Geelong Sliding Doors

[Hinkley29]

His 1992 season was phenomenal. As was 93 and 94.

Stewart and enright are the best two half back flankers we have had (and possibly the two best the game has seen in the past 35 years). But at geelong hinkley for mine is clear next in line and then a gap with milburn, mansfield, bos, mackie, sholl next in line.

All Australian in 1991 and 1992.

B&F in 1992 and third in the Brownlow that year. In 1991 and 1992 he was among the best 10-15 players in the league.

Kenny’s career was short, but his peak was up there with the best players of his era.

To the poster who laughed at my previous post ( Footy_Fan2007 ), he was clearly a better player than Gaz and Billy at the time of the 1991 prelim. Gaz was a shell of himself in 1991 after un-retiring mid season and Billy never had a peak as good as Kenny’s run from 91 through 94.

 

[iameviljez]

His 1992 season was phenomenal. As was 93 and 94.

Stewart and enright are the best two half back flankers we have had (and possibly the two best the game has seen in the past 35 years). But at geelong hinkley for mine is clear next in line and then a gap with milburn, mansfield, bos, mackie, sholl next in line.

I don’t think Hinkley was quite the same in 93/94.

 

[Hinkley29]

I don’t think Hinkley was quite the same in 93/94.

I mostly agree with that.

But he had some games in 93 & 94 that were brilliant. His game in the 94 prelim was huge. He was an absolute key to our win, he obliterated McAdam and set up so many attacks.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Funny thing is I looked at the same list and felt meh

Nothing that changes the world but a couple of handy names

 

[Catsace]

Or in a similar vein, what if they either

a) had a 22 game season that year (everyone only played 20 games), or
b) They introduced the top 8 in 1993 instead of the following year.

We also played only once each the ghastly bottom three, Bears, Swans and Tiggers won a combined 9 of 60 games! Missed out on the top 6 by about 3%, with Gary Sr at his peak.

I also wonder, Rd 1 1997, Gary Sr plays the ressies, kicks 7 goals but does a partial tear of his ACL. But we lose the senior game by 8 points to Richmond, his absolute bunnies. We finish second again by a couple of percent, and instead of playing a weak 8th placed team, we play norf with Carey in slippery but not muddy conditions, perfect for 'Pagan's Paddock', and Carey's 7 goals sink us in the QF.

The loss to Freo in 2013 in the home final was just funereal, walking out of the ground it was just complete stunned silence.

But am I the only one who rued the horrid OOF kick by Allen Christensen early in the last quarter of the 2013 PF, Geelong up by 20 points and he had a completely free Harry Taylor to spot up for a chance for a goal. Sadly it goes down the other end, the Hawks goal, and they get their tails up. I don't really hold Varcoe's miss the same way, I felt we were out on our feet late in that game and the Hawks probably would have won extra time.

Of course, if Holmes didn't do a hammy in the PF last year as well.

 

[Gazza Greatness]

I mostly agree with that.

But he had some games in 93 & 94 that were brilliant. His game in the 94 prelim was huge. He was an absolute key to our win, he obliterated McAdam and set up so many attacks.

Cannot remember the year but the best game I seen Ken Hinkley play was down at Kardinia Park against the Pies (so it must have been a very, very, very long time ago) and he was playing on Darren Millane who was their best player in the 1990 final series in which the Pies won the flag. But on this day Ken Hinkley repeatedly beat Darren Millane in one-on-one contests which you don't see these days, gave him an absolute hiding of all hidings which is a fair indication of how good a footballer Ken Hinkley was, a brilliant player and footballer.

 

[winty]

We also played only once each the ghastly bottom three, Bears, Swans and Tiggers won a combined 9 of 60 games! Missed out on the top 6 by about 3%, with Gary Sr at his peak.

There are so many "what ifs" about that 1993 season. There was also a game against Fitzroy mid-way through the season where we were 8 goals up at half time, yet almost choked before ultimately winning by 7 or 8 points. Since we had missed the finals by percentage, would we have made it if we didn't take the foot off their throats in the second half?

I think the first time we played the Eagles we were well in front at one stage before they stormed home and pipped us too. Both those games proved costly.

 

[Gazza Greatness]

There are so many "what ifs" about that 1993 season. There was also a game against Fitzroy mid-way through the season where we were 8 goals up at half time, yet almost choked before ultimately winning by 7 or 8 points. Since we had missed the finals by percentage, would we have made it if we didn't take the foot off their throats in the second half?

I think the first time we played the Eagles we were well in front at one stage before they stormed home and pipped us too. Both those games proved costly.

End of home & away in 1993 we were the best team in it, that win against West Coast over in Subiaco in the last home & away for the year was enormous, the team was firing on all cylinders...... just a pity for reasons you have just mentioned but also other reasons that we missed making finals, we just lucked-out at the wrong time of year.