This could take all day.........but 2 that come to mind :
* Couch goaled in the 3rd 1/4 after accepting a pass from Ablett, who had been freed against Martyn ; after viewing the incident, the match review panel had Ablett up for striking......he got off, as he was always going to in grand final week, but it does make you wonder if the 'free' was there
* Ablett goaled in the 2nd 1/4, free against Fairley, a classic 'dive' in the now famous Matty Lloyd style
I know it's water under the bridge, and North have themselves to blame for a lot of easy shots at goal that they missed ; but any Geelong fan who thinks the better team won on the day is kidding themselves.
Would North have beaten the Eagles in the '94 GF ? No idea........but I'm certain they would have put up a better effort than the Cats did.
* Couch goaled in the 3rd 1/4 after accepting a pass from Ablett, who had been freed against Martyn ; after viewing the incident, the match review panel had Ablett up for striking......he got off, as he was always going to in grand final week, but it does make you wonder if the 'free' was there
* Ablett goaled in the 2nd 1/4, free against Fairley, a classic 'dive' in the now famous Matty Lloyd style
I know it's water under the bridge, and North have themselves to blame for a lot of easy shots at goal that they missed ; but any Geelong fan who thinks the better team won on the day is kidding themselves.
Would North have beaten the Eagles in the '94 GF ? No idea........but I'm certain they would have put up a better effort than the Cats did.
As for the comment highlighted, no arguments from me there. I think our "grand final" was actually the Prelim. We were probably mentally and physically spent going into the Grand Final. But take nothing away from the Eagles, they were awesome on the first Saturday in October (which the grand final was played on that year)

