Looking at some of those Fitzroy games of 1993, there should be a Fitzroy classics on DVD Box set and I am sure that a few of these games from 1993 would be on there considering how close some of them were, to the one against West Coast at the WACA that was such an outstanding effort for a team that was struggling under heavy financial debts. And of course you can't have a Fitzroy Classics collection without mentioning their final win against Fremantle in Round 8 1996 that was filled with so much emotion that you could tell that the fans were enjoying it not knowing if they would survive through the season.
Got as far as Denis Pagan commenting that we had the players at the club to be successful in his first year. He was right! North faded at the end bowing out in the elimination final against the reigning premiers in west coast but had some inspiring wins against both grand finalists and many more with their champion young skipper becoming the best player in the game. Can't wait to experience those days again hopefully in the not to distant future. Go Roos
Is great to see the game how it used to be played and still should be, more direct no kicking backwards like is today and higher scoring faster game back then in the 70's, 80's, 90's. As the 2014 season alone was the lowest scoring year since 1968. Plus the final round game of the season 2015 between Brisbane and Bulldogs was the first time two teams had scored over 120 points the same game for the second time in six years. Proves the game is slower now as higher scoring games like that were just the norm from 70's to 80's. Well hopefully the game will go back to the way it played back then, more direct. Also just to add, another woodenspoon for Carlton, 4 in the last 14 years. What a shame...not. lol
It should not be forgotten that Docklands and global warming (which had began drying out southern Australia’s climate in the 1970s and intensified the process beginning on October 1996) have no doubt reduced incentives to play with enterprise. If you look though games before 1996, it always seemed to be the highest-scoring teams who coped best with conditions adverse to scoring goals, and that teams who played more defensively could simply not score under wet conditions. I also will argue that because - as ‘The Age’ noted as early as 2006 - height became more important when Docklands and climate change eliminated or reduced uncertainties from weather, the AFL was faced with a reduced pool of player talent and increased natural discrepancies in team quality. Sports economists argue that increased discrepancies in team qualities are likely of themselves to encourage defensive play, and especially since Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney have been admitted, I have little doubt that this change in genuine and has encouraged more defensive play.
Such an amazing season...a shame that the best team in the comp by finals time weren't in the finals! An amazing season for G. Ablett and so many great games especially the draw between Carlton and Essendon and the Geelong v Essenndon game where Ablett kicked 14 and Salmon 10 (in three quarters). A shame the Grand Final was embarrassing because the year deserved a better finale
1993 was a great season overall. Kinda wished there were a few more games so each team played 22 games as usual but I am guessing 20 games was fair. Watching this video in 2020 knowing that we may not see much football at all this year due to the world wide virus. Thus is the reason looking back on videos like these are so important.
In hindsight, 1993 was the last year Fitzroy was ever competitive before the merger with the Brisbane Bears. Also note that there were a few notable events with Brisbane in 1993 most notably the move from Carrarra in the Gold Coast to the GABBA in Brisbane starting their rise to become a competitive team before the merger with Fitzroy in 1996.
i know ive got the 93 prelim bombers and crows 90 grandfinal 91 grand final finals game with west coast and hawthorn 91 where hawks were the only team to beat west coast in west coast um 96 grandfinal 99 prelim bombers and carlton where the blues one by 1 point 1995 richmond and bombers round 10 game i think 101 101 draw ill have to have a look at the rest oh have western bulldogs crows prelim i think it is where crows game from 27 behind in last q
Slycargo Bravado cool, im interested in home and away games mainly at the moment, that round 10 game im interested in, any others like that would be good, you can send me a full list if you like, no rush tho cheers
54:30 A Plugga number 4 at Full Forward. This was a time when Tony Lockett was playing for St Kilda and he was injured weeks earlier so he was not able to play. It seems like someone in Sydney decided to pull a joke and made a pig impersonating Tony Lockett go onto the field. Just a few years later, Tony Lockett ended up playing for Sydney starting in 1995 and it was at that club where he would go on to break his 1000th career goal in 95 as well as break 1300 career goals in 1999 wearing a Sydney Swans jumper with the number 4. Funny that it is hard to forget that he kicked most of his career goals wearing a St Kilda jumper.
TO guodade, very impressing coment..... not. Is an excuse. They play with an over shaped ball on an over shaped ground like they have done for the last 100 years or so. As Sam Newman mentioned about ten years ago, todays coaches are just trying to re-invent the wheel. The players have better conditions and also play indoor stadiums so sorry no excuse. They also supposed to be better and more professional so and still no excuse. These days players cant even kick on both sides like players used to in past. So still no excuse. The players in past had better skills and having a full forward etc that stayed there and kicked bags of goals is better then today when they bomb the ball to full forward and no one is there. How stupid does that look. But is good for a laugh. I believe that players these days waste there energy the hole of both teams following the ball. It does not make sense
