Who Would Win: West Coast of 2006 vs West Coast of 1994
The Eagles won when Worsfold was a hard-hitting backman and they won when he was their coach. Which team was better, who would win if they could play against each other? Would Cox dominate the ruck, can the present Eagles do anything against Jakovich in his prime and is Matera quicker than Judd?
It starts in the ruck with Cox and Seaby for the 2006 team and Turnbull, Hynes and Ball for the early edition. Cox would dominate, but Turnbull and Hynes would battle hard, and while Ball was an important player to the Eagles of 1994 he was more of a forward and had played less than 20 career games.
The football is tapped down and two quality midfields have to get it. Judd versus Matera, Cousins versus Kemp, Kerr versus Pyke, Mainwaring versus Stenglein. There are stars everywhere and however the matchups went it would be the highlight of the game. Difficult to give the advantage to either team.
The 1994 West Coast team scored 142 points in their Grand Final win, the 2006 version scored 85. This could be where the game is won. Lynch, Hansen, Embley and Armstrong do not have the firepower of Sumich, Heady, Evans, Lewis, Ball and Waterman.
Glass and Hunter were great in the 2006 Grand Final, but they don't compare to Jakovich, McIntosh and Brennan. Wirrpanda provides attack from the back, Guy McKenna did the same thing for the 1994 team.
The Eagles had Chick and Waters in 2006 for some rough stuff, but Peter Wilson and Worsfold the player might have been a bit stronger.
One person who might know the result to this game is Drew Banfield, he had 8 possessions in the 1994 AFL Grand Final and in the 2006 Grand Final he improved on that with 9 possessions, for this game he would start on the bench for both teams.
The new Eagles have a super ruckman who could turn the game, the 1994 team had Jakovich across halfback and the Eagles of today would have no answer for him. It would be a battle of the onballers that would decide the game, the 2006 team would need a lot more of the ball to have a chance at kicking a winning score, and that probably would not happen against Matera and the other 1994 Eagles.
How the two teams would line up is anyone's guess, but following is a possibility. Feel free to post a comment on the teams and who would win.
Winner: 1994 Eagles
2006 FF: B Jones, Q Lynch, S Armstrong
1994 FB: A McIntosh, M Brennan, D Hart
2006 HF: A Embley, A Hansen, D Kerr
1994 HB: J Worsfold, G Jakovich, G McKenna
2006 C: C Judd, C Fletcher, T Stenglein
1994 C: P Matera, D Kemp, C Mainwaring
2006 HB: D Chick, A Hunter, B Waters
1994 HF: C Lewis, J Ball, P Wilson
2006 FB: D Wirrpanda, D Glass, A Selwood
1994 FF: T Evans, P Sumich, B Heady
06 Foll: D Cox, B Cousins, M Braun
94 Foll: R Turnbull, D Pyke, C Waterman
06 bench: D Banfield, M Seaby, R Jones, S Butler
94 bench: D Banfield, D Hynes, S Bond, (M White: in 94 only had 3 on interchange)
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It starts in the ruck with Cox and Seaby for the 2006 team and Turnbull, Hynes and Ball for the early edition. Cox would dominate, but Turnbull and Hynes would battle hard, and while Ball was an important player to the Eagles of 1994 he was more of a forward and had played less than 20 career games.
The football is tapped down and two quality midfields have to get it. Judd versus Matera, Cousins versus Kemp, Kerr versus Pyke, Mainwaring versus Stenglein. There are stars everywhere and however the matchups went it would be the highlight of the game. Difficult to give the advantage to either team.
The 1994 West Coast team scored 142 points in their Grand Final win, the 2006 version scored 85. This could be where the game is won. Lynch, Hansen, Embley and Armstrong do not have the firepower of Sumich, Heady, Evans, Lewis, Ball and Waterman.
Glass and Hunter were great in the 2006 Grand Final, but they don't compare to Jakovich, McIntosh and Brennan. Wirrpanda provides attack from the back, Guy McKenna did the same thing for the 1994 team.
The Eagles had Chick and Waters in 2006 for some rough stuff, but Peter Wilson and Worsfold the player might have been a bit stronger.
One person who might know the result to this game is Drew Banfield, he had 8 possessions in the 1994 AFL Grand Final and in the 2006 Grand Final he improved on that with 9 possessions, for this game he would start on the bench for both teams.
The new Eagles have a super ruckman who could turn the game, the 1994 team had Jakovich across halfback and the Eagles of today would have no answer for him. It would be a battle of the onballers that would decide the game, the 2006 team would need a lot more of the ball to have a chance at kicking a winning score, and that probably would not happen against Matera and the other 1994 Eagles.
How the two teams would line up is anyone's guess, but following is a possibility. Feel free to post a comment on the teams and who would win.
Winner: 1994 Eagles
2006 FF: B Jones, Q Lynch, S Armstrong
1994 FB: A McIntosh, M Brennan, D Hart
2006 HF: A Embley, A Hansen, D Kerr
1994 HB: J Worsfold, G Jakovich, G McKenna
2006 C: C Judd, C Fletcher, T Stenglein
1994 C: P Matera, D Kemp, C Mainwaring
2006 HB: D Chick, A Hunter, B Waters
1994 HF: C Lewis, J Ball, P Wilson
2006 FB: D Wirrpanda, D Glass, A Selwood
1994 FF: T Evans, P Sumich, B Heady
06 Foll: D Cox, B Cousins, M Braun
94 Foll: R Turnbull, D Pyke, C Waterman
06 bench: D Banfield, M Seaby, R Jones, S Butler
94 bench: D Banfield, D Hynes, S Bond, (M White: in 94 only had 3 on interchange)
Check back for plenty of other contests and comparisons, including:
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I think 94 -- they were like a machine and dominated the competition more than the 06 team. Plus they had Matera, who was a legend.
The game would be a disaster. Worsfold wouldn't know what he was doing. Do I mark this ball for the 94 team or drop it because I'm coaching the 2006 team? Where do my real loyalites lie? By quarter time, they'd have to bring in a psychiatrist, and call the game off.
Great question. Sorry to take it so faceitously.
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I think the 94 team would win, the reason being the 06 teams forward line is still developing, whereas 94s backline was one of the best ever seen. Who knows maybe the 08 Eagles will be as good as 94.
How about the '85 Essendon team vs the 2000 model?
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Interesting to see about the 06 team getting even better. The 1994 Eagles list had players like Gehrig, Heatley, Lyle and Schofield on it but the Eagles never got back to the Grand Final with those players added to their 1994 stars.
Essendon 1985 versus Essendon 2000 is something that I thought would not be close when I first considerd it, as the first thing I thought was Simon Madden against Barnes and Alessio who were both at the end of their careers. Salmon and Big Roger against Fletcher and Wellman, or Solomon. Lloyd, Hird, Barnard and Caracella could cause trouble for Duckworth, T Daniher and Thompson.