choices and will have to be judged on those in 12 months time.

Geelong is the last remaining Home Ground advantage in Victoria. It is the same teams that get scheduled to play there. The bigger clubs get to play Geelong at the MCG which has become a neutral ground.

Poor fixturing in a compromised competition.

No game for MFC at Geelong in 2018.

When did Collingwood, Hawthorn, Essendon and Carlton last play a game at Geelong??

Poor form by Goodwin and Mahoney considering the wasted years of non development by MFC of draft picks and younger players.

Hibberd, Oliver and Jetta and then daylight  for the rest.

After the pointed comments this week from the MFC if I was Jack I would clean my locker out.