bush demon

On 10/23/2018 at 11:17 AM, pineapple dee said:

How long since we had a solid legit full back. Danny Hughes... Ray Biffen 

Anthony Ingerson.

5 hours ago, dl4e said:

Nor do I. Did Bennett even play with either of them?

Bennett was one of them, maybe Jakovich another? I'll look it up.

1989 semi final. Geelong 22 18 Melbourne 12.18. but only Bennett. Must be thinking if another game.

On 10/6/2018 at 7:50 AM, Deemania since 56 said:

Like all of this, and KK, May and Preuss  would be more than handy. It covers the contract losses and the intended (but not forthcoming) improvements However, fitness and injuries to overcome are required across the field, so a big summer training regime, as demanded by Max, must occur for every single player, otherwise, no gameday appearances. Fitness can be measured - so any lapses could be borne in mind in intended pay and actual pay amounts received. Performance excellence is becoming so necessary.

Does that mean we all have to get fit over summer as well?

Was it Bennett Schwartz and neitz lining up in a final in early 90s v Geelong where we got thrashed. The three amigos shook hands at the start of the game but when it came to game time we didn't function well with an overloaded forward line. Jesse's only option was to pplay his final year as a CHB.

I couldn't give a navicular. Freo gave up a lot to get H. = Neale out. Onwards and upwards the two sharpshooters, Weidemann and McDonald and into a big season for us. The real losers are Gold Coast, and their parent club, the AFL. GC needs to be merged with Brissie forthwith, and GWS merged with Sydney to become The Greater Sydney Somethings.

The Age reporting Hogan/May deal imminent.

Fantastic runner, and accumulator but can't hit a target and doesn't kick goals.

5 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Would Norm Smith give Hogan 4 coaches votes

He was happy to Let Ron go. And Big Bob Johnson just seemed to walk out of the club when we needed him . There he was, starring for East Fremantle and Oakleigh in the 60s when we needed him.

Probably karma for Wayne Harmes in 1979.

Any AFL players stupid enough to read these childish would just have a laugh. One of the great traditions of our code is the mateship which transcends club loyalty. You only have to watch the players having a friendly chat post-game to see this. The Jimmy stuff should be left in the past. 

4 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Like Bugg and many others across the years, Gaff is going to be a fringe cringe for several years after his king-hit incident; his onfield presence will be tainted and an exercise in shame; his form will start to severely fluctuate; he will be a target for aggressors and an assortment of 'heroic' acts; in short, he will be only 50 per cent of his former self as a footballer. Do we need to carry that?

Leigh Matthews got a statue.

15 minutes ago, sue said:

This.  I may be wrong but I don't recall us winning any Brownlows in the 50's/60's.   We may have led the total votes count however.

Smith's ethos was team first.

3 hours ago, biggestred said:

Ive been reflecting for the last few days, and while im disappointed in how we played on saturday, something has been gnawing at me.

so i did a bit of quick research.

we have a pattern of losing to much lesser teams and it costing us at the end of the year.

2018

Lost to st Kilda (finished 16^th) – missed top 4 (instead of 3rd), end up playing away to wce in prelim

2017

Lost to dockers at mcg (finished 14^th), lost to kangaroos twice (15^th) – missed finals by %

2006

Lost to carlton twice (3 wins) – finish 7^th 1 game out of top 4

2004

Lost to hawks (4 wins) – finish 5^th, a game out of top 4

1998

Lost to dockers (15^th) – finish 4^th instead of 2nd

ive pretty much just looked at finals years and losses to teams who finished bottom 4 (wasnt much point looking at 2012 for example)

if we ever want to be a REAL force in september, we have to make sure we dont drop these games.

of course, what if, what if. but off days in may cause problems in september.

 

Edit - left out 2002 (should have beaten adelaide in that final) and 2000 - we didnt drop a silly game in 2000 and made the GF. Shock horror.

Pretty sure I was at that Hawks game. They had something special brewing that day with dazzling movement out of the centre. Got a big break in us early and took us totally by surprise.

I think some of our boys need to bulk up is Weideman, Fritsch, Brayshaw. Jones needs a role, small forward anyone?

No dilemma: it's Victoria v an AFL interstate franchise.

1. As they say, there can be only one loser in football.

2. Having said that, Richmond cheated by system, byes and fourteen days breaks are a penalty on the top team. 

14 hours ago, joeboy said:

In those days there was a massive banner affixed to the exterior edge of the ‘outer’ stand , now called the Southern Stand , and in the vivid colours of red and navy blue it read:

FOREVER FORWARD DASHING DEMONS , THE GREATEST EVER EXPONENTS OF PERFECTION FOOTBALL.

Then,  from recollection ,there were some words about how the MCG was ours❤️

It was a huge and imposing banner that adorned OUR ground and we were proud and unforgiving landlords?

 

Also, "MELBOURNE, MASTERS OF THE MCG".

5 hours ago, Jibroni said:

 

Hey GV,

 

I was at the game supporting the Roosters and yes it has been a messy couple of days, it’s fair to say opinions have been divided.

 

To provide some background at the end of the 3^rd quarter a North player (Tropeano) went down the race for treatment and was supposed to start on the bench for the last quarter; yet the match steward did not advise him of this and he started the last qtr on the field. The total time North have 19 players was approx. 3.45 for which they scored 2 points; with another player having a shot on goal when the “19^th player” came off the field. But why it took 3.45 minutes to figure this out I have no idea and just shows how inept the SANFL competition is managed. 

 

It was a clear error by North but I don’t believe they cheated like some have described. The penalty should have been either North play the GF or they don’t. I am also convinced North still would have scored 1.2 if it were 18 v 18; but acknowledge that is not the point.

 

Gives a new meaning to +1.

Ian Cover and Champs (Coodabeens, ABC radio) have got some gripe with Melbourne, they cannot save themselves from making snide remarks. Cover was shocking on Saturday morning, don't know what his issue is. Fortunately they have a young guy on there now, "Andy" who remarked to Cover that they  (Melbourne supporters) wouldn't be driving Range Rovers, they would be driving Teslas....

Too young, and living in the country. But we had just bought a TV and ABC 2 scrolled the football and racing updates and on some kind of typed rolling sheet. The score updates showed the lead fluctuating until, "final score... etc with Melbourne winning. a few years ago i purchased from ABC archives the radio commentary of the game ($70) and then mixed it with the rothmans video and grainy tv footage to provide some sense of the last few minutes. in a scrappy game, amazing how barassi, townsend, and bourke combined to give Mann a shot at goals from directly in front (which he missed). amazingly, the kick-out was a very markable drop-kick which Brian Dixon duly marked. Ron Barassi, unable to mark seems to bring the ball to ground - in front of Crompton - who then purposely slots it through. the radio commentary later tells how Barry Bourke later took a telling mark in the last line of defence to repel Coillingwood. the footage shows how collingwood COULD have been paid one or more free kicks in the dying moments... but as they say, the whistle is usually thrown away by this stage. I know this is not direct memories of the game but hope it is helpful.

Reported in The Age that the club is looking at chartering buses to Perth.

www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/better-safe-than-sorry-fans-camp-out-to-beat-ticketek-meltdown-20180916-p5043o.html

59 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

We have won 6 out of 7 GF’s against them. 

Our finals record agaibst them since war years  is simply amazing, something like 15 out of 16. Didn't do Hawthorn any good though.

7 hours ago, McQueen said:

Landed but so tired. Had a lovely old lady snoring louder than a Massey Ferguson under full load and passing enough wind that half the plane was reaching for the oxygen masks  

Looking forward to hopefully catching a few Z’s this morning before grabbing a coffee and the rag for a peruse. 

Where’s pre game hydration take place?

Hopefully you were kicking against the wind 

Matthews, Dipper.

14 hours ago, Megatron said:

And for AFL members, tickets for the Pies v Giants game go on sale at the same time. Hoping we don’t have the same issue as last week, but I’m expecting the Ticketek server to crash again.

So can make a family booking as one of the 2 allowable ticket purchases which entitles two adults plus two children. Not completely clear.