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First things first, there won’t be a better mosquito fleet than Carlton’s famous troupe which paraded from 1979 to 1982.The Blues won flags in ’79, ’81 and ’82 and were beaten on semi-final weekend of ’80 by Collingwood.Wayne Johnston, Rod Ashman, Ken Sheldon, Jimmy Buckley, Alex Marcou, Barry Armstrong, Trevor Keogh, Wayne Harmes, David Glascott, Phil Maylin, Vin Catoggio, Peter Francis ... old-ish Blues fan swooned over that lot more than they did over the Carlton Bluebirds who danced on the boundary line through that era.Certain aspects have changed since then.The concept of scantily-clad women dancing and whooping after a goal was kicked and will never return — nor should it.But having a bevy of high-class midfielders/small forwards capable of winning a premiership will never go out of fashion.
St Kilda went shopping on High St over the summer and have assembled what could be one of the best, deepest, two-way running midfields in the competition.No, it’s not a comparison to Carlton circa 1980. It’s a plan.“Guess what, who’s coaching them? Brett Ratten. He knows,” Blues great Mark Maclure said.