Vdubs
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I loved Lynchy . His issues were hamstring pain. They decided it was a back related issue iirc. Should have been a champion.Stewart for Mansfield (Michael had nice pace and great agility but nowhere near Tom in ability who plays like a modern day Bruce Doull - cannot be beaten on the ground and in air and is a sublime lateral mover with underrated ball skills)
Harley in for McGrath - strong and determined player who was valiant in rather weak 1990s Geelong defences but Harley much better for leadership and third man up brilliance.
I’d try to squeeze in a fit Paul Lynch (possibly for Milburn who was a great player of that era but behind like other similar players in that team). Paul was a huge talent IMO, a see ball/get ball player with great marking ability for his size, great pace and agility and great foot - at back or forward. Could have been a great if not for the chronic groin issues. Think he even got into the GFC team of the era on less than 50 games.
Wet day - Geelong team wins - all the Cats players named were great wet day players and I think the Cats team has the edge in mid field grunt.
The Dry day - Hawks win. Think the foot skills of their team is better and you’d need two Scarletts to stop Dunstall and Buddy.
Very close in overall talent.
Interesting that Gary Buckenara doesn't get in. He played in 88/89 GF's and still played in 90. A freak of a player.
They had another freak, James Morissey, who they called "freak" due to his amazing goal kicking ability.
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