Demons Hot Tub Time Machine

[Rudeurrection]

You might be of a similar vintage to me I feel. With the Ox there was so much "he could have been anything" & so many questions left unanswered.

Same applies to Jako i believe. If he remained injury free and put a bit more time into getting his body right (like they do now days) im sure he could have been anything.

 

[Demon 16]

Wonder how the voting would look if we included Jim Stynes circa 1991?

 

[Biffinator]

Id be interested to know who you voted for Biff.

My brothers, such as I am, I saw the Ox right throughout 1994. I remember that first goal he kicked against Geelong in the opening match - one of the few games where we have thumped the Cats - and I thought to myself: belt in for the ride.

I have become 'highly emotional' at the football three times: the first at the end of the 88 Preliminary in the rain at VFL Park (was the Promised Land in sight?), the third was when Wonna grabbed the ball and we beat Brisbane in 2008, but the second was in 1995 when David when down in the first quarter against the Swans and did not get up - oh, how I screamed at him to arise to his feet. To this day, his travails are one of the bitterest memories of my life.

Normally I would have said the Ox by a mile but then I read the following in the wake of the game against Brisbane in Beijing and it resonated deeply with me:

MELBOURNE chief executive Cameron Schwab is adamant he has seen nobody with a sense of occasion like Liam Jurrah.
The win may not have been worth four points, but Schwab was beaming on the ground afterwards, knowing the Demons have managed to bring someone special into their fold.

"There is a sense of fate about the guy. He's gone from the red dirt of Yuendumu to the green of the MCG to Shanghai in the space of 18 months and he has taken every step," Schwab said.

"It's quite an extraordinary story. I get a feeling he is taking us on a journey - it's about where he's taking us."


But all is subject to chance, and don't I know that at the moment.

 

[Crimson Azure]

Same applies to Jako i believe. If he remained injury free and put a bit more time into getting his body right (like they do now days) im sure he could have been anything.

yeah true, I remember I was at the game when he kicked it over his head lying on the ground. He was a gun 71 goals (57 behinds almost 130 scoring shots 9 a game) in his first year playing only 14 games.

 

[Rudeurrection]

yeah true, I remember I was at the game when he kicked it over his head lying on the ground. He was a gun 71 goals (57 behinds almost 130 scoring shots 9 a game) in his first year playing only 14 games.

Whilst kicking a lazy 71 goals (from 14 games) in his first year I'm pretty sure he also won the reserves goal kicking that year as well (with 80 something goals). Bloody remarkable.

Supermercado, can you confirm this?

 

[Rudeurrection]

My brothers, such as I am, I saw the Ox right throughout 1994. I remember that first goal he kicked against Geelong in the opening match - one of the few games where we have thumped the Cats - and I thought to myself: belt in for the ride..

I was at the game as well Biff, Jako kicked something like 9.11 that day, Ox and Jeff Hilton were dominate while also kicking 4 or 5 goals each as well.

Good times

 

[DemonJim]

The Ox for mine... It was just so exciting watching him play.
Damn his knees!

 

[Aish]

I would never pass up the opportunity to put Robbie Flower back in a Melbourne jumper -- no matter who the alternative. The man was a poet of a footballer.

 

[AllenJakovich13]

Jako followed by the Ox

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Never saw Flower live and I'm assuming I'm not getting a full season of Jako so it's comfortably Ox.

 

[jako13]

There was a game VS Sydney at the SCG, might've been 94 or thereabouts, with a forward line consisting of Theo X(pre-knees), Neita and G Lyon in the pocket. Absolutely thumped them - from memory (which isn't as good as once was!!) Ox kicked about 8, neita 5 and Lyon 4 for the day. We kicked 22 goals straight before the first point was registered in the 4th quarter (which i think might've been Ox hitting the post from deep in the pocket) The boys were just slotting them from anywhere and everywhere - couldn't miss. To this day, without a doubt the best game i have seen Melbourne play. The Ox was destined for immortality on the football field..... then came that dreadful day!

The Ox by a mile for mine. followed by Jako (minus his personal issues!!) and R Flower tied for 2nd place

Just on a side note - anyone remember a kid playing for C'wood inthe early nineties - Lee Walker. Looked about as promising, maybe even moreso than the Ox - tall athletic CHF, cut down similarly to Ox but was only a handful of games in, ended up having 4 reco's never really got a shot at showing how good he could've been

 

[Dr Opkick]

The Ox was football magic for me.

One of my first and most defining memories of Demons football was witnessing Schwarz conquer the rampaging Eagles in the early 1990s. I remember him being bigger than the game; playing it on another level to everyone else. Visions of the head-banded number 5 scything across the wings to take spectacular mark after spectacular mark are still clear in my mind.

He was athletic, brilliant and indomitable.