Beasley Hutton wrote:
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?
Yeah Hardie came on in the 2nd , I think Simon came on a bit later I think, Hardies first kick in a GF was a goal.
