Alternative past GF matchups you would have liked to have seen if one of the prelim results was different

[largebus]

North would’ve been very silly to start up the fist a cuffs if they played us in 2000

Psychopaths in Hardwick, Solomon and Mark Johnson would’ve been onto any attempt by north players to start some crap.

Joined by Jason Johnson, Barnard,, Bewick and Moorcroft who all adored jumping in with some mindless violence.

Wallis vs Carey on his "anti-inflammatories". Would be the only thing interesting about the game, probably another 100 point hiding like the QF that year.

 

[Scotland]

As a WC fan I would've liked to see:

WC vs North in 1994. AA CHB Jakovich vs AA CHF Carey, in 2 matches that year Carey had 21 touches and kicked 5 in one game for 2 votes, Jakovich had 29 touches (Carey 1 goal) for 3 votes in the other.

WC vs Freo 2015. We would've pumped them without Fyfe who IIRC got injured in the prelim.

WC vs Richmond 2018. Two best teams of the H&A season and we only played them in Perth that year.

 

[loopy08]

2015 Fremantle vs West Coast. Hawthorn beating Fremantle in Perth in the prelim on the Friday night guaranteed a one sided grand final. North weren't good enough to challenge Hawthorn (or West Coast in Perth) and West Coast weren't good enough outside of Perth.

2020 Brisbane vs Richmond. A big part of Richmond's dominance was built around the fact that they played the MCG better than any team. 2020 was the best of the 3 in 4 year premierships as it was the only one of those 3 premierships where being the best at the MCG didn't help them. Would have been interesting to see if Richmond could win being the away team.

I didn't include 2018 with Richmond instead of Collingwood as Collingwood beating Richmond ensured a close contest. Also, Richmond only played outside of Melbourne 5 times that year and lost 4 of them. The only team they beat outside of Melbourne was Gold Coast who finished 2nd to bottom. West Coast were the more impressive of the 2 teams that year as they were able to beat good quality opposition outside of their home state.

 

[BigVic]

The Derby would’ve literally Stopped a whole state at standstill watching the game.