robranisgod wrote:HoldenV8 wrote:I will qualify Adam Richardson's 100 goals by saying that yes he did kick 84 in the 2001 minor round, but according to West Adelaide he hit the ton in the finals.
Same with Roger Luders back in 1983. He kicked 94 through the season and hit the 100 in the finals. Davies, Roberts and Dietrich all kicked their ton in the minor round. But, neither Sturt (Davies), Norwood (Roberts) or North (Dietrich) had another player kick over 50 for the season. After the 1983 GF, West had Luders with 105, Lindner with 77 and Mike Smith with 69.
Dietrich actually didn't kick his 100th goal until late in the first quarter of the elimination final. In 1984 he kicked his 100th goal late in the last quarter of the last minor round match. North, of course, didn't make the finals in 1984.
West in 1983 had the most potent forward line I have ever seen. In addition to the three players who kicked over 50 goals there was also Geoff Morris and Peter Meuret doing untold damage up forward. And of course you had Bernie Conlen and Leon Grosser changing in the forward pocket. What a nightmare for opposition defenders.
Normally premiership sides are built around outstanding defences and brilliant midfields. West were, of course, more than useful in those areas, but it was clearly their forwards who did most of the damage. North were a young, up and coming side in those days and managed to kick 18 goals against West at Prospect. Unfortunately West kicked 30 goals that day. Unbelievable.
In 1983, Westies had a very potent attack. Other than Luders, Lindner and Smith, Geoff Morris had 49, Bernie Conlen and Leon Grosser 48 each and Roger Winter had 33. Surprisingly Peter Meuret only kicked 20 goals in 1983.
