West Coast 1992 vs Brisbane 2025

[PowerfulPies2023]

Who wins? Home and away records almost identical. Eagles 15-6-1 Lions 16-6-1. Both beat Geelong at Geelong and beat them in the Grand Final. The Eagles beat the Cats twice in the finals compared to the Lions once. The Eagles like Brisbane took their foot off the gas in the 2nd semi leading by 57 points before winning by 38. The Lions lead by 65 and won by 47 in the granny. The Lions had impressive away wins vs the Hawks and Dockers and beat the hawks again in the final home and away round to get top 4. The Eagles beat the blues in their final home and away game to get top 4. The eagles had an impressive win against reigning premiers Hawthorn at Waverley in the GF rematch and beat them again in the finals at subi. A hawks side that many believed would have gone on to win the flag had they toppled west coast in that elimination final and it went down to the wire. Both sides lost at home to Collingwood who finished top 4.

West Coast had a star studded defence in Mckenna, jackovich, Worsfold, McIntosh and others. Matera and Sumich were dynamite mids and forwards.

Who wins?

 

[Freomaniac]

This is an interesting post... I gotta think about this one

 

[ABSOLUTE MADMAN]

Dan26

 

[Dan26]

Dan26

Eagles 1992 for me.

 

[Scotland]

The youngest player in the WC side is 52 so it pains me to say it but I'll have to go with the Lions.

 

[Viceregal]

Assuming all players are at their '92 and '25 fitness levels and ages ... are we playing this game using the '92 rules or the '25 rules?

 

[Seattle Mariners]

Eagles up by 13 points at 3qtr time, but the Lions sneak home in a thriller.

 

[Dazzler9]

Most modern teams* would defeat a team from 30 years ago, simply because the tactics were pretty basic back in those days.

* originally typed all modern teams, before remembering who I support.

 

[ABSOLUTE MADMAN]

Eagles 1992 for me.

Care to share the reasoning for it? I hope percentage is not part of it because the 2025 Lions flexed their muscle only when needed.

Look at their 40+ results

Geelong in Geelong.
Fremantle in Perth.
Gold Coast in a semi final at the Gabba.
Geelong in the grand final after leading by 65 points

They are a team that chose to o show their true power level at specific times and that level was scary.

 

[Piggy Smalls]

I'll go out on a limb and nominate the team of full time professionals that exist in an elite environment 11 months of the year.

 

[Freomaniac]

The youngest player in the WC side is 52 so it pains me to say it but I'll have to go with the Lions.

Mate, we all grow old at some point. Well.... Most of us LoL

 

[Mr Meow]

Care to share the reasoning for it? I hope percentage is not part of it because the 2025 Lions flexed their muscle only when needed.

Look at their 40+ results

Geelong in Geelong.
Fremantle in Perth.
Gold Coast in a semi final at the Gabba.
Geelong in the grand final after leading by 65 points

They are a team that chose to o show their true power level at specific times and that level was scary.

It's tricky assessing a side with that kind of profile. Other than labelling them big game kings, which they quite obviously are. Their last 7 knockout finals have been brilliant, and they only seem to bother getting out of gear against top teams or backs against the wall even in H&A.

Richmond 2017-2020 were a bit similar (only 2 poor finals, 10 exceptional ones, strong finishes to seasons when winning was pivotal) but the key difference is that they only became a good team on the road in the very late in that sequence. Their MCG form was their weapon before that. With Brisbane, it's gotten to the point where they almost prefer playing away from home.

 

[rapidfire7]

West Coke with their good stuff would go far

 

[garlic munchers]

Most modern teams* would defeat a team from 30 years ago, simply because the tactics were pretty basic back in those days.

* originally typed all modern teams, before remembering who I support.

Sure we’re.

Worsfold = see oppo player and try and maim them.

The 91-96 Eagles were still just learning how to best travel, turn up for a game and recover. Plus played at the true Vic suburban grounds, whereas no Princes Park, Victoria Park, Windy Hill etc for Brissie.

Not saying they were better than the Brissie 2 peat, but WC did trail blaze it for the interstaters to come.

Was an extraordinary group of players who truly embraced an us against the Vics philosophy.

 

[Altum Volantes]

WCE in 92 only had 2 on the bench, so with the additional 3 players to draw on, I think Brisbane would win easily.

 

[Scotland]

If we're brutally honest, WC 2025 would beat WC 1992.

WC 1992 with a squad of 23 players and modern training standards (do WC 2025 have those? hur hur) totally different ball game.

Josh Kennedy is recently retired but is our best ever key forward kicking 700 goals. I would love to see how his GPS stats - as a 30 year old 196cm key forward - would have compared to the 1992 side; forwards, mids, backs.

Josh Kennedy 2016: 148 marks, 229 kicks, 71 handballs, 82 goals 37 behinds, 69 tackles, 45 inside 50s.
Peter Sumich 1992: 87 marks, 162 kicks, 13 handballs, 82 goals 46 behinds, 12 tackles, inside 50s not recorded.

Sumich was great, but his job was to play full forward and kick goals. He wasn't part of an 18 man team defensive zone and he wasn't expected to chase and tackle inside 50 like he's Cyril Rioli. You play Sumich in 2025 and Harris Andrews

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Harris Andrews

Age

28

Ht

200cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

151.7

2star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

94.0

2star

probably has 45 touches. On the flip side if the 2025 Lions play a 1992 game style Sumich kicks 10. But you can't 'make' a team play the way you want them to. Any team in 2025 could play 90s style footy, but none do because they know they would get flogged.

 

[Warhorse]

Both teams had hugely unfair advantages in recruiting so its a fair comparison