Who watched the 1987 SA v VIC state of origin match on Foxtel last night?

[Billy ray]

Just watching this game now. The ball was an odd colour. Yellow. But not bright yellow. Almost like a red yellow.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Spot on, 1995 was the peak.

Must have been good most Carlton supporters still live there

 

[Go the Guts]

I watched it and was impressed with SA, Platten, Naley, and Bradley were everywhere, Dermie did his usual sniping thug act with zero impact on the Game .

3 Margaret medallists. Platen and Bradley went to Vic, Platten won a Brownlow & some flags, Bradley massive for carlton & won a flag or two also. Naley another SA boy who would've dominated VFL but chose to stay at home.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Just watching this game now. The ball was an odd colour. Yellow. But not bright yellow. Almost like a red yellow.

Falkener ball not a Sherrin

 

[Boxhead_31]

3 Margaret medallists. Platen and Bradley went to Vic, Platten won a Brownlow & some flags, Bradley massive for carlton & won a flag or two also. Naley another SA boy who would've dominated VFL but chose to stay at home.

Naley did go to Carlton

 

[Go the Guts]

Naley did go to Carlton

Well there you go, didn't realise. Was dominant for South Adelaide.

Just looked - played 236 games for South, 65 for Carlton. Interestingly, the 3 yrs at carlton were right in the middle of his 236 games for South.

 

[FootyJunkie]

Players just kicked the ball without looking, often into opposition players.

Wasn't that pretty much the norm for most games back in the day?... just bombing it long for distance... at least there was less stop/start back then as a result.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Footballers' skills in general across the board are comfortably the best that they have ever been, anyone that thinks otherwise is just blinded by nostalgia. The only area that hasn't improved like it should imo is set shots on goal.

Another myth

I've seen plenty of games from the 80s where the winning side would kick 15.20

What's changed is the amount of shots

 

[GreyPower]

It may be a better standard now, but it was certainly a better spectacle 20-30 years ago.

 

[Smoooothy]

Falkener ball not a Sherrin

na, it was a sherrin. did see the markings on the ball at one stage

yellow ball used to be tanned yellow, it's now painted

 

[Sttew]

3 Margaret medallists. Platen and Bradley went to Vic, Platten won a Brownlow & some flags, Bradley massive for carlton & won a flag or two also. Naley another SA boy who would've dominated VFL but chose to stay at home.

Who was Margaret?

 

[Sttew]

It may be a better standard now, but it was certainly a better spectacle 20-30 years ago.

I dispute that. There is so much more congestion now but this is outweighed by the speed today, the precise foot and hand skills and the strategisation, IMO.

 

[Shoei]

I don't profess to follow "other" football codes like Rugby and Soccer. For those who do, if you were to watch games from 27 years ago would the contrast between skills levels and game styles be as dramatic as I believe we have seen in AFL?

For Soccer it's a little harder because there are multiple countries influencing the game at any given time.

 

[Go the Guts]

Who was Margaret?

She won a magarey.

 

[Blues_Man]

Another myth

I've seen plenty of games from the 80s where the winning side would kick 15.20

What's changed is the amount of shots

complete rubbish..they kicked large scores because they only ran one way..not a defensive bone in their bodies ...present day skills are much more consistently better ...the amount of times they just hand balled to nobody was cringe worthy.

 

[danstar]

complete rubbish..they kicked large scores because they only ran one way..not a defensive bone in their bodies ...present day skills are much more consistently better ...the amount of times they just hand balled to nobody was cringe worthy.

makes you wonder just how bad Richmond or Melbourne were a few years ago when they lost by over 150 to geelong

 

[yyou]

One thing I picked up on was the umpires didnt wait 50 years to call for a ball up

They were a lot more lenient with marks in general
Also the traditional SOO of WA vs Vic was also on & was a ripper game

 

[telsor]

Who was Margaret?

SANFL played like a bunch of girls....Could be the drag name of one of them..

 

[telsor]

They were a lot more lenient with marks in general
Also the traditional SOO of WA vs Vic was also on & was a ripper game

WA v Vic is no more 'traditional' than SA v Vic...

 

[Rezza Tiger]

Been having a look at quite a few of the 80s games on Fox Footy this past week and the kicking was so much better especially with a muddy waterlogged ball. Very few players today can kick that good. Also seen many excellent passages of team play ending with pinpoint accurate passes to the full foward. I'm not sure what the motivation behind these"modern snobs" is trying to downplay the older style game.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

OLD FOOTBALL FOREVER AND FOREVER A HUNDRED YEARS old football...Old football runnin' around and... a- all day long forever.. all a - a hundred days old football! forever a hundred times.... OVER and over oldfootballadventures.com..

I didn't get this the first time the thread came up.

I get it now

 

[Mr Ripper]

Which rules would they play? Today's rules or the rules back then? Changes things considerably

If today's players were suddenly subject to 80s interpretations they'd give away 200 free kicks a game.

 

[yyou]

WA v Vic is no more 'traditional' than SA v Vic...

come now
SOO originated by Larkins?
WA vs Vic was the original & best until the mulletanians used the chip on their shoulder to have some great results
honestly, SA did have some awesome teams in the late 80's & early 90's, but are they really relevant?

 

[telsor]

come now
SOO originated by Larkins?
WA vs Vic was the original & best until the mulletanians used the chip on their shoulder to have some great results
honestly, SA did have some awesome teams in the late 80's & early 90's, but are they really relevant?

From a Vic POV, it was all like a tussle with your little brother. You might have thought it a big deal, but for us a 'win' was still pretty meaningless. 'win' and it was 'yeah, of course', lose and we copped shit....meanwhile the other side thought it was the biggest thing in the world.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

From a Vic POV, it was all like a tussle with your little brother. You might have thought it a big deal, but for us a 'win' was still pretty meaningless. 'win' and it was 'yeah, of course', lose and we copped shit....meanwhile the other side thought it was the biggest thing in the world.

Not sure why you guys ever bothered playing, they were always on an end of year booze up, or only trying when they wanted to. Those poor players turning it on and off at will.
It's amazing why so many players were recruited from our dud states when surely you had hundreds much better in your own back yard.
Was there ever A day a Vic side lost or a vic club lost that was not on the piss or not taking it seriously?