Collingwood Vs Fremantle had some classics as of late
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huh? Revisionist crap.Hawthorn never looked like losing and Fremantle never looked like winning
Freo had all the momentum in the 3rd and absolutely looked like a decent chance to win it. Gunston's goal just before 3/4 time gave us breathing space. Freo never looked likely in the last quarter by the time they started coming back it was nearly too latehuh? Revisionist crap.
Freo got to within 3 points in the 3rd quarter.. twice. The final margin was only 15 points.
2015 (night of Phil Walsh's death) and 2016 were cracking games.As for all the suggestions of Collingwood/Geelong, I would suggest Hawthorn/Collingwood have been far, far worse for a long time now. Only redeeming note for that is the 2011 Prelim but if we’re extending that far into the past it’s worth noting that the 2007 prelim was a far superior game.
Not every year and not every game...
But over a 20 year stretch the Showdowns are more likely than any other fixture to produce a good game with high quality play, passion, crowd enthusiasm and a good dash of niggle.
Its the by far the most consistent good fixture for neutrals.
Actually I stand corrected on that, 2015 was a great one, as you said.2015 (night of Phil Walsh's death) and 2016 were cracking games.
May have been more exciting for us as we had a top 4 result riding on itActually I stand corrected on that, 2015 was a great one, as you said.
2016 was the Jack Fitzpatrick game? Close result but wasn’t really a great game
2015 (night of Phil Walsh's death) and 2016 were cracking games.
2019 was a terrible game of football. I was at 2017 and the standard at that one was rubbish as well.Yeah, and from memory, there were a couple of other fixtures that had points of interest.
I remember 2017 being the game that Hawthorn burst out of the blocks, kicked 6 goals to quarter time (Collingwood scoreless) and commentators were discussing whether it would result in Buckley's sacking. Collingwood surged back in a reasonably high scoring affair and won the game late, despite Tom Mitchell having 50 touches for the first time in his career.
In 2019, Collingwood were playing for top 4 and Hawthorn were trying to get into the 8. After trailing the entire match, Hawthorn kicked 5 goals in the last quarter to steal the game by under a goal. The intensity late in the game was pretty high with a bit riding on it for both sides (as it turns out, despite Hawthorn winning, Collingwood finished the year hanging on to 4th and Hawthorn's late surge still left them 9th).
That's at least 5 decent fixtures in the last 10 years (with 2011 PF, 2015 and 2016) which, together with some shockers, is probably about par.
2019 was lucky it was close. It was an ordinary match otherwise as we only had 4 goals to 3/4 timeYeah, and from memory, there were a couple of other fixtures that had points of interest.
I remember 2017 being the game that Hawthorn burst out of the blocks, kicked 6 goals to quarter time (Collingwood scoreless) and commentators were discussing whether it would result in Buckley's sacking. Collingwood surged back in a reasonably high scoring affair and won the game late, despite Tom Mitchell having 50 touches for the first time in his career.
In 2019, Collingwood were playing for top 4 and Hawthorn were trying to get into the 8. After trailing the entire match, Hawthorn kicked 5 goals in the last quarter to steal the game by under a goal. The intensity late in the game was pretty high with a bit riding on it for both sides (as it turns out, despite Hawthorn winning, Collingwood finished the year hanging on to 4th and Hawthorn's late surge still left them 9th).
That's at least 5 decent fixtures in the last 10 years (with 2011 PF, 2015 and 2016) which, together with some shockers, is probably about par.
2019 was a terrible game of football. I was at 2017 and the standard at that one was rubbish as well.
That match up was on Good Friday in 2018, they kicked us out for St Kilda and the result was one of the worst games I’ve ever watched.The north vs stk game around easter most years has robbed my life of precious time on this earth.
I wont make the same mistake again. Would rather clean my gutters out.