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Sigh... we knew this one was coming.
The Memory Lane series has had a couple of weeks off. Showdown memories have been done to death and GWS memories... well, we'll give it 10 years and then have a go at making a thread on them.
But Adelaide vs West Coast - there is significant history here. Bad history. Part of me says let's give it another week and then crank it up again next week with a "Leigh Colbert mark" homage. But another part says it might be quite cathartic to revisit some of the atrocities of our past. Let's just man up and do it, eh?
To visiting West Coast fans, welcome. Hope you and the Swans have fought out a tough, bruising encounter on a hot day with lots of reports, a close finish and double over-time. This thread is a chance for both Crows and Eagles fans to reminisce on the great clashes, stoushes, fights, marks and hits of yesteryear to help rekindle some of the passion of Crows-Eagles matches past.
Let's start with the tough one; the one-two preliminary final punch West Coast delivered in 2005 and 2006. Ugh.
I've blocked out the games as best as I can and never watched the tapes but a few memories occasionally seep into my nightmares. In 2005 I remember us bombing the ball repeatedly into the forward fifty, only for Dean Cox to mark every single one of them. He was impassable. He and Seaby combined for 22 marks (somehow the club misplaced those stats and we went with the same inept ruck duo 12 months later). The game seemed close-ish on the scoreboard but it never felt like we were going to win. We'd botched a home qualifying final against St Kilda which put us on the path to the House Of Pain. Coincidentally it was a Ricciuto hit on former Crow Tyson Stenglein against the Eagles in Round 22 that cost us our captain in that pivotal game.
In 2006 West Coast finished top but then fluffed a home qualifying final against Sydney which ruined our fun. They probably did it on purpose. It meant we copped our nemesis again instead of a dream preliminary final against our red and white whipping boys. The game was a heartbreaker. We'd battled to a 4 goal lead at half time but Cousins and co ran amok in the second half and they nailed us. I remember Bock kicking a couple of late, great goals and we drew within a kick with 30 seconds left. We got the all important centre clearance and were just about to bomb it forward where Ian Perrie would no doubt have clunked it then calmly slotted it from 50 for the win... when the umpire called the pissiest free kick of all time on Tyson Edwards. Game over. Thanks umps
... ok, maybe a little poetic licence there 
We have actually won a couple of finals against West Coast along the way but these pale into insignificance compared to 2005/06 and are largely forgotten.
Random other memories... that game in Perth when Cummings kicked 14 goals... Shaun Rehn's chase down tackle on Peter Matera... Simon Goodwin kicking 7 goals at AAMI in a rare Craig win... Ricciuto's massive hit on Dean Kemp (my favourite non-AFC player)... John Worsfold's massive hit on Modra at Subi (high quality photo below)
Over to you guys
The Memory Lane series has had a couple of weeks off. Showdown memories have been done to death and GWS memories... well, we'll give it 10 years and then have a go at making a thread on them.
But Adelaide vs West Coast - there is significant history here. Bad history. Part of me says let's give it another week and then crank it up again next week with a "Leigh Colbert mark" homage. But another part says it might be quite cathartic to revisit some of the atrocities of our past. Let's just man up and do it, eh?
To visiting West Coast fans, welcome. Hope you and the Swans have fought out a tough, bruising encounter on a hot day with lots of reports, a close finish and double over-time. This thread is a chance for both Crows and Eagles fans to reminisce on the great clashes, stoushes, fights, marks and hits of yesteryear to help rekindle some of the passion of Crows-Eagles matches past.
Let's start with the tough one; the one-two preliminary final punch West Coast delivered in 2005 and 2006. Ugh.
I've blocked out the games as best as I can and never watched the tapes but a few memories occasionally seep into my nightmares. In 2005 I remember us bombing the ball repeatedly into the forward fifty, only for Dean Cox to mark every single one of them. He was impassable. He and Seaby combined for 22 marks (somehow the club misplaced those stats and we went with the same inept ruck duo 12 months later). The game seemed close-ish on the scoreboard but it never felt like we were going to win. We'd botched a home qualifying final against St Kilda which put us on the path to the House Of Pain. Coincidentally it was a Ricciuto hit on former Crow Tyson Stenglein against the Eagles in Round 22 that cost us our captain in that pivotal game.
In 2006 West Coast finished top but then fluffed a home qualifying final against Sydney which ruined our fun. They probably did it on purpose. It meant we copped our nemesis again instead of a dream preliminary final against our red and white whipping boys. The game was a heartbreaker. We'd battled to a 4 goal lead at half time but Cousins and co ran amok in the second half and they nailed us. I remember Bock kicking a couple of late, great goals and we drew within a kick with 30 seconds left. We got the all important centre clearance and were just about to bomb it forward where Ian Perrie would no doubt have clunked it then calmly slotted it from 50 for the win... when the umpire called the pissiest free kick of all time on Tyson Edwards. Game over. Thanks umps
... ok, maybe a little poetic licence there We have actually won a couple of finals against West Coast along the way but these pale into insignificance compared to 2005/06 and are largely forgotten.
Random other memories... that game in Perth when Cummings kicked 14 goals... Shaun Rehn's chase down tackle on Peter Matera... Simon Goodwin kicking 7 goals at AAMI in a rare Craig win... Ricciuto's massive hit on Dean Kemp (my favourite non-AFC player)... John Worsfold's massive hit on Modra at Subi (high quality photo below)
Over to you guys
Heartbreaking loss i would prefer to forget.
