No Oppo Supporters OPPOSITION OBSERVATION XXXVIII

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I saw a snippet of the 89 gf Apperently that was the greatest gf ever , and it got me thinking what other club has gone out there with the intention of taking a bloke out? Scats in 89 , the good bloke Stewart taking out Prestia , the media whore Dangerfield taking out Vlastuin, gee the scats feature in a lot of them
 

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SunshineBoy said:
I saw a snippet of the 89 gf Apperently that was the greatest gf ever , and it got me thinking what other club has gone out there with the intention of taking a bloke out? Scats in 89 , the good bloke Stewart taking out Prestia , the media whore Dangerfield taking out Vlastuin, gee the scats feature in a lot of them
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Yer but they're good blokes so nothing to see here.
 
SunshineBoy said:
That’s the one I had Ron Chopper Harris old Chelsea hard man on my mind
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Probably just before my time. I started following the football over there in the late '70's, so I might have caught the tail end of his career.
 
SunshineBoy said:
I saw a snippet of the 89 gf Apperently that was the greatest gf ever , and it got me thinking what other club has gone out there with the intention of taking a bloke out? Scats in 89 , the good bloke Stewart taking out Prestia , the media whore Dangerfield taking out Vlastuin, gee the scats feature in a lot of them
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I am biased but I think the intensity of the 2017 gf wasn’t much below the 89 gf. If Taylor Walker and Josh Jenkin had shown a bit of heart and kept the scores close I think it would be rated as one of the best gf’s of all time. The tiger players and most of the crow’s players showed amazing skill under enormous pressure. I laugh every time I hear Walker defend the crows post gf camp. In reality him and Jenkins are the only two who should have been compulsory attendees
 
LTT said:
I laugh every time I hear Walker defend the crows post gf camp. In reality him and Jenkins are the only two who should have been compulsory attendees
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Betts, Cameron and Lever weren't much better.
 

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Hoos said:
I think you are hard on Betts and Cameron. Pretty hard to crumb to your key forward’s when they are nowhere to be found. Did those two even play the first half. Maybe they were in the change rooms practicing their power stance for the medal presentation
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SunshineBoy said:
I saw a snippet of the 89 gf Apperently that was the greatest gf ever , and it got me thinking what other club has gone out there with the intention of taking a bloke out? Scats in 89 , the good bloke Stewart taking out Prestia , the media whore Dangerfield taking out Vlastuin, gee the scats feature in a lot of them
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just like Taylor Dane, 89 GF 's always been over rated imo,as much as i hate the bummers the '84GF was a better game & '85 bummers side sits 3rd behind our '74 , '80 sides as the strongest and toughest teams ive seen.2017 & '20 GF's better games
to watch as a nuetral than '89
 
lumpinee said:
just like Taylor Dane, 89 GF 's always been over rated imo,as much as i hate the bummers the '84GF was a better game & '85 bummers side sits 3rd behind our '74 , '80 sides as the strongest and toughest teams ive seen.2017 & '20 GF's better games
to watch as a nuetral than '89
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Yes. In that '89 Gf, yes it was high scoring and there were a few heavy hits, although not as many as it's made out by people who weren't even there (I was). Both teams backlines were taken apart, due to the fact that it was a free flowing game with barely any pressure applied to whoever had the ball. All of the most brutal hits (Yeates on Brereton, Hocking on Platten, Dipper on Hocking, Ablett on Dipper) were off the ball.

It was still an enjoyable game, but not the best GF ever. Certainly not the best I've seen. 1984 and 2009 are probably the two best for me as a neutral.
 
Hoos said:
Yes. In that '89 Gf, yes it was high scoring and there were a few heavy hits, although not as many as it's made out by people who weren't even there (I was). Both teams backlines were taken apart, due to the fact that it was a free flowing game with barely any pressure applied to whoever had the ball. All of the most brutal hits (Yeates on Brereton, Hocking on Platten, Dipper on Hocking, Ablett on Dipper) were off the ball.

It was still an enjoyable game, but not the best GF ever. Certainly not the best I've seen. 1984 and 2009 are probably the two best for me as a neutral.
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I have never seen it but I think the 66 gf must rate up near the top. Firstly because Collingwood lost by a point and secondly it left North Melbourne as the only unsuccessful club. You can tolerate saints winning because you know it won’t happen often
 
Hoos said:
Yes. In that '89 Gf, yes it was high scoring and there were a few heavy hits, although not as many as it's made out by people who weren't even there (I was). Both teams backlines were taken apart, due to the fact that it was a free flowing game with barely any pressure applied to whoever had the ball. All of the most brutal hits (Yeates on Brereton, Hocking on Platten, Dipper on Hocking, Ablett on Dipper) were off the ball.

It was still an enjoyable game, but not the best GF ever. Certainly not the best I've seen. 1984 and 2009 are probably the two best for me as a neutral.
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Wouldn't say it was the best GF ever either, but maybe the best last quarter in AFL/VFL GF history, along with the 77 draw and 66.
 
Wooden Robot said:
Wouldn't say it was the best GF ever either, but maybe the best last quarter in AFL/VFL GF history, along with the 77 draw and 66.
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Which one, '89? I reckon the last quarter in '84 was just as good.

Hawthorn blowing a 3/4 time lead in a grand final is almost as good as Collingwood doing it.
 
agree '84 last qtr if your a bummers fan has to go down in history as the most enjoyable qtr in that clubs history,3 consecutive years n 3 qtrs of a game being bashed from pillar to post by that mob and to come out and deliver what they did in the first 12 mins of the last ,hard to surpass,as a neutral i njoyed watching hawks fold like a chair ,i still liked kevin
then .
 
Just realised no team in the 127 year history of the competition has played in 2 or more Grand Finals within a 4 or even 5 year period and come away with a better percentage than Richmond 2017-20 222% dominance of 3 Grand Finals.

Best to remind any Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Geelong or Hawthorn supporting friends in particular of this nice little factoid. :)
 
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