Where did that come from - Unexpected performances?

[Vineyy]

Melbourne beating Geelong at KP this year in Enrights 300th.
That was a pretty big shock.

The fact that we didn't have Hogan that day I had already written it off. I was genuinely stunned.

 

[Zarrix]

Tactical masterstrokes not strategic. They were both one offs (or at least the Richmond one was). A strategic masterstroke would be developing a game plan that could be used over a long period. Wallace was a great game day coach, but he was not the coach to develop a team or players. He was pretty much the opposite of Hardwick down to his one great strength being arguably Dimma's weakest point - game day coaching.

Remember, We are talking about a guy who has dubbed himself 'The List Manager' here

 

[DangerSloane]

Remember, We are talking about a guy who has dubbed himself 'The List Manager' here

Yet when he was in charge of a list it was woeful.

 

[Mister Carlton]

Individual effort: Nick Duigan v Richmond.

 

[Royce Hafey]

Remember, We are talking about a guy who has dubbed himself 'The List Manager' here

Yeah, a bit ironic. Though, top be fair, I don't know how much you can blame him for the list as we had no paid recruiting staff until one bloke was appointed part-time in 2007.

 

[DangerSloane]

Yeah, a bit ironic. Though, top be fair, I don't know how much you can blame him for the list as we had no paid recruiting staff until one bloke was appointed part-time in 2007.

Doesnt that mean its only him you can blame given that nowdays the coach wouldnt make all the decisions.

 

[Royce Hafey]

Doesnt that mean its only him you can blame given that nowdays the coach wouldnt make all the decisions.

it's unclear how much he did. I think Greg (I recruited Carey so I'm a genius) Miller had a big input.

 

[Yianni]

Here's a bit of an old school one.

In 1993 the Ron Barrassi coached Sydney Swans were on a 26 game losing streak. In round 13 1993 they played Melbourne, who'd beaten ladder leaders Essendon the week before. In a massive upset, Sydney kicked 10 goals in the third quarter to eventually beat the Dees by 40 points.

They didn't win another game all season!

That was a great season of footy. As a North fan, watching our 90s team break out was great. But the season was so close. Essendon and Carlton finished equal top with 13.5 wins! St. Kilda was in 12th place with 10 wins!

 

[TheKanga]

North beat St Kilda at the top of their powers in 2009 when they were 19-1 heading into this match.
North finished 14th that year.

 

[Gydafud]

2007 flogging of Richmond and scoring 222 points. I was hoping we would bounce back after the North loss but never expected to that amount.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Round 9 2008

Collingwood 20.14.134
Geelong 7.6.48

Right at the peak of our powers only regular season game we lost and got blown off the park.

Was done in the first 10 minutes.