am Bays wrote:My brain is etched with the trauma of my youth of Norwood looking like crap in April and May, but then slowly building to dominating finals series: 1978, 80, 84, 93, 99, 2010....
At the same time we take the inverse trajectory....
'84 wouldn't have happened that way if Alan Stringer had not gone berserk in the Qualifying Final though. Glenelg lost Peter Carey and Central lost their whole half back line through suspension (Hannan, Nolan and Thomas) as a result of reacting to Alan Stringer throwing a series of haymakers (can't believe he didn't get pinged but four others did!). Instead, the third best team that year ended up with the flag