Help me out fans. Name a game!

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#51
All the games mentioned are great, and you can't really go wrong with any of them.

However...

For something a little different, check out Rd 21, 1997 vs Brisbane. We came into the game in 15th place, Brisbane were 8th. We had been smashed by injuries, fielding probably our youngest side for years, 2 debutants, and were (not surprisingly) expected to get smashed. I haven't seen this game since the night it was played, so I won't comment on the quality of play. But I always remember this game for the inspriational efforts of a young, undermanned team, with basically nothing to play for, and the glimpse of what was to come from future leaders Lloyd and Lucas.

Also, I have always wanted to get a copy of Ess v Melb from Anzac Day 1992 (before the Ess v Coll tradition started), doesn't look like Name-a-Game has this one. Unfortunate, cos it was a ripper.
was on Thank Fox its Friday this year...Was a sunday arvo game
 

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The 92' Melbourne vs Essendon game in 92 when we came back from 42 points at 3/4 time..... My first time to the footy....

No wonder I'm nuts about the club!
Pretty sure it was also 48 points down at the 7 minute mark of the last quarter, brilliant comeback...
1984 second semi was definitely an epic match, can still remember sitting there after the game shattered but proud...
Also the game where Kickett kicked 8 against the Bulldogs in late Home and away 1993, great Match..
 

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Pretty sure it was also 48 points down at the 7 minute mark of the last quarter, brilliant comeback...
1984 second semi was definitely an epic match, can still remember sitting there after the game shattered but proud...
Also the game where Kickett kicked 8 against the Bulldogs in late Home and away 1993, great Match..
Was 9 kickett kicked I am pretty sure. Was funny, a couple of weeks later he is dropped for a grand final
 

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Was 9 kickett kicked I am pretty sure. Was funny, a couple of weeks later he is dropped for a grand final
Nah it was 8 I remember it very well, torpedo Bombs from the centre square, and a running with the flight screamer in the Goalsquare....Fantastic game, yep and 5 weeks later he was dropped...
Like Derek I was shattered he missed out, he was one of my faves....
It would be worth getting any game you can find form that era where Kickett Wanganeen and Long were involved, brilliant stuff.....

I heard a rumour that Sheedy blasted Kickett at half time in the 1993 prelim,
Derek cracked the shits and stayed on the bench at 3/4 time and didn't go out to the huddle...
Can anyone verify this or offer any inside reason as to why Kickett was dropped?
I've heard Sheed's explanation but he 'aint giving the real reason....
 
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