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Dermie flattening Vander in the 89 SF. Bombres were all over over us until then. I’ll never forget the Sun headline on Monday: Demolition Dermie!
What was one moment that changed an entire game?
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There were a few but I think the red flags were already up by that stage
Collingwood fans seem to look for alot of excuses for that game and dont like admitting a team they lost to 3 times that year was simply better
If your entire dynasty ended over a stand on the mark rule, then your game plan and team was not as good as you believe it was.
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They were an exceptional team no doubt about it and arrogant as it sounds, unapologetically I’ll say if they play anyone else that day aside from MAYBE Hawthorn they win by 50 points. But we outplayed them that day and twice more that year and any way you frame it we came out of that season as the rightful premiers as they did the year before
Richmond fans sulk about it all the time destroying another premiership
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Why? The game looks better now
They were absolutely exceptional that year... 20/2 and literally only lost to geelong thr entire season... They were a powerhouse. Geelong just simply were marginally better.
I was there, I remember not breathing completely easily until probably Ladson’s goal. Especially since they were gifted two umpire-goals at the end of the third…
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I can understand that - I wasn’t even comfortable in the Port grand final until the margin reached 55-60 points or something, but yeah I felt as a Cats fan even when we were LEADING, ‘ok something isn’t right here, this is not going to script’ when things like the Ottens miss happened
It is the worst rule ever introduced in my eyes. Such an advantage to the player with the ball. I have seen players already past the man on the mark by the time the ump calls play on, how is that good to watch. I could deal with some limited lateral movement, but to stand like a goose while someone runs round them 'no matter which team it is' just ruins footy for me to a degree.
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Trust me when you’ve seen your team lose the only grand finals you’ve watched them play and you’re two years out of watching one guy knock you out of the finals in 10 minutes of football, you have the thumb on the remote poised and ready no matter who you are playing.
That was my sinking feeling around that time. Wasn't even Dew or whoever else in the third quarter - I just knew we'd find a way to stuff it up.
Mooney's total inability to kick straight and Lonergan's inability to mark over his head helped as well of course.
Maynard's dog act on Brayshaw. Melbourne lost their most composed midfielder for pretty much all of the game and Collingwood fell over the line.
There is no doubt that without Maynard's thug act Collingwood doesn't win the premiership.
There is no doubt that without Maynard's thug act Collingwood doesn't win the premiership.
Worse than AFL-X in my meaningless opinion..
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The "toe poke" in the final quarter of the 2009 Grand Final between Saints and Cats. Scores were tied for over ten minutes and you couldn't see either team breaking the stranglehold... until Matthew Scarlett deftly toe poked a loose ball cleanly into the arms of Gary Ablett Junior who drove the ball deep into attack and Paul Chapman goaled to give Geelong the match winning lead.
To this day I don’t know why Geelong didn’t mount some sort of comeback, with a flag, back to back, and a potential dynasty on the line. Especially since they were given the momentum on a silver platter at the end of the third…
Agree, astbury should have got a fine for giving shiels concussion in 2017 prelim.
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