Ruben Carter wrote:Wedgie wrote:Ruben Carter wrote:Wedgie wrote:North Adelaide of 86 beat Melbourne here and Collingwood at Waverley. The Bays didn't do much though.
Wow! And I'm sure those Vic clubs would've thrown absolutely everything at North in those vital clashes
They did, played full teams. Treated them no different than the SANFL clubs.
and they were desperate to win as well! Yeah, right..
Surely you're not saying that Greg Phillips, Bruce Abernethy, and Mark Williams, three born-and-bred Port Adelaide 'never say die' champions who played for Collingwood that night, merely went through the motions? Very un-Port Adelaide. I can almost hear The Creed peeling off the walls of the Alberton Oval changerooms.
Seriously though, if Collingwood didn't give a stuff then why did they lose by only 8 points, and at the death? You must concede that if they were not 'desperate to win' then they wouldn't have (a) bothered to field a full squad and (b) compete right to the end.
Anyhow, have a look and judge for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gzAL5NateA