Latham - KS83 or 84?

Current Events Oct 4, 2004

Mark Latham reminds me of Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy. Particularly in the early 1980s with his great battles in Grand Finals against Hawthorn. The young up-start against the wily old campaigner.

In 1983 Hawthorn pumped Sheedy’s team by a then-record amount. A year later, Sheeds swung some wild and unexpected changes. It wrong footed his more conservative opponent. And Essendon came from behind to win.

The big question is: is Latham Sheedy Version-83 or Version-84? We’ll know in less than a week.

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