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Southerner wrote: SF in 1984 - we were at the very end of that era so I guess the Gods of kickable Leather objects could have played the jack

Southy what about 1982 mate? Not sure what happened that year at SF as you bounced back to form again in 1983.

1982 was the year the legendary John Todd finally found the way to beat Claremont & South in big finals mate

But South never recovered from losing the fabulous Maurice Rioli - not that there was ever going to be a replacement for the wizard

Southerner wrote: 1982 was the year the legendary John Todd finally found the way to beat Claremont & South in big finals mate

The loss of Maurice out of the guts was a huge hole to replace as was the enforcer Basil and Joe McKay at both ends of the ground.
Did the likes of Daryl Vernon and Stephen Mount come over from Richmond as some sort of exchange for the great Maurice?

I believe if we had won the 1980 gf we wouldn't have won a hat trick of premierships.

swan42 wrote: I believe if we had won the 1980 gf we wouldn't have won a hat trick of premierships.

42 the best side we had on paper was our 1981 side I have always believed!

Once Maurice signed the form four at Richmond in late 1981 , Brownie had a few very good footballers fall into his lap like Chris Stasinowsky , Darryl Gillies ,Stephen Mount , Willie Roe , John Hayes , Craig Edwards , Paul Arnold , David Hart , Brian Close
But it was too many to blend in such a short time mate

Beasley Hutton wrote:

swan42 wrote: I believe if we had won the 1980 gf we wouldn't have won a hat trick of premierships.

42 the best side we had on paper was our 1981 side I have always believed!

I think the relative failures of 80 and 81 ensured our successes in 82-84.

Southerner wrote: Once Maurice signed the form four at Richmond in late 1981 , Brownie had a few very good footballers fall into his lap like Chris Stasinowsky , Darryl Gillies ,Stephen Mount , Willie Roe , John Hayes , Craig Edwards , Paul Arnold , David Hart , Brian Close
But it was too many to blend in such a short time mate

Actually I could add Kym Zubrinich , Darryl Vernon , Norm Uncle , John Begg , Stuart Hillier , Barrie Quick , David Rawlinson

BH and Swan 42-- you are both correct
Here is a question: If you linned up SD's 81 side against Cl's, which would be the better side?