JK wrote:Wedgie wrote:Which opens up the discussion, even though Norwood won in 82 and 84 I thought they underachieved in the late 80s, early 90s with the talent they had.
So did, but the more Ive reflected over the years Im not so sure. I really felt we were probably the 2nd best side of 87', but as you'd know that North side was pretty special and highly motivated. 1990 is one I reckon we were possibly good enough, 89' too but no others. When you look at our 84' side perhaps we over achieved??
Feel like we should have made a least one more GF after 1984.
Looking at the finals results of the Balme era:
1980-1984 13 wins 4 losses @ 86% (including 3 GF appearances)
1985-1990 4 wins 9 losses @ 30% (including 3 PF appearances in a row 87-89)
Probably a combination of reasons and circumstances for the failings in the mid to late 80s, including losing some pretty handy players like Tim McNeill and Richard Anderson. We seemed to lack potency up forward that other clubs had as Neville Roberts finished his career.