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1994 Team best Goal to Goal line up

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Believe this list was the best goal to goal line up, as usual the injury curse severely impacted this group from winning a flag... 

Stynes, Lyon , Shcwarz, Neitz, Jackovich, Tingay, Pike, Lovett, Prymke, Lovell 

Goals 
Lyon 79

Schwarz 60

Jackovich 51

Pike 25

Charles 24

lovell  29

 

 

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    1994 was another year that “could have been”. We had a great forward line. 
     

    Lyon Schwarz Lovell
    Pike Jakovich Charles

    Neita at CHB. Stynes in the ruck. Tingay in the wing.  

    Mids  Viney Obst G.Lovett Tingay Dyson Matt Febey  Steve Febey

    Our defence was pretty good too with Wight, Brett Lovett,  Hoppy, Yeats and Prymke as a first year player. 

    Why we didn’t win it? 
    1- we finished 7th.  After. 5-0 start, we ended 12-10

    2- Had to beat the Eagles at home in the preliminary final. They were powerful, at home and rested after a weeks break. 

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    Prymke’s injuries cost us big time. Very solid, under rated

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    48 minutes ago, radar said:

    Prymke’s injuries cost us big time. Very solid, under rated

    I agree, he was a super talent and would have made a difference over the following decade.  Degenerative back injury on memory.  A few year Slater we had Newton I think with a very similar injury.  Then Jako/Lyon, it was the decade of bad backs unfortunately :(

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    4 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    1994 was another year that “could have been”. We had a great forward line. 
     

    Lyon Schwarz Lovell
    Pike Jakovich Charles

    Neita at CHB. Stynes in the ruck. Tingay in the wing.  

    Mids  Viney Obst G.Lovett Tingay Dyson Matt Febey  Steve Febey

    Our defence was pretty good too with Wight, Brett Lovett,  Hoppy, Yeats and Prymke as a first year player. 

    Why we didn’t win it? 
    1- we finished 7th.  After. 5-0 start, we ended 12-10

    2- Had to beat the Eagles at home in the preliminary final. They were powerful, at home and rested after a weeks break. 

    The Eagles were an excellent team in 94 - very underrated when we talk about the great teams.  

    For as good as our forward line was, teams simply couldn’t get a look in against a backline of: Jakovich, Worsfold, McKenna, McIntosh and Brennan.

     

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    Note that the weagles backline comprised local wa players who had been gifted to the weagles when they entered the league.

    We had recruited so well but still couldn't beat a gifted team.

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    Those gifted wa players were given to them at the end of the 80’s when the club almost collapse after what was considered a failed start.  The wa public had expected to win the flag in their first year when they saw their starting squad.  They special draft set them up for a decade, plus a decent AFL coach in Malthouse, who modernised their footy thinking from the original coach in terms of preparation and structures.  Interesting what might have happened if the pies didn’t lose the game when they had it under control in the first week. 

     

     

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    Prelim played at WACA from memory - we hadn’t played there for years - correct new if I’m wrong

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