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Yep Carrott indeed had a goodun in that 79 GF BH.....great half back line of Carrott, Green and LeCras..all unassuming but great footballers....Green especially.

Cassidy wore number 5...carbon copy of Judge in many respects around the goals..Played a few games for Geelong in the VFL in the late 70s,though came to EF for one season in 1977 but missed the 77 GF v Perth due to injury?.. Went back to Geelong for 78, only to come back to EF again in the early 80s...not sure the story around all that....injury prone, but loved a sniff around the big sticks....talented indeed.

Freezin wrote: Yep Carrott indeed had a goodun in that 79 GF BH.....great half back line of Carrott, Green and LeCras..all unassuming but great footballers....Green especially.

Cassidy wore number 5...carbon copy of Judge in many respects around the goals..Played a few games for Geelong in the VFL in the late 70s,though came to EF for one season in 1977 but missed the 77 GF v Perth due to injury?.. Went back to Geelong for 78, only to come back to EF again in the early 80s...not sure the story around all that....injury prone, but loved a sniff around the big sticks....talented indeed.

What about a player with one of the best names to run around in the WAFL in its halcyon days in Mario Turco Freeze?

Bazza wrote: Yeah tremendous year and watched the replay.

I also gave Brad Hardie a call on 6 pr the next day and had a quick chat about it.

I asked him what happened to Ray Bauskis that year as Don Haddow played at FF only player to play in 70 and 80 GFs ( he was pretty ordinary that day tbh), he played 3 games, I think he got injured and never came back.

Swans were just emerging as a power and later in the 80s would assert themselves later.

The great powers of the early 80s, SF, Claremont, EF came from a brief slump to be back in the mix later.

Ray Bauskis did a knee pretty badly and tried to come back but age & the severity put paid to that
There was no other spot for Haddow so he was persevered with at FF - the weakest link we had to be honest mate

Southerner wrote:

Bazza wrote: Yeah tremendous year and watched the replay.

I also gave Brad Hardie a call on 6 pr the next day and had a quick chat about it.

I asked him what happened to Ray Bauskis that year as Don Haddow played at FF only player to play in 70 and 80 GFs ( he was pretty ordinary that day tbh), he played 3 games, I think he got injured and never came back.

Swans were just emerging as a power and later in the 80s would assert themselves later.

The great powers of the early 80s, SF, Claremont, EF came from a brief slump to be back in the mix later.

Ray Bauskis did a knee pretty badly and tried to come back but age & the severity put paid to that
There was no other spot for Haddow so he was persevered with at FF - the weakest link we had to be honest mate

Yep, that was my rough memory, quite surprised Hardie had no memmory of it at all given he played in the game, Hairdo really was a weak link up here, but to think we kicked so many goals without a decent FF was remarkable, chuck a fit Bauskis in there and it could of been a 100 point job.

Big Wayne D played a blinder that day as well. Complete with the wild man head.

Noel Carter was always my pick for the Simpson that day.

Turco played a blinder in the 79 1st Semi final thriller over EP BH....he had a great mo as well....very good outside player with that explosive speed to burn....wouldn't survive in today's run both ways footy....didn't have to back then, because everyone played to their position!

Freezin wrote: Turco played a blinder in the 79 1st Semi final thriller over EP BH....he had a great mo as well....very good outside player with that explosive speed to burn....wouldn't survive in today's run both ways footy....didn't have to back then, because everyone played to their position!

He certainly had pace as did Cassidy, Taylor, Buhagiar, Judge etc.
Went to NM for a couple of years too from memory but always far more suited to our lightning quick dry decks than those mud covered dung heaps over there.

Bazza wrote:

Southerner wrote:

Bazza wrote: Yeah tremendous year and watched the replay.

I also gave Brad Hardie a call on 6 pr the next day and had a quick chat about it.

I asked him what happened to Ray Bauskis that year as Don Haddow played at FF only player to play in 70 and 80 GFs ( he was pretty ordinary that day tbh), he played 3 games, I think he got injured and never came back.

Swans were just emerging as a power and later in the 80s would assert themselves later.

The great powers of the early 80s, SF, Claremont, EF came from a brief slump to be back in the mix later.

Ray Bauskis did a knee pretty badly and tried to come back but age & the severity put paid to that
There was no other spot for Haddow so he was persevered with at FF - the weakest link we had to be honest mate

Yep, that was my rough memory, quite surprised Hardie had no memmory of it at all given he played in the game, Hairdo really was a weak link up here, but to think we kicked so many goals without a decent FF was remarkable, chuck a fit Bauskis in there and it could of been a 100 point job.

Big Wayne D played a blinder that day as well. Complete with the wild man head.

Noel Carter was always my pick for the Simpson that day.

Fair call on Haddow yep - he cost a couple of good blokes a game throughout that year only to repay that with a shocker in the big one

Southerner wrote:

Bazza wrote:

Southerner wrote:

Bazza wrote: Yeah tremendous year and watched the replay.

I also gave Brad Hardie a call on 6 pr the next day and had a quick chat about it.

I asked him what happened to Ray Bauskis that year as Don Haddow played at FF only player to play in 70 and 80 GFs ( he was pretty ordinary that day tbh), he played 3 games, I think he got injured and never came back.

Swans were just emerging as a power and later in the 80s would assert themselves later.

The great powers of the early 80s, SF, Claremont, EF came from a brief slump to be back in the mix later.

Ray Bauskis did a knee pretty badly and tried to come back but age & the severity put paid to that
There was no other spot for Haddow so he was persevered with at FF - the weakest link we had to be honest mate

Yep, that was my rough memory, quite surprised Hardie had no memmory of it at all given he played in the game, Hairdo really was a weak link up here, but to think we kicked so many goals without a decent FF was remarkable, chuck a fit Bauskis in there and it could of been a 100 point job.

Big Wayne D played a blinder that day as well. Complete with the wild man head.

Noel Carter was always my pick for the Simpson that day.

Fair call on Haddow yep - he cost a couple of good blokes a game throughout that year only to repay that with a shocker in the big one

Didnt Haddow get dragged in the 2nd qtr and replaced by Outhwaite or Hardie who kicked a few goals each?

Yep spent a lot of the game watching from the slats - was never going to outrun most of the Swan Districts defenders and was well past his time and that showed too
Rest of that side carried him as the lonely only passenger

Southerner wrote: Yep spent a lot of the game watching from the slats - was never going to outrun most of the Swan Districts defenders and was well past his time and that showed too
Rest of that side carried him as the lonely only passenger

We had plenty of passengers that day too mate...we really missed the presence of Stan The Man in the big one.