Worst Miss?

[Father Jack]

not a bad miss or a skill error per se, but i think it was Chris Grant in the 97 prelim, couldnt quite get foot to ball. excrutiating.

 

[local]

Geelong player, forget his name, night match this year. He takes a unmanned mark 20 meters out. Hold the ball out and laughs at his opponent. Goes back, takes aim, and misses the goal.

Always cracks me up when a player takes a mark in front goal, shows off and then misses it.

 

[one_twelve112]

I believe the phrase you are after is: let alone score.
???

Perhoops your write!

 

[Smoooothy]

once again, Modra in the 1991 SANFL grand final

kicked the ball out on the full from the goal square

 

[TuskenRaider]

Bingo! Worst miss ever.

1987 Preliminary Final. Dees up by a couple of points, a minute to go.
Simon Eishold takes a great overhead mark on the edge of the goal square, 2 metres out from goal. Umpire puts him on a bit of an angle, not too bad though. His chance to be a hero and put Melbourne into the Grand Final, he is overcome by nerves however and shanks the ball at right angles straight through for a point.

Tony Campbell and Graeme Yeats also missed two shots on the run from 30m out directly in front that also would've sealed this game. Funny how the Dee fans always tried to blame the umpires for this loss, instead of blaming 3 of the worst misses ever.

Summed up pretty well. I can remember Eishold's mark vividly, a great grab.

I know Yeats was devastated with missing that shot.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Geelong player, forget his name, night match this year. He takes a unmanned mark 20 meters out. Hold the ball out and laughs at his opponent. Goes back, takes aim, and misses the goal.

Always cracks me up when a player takes a mark in front goal, shows off and then misses it.

That was Josh Hunt

 

[Schneiderman]

Richo 2004 Round 22 against us. Richmond on a roll, despite being bottom of the ladder, up by three goals early in the match. Richo has taken a couple of big marks, and takes a beauty top of the goal square directly in front.

He walks back and kicks... a point, off the side of the boot.

Richmond collapsed from that point and lost by 64pts. After kicking four in the first ten minutes, they kicked only two in the remainder of the game.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

graham polaks one when he was trying the forward role was directly in front and kicked the ball too low was about 10 m out and it was marked.

 

[Marstermind]

I'm surprised no one has mention Corey McKernan's effort in 1999 against Port Adelaide. Stormed into an open goal and tried to slam it over the Great Southern Stand from about a metre out. Came off the side of the boot and whilst it ended high in the stand, it wasn't even close to a goal. 10 minutes later he slotted one from the boundary 50m out. Typical McKernan.

 

[Chewy]

It was further than that, but he was good enough to kick it. 20m is closer to the mark.

Closer to 20m my arse. Go and watch a replay of it. Mercuri was just to right of the top of the goal square. It wasn't a "quick snap" as HugeBluesfan said. He ran straight into goal with no Carlton player near him, he was more or less directly in front and rushed his kick because of the implied pressure of the moment. It was a shocking miss, no two ways about it. 999 times out of 1000, he would've buried it and put the Dons into the Grand Final.

 

[Chewy]

not a bad miss or a skill error per se, but i think it was Chris Grant in the 97 prelim, couldnt quite get foot to ball. excrutiating.

That's because Paul Hudson thought he would try to be the hero instead of shepherding for Grant and they both collided.

 

[Father Jack]

That's because Paul Hudson thought he would try to be the hero instead of shepherding for Grant and they both collided.

sounds about right.

 

[Embers]

Ive had some HORRIBLE misses in the time I played took a mark in the square with no player within 20m of us thought id handball it off to my teammate so he could kick his 6th however he turned his back, hit his elbow and went straight through for a point.

I also took a mark in the square in a wet game went for a kick slipped over dropped the ball and it bounced straigh to the guy on the mark and they rushed it out. I had a 30m run up too

 

[Jarka]

Bingo! Worst miss ever.

1987 Preliminary Final. Dees up by a couple of points, a minute to go.
Simon Eishold takes a great overhead mark on the edge of the goal square, 2 metres out from goal. Umpire puts him on a bit of an angle, not too bad though. His chance to be a hero and put Melbourne into the Grand Final, he is overcome by nerves however and shanks the ball at right angles straight through for a point.

Tony Campbell and Graeme Yeats also missed two shots on the run from 30m out directly in front that also would've sealed this game. Funny how the Dee fans always tried to blame the umpires for this loss, instead of blaming 3 of the worst misses ever.

I've never heard a Melbourne supporter blaming the umpires for that

I've heard a couple of nasty Irish jokes though

 

[jacko57]

In order :

* Percy Jones in the reserves (kicked the goalpost)
* Blight unopposed in the goalsquare
* Ling (sideways set shot)
* Eishold in the prelim final (sideways set shot)
* any of 14 North players in the 98 GF

 

[Cuzz09]

TY ZANTUCK

Essendon Vs Port Adelaide - Round 9 2005

Set shot from about 25 metres out on slight angle missed everything by about 40 metres.

He literally kicked the ball sideways!!

 

[Tuco]

Hands down the worse miss I have ever seen was Troy Cook for Syd against North Melb in 1997 (I think). It was a mudbath game. But he had the ball on the goal line, went back and took a set shot from directly in front, 5m out...

...missed his foot with the drop, it stuck in the mud, he did an airy and most impressive of all, somehow achieved the impossible task of failing to even manage to score a point.

 

[^BL|TZ^]

Any time Rowan Jones kicks the ball

 

[Chewy]

I've never heard a Melbourne supporter blaming the umpires for that

I've heard a couple of nasty Irish jokes though

I've spent nigh on 20 years arguing about with Dee fans I know, whether or not the 15m penalty was paid before or after the final siren. No one ever said "exciting finish to the 1987 Preliminary". It was always "controversial finish to the 1987 Preliminary". Controversial because the Melbourne fans were so bitter about that 15m penalty. I think that the mad Dee fan, Derryn Hinch even stormed into the umpire's room after the game demanding answers (true dat!)

For the record:

• I was sitting on the VFL Park members directly below one of the PA speakers.
• Stynes ran over the mark before the siren went.
• The umpire saw and whistled for the 15m penalty as the siren went.
• He dragged back Grinter or Spalding (?) the 15m while the siren was blaring.
• 15m penalties can be paid after the final siren.
• Dee fans should blame the 3 late misses for this loss.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Steven Silvagni was 10 metres out on a good angle and kicked the ball across the face for a behind. The only trouble was he was playing full back at the time

 

[Major Colvin]

I've spent nigh on 20 years arguing about with Dee fans I know, whether or not the 15m penalty was paid before or after the final siren. No one ever said "exciting finish to the 1987 Preliminary". It was always "controversial finish to the 1987 Preliminary". Controversial because the Melbourne fans were so bitter about that 15m penalty. I think that the mad Dee fan, Derryn Hinch even stormed into the umpire's room after the game demanding answers (true dat!)

For the record:

• I was sitting on the VFL Park members directly below one of the PA speakers.
• Stynes ran over the mark before the siren went.
• The umpire saw and whistled for the 15m penalty as the siren went.
• He dragged back Grinter or Spalding (?) the 15m while the siren was blaring.
• 15m penalties can be paid after the final siren.
• Dee fans should blame the 3 late misses for this loss.

No way do I blame the umpires. The 15m penalty was there and rightly paid

 

[Jeremias]

Didn't Whinston Abraham miss from the square, straight in front?

Also, not a miss, but Andrew Lovett's effort vs the Blues earlier in the year was hilarious. Running into an open goal, noone anywhere near him, slips over...and the rest, as they say, is history!

 

[Lucev23]

Rowan Jones Attempt against Adelaide Was pretty Bad lol

 

[krisholio14]

Kent Kingsley failed to make the distance from 20m out, directly in front.

it was actually matty mccarthy v carlton, round 2 2004. mark blake also did something similar v north ballarat in the VFL finals this year.

brian wilson did a 'blighty' in a game at PP v fitzroy in 1987. ran into an open goal and kicked a point. the funniest thing was his reaction after he realized what he'd done. looked around and basically threw the head back, fell to his knees with head in hands. classic stuff from one of the cockiest players ever to grace a footy field.

 

[G.O.B]

Not the worst miss I've seen but worthy of an honorary mention due to the fact that it nearly caused his coach to have an anuerysm on live television.
Sir Scotty Burns.....take a bow. (vs Port Power,2006)