What is your fondest memory of....

[Sttew]

The four retirees:

Milburn - for me, it was amassing something like 30 possessions in one half of football at Skilled Stadium. Can't remember against who.

Ling - You can't go past his blanketing of Dane Swan in the GF. But also bemused by the blood on the guernsey controversy with FigJam Buckley.

Ottens - the 2007 PF, and his chase and tackle in the 2007 GF.

Mooney - his unbridled passion for Geelong Football Club, and the tears after the 2005 finals loss to Swans!!

 

[Russcats]

Milburn: Giving the goal ump the finger just before half time the 2009 GF and all us fans telling him to shutup.
Otto: Willing himself to every contest on the Olympic Stand wing in the last quarter of 2009 GF.
Ling: For being Ling "the full length coat that nobody wanted to wear"
Mooney: For all the hugs and cuddles and the half time "Cometh the Time, Cometh the Man" speech to Hawk in the 2011 GF.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Milburn: Probably his super sub goal in Round 1, to be honest.

Ottens: For a single moment, his chase of Pettigrew, for defining games the 2007 PF and 2011 QF.

Mooney: Probably the first goal of the 2007 GF. And any time he banged one through from outside 50.

Ling: A favourite game is too difficult, he's probably had thirty that would rate a mention. Just for a brief moment, the disallowed goal in the 2010 QF. Also a bit more obscure, but I remember a game against the Dockers at Subiaco (2009, I'm pretty sure, perhaps 2010), Pavlich and Ling are having a few friendly words and there's smiles all round. The camera cuts away and then cuts back to them and they've got each other by the collar and Lingy has turned his familiar shade of crimson. Classic Lingy. You could just imagine him saying to the umpire "It's business and this man is taking it very personal."

 

[The Rusty Clam]

Milburn: Winning goal in round 1 would have to be up there, but it's hard with him because he was so consistent. I still don't know how he got out of Optus Oval alive after the sos incident.
Ling: The last goal!
Ottens: Run down in the 07 gf, speccy against the swans in 06.
Mooney: 5 goals in the 07 gf, and just his finals series in general that year.

 

[CF]

aren't you forgetting Mark Blake whom happens to be a Premiership player at Geelong. Talk about disrespectful

 

[Vdubs]

Milburn. His consistency. The SOS incident has immortalised him vs Blues.

Ling. The game he emerged and cemented as the AFL best tagger against Buckley. Saw it and cherished it. His last ever goal will be forever in my memory.

Ottens. Pettigrew 07 GF. THE SIGN. Our GF. Like all, his effort getting us into our 07 GF was appropriate to his stature.

Mooney. That trademark SLIDE ALONG THE GROUND marking ability, but my favourite game was his superb BOG against Demons in a knockout final ?05. as a key defender.

 

[James1970]

Milburn - not really a passage of play, but just the way he saw it as it was, and played close to the line every game. When he went over that line, you couldn't help but admire the free-falling passion, and the continuing bull-headedness.

Otto - 2007 PF. Made the Rock of Gibratlar appear marshmallow in comparison.

Ling - 2011 GF.

Mooney - late in the 2009 season. He finally got his hair-cut. He finally got rid of the friggin' hair-net. Finally, I knew we were in it.

 

[Geelong2k9]

aren't you forgetting Mark Blake whom happens to be a Premiership player at Geelong. Talk about disrespectful

Start your own friggin' thread about Mark Blake then!!!

Dasher:The SOS incident, but in more recent times, him and his old man have been really good to me and my family, giving tickets to games, getting him to get the boys to get some memorabilia signed for me, chat to them, etc. really lovely family they are. Also getting to meet some of the other players families as well was a pleasure, courtesy of the Milburns.

Otto: The moment when I read in the Herald Sun that he said "I want to play for Geelong". That was it for me, nobody before and after has done that.

Ling: Any time that bloke ran out, he left nothing behind.....Geelong through and through.

Moons: Every time he kicked a goal early on and he threw his arm about wildly, you knew he was on for a good one. I got pumped up as well.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

The four retirees:

Milburn - for me, it was amassing something like 30 possessions in one half of football at Skilled Stadium. Can't remember against who.

Think it was against the Dogs, round 18 or 19, 2008. He had something like nineteen possies in the first quarter alone and the game was a draw at half time. We monstered them in the second half and won by sixty or seventy points in the end.

Ling - You can't go past his blanketing of Dane Swan in the GF. But also bemused by the blood on the guernsey controversy with FigJam Buckley.

Buckley had no other way to get rid of Ling that day other than get him sent off with the blood rule!

Ottens - the 2007 PF, and his chase and tackle in the 2007 GF.

Mooney - his unbridled passion for Geelong Football Club, and the tears after the 2005 finals loss to Swans!!

Milburn: Probably his super sub goal in Round 1, to be honest.

Remember it was Mooney to Milburn in the goalsquare. Both contributed to Chris Scott's first H & A win as an AFL coach but sadly couldn't be there playing for his first Premiership.

Ottens: For a single moment, his chase of Pettigrew, for defining games the 2007 PF and 2011 QF.

Mooney: Probably the first goal of the 2007 GF. And any time he banged one through from outside 50.

Ling: A favourite game is too difficult, he's probably had thirty that would rate a mention. Just for a brief moment, the disallowed goal in the 2010 QF. Also a bit more obscure, but I remember a game against the Dockers at Subiaco (2009, I'm pretty sure, perhaps 2010), Pavlich and Ling are having a few friendly words and there's smiles all round. The camera cuts away and then cuts back to them and they've got each other by the collar and Lingy has turned his familiar shade of crimson. Classic Lingy. You could just imagine him saying to the umpire "It's business and this man is taking it very personal."

All great examples And for Blakey, that goal on the run from fifty out against Essendon at Jihad - think he boomed one from a similar distance against Sydney down at K.P too one year. I was on Blakey's bus for a while, but sadly things just never panned out the way I wanted it to for him.

 

[winty]

These ones will probably differentiate from the norm:

Ling: The game in 2007 when he kept Daniel Kerr possessionless after half time.

Milburn: The fact that he has got so many touches in each game against Carlton after the SOS hit, that the boos he gets tend to die down to a low murmur by the end of the game.

Mooney: The game when he ran through the banner with that blind kid he's become friendly with. Most opposition fans see Moons as an angry unit, but that day showed his soft side.

Ottens: The game against Port on a Friday night in 2005. IIRC it was a few weeks after the "Leave him alone" comments from Bomber, and he took a couple of ripping contested marks on Wakelin and kicked 3 or 4 in a close win. The grab he took against the Swans a year later was pretty special too.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Ottens: The game against Port on a Friday night in 2005. IIRC it was a few weeks after the "Leave him alone" comments from Bomber, and he took a couple of ripping contested marks on Wakelin and kicked 3 or 4 in a close win...

Just on that comment by Bomber - I think this was the time my support for him became 100% unshakable. Even though he'd been at Geelong for years I was still kind of take-him-or-leave-him. From THAT press conference onwards, when he backed his man and didn't give a shit how he sounded to the media, he had my unwavering support.

I reckon he solidified the troops behind him as well.

 

[betchsta]

aren't you forgetting Mark Blake whom happens to be a Premiership player at Geelong. Talk about disrespectful

Mooney-Boundary line goal against the hawks in 08 GF

Ling-Last goal of the GF against the pies

Milburn-Bump on Silvagni

Ottens-MOTY against the swans

Blake-Announcing his retirement

 

[winty]

Mooney-Boundary line goal against the hawks in 08 GF

Ling-Last goal of the GF against the pies

Milburn-Bump on Silvagni

Ottens-MOTY against the swans

Blake-Announcing his retirement

Bit harsh.

My favourite Blake moment was his 2nd goal against Richmond when he roved the tap, beat Varcoe to the crumbs and snapped over his shoulder from 30m out.

 

[LongBomb]

aren't you forgetting Mark Blake whom happens to be a Premiership player at Geelong. Talk about disrespectful

It's funny when you have people on ignore.
You get occasional snapshots like this rubbish and remember why.

 

[bobbycatsfanme]

Ling - Can't quite remember which round but pretty sure it was early 2003 and he was playing on Buckley, he destroyed him and remember Magpie fans yelling while leaning over the fence at Buckley when the ball came across near the boundary line, "Hey Buckley, he's got red hair.....wearing number 45 for Geelong, PICK HIM UP!!!!"
Was funny stuff as Buckley was red hot at that time of his career but just proved what a special tagging player this new bloke was cos he was able to take excellent marks and kick goals not just keep champions to under 15 disposals.

Ottens - Well am sure this will sound strange but I went to alot of games involving Richmond especially when Richardson was in supreme form and tacking mark of the week every round in the late 90's and early noughties and remember seeing both Richardson and Ottens totally destroying defenders at will in 2000 & 2001.
His ability to leap above the pack and pull in awesome marks was spectacular and he was one of the very 1st big blokes who could kick the ball like a smaller player.
But I still remember that game for Geelong in 2007 where he kicked 4 goals in one quarter and was marking everything.

Mooney - All those aggressive fist pumps especially when he kicked the clutch goal and he usually gave the fist to opposition supporters.
His borderline anger on the field was so electrifying and you could sometimes feel that waive of expectation when he was charging toward a contest full ball knowing full well he had homicide on his mind.
2007 season where Mooney & Johnson had their personal goal assists bet happening every week was my Mooney highlight.
And the genuine gratitude/love Stokes has for him and knowing Mooney was a player who'd give everything for his teammates.

Milburn - Definitely his 2009 final series was our best defender that year and he was as brave as they come so always knew that hospital balls or nerve wrecking moments, he'd put his body on the line and be the 1st to fist it out of trouble along with Harley.
I really loved the game in 2000 when we played Collingwood at the G was a wet day and we were down by nearly 45 points just before halftime. He kicked 2 goals that help start the revival and we finished with like 10 2nd half goals and won it by 3 points.
"Oh yeh"....that Silvagni incident was surreal, can't remember anything like it my time when opposition fans were seriously ballsy enough to confront a well-conditioned athlete in a car park and think they have a shot especially how far the game had come like in the 80's you think that stuff could happen but not at the end of the 90's.

 

[bingle]

In years to come it wont really be a specific memory that i will think of with any of them. It will be more the type of player they each were and what they gave to the club on the field on a weekly basis.

Darren Milburn: will be remembered as one of the most fearless defenders who would stop at nothing to do the team thing everytime and so often helped out is fellow defenders when needed.

Brad Ottens: will be remembered as a tireless worker in ruck contests and as the true definition of a big game player in finals. always produced in the last five years in the big game

Cameron Ling: will be remembered as one of the best taggers in the game and full of heart. known as one of the real good blokes of football and a fantastic leader

Cameron Mooney: will be remembered as one of the most passionate geelong people in the club's history. left it all out on the field and a terrific key forward in his prime.

FWIW the first specific bits of play that come to mind with all of them are
Dasher: winning goal v Saints in r1 this year
Otto: chase down in 07 GF against Pettigrew
Linga: his last kick for the GFC. goal in the winning GF
Moons: taking on about 6 or 7 North players who ran through the Cats warmup before the 07 QF. typical moons passion. Loved it!!!

 

[Partridge]

These ones will probably differentiate from the norm:

Ling: The game in 2007 when he kept Daniel Kerr possessionless after half time.

Milburn: The fact that he has got so many touches in each game against Carlton after the SOS hit, that the boos he gets tend to die down to a low murmur by the end of the game.

Mooney: The game when he ran through the banner with that blind kid he's become friendly with. Most opposition fans see Moons as an angry unit, but that day showed his soft side.

Ottens: The game against Port on a Friday night in 2005. IIRC it was a few weeks after the "Leave him alone" comments from Bomber, and he took a couple of ripping contested marks on Wakelin and kicked 3 or 4 in a close win. The grab he took against the Swans a year later was pretty special too.

I'm pretty sure Thompson made his comments after that very match. One of my favourite post-match conferences ever, a coach calling out the press for being ignorant and biased and not one of them could justify their opinion.

Mind you, it's taken three premierships for most people to realise he was actually a decent footballer after all.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Hate to turn this thread into a debate, but I don't have any fond memories of Milburn's bump on Silvagni at all. The whole day (not just that hit) was about as disgraceful a display as I've seen from the Cats in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong, Milburn has the runs on the board that all besides Carlton supporters have long since gotten over it, but he's just had so many better moments than that in his career. I reckon he'd hate to be remembered for that over his long list of achievements.

 

[bobbycatsfanme]

Hate to turn this thread into a debate, but I don't have any fond memories of Milburn's bump on Silvagni at all. The whole day (not just that hit) was about as disgraceful a display as I've seen from the Cats in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong, Milburn has the runs on the board that all besides Carlton supporters have long since gotten over it, but he's just had so many better moments than that in his career. I reckon he'd hate to be remembered for that over his long list of achievements.

Never like to see players hurt in that manor but Milburn's bump was not as bad as it was made out to be. He was in direct line of the ball but because he left the ground, today he'd get at least 5 weeks for that bump. Silvagni's awareness was poor but I think it also illustrates just how courageous Silvagni was in going for that hospital ball as he surely would have expected some kind of impact

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[bobbycatsfanme]

And what an absolute mongrel that Justin Murphy was
would of hated to go into battle with a person like that knowing full well he'd likely be the one who'd stab you in the back when not looking.
No support at all for his teammates that day and glad to see him fu*k off back to Carlton

 

[bingle]

I'm pretty sure Thompson made his comments after that very match. One of my favourite post-match conferences ever, a coach calling out the press for being ignorant and biased and not one of them could justify their opinion.

It certainly was after the Port match. I've never heard a press room so quiet after Thompson went off. Heck it sent a chill down my spin watching that for the first time. Thought it was terrific

 

[winty]

Hate to turn this thread into a debate, but I don't have any fond memories of Milburn's bump on Silvagni at all. The whole day (not just that hit) was about as disgraceful a display as I've seen from the Cats in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong, Milburn has the runs on the board that all besides Carlton supporters have long since gotten over it, but he's just had so many better moments than that in his career. I reckon he'd hate to be remembered for that over his long list of achievements.

I remember hearing after that game on one of the radio stations they interviewed Sergio Silvagni, and he said he couldn't see anything wrong with the hit.

I think what riled most the Carlton fans that day was Milburn's antics afterwards, especially when he was applauding the fans as he went off, which is something he regrets doing, and rightfully so.

I do agree that was a dark day for the club though. To go three quarters without kicking a goal, and seemingly be more intent on going the man rather than the ball was a disgrace, particularly since that game was Buddha's last in the blue and white hoops.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I remember hearing after that game on one of the radio stations they interviewed Sergio Silvagni, and he said he couldn't see anything wrong with the hit.

Yeah, DOS ran under a completely different operating system, didn't he?

 

[Goggin Our Best]

Hate to turn this thread into a debate, but I don't have any fond memories of Milburn's bump on Silvagni at all. The whole day (not just that hit) was about as disgraceful a display as I've seen from the Cats in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong, Milburn has the runs on the board that all besides Carlton supporters have long since gotten over it, but he's just had so many better moments than that in his career. I reckon he'd hate to be remembered for that over his long list of achievements.

I Agree 100% with that assessment . I would say that day was the worst day in the Geelong Football clubs history . Should have been the celebration of Hockings career -even John Worsfold who was assistant coach at Carlton at the time had the sportsmanship to shake Hockings hand at 3 quarter time . That hit on Silvagni was violent dangerous and a disgrace to the game. I Reckon Bomber summed it up best in his press conference -he looked totally mentally drained -and he said i just want to go home.

 

[Hinkley29]

Ottens - My fondest memory wasn't anything he did on the field (although there were many great individual plays/games that Otto was involved in) it was the moment that he announced that he wanted to come to Geelong. At that time, we would throw our hat in the ring for nearly any out of contract player over 187cm tall, and we would invariably get used as a bargaining pawn in the process before being rejected. We were definitely not a destination of choice for players and were seen as a bit of a joke. When Otto announced that Geelong was his preferred destination, I can remember thinking "wow, maybe we have got a good thing going". It was validation from a sought-after player that Geelong was on the right track.

Ling - His first career shot at goal was one of the funninest things I have ever seen on a footy field. His last career shot at goal put the final touch on a epic premiership win. They will always stand out for me.

Mooney - Being at the SCG in 2005 and watching him leave the field in tears after he and the side had given their all in a harrowing loss. That and the moments of hilarity/dread when you weren't quite sure that he wasn't going to commit a homocide on the field.

Milburn - His goal against St Kilda in round 1 this year. I often wonder how our season might have changed dramatically if we hadn't managed to pull out a win in that game.