Bulldogs v Collingwood - best memories

[Twodogs]

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That's a big stat. I love those kinds of stats. Geelong were very, very strong in the 50's and 60's. Probably the biggest underachievers in the comp during that period. Extremely talented list. Then they were poor in the 1970's - falling right away. In fact, Geelong West in the VFA pulled bigger crowds than the Cats on some weekends during the 70's.

Geelong West had Big Joe Radojavich. I loved watching him. I never saw a big full forward get so many Joe the Goose handballs in the goalsquare


Gee the VFA were onto a good thing with Sunday football.

[jeemak]

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That Collingwood game probably showed or laid bare the best and worst of the McCartney era. The worst was the ease of which we were scored against through midfield run and or efficiency of the opposition. The best was hard contested work backed up by for some reason clean or efficient work round contests on the flanks.

Great memory for the Tuttmeister. What could he have done under Bevo that he couldn't under Malthousen*!*!*!*!en?

[westdog54]

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Personally my favourite win against the pies was back in 2014, where Tutty kicked the winner. Was the week my first was born, I was exhausted and it was the cream on the cake of an incredible week. I'll never forget that game.
We haven't lost to the pies in the regular season since my daughter was born, and considering my in-laws are all Collingwood supporters it's awesome. Long may it continue!

Bontempelli's break-out game. Had 10 touches in the 3rd and set up Tutty's winner.

[westdog54]

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That's a good idea for a thread.

I will make it so.

[Prince Imperial]

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Running over the top of Collingwood in the last quarter at the MCG in '85 was another highlight. They were third on the ladder and we were fifth before that game. 45k and it was our home game and Beasley and Bamblett snared 11 between them.

[Bornadog]

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Running over the top of Collingwood in the last quarter at the MCG in '85 was another highlight. They were third on the ladder and we were fifth before that game. 45k and it was our home game and Beasley and Bamblett snared 11 between them.

I had forgotten about that game. 1985 was one of the best seasons but another of great opportunity lost.

Beasely kicked some big scores that year. 12 v the Dees, 12 against the Tigers out at VFL park, 7 against the Cats at Kardinia Park.

Thank you for the reminder.

[Twodogs]

Re: Bulldogs v Collingwood - best memories

Running over the top of Collingwood in the last quarter at the MCG in '85 was another highlight. They were third on the ladder and we were fifth before that game. 45k and it was our home game and Beasley and Bamblett snared 11 between them.

That's a good get, transferred home game from Whitten Oval. I reckon we lost a home game the week before too (Fitzroy is in my head but it couldn't have been) I can remember one of my mates getting annoyed and saying we had thrown away a sure win at home next week chasing money.

Funny thing is I can remember the exact same guy getting annoyed as they carted Rob Murphy off the ground and yelling at nobody in particular "will this club ever have a break go its way"

[HOSE B ROMERO]

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I had forgotten about that game. 1985 was one of the best seasons but another of great opportunity lost.

Beasely kicked some big scores that year. 12 v the Dees, 12 against the Tigers out at VFL park, 7 against the Cats at Kardinia Park.

Thank you for the reminder.

I think the Pieman kicked 12 on seven occasions during his career. Ah, the days of the full forward kicking bags....

[KT31]

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I think the Pieman kicked 12 on seven occasions during his career. Ah, the days of the full forward kicking bags....

The rare days when our forwards kicked bags were wonderful, on the other boot though I have nightmares of the many times when Richo, Locket, Lyon, Kernahan, Dunstall or others kicked bags against us.

[Eastdog]

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I think the Pieman kicked 12 on seven occasions during his career. Ah, the days of the full forward kicking bags....

Yeah it's a rarity nowadays as now your forwards of today need to play mutiple roles so less likely to kick a lot of goals individually.

[Sedat]

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Yep, get it and hack it forward was about the extent of strategy in those days. Add in the lack of composure of players in traffic, and that nearly every contest resulted in a free kick if a mark wasn't taken, you can pretty much stick your "glory" days of football.

Apples with oranges - they were semi-professional back then, so the athleticism and burst power is simply not comparable to the modern game. However the one-on-one craft was better back then compared to today's era - you had to learn to beat your man to win your own ball (even back pockets and flankers), and rarely had a teammate chopping you out to create a numerical advantage or dined out on cheapies out the back. Also there were bugger-all stoppages back then (a massive advantage over today's game), and on the rare occasions that there was a stoppage the umpire would ball it up immediately instead of piss-farting around for 10 seconds like they do today. We would do well to learn and adapt some of the open positional play of that era to try and reduce the awful congestion around the ball today, and not by zones either - pay holding the ball immediately instead of giving players 2 rotations in the tackle to get rid of the ball, and also get the umpires to throw it up immediately after a stoppage. Also reduce rotations to 10 per quarter and increase the bench to 6 players.

The best football of the 80's was a fantastic spectacle. There was a lot of dross as well to be fair, but the best parts of the game back then would be more than welcome in today's era.