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1980 replay on now ... Foxtel
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After sitting at number 1 for so long, how sweet it is that it is now our THIRD most recent premiership.
What flies under the radar a bit is that their FIFTH most recent premiership is 1936, which is an amazing stat for the "biggest" club in the land.Especially when you consider Collingwood's THIRD most recent premiership is 1958
Imagine Manchester United with a record like that?
Ours is 1973. Hawthorn's is 1991.
And the cherry on top,............the Pies have been the bridesmaid 12 times since 1960
Hard to split the 1980 team and 2019 team. Both were tremendous on the day, boy, did we have talent to burn!
Was at that GF and what sweet memories. Bartlett killed them as did so many other great Tigers that day. Grudgingly have to pay respect to David Cloke in that game. Can't forgive him for going to the Mudpies though. Merv. Keane had to be one of our best ever backmen. And, how about our marvellous full forward in Michael Roach. What a star!! Could wax lyrical about others as well but will just remember that great win.
What a year, one of my favorite games of all time R8 MCG 1980, KB and Roachy killed them. Back in the days when you could buy cans underage.
That team has to arguably be the best ever...not discounting our current GF though. It was a different style of footy then.
How good were Weightman, Raines, Wiley, Bourke, Malthouse, Dunn and Lee just to name a few.
You know, they did not have a weak link in that team.
Already mentioned Bartlett and Cloke a little earlier so no need to repeat. 7 Goals to our beloved Kevin.
Many moons ago I was fortunate to go to his "roast' and was surprised then by his sense of humour.
So good to relive those glory days when we trounced the hated Magpies.
Did you notice the punch outs by Lee in so many cases? Rarely happens today. Sent the ball well forward and our players were waiting to send it further into attack. Great stuff.
How good were Weightman, Raines, Wiley, Bourke, Malthouse, Dunn and Lee just to name a few.
You know, they did not have a weak link in that team.
Already mentioned Bartlett and Cloke a little earlier so no need to repeat. 7 Goals to our beloved Kevin.
Many moons ago I was fortunate to go to his "roast' and was surprised then by his sense of humour.
So good to relive those glory days when we trounced the hated Magpies.
Did you notice the punch outs by Lee in so many cases? Rarely happens today. Sent the ball well forward and our players were waiting to send it further into attack. Great stuff.
What a tough side we had, Jimmy Jess, Mick Malthouse and Peter Welsh to name a few were ruthless and would physically dominate the opposition.
There’s nothing better than beating Collingwood in a Grand Final.............well, maybe beating Carlton.
There’s nothing better than beating Collingwood in a Grand Final.............well, maybe beating Carlton.
Agree with most of this - and it certainly was different footy.
Generally handballs were being delivered with a random tumbling ball rather than the sharp backwards spinning handball of today.
And it was noticeable that delivery with the non-dominant hand or foot was just a bit more awkward.
Yeah - Lee big thumps at ball ups were amazing. Maybe Crackers Keating did something similar for Brisbane during their run.
A bloke like Terry Smith looked awkward and unskilled but a couple of his long accurate passes set up goals.
Mervyn Keane is an all time favourite of mine.
Sad to think that Bryan Wood ended up leaving in the exodus a couple of years later - he was a gun too.
Great viewing.
And I'm pretty sure that was the ABC commentary with Tim Lane and Smooth Booth - and they were good too.
Except for the jumper swapping tradition. Never liked it.
I've always wondered how the 1980 boys looked to the 2017/19 boys. Just like you notice in old B&W films, they are all around the same age but looked 'older' in previous generations.
Yes, the players walked a bit taller when Smithy was out there. He hit KB lace out a few times in the Grand Final too.
Tony Jewell loved the type of players that Smithy and Woosher Welsh were, and so did i.
May they RIP.
Merv Keane was great, I always figured that was why Rance was honoured with his number.
How about Jim Jess's kicks out from goal, pretty much to the middle. I still have memories of Jess kicking out from goal, and *smile* Clay before him.
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How about Jim Jess's kicks out from goal, pretty much to the middle. I still have memories of Jess kicking out from goal, and *smile* Clay before him.
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