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Was priviliged as a kid to see two of the best taggers have seen until this day...to witness Stephen Curtis at East Perth completely blanket an outstanding Phil Krakouer in the 1980 first semi final was amazing...he also took on and sometimes beat a guy who think won at least 7 or 8 Fairest and Bests at Perth - Robert Wiley.
These guys went toe to toe from the first second of the game until the final siren.
Lindsay Kanther at Claremont another tagger. They never gave an inch. Fascinating stuff in an attacking competition. The only time apart was the quarter breaks.
The other one Bill Skierwoski at Swans - emotionless,he was like the shark in the water waiting to get close and my goodness he wore some of the top players like a blanket.
As good as Ryan Crowley was, Curtis and Skierowoski, the way the game was played back then and Phil Krakouer and Rob Wiley etc were champions, the tagger in the mid 70s and 80s was something to behold.
Run side by side with another player for 120 minutes takes some doing. It's the ultimate one against one.
Skierwoski was more of a professional tagger whereas EP gave Curtis the role when required, and when you had blokes like the Krakouers and Wiley - he was there.
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The top line players were bloody hard to stop and it wasn't always one way traffic. A bloke like Steve Malaxos ( forward line at Claremont ) could give it back to Skierowski too. Wiley against Curtis too. It wasn't always one way traffic.
The teammates of the player being tagged definetly added help and protection too, to help get the tagger out of the picture.
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Didn't mind the taggers at all- was just another dimension to a game, and it never paid off 100% of the time. The top echelon players could get it around it but if they let the tagger get the better of them mentally and physically it could be curtains.
It was still one against one and 18 v 18.
In recent years Steven Baker at St Kilda another uncompromising tagger.
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Was a pretty good GF and the first quarter cost the Sharks badly, that's my memory of it.
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Haha and just read 10 to zip...yes it was an avalanche alright. A fast pace and just goal after goal, but when the Sharks came back in the second quarter that was a huge effort too - so much so that as a nuetral at the game - actually gave them a chance of winning, which after the first quarter was mission impossible.
No surprise to see the Sharks win it in 85 when they Swans and a rejuvenated Subiaco were the best three teams in the competition by a street.
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Yep just remember goal after goal after goal by Swans..thought might have been 8 - 1 but 10 - 0 doesn't totally surprise, it was dominant alright.
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East Perth had some good footballers from the South West too.
82,83,84 - three in flags in a row to Swans and I've reminded VK often EP did knock off the Black Ducks opening round of 84 in Bunbury at Hands Oval, it was telecast live by channel 7 back to Perth. That is about the only time recall the Royals beating Swans in that period - perhaps one or two other times at the most but that's all.
An early country WAFL game no doubt to do with their prominent zones. Think it was a name like Carey Park who produced some good ones.
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The following year it was the great white shark himself who remarkably as their playing coach took East Fremantle to victory after beginning his career at East Perth in about 1972 - Ron Alexander.
Then some time after - he did some WAFL umpiring when the umps went on strike! Think that's what it was. He was booed and jeered like the rest of them.
Was just saying the other day - gosh EP got some free kicks in front of the members stand - but we paid the price at other grounds!
In fairness those WAFL umpires back then were very good - Ross Capes, Ron Powell and think their was Ray or Ron Phillips and Mike Ball too. Just a few names forgotten for the moment.
I recall Ball giving EP another free kick in the square after already scoring a goal, to give them two in a row - in a tight game, big crowd at Fremantle Oval that took some nerve! He was relentlessly booed by the South members.
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Was a remarkable turnaround by Subiaco and the Sharks were terrible GF day, and Subi got their revenge for the unlucky and narrow 85 defeat.
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In today's footy EP would've started slight favourite's but to Perths credit they began well and apart from a slight resurgence in the third quarter by EP the Demons were in control most of the game, on a blustery wettish day.
Then Farmer would've had EP in 77 when lost the first semi final to West Perth with Perth winning the flag again.
Then he was replaced in 1978 by the little general playing coach Barry Cable who took EP to an amazing upset win over a dominant Perth team who looked for most of the season a huge chance to win three flags in a row.
For a fair bit of that season EP were looking very doubtful to even make the four - a combination of good fortune and winning close games - before some massive crowds saw them make it - with think only % seperating 2nd through to 5th!
It's a fine line and Farmer a bit unlucky not to get one at the Royals.
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Coaches comments after the game..done by all coaches for the press..
Mal Brown... and with words to the effect of ( and sarcastically of course) "another great performance by the two Ronnies". Haha the bloke was a stirrer back then and still is.
So at EP his record was - 1975 - 4th. 1976 - runners up. 1977 - 4th.