Any Era match up

[QuietB]

95 Blues vs 00 Bombers

Lets ******* settle this already

Didn't the Blues settle this in 99'

 

[Bluelegs]

80s hawks vs that melbourne side that lost to Geelong by 186 points.

2013 era Melbourne would be far worse.

 

[Erect]

2009 Hawthorn vs 2017 Bulldogs

 

[Bluelegs]

That Melbourne side finished 11th though, weren't that bad. I'm pretty sure it was an attempt to get the CEO fired.

Can't believe we went through all that tanking crap and that game was never looked at. Only game that has ever actually been thrown.

 

[davos44]

2000 Bombers vs 2008 Cats would be pretty good. Cats were amazing until about 5 minutes into the 2nd quarter of the 08 Grand Final.

People talk about 2017 being a weak year, 2000 was one of the most insipid in living memory (Melbourne made the GF For Goodness Sake!)

 

[The Blue Baggers]

Yeah, nah. People look at Harmes with rose coloured glasses because he won a Norm Smith.

A good, honest footballer with good footskills. He was nothing overly special.

Played a game as a 17 year old and was done and dusted at 28.

Must have been watching different games !!

 

[Arc1]

I reckon Geelong 89 v Geelong 2007 would be popcorn-worthy. Right mixture of super high-scoring, genuine loonies, hard nuts, getting to see GAS and GAJ in a game.

Questions for the Cats fans - who goes to who in the 89 forward line, with Brownless, Stoneham and Ablett to cover? And where is Mark Yeates heading when the ball gets bounced?

 

[JVseven]

If Richmond make the GF.
Imagine late 90s North vs. Current day Richmond.

Bloodbath.

Cotchin would definitely cry.

 

[Dank You Steven]

Awesome side that a lot of fans forget about in discussions of GOAT.

If anyone doubts how good this side was, watch highlights of R4, 1982 - third quarter. I was too little to go, but my brother still has recurring nightmares about it.

 

[Dank You Steven]

I actually think that Cats team would get better under 80s umpiring. Scarlett, Rooke, Chapman, Mooney, Hunt and Milburn were all hard as nails and would have cherished being able to cream blokes on and off the ball.

Would be a ripping contest.

Spot on. Had a real nasty streak and would have loved the 80s.

 

[footyfan1978]

If anyone doubts how good this side was, watch highlights of R4, 1982 - third quarter. I was too little to go, but my brother still has recurring nightmares about it.

I remember being there and can find myself in the crowd if I look hard. Man that was an awesome game. In the best two or three games I ever been to.

 

[Arc1]

If anyone doubts how good this side was, watch highlights of R4, 1982 - third quarter. I was too little to go, but my brother still has recurring nightmares about it.

Not to mention Hawthorn coming off a casual 150 point win the week before including an 11-goal third quarter... bit of a hard landing...

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Didn't the Blues settle this in 99'

Well no actually. Their 1 point win in 1999 PF was achieved with a Herculean performance from their best player against a Bombers side minus Hird who missed virtually the whole season. 2000 Essendon side with Hi rd on deck was so much stronger.

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

As usual with BF threads asking for GOAT teams/players or here greatest "of any era", anything before 1980 is either ignored altogether or disparaged. In the interests of balance, I'd like to see Essendon of late 40s against Melbourne of mid to late 50s, each of which played 7 consecutive GFs. I'd nominate 1950 as best Dons side of the era. What do Dees fans reckon was their champion of Champions time from that golden era.

 

[Rack Watts]

1996 Brisbane Bears vs 2017 Gold Coast Suns
1996 Fitzroy Lions vs 2017 North Melbourne Kangaroos

 

[Captain_Bender]

1996 Brisbane Bears vs 2017 Gold Coast Suns
1996 Fitzroy Lions vs 2017 North Melbourne Kangaroos

Brisbane made a prelim that year would flog the 2017 Gold Coast Suns North Melbourne's 2017 team would flog the Fitzroy 1996 team though

 

[BK Eaglesfan]

WCE 92/94 vs WCE 05/06

+ 1 on this.

On a less parochial front, would love to see Hawthorn 88/89 v Brisbane 01-03.

 

[QuietB]

WCE 92/94 vs WCE 05/06

Surely WCE 92/94 win this by a massive margin. That was a great side. Putt Judd on a wing please = Matera V Judd

 

[TheKanga]

1996 Brisbane Bears vs 2017 Gold Coast Suns
1996 Fitzroy Lions vs 2017 North Melbourne Kangaroos

Our side this year would easily account for 96 Fitzroy.
They were really bad.

 

[Ricmel]

Richmond 1974 vs Geelong 2007 - these were two excitement machines.

 

[BK Eaglesfan]

Surely WCE 92/94 win this by a massive margin. That was a great side. Putt Judd on a wing please = Matera V Judd

Probably favour 92/94. Though with Cox feeding the 05/06 midfield, as good as the 92/94 midfield was I think the later side would win the clearances. Could just come down to that McKenna, Jakovich, Worsfold half back line. Would likely easily contain and beat their opponents, springboarding attacks. If the 05/06 mids were committed forward, 92/94 would carve them up.

 

[footyfan1978]

92/94 Eagles would wipe the floor with the 05/06 version.

 

[Dank You Steven]

Not to mention Hawthorn coming off a casual 150 point win the week before including an 11-goal third quarter... bit of a hard landing...

Yeah - Bulldogs at Waverley wasn't it? Michael Byrne kicked 8 on debut. Went to that one!

 

[Dank You Steven]

I reckon Geelong 89 v Geelong 2007 would be popcorn-worthy. Right mixture of super high-scoring, genuine loonies, hard nuts, getting to see GAS and GAJ in a game.

Questions for the Cats fans - who goes to who in the 89 forward line, with Brownless, Stoneham and Ablett to cover? And where is Mark Yeates heading when the ball gets bounced?

Geelong 07 would belt them - the 89 side were gutless snipers. Love to see Scarlett destroy that prick Bruns.