Melbourne Needs to honour Daniher before he passes

[Doss]

We should start a concerted lobby with Essendon supporters to get this over the line at AFL HQ. Make it a round 1 or round 2 game - Essendon v Melbourne at the 'G.

Would need to be pushed from the clubs themselves, I suspect.

I'd be quite open to being part of some way to really put the ideas to EFC and MFC.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Would need to be pushed from the clubs themselves, I suspect.

I'd be quite open to being part of some way to really put the ideas to EFC and MFC.

My thoughts exactly!

 

[BG32]

i could only imagine us sending him off with a nice 150 point loss

 

[ManWithNoName]

i could only imagine us sending him off with a nice 150 point loss

He was a Bomber first, you'd be doing the right thing

 

[butters88]

i could only imagine us sending him off with a nice 150 point loss

Goes completely against the recent trend... I think we get one more win against them before losing 150 - 0 with Carlisle and Daniher kicking 12 goals each

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Goes completely against the recent trend... I think we get one more win against them before losing 150 - 0 with Carlisle and Daniher kicking 12 goals each

Joey would have to touch the ball for that to happen.

 

[butters88]

Joey would have to touch the ball for that to happen.

Pretty sure we could find a way to help him

 

[Topkent]

Joey would have to touch the ball for that to happen.

Im sure Tom Mcdonald or Jack Grimes can kick a lace out pass onto his chest

 

[Captain Jack]

Im sure Tom Mcdonald or Jack Grimes can kick a lace out pass onto his chest

It takes a special skill to deliver a helicopter pass lace out.

 

[Tulip]

It takes a special skill to deliver a helicopter pass lace out.

We have the technology

 

[Benwah83]

Our back line - bending the rules of physics. We could win a Nobel Prize for that...

 

[butters88]

Our back line - bending the rules of physics. We could win a Nobel Prize for that...

Maybe we could apply for a research grant?

 

[AllenJakovich13]

This would be a great way to honor Neale, support MND and get the AFL involved. People should start posting the idea around facebook groups and getting it out there in support. Both Essendon and Melbourne Fans!

 

[AllenJakovich13]

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those last few games towards the end of 05 were amazing.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

For anyone who doesn't know already, the disease ND has is the same as the one that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is intended to raise awareness of. ALS=MND.

 

[Islanda22]

Greatest Melbourne coach who hasn't won a flag i would say

 

[Dark Avenger]

Greatest Melbourne coach who hasn't won a flag i would say

We were very topsy turvey under Daniher. IMO I'd go for John Northey. Took the team to its first finals in over 20 years & without looking I'd say he might have a better Win/Loss ratio.

 

[Loyal Lion]

I'm really at a loss for words about this. The Reverend is one of my favourite football people, would've loved nothing more than for him to take us to a premiership - the yo-yo years seems like golden years

I was thinking last night, I still cannot believe our Jimmy Stynes is gone. Add to that Dean Bailey, and (I know its going back 10 years) but Troy Broadbridge. All great people cut down so early in life. Puts in sh!tfulness on the footy field in some perspective

And Sean Wight as well unfortunately. He didn't smoke but was struck down by lung cancer. Your club has been hit with such tragedies over the past few years.

 

[Loyal Lion]

For anyone who doesn't know already, the disease ND has is the same as the one that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is intended to raise awareness of. ALS=MND.

Also called Lou Gehrig's Disease if I'm not mistaken. God, fancy having a terrible disease like that named after you.

 

[Ando727]

Also called Lou Gehrig's Disease if I'm not mistaken. God, fancy having a terrible disease like that named after you.

Fortunately as Lou Gehrig becomes more and more of a distant memory, it's not called that very often anymore. The medical community hasn't called it Lou Gehrig's disease for many decades and the correct term, ALS, is gradually replacing it in the mainstream. It's still referred to as MND as a general term, but there are several types of Motor Neurone Disease so it's not very specific. But yeah, poor Lou got stuck with a shocker of a claim to fame.

 

[mrmonkey]

Greatest Melbourne coach who hasn't won a flag i would say

98 comes to mind, I still feel cheated by that finals system.(1v8 ect) We beat Adelaide and were punished for it.

 

[Catsace]

98 comes to mind, I still feel cheated by that finals system.(1v8 ect) We beat Adelaide and were punished for it.

Crows will remain the only side to win a flag after finishing 5th and losing their first final. The system in the mid 90's saw essentially the middle four clubs play ring-a-rosy and with 7th and 8th losing the games were just with the opposite side of the draw in week 2. The Dees gained no advantage from the win, the Crows no disadvantage from the loss. Will always seem a odd premiership, and i think the football community generally look upon the '97-98 Crows as one of the least convincing Premiership sides in modern history. They have the cups no question, but that '98 one does have a bit of an asterisk about it.

On the Neil Daniher front it would be great to have a Bombers/Dees cup in his honour, a great football person and he really did have the Dees playing with passion and excitement in his time as coach there. Was the old odd-even scenario, but the Dees were finalists in 04, 05 and 06 and compared to recent years they have to be fond memories.

It is a tragic illness for him to be struck down with, and certainly with Stynes, Broadbridge, Wight and Bailey, it's a very disproportionate tale of early passings for people from your club.

 

[mrmonkey]

Crows will remain the only side to win a flag after finishing 5th and losing their first final. The system in the mid 90's saw essentially the middle four clubs play ring-a-rosy and with 7th and 8th losing the games were just with the opposite side of the draw in week 2. The Dees gained no advantage from the win, the Crows no disadvantage from the loss. Will always seem a odd premiership, and i think the football community generally look upon the '97-98 Crows as one of the least convincing Premiership sides in modern history. They have the cups no question, but that '98 one does have a bit of an asterisk about it.

On the Neil Daniher front it would be great to have a Bombers/Dees cup in his honour, a great football person and he really did have the Dees playing with passion and excitement in his time as coach there. Was the old odd-even scenario, but the Dees were finalists in 04, 05 and 06 and compared to recent years they have to be fond memories.

It is a tragic illness for him to be struck down with, and certainly with Stynes, Broadbridge, Wight and Bailey, it's a very disproportionate tale of early passings for people from your club.

Ah yes Geelong got ripped off in 97 very similar with Melbourne storm in 08 they lost from first against nz warriors who were 8th and the NRL stubonly still kept the system because they didn't want to copy the AFL(even though they always do state of origin finals system). I think a charity match Essendon vs Melbourne is a good idea to get awareness of the disease.