Top 10 Favorite Cats Moments in Past 25 years

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In order, and with 10% poetic license:

1. The "toe poke" by Scarlett to Ablett in the 2009 GF. For me, the greatest Cats moment. It was Scarlett at his offensive and daring best, and was capped off with Chappy's winning goal.

2. Ablett Snr with 8 goals & Stoneham in scintillating form lead Cats charge in the 1989 PF with a stunning 94 pt win, and 170 pt turnaround in 2 weeks against Essendon.

3. Jimmy Bartel kicks the best ever point to give Geelong a one point win in R 17, 2009 v Hawthorn. An unforgettable moment.

4. 1994 QF Cats v Bulldogs - a nailbiter all the way until Billy Brownless comes to the rescue to kick the winning goal after the siren, thereby ensuring the "monkey was off his back".

5. 2011 GF - Tom Hawkins etched his name into the history books a la Ted Hopkins and Darren Jarmin with one of the most dominant aerial displays. You just knew Cats wouldn't lose after seeing that.

6. The best three midfielders in Hocking, Counch & Bairstow are out, and yet, the Cats managed against all odds to steam roll Carlton by 33 points in the 1994 2nd semi.

7. 119 point record winning margin in the 2007 GF. For non Cats supporters it was a yawn, but for us it was the end of a 44 year drought.

8. 2007 PF - one of the worst imaginable nail biters I have ever sat through, but luckily, a win for the Cats by 5 points, thanks largely to Brad Ottens who more than repaid his debt to the Cats in this game.

9. 1989 GF - would be right up there if we'd won, but still a memorable match for Ablett's record 9 goals. Justifiably ranks as one of the greatset GF's.

10. 2012 GF - Cats come from 23 points behind in the final quarter to beat Hawthorn by 13 points. Mitch Brown's 4 goals in the final Q stamp him as the "next big thing".
 

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1. the footage of mooney, 2 minutes in to 'decade of domination', celebrating the final siren '09 GF. you could see the pain from his misses fall off him. love watching mooney celebrate.

2. footage of lonergan when the siren went '11 GF.

3. thompson in the coaches box, from when rooke took the mark to a minute after the siren. meant a lot to him.

4. thompson leaving, enter scott. his decision to leave (and choosing scott over sanderson) got us the '11 flag. we desperately needed an outside voice to change the gameplan that had been figured out completely.

5. the melbourne game, '11. i was shaking in the last quarter, hoping the record would go.

6. the flawless display of the entire team '07 GF. the purest football ever played in a GF. cant believe neutrals dislike that game so much. it is an absolute clinic.

7. abletts goal vs port, rd 21 '07. incredible goal.

8. coreys smother '07 prelim.

9. mooney after the siren '05 SF. it is passion like that that gets a team into the position we are now in.

10. cook and costa getting on board.

11. (sorry :p) stevie J walking back out to the bench start of the 4th, '11 PF.

honourable mentions: harley becoming captain; varcoe's goal '11 GF; ablett sr's '93 season; rd 17 '09; hawkins '11 GF.
 
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wow this is going to be an awesome thread but I would need more like 1000 to list all my favourites!

1. 07 GF. For me this was the biggest moment, all that heartache, all that pain and not only that they won but HOW they won! Wow what a performance.

2. 2011 GF. GREATNESS. It was official. No more excuses for the public not to class these Cats as great. Not only the 3 flags but also how they did it against a very very good club. Also include in here Jimmys game, Hawks second half and Travvys awesome run + goal to sink the pies.

3. "The hand of God". I was at the game (and the week after) as a teenager and went MENTAL. Gazza was my favourite player and not only just that piece of play but the entire game were just sensational.

4. 09 GF. The toe poke. The Hawkins goal to start the last 1/4. Chappys courage to play through the pain. Rookes efforts especially late. Bombers celerbration when Rooke took the mark. The atmosphere at the 'G and for the the awesome party straight outside the 'G after the game, 200-300 cats supports all in a circle singing the song over and OVER AND OVER with tears and hugs aplently for 30-40 mins. Was the best day of my life.

5. Hawthorn game rnd 17 2009. The comeback game with Jims point after the siren. No Scarlo, no Taylor and what 6 goals down? Awesome effort to win.

6. 89 GF. I was only 7 during the 89 season (well 6 at first) so cant put this higher as most of it I've only seen on tape but this was 1 of the greatest games of all time. Also the Cats finals series was awesome, Gazzas pack mark against the Dees. His destruction of the Dons and then the pinnacle on hard tough footy.

7. Rnd 1 2011. For many reasons I felt this was the reason the Cats won the flag last year. The ability to be out played for 80% of the game yet to win, that Dasher, the "super sub" and oldest player on the ground kicked the winning goal, Jims AWESOME goal the start the last and last but definately not least was Scottys fist pump when Dash kicked that goal. Right there I knew we had a GREAT coach.

8. 2007 VFL Grand Final. Tommy Lonergans game. What a fantastic effort, Cats played well but weren't in front by enough and were vulnerable entering the last quarter (or second half, I cant quite remember right now). Enter one of the most courage people I know, Tom Lonergan. Turned the game completely with goals from everywhere on his way to winning best on ground (Norm Goss medal?). Ill put here too the 02 VFL grand final with what ended up being alot of our now premiership STARS. I remember watching the game with my dad at home watching some of the "kids" run around thinking these guys are going to be damn good players. Not exactly psychic as most people probably said the same.

9. 2004/5 against the Lions at Skilled. cant remember if it was 04 or 05, think 04. Cats were standing to show themselves as a good side early in the year and needed a big win against a genuinely good side, cats led all game to win some what comfortably at home by beating Brisbane playing brisbane footy. Was a great day.

10. 07 Prelim. Cats didnt particularly play well that night but it was the perfect game the week before a GF. Coreys smother on Bryan was awesome, Abletts goal in the last ("Cometh the moment, Cometh the man! The son of the Man!!") Ottens game (best game Ive seen from a ruckman and that includes games from Kingy where he'd have 35 hitouts and 30 touches). The fact it was a prelim and winning gave us another grand final and lastly the fact there was 98002 people there and me and my dad keep telling everyone that WE were the 2 :p

This is a list off the top of my head, I'm sure theres DOZENS more I'm forgetting aswell as some from the above posters so even though I numbered them I dont exactly stand by em. The last 25 years from the cats have been simply full of awesome unforgettable moments that I'm finding it very difficult not only to name 10 but to even remember most of em.
 

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Thought I might bump this thread some really great memories
Good idea.

On reviewing the OP's top 10, take out No.10, and elevate Tom Hawkins goal after the siren to No.2. So the new Top 10 is as follows, IMO:

1. The "toe poke" by Scarlett to Ablett in the 2009 GF. For me, the greatest Cats moment. It was Scarlett at his offensive and daring best, and was capped off with Chappy's winning goal.

2. Tom Hawkins goal after the siren to snatch victory from defeat against the Hawks, August 2012.

3. Ablett Snr with 8 goals & Stoneham in scintillating form lead Cats charge in the 1989 PF with a stunning 94 pt win, and 170 pt turnaround in two weeks against Essendon.

4. Jimmy Bartel kicks the best ever point to give Geelong a one point win in R 17, 2009 v Hawthorn. An unforgettable moment.

5. 1994 QF Cats v Bulldogs - a nailbiter all the way until Billy Brownless comes to the rescue to kick the winning goal after the siren, thereby ensuring the "monkey was off his back".

6. 2011 GF - Tom Hawkins etched his name into the history books a la Ted Hopkins and Darren Jarmin with one of the most dominant aerial displays. You just knew Cats wouldn't lose after seeing that.

7. The best three midfielders in Hocking, Counch & Bairstow are out, and yet, the Cats managed against all odds to steam roll Carlton by 33 points in the 1994 2nd semi.

8. 119 point record winning margin in the 2007 GF. For non Cats supporters it was a yawn, but for us it was the end of a 44 year drought.

9. 2007 PF - one of the worst imaginable nail biters I have ever sat through, but luckily, a win for the Cats by 5 points, thanks largely to Brad Ottens who more than repaid his debt to the Cats in this game.

10. 1989 GF - would be right up there if we'd won, but still a memorable match for Ablett's record 9 goals. Justifiably ranks as one of the greatest GF's.
 

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There should probably be a finals section and a non-finals section.

Basically any finals victory which led to a premiership is greater than any other moment we've had.
Greater, yes, but favorite? The question was favorite moments. For me Tom Hawkins goal after the siren is my second favorite. Granted it was only for 4 points, but ....

Maybe we need favorite moments v Hawks and all other favorite moments!
 

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Greater, yes, but favorite? The question was favorite moments. For me Tom Hawkins goal after the siren is my second favorite. Granted it was only for 4 points, but ....

Maybe we need favorite moments v Hawks and all other favorite moments!
Wow, I think for me Saturday 29 September 2007 will always have to be the greatest.

Reminds me a bit of the Hawks supporter I met over the summer who told me the Hawkins loss hurt him more than the grand final loss. I questioned him for ten minutes, could not believe it.
 

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Wow, I think for me Saturday 29 September 2007 will always have to be the greatest.

Reminds me a bit of the Hawks supporter I met over the summer who told me the Hawkins loss hurt him more than the grand final loss. I questioned him for ten minutes, could not believe it.
Yep, as a fan if I could have one footballing Groundhog Day then this would be it... Just want to bottle that feeling!
The only thing to top it would be a 25-0 season...
 

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Seeing as how most of the best moments have been mentioned, I thought I'd do the "Top 10 Worst Cats Moments" Here goes...

- All the losing GFs. Cant separate them, they all suck big balls.
- Nick Davis. Asshole.
- Leigh Colbert mark not paid 1997
- Mooney in the back against St Kilda. Tried ripping out a seat at the G after that one. Not my finest hour.
- ****ing up our whole year, mid-year, in the 1993 season.
- Gary Ayres is employed by the GFC
- Leigh Colbert walking out on us. (Sorry i loved him :()
- Letting West Coast back in after holding a 49392 point lead against them at half time.
- Darren Milburn v Silvagni (altho i thought that was pretty funny actually)
- And.... hmm i dunno, Garry Hocking changing his name to "Whiskas". Was embarrassing.

:):thumbsu:
 

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Seeing as how most of the best moments have been mentioned, I thought I'd do the "Top 10 Worst Cats Moments" Here goes...

- All the losing GFs. Cant separate them, they all suck big balls.
- Nick Davis. Asshole.
to attempt pragmatism - i wouldnt change anything in our history, because it is what it is, and it made the club what it is today.

could argue that losing '08 steeled this group into what it became - maybe we would have gotten fat of our success if wed held on to that, and wed be bottom 4 material now. who knows.

nick davis - what if wed held on to win by 2-3 goals, then got pantsed the week after by st kilda? maybe the loss added to our resolve.

again, who knows. if nick davis didnt do what he did, maybe wed have won every flag '05-'11, and be rising again this year after a slight dip in '12.

but we are what we are today because those events above happened. enjoy what we have now, not what we could have had in the past - you take a different past, you get a different present.

plus, every rubbish moment you identified made '11 that much better - think of it that way :)
 

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Seeing as how most of the best moments have been mentioned, I thought I'd do the "Top 10 Worst Cats Moments" Here goes...

- All the losing GFs. Cant separate them, they all suck big balls.
- Nick Davis. Asshole.
- Leigh Colbert mark not paid 1997
- Mooney in the back against St Kilda. Tried ripping out a seat at the G after that one. Not my finest hour.
- ****ing up our whole year, mid-year, in the 1993 season.
- Gary Ayres is employed by the GFC
- Leigh Colbert walking out on us. (Sorry i loved him :()
- Letting West Coast back in after holding a 49392 point lead against them at half time.
- Darren Milburn v Silvagni (altho i thought that was pretty funny actually)
- And.... hmm i dunno, Garry Hocking changing his name to "Whiskas". Was embarrassing.

:):thumbsu:
So succinct.
Probably what Huddo was thinking... "I see it but I don't believe it"

And 08 GF was the worst... Sh*t, f*ck, damn!
 
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I was doing some thinking the other day, and I am absolutely convinced that if that mark was paid, either St. Kilda or the Western Bulldogs would not have just a single premiership cup to their name.
What makes you think we couldn't have beaten the Dogs in the Prelim and gone on to win the flag the following week?

My footy memory only stretches from the mid-late 90's onwards, so my top 10 moments are:

1. 2007/09/11 Grand Finals
2. Tomahawk last year v Hawthorn
3. Every other game we've beaten the Hawks in since 2009
4. 186 v Melbourne
5. Joel Corey's smother in the 2007 PF, plus the final siren blowing that night
6. Our through and brutal drubbing of the Roos in the 2007 finals series, would have to be one of the most brilliant performances I've ever seen from a Cats side
7. Doing the impossible and beating Brisbane in 2004 for the first time in 8 (?) years
8. Beating the Saints at KP that same year
9. Milburn's goal in Round 1 2011 v the Saints (a game that was otherwise largely forgettable)
10. Beating Sydney by 4 points in a thrilling match at Kardinia Park in 2000 to make the finals
 
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I was doing some thinking the other day, and I am absolutely convinced that if that mark was paid, either St. Kilda or the Western Bulldogs would not have just a single premiership cup to their name.
That game boils my piss more than any other game. Grant ******* Vernon! I think I started a thread about the 1997 season being our best shot a year or so ago.
 
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What makes you think we couldn't have beaten the Dogs in the Prelim and gone on to win the flag the following week?

My footy memory only stretches from the mid-late 90's onwards, so my top 10 moments are:
I just think the trip back from Adelaide, and our mounting injury list would have done us in.

Lynch and Hall both out really hurt us.
 
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I'll go more "in the moment" than just picking out games:

10. Hawk's after siren goal against Hawthorn in 2012.
9. Gazza's Chas.
8. Jimmy's Chas.
7. Watching Gazza Snr kick his 100th on two occasions and his 1000th in the flesh and running on the field to celebrate.
6. 2007 PF, Gazza's snap putting us in the GF.
5. 1994 QF, Billy's after goal siren - "the monkey's off the back"
4. 1994 PF, Gazza's one handed mark and after siren goal against North putting us in the GF.
3. 2011 GF, the Jimmy goal from outside 50m, at which point I knew we were safe.
2. 2009 GF, the toepoke, the Gazza bomb, the Chappy snap. I knew we'd snatched it.
1. 2007 GF, Jimmy's left foot snap, at which point I knew we had broken the drought.

I was at the entire 1989 final series but too young to remember most of it. Having watched the GF on video since, Gazza's game that day is very stiff not to make the list.
 

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1 Number one for me has to be seeing the Geelong players presented with their premiership medallions -when that happened -i thought to myself this cant be for real -but it was -just the absolute joy of that

(2) Backing up the outstanding /unbelievable win /loss record ie 125 wins out of 150 games -with 3 premierships -so a golden era isnt wasted

(3) Beating West Coast at Subiaco by 135 points -that record wont be broken in 100 years . Quartermaine and Lane were calling that game -and saying -this is exciting -and it was

(4) Beating Hawthorn 10 times in a row -that is an outstanding record -i dislike Hawthorn as much as anyone -but they aernt a lightweight club -but to beat them 10 in a row is out of this world
 

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1 Number one for me has to be seeing the Geelong players presented with their premiership medallions -when that happened -i thought to myself this cant be for real -but it was -just the absolute joy of that
And also for the fact they did that so well- no yelling and "woo hooing", swearing and being respectful to the kids who were giving them the medal.
 
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Some moments missed - which shouldn't have been

* Billy kicking a point against the Bears in 92, that point gave us the record for the highest score. I was at the match and nobody around me at all seem to have any idea of the significance at all, going to Carrara in those days was a very surreal experience.
* Ablett shining in 92 at Subi, first win in the West and the monkey was off our back.
* Beating WCE comfortably at the WACA in '93 - to cap off a run of five wins all against the top five of the time all margins varied between comfortable and schellacking. We still missed the finals but at the time it didn't feel like it
* Round 6 2007 against Richmond, was a match like day following night
 
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