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KING-JAMES
5 Dec 2007, 17:16
OK, to copy the Carlton board thread if you could take 3 players from the past 1980-2000 who would you place in the side?
Amazing Bombers
5 Dec 2007, 17:30
1. Tim Watson
2. Michael Long
3. James Hird
Darealrath
5 Dec 2007, 17:36
Hird
Simon Madden
Watson
Our midfield would be sorted.
Ryder Is God
5 Dec 2007, 17:37
1. Simon Madden
2. Tim Watson
3. Gavin Wanganeen
d-mac3276
5 Dec 2007, 17:47
OK, to copy the Carlton board thread if you could take 3 players from the past 1980-2000 who would you place in the side?
Leon Baker, Darren Bewick and Paul Van Der Haar nah just kidding the 3 would b Judd Lalich, Daniel McAlister and Andrew Ukovic
Madden.
Watson.
Harvey.
Excluding Hird, he's to obvious.
Longy413
5 Dec 2007, 18:18
Madden, Baker, Reynolds.
Darealrath
5 Dec 2007, 18:21
Madden, Baker, Reynolds.
We didn't have a Reynolds in that time frame mate.
Big Blow Hard
5 Dec 2007, 18:40
Simon Madden
Sean Wellman
Billy Duckworth
thebigboy
5 Dec 2007, 18:42
1. Hird
2. Simon Madden
3. Bewick
Longy413
5 Dec 2007, 18:48
We didn't have a Reynolds in that time frame mate.
Right you are, Joel started in 02 ;)
Lesson to self - Always read the opening post and not just the thread title.
Madden
Baker
Wanganeen
DonMania#5
5 Dec 2007, 18:49
1. Hird
2. Watson
3. Madden
The_Young_Gun
5 Dec 2007, 19:09
1. Dean Wallis.
2. James Hird.
3. Tim Watson.
retroparty
5 Dec 2007, 19:42
Simon Madden
James Hird (dunno if he counts)
Tim Watson
Bomber32
5 Dec 2007, 19:48
Simon Madden
Roger Merrett
Tim Watson
3 midfielders (and ill give hirdy a year off - hes tired)
Watson
Baker
Daisy
fish_bowl
5 Dec 2007, 20:30
neagle
long
watson
special mention to wanganeen and cockatoo-collins
give hird the year off
diablo14
5 Dec 2007, 20:33
Hird not gone long enuff, so i'll go
S Madden
Watson
T Daniher (is there a reason one of your finest captains, and a bloke who could play KP at both ends of the ground would not be mentioned thus far?)
How about this for a side of retired Essendon players since 1980...
B: Foulds A Daniher Wanganeen
HB: M Harvey T Daniher Mark Thompson
C: Neagle Baker Hawker
HF: Mercuri N Daniher Hird (i'll include him here)
F: Bewick Salmon Long
Foll: S Madden Watson D Williams
Int: O'Donnell Misiti Wellman Vander Haar
hird
watson
and any 1 of.....
mercuri
long
madden
salmon
bewick :thumbsu: always a fav
bullet21
5 Dec 2007, 21:00
Wellman-tall running defender
Wanganeen-would have field day under mal and fletch
kickett-just for the x factor
Jimmy
Wally
The Fish
Should probably have said Madden, but to be honest was 10 years old when he retired and can't really comment :)
bomberandy
6 Dec 2007, 01:33
Darren Bewick
Michael Long
Gavin Wanganeen
Kaiser Powser
6 Dec 2007, 08:07
Salmon
Watson
Wanganeen
noice!
diablo14
6 Dec 2007, 08:09
Seriously, did Terry Daniher kill someone at Windy Hill? Only one nomination, and thats by me, an interloper! :D
BomberComfort
6 Dec 2007, 09:03
Wanganeen
Hird
mercuri (in 1999 form)
Seriously, did Terry Daniher kill someone at Windy Hill? Only one nomination, and thats by me, an interloper! :D
I guess they see Lucas as being able to do the job at CHF.
Anyway my three.
Simon Madden - Sensational ruckman , great mobility and able to kick goals as a forward.
Terry Daniher - able to play KP both ends of the ground.
Darren Williams - hard inside mid with very good skills.
citizen-erased
6 Dec 2007, 09:43
Madden
Wellman
Mercuri
:( i miss the 90's
King Patty
6 Dec 2007, 12:43
Wanganeen
Not a Well man
Hardwick
Happy Daze
6 Dec 2007, 13:34
1 forward, a centre and a back for me:
John Coleman: my old man saw him play and he said Coleman had more talent in his body than any other footballer he's seen, Ablett included. A legend around Windy Hill. Essendon's Bradman. Our forward line would be unstoppable with Coleman in it.
Leon Baker: met Bakes before he came to Windy Hill when he was still playing for Swans in Perth - my cousin was playing with him at that stage. Had that 'X' factor as a centreman and was the only one I saw really dominate against the great Hawks midfield of the early-mid 80's. Just a great player whose Essendon career was but a cameo. We need an in and out style player in the guts and Baker is it for me.
Gavin Wanganeen circa 1993: had to go an aboriginal with this choice. Could have gone Madden instead because our ruck stocks are a bit sparse, but Wanga it is. Low centre of gravity, always broke tackles and was as elusive as a greasy eel in his first season. Didn't have 'breakaway' pace but always found himself in space and used the ball to perfection. Had a knack of kicking goals as well when he followed his man down to our forward line.
Edit: just seen the stipulation that it had to be a player from 80-2000, but I'm sticking with Coleman!
lets_fly_up
6 Dec 2007, 14:38
J.hird
S.wellman
T.watson
windyhill
6 Dec 2007, 14:47
Hard question.
1. Madden is the easy one
2. Long
3. Kickett
Essendon_2000
6 Dec 2007, 16:26
well it has to be
Zantuck
Cupido
Bolton
well it has to be
Zantuck
Cupido
Bolton
Funny.
But Bolton is actually the only one of those that qualifies (played at the club in the period 1980-2000)
Jim Bobz heroes
6 Dec 2007, 17:23
Wanganeen
Hird
Watson
bomber c
6 Dec 2007, 22:32
madden
hird
watson
Pretty easy really... Madden Hird and Watson were the standouts...
Don Gibson
6 Dec 2007, 23:03
We gotta harden up.
Merret
T. Daniher
Hardwick
diablo14
6 Dec 2007, 23:06
We gotta harden up.
Merret
T. Daniher
Hardwick
Do you need some pool chalk to help sharpen up those elbows? ;)
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1156115/2/istockphoto_1156115_snooker_pool_chalk.jpg
We gotta harden up.
Merret
T. Daniher
Hardwick
Dean Wallis!!!
FandangoDingo
7 Dec 2007, 09:36
1. Madden
2. Hird
3. Wanganeen, TD, Longy or Watson
Oh, the riches!!! :D :D
biglaycock
7 Dec 2007, 12:35
Dean Wallis!!!
Yeah i'd have Wally too. (Love to see him knock Fev out!!!!)
Hirdy
Mercuri (as someone said previous on 1999 form was pure class in midfield)
hayesy_27
7 Dec 2007, 16:39
Hird
Mecuri at his prime
Wanganeen
Slattery_20
10 Dec 2007, 18:45
Simon Madden
Sean Wellman
Billy Duckworth
That's a very astute call
With Knights "emphasis on skills", & call for a "tall running defender", & now 2 PSD spots... how old's Sean these days?:D
1. Sean Wellman
2. J Hird - of course
3. D Hardwick - to add hardness to our wicks
& it says something that 2 of these guys are defenders... this has been our achilles for far too long
donsman4eva
11 Dec 2007, 10:32
Madden, Hird, Wellman
Daytripper
11 Dec 2007, 10:55
Mercuri
Baker
Watson
Of those I've seen...Hird, Long and Watson (my 3 favourites of all-time)!!
Baker, Bomber, Harvs, Mercs and TD would also be nice :)
On a needs basis, Madden or Fish would be pretty handy in the ruck...but I'm hopeful Chook will continue to improve and Hille will step up in 08.
Of those I wish I'd seen...Coleman, Reynolds and Hutchy are the 3 most obvious choices.
Id' also be putting my order in for a 20 year old Fletch :thumbsu:
B-Bomber
11 Dec 2007, 16:38
Id' also be putting my order in for a 20 year old Fletch :thumbsu:
But that's a waste of 3 good footy years for fletch!
But that's a waste of 3 good footy years for fletch!
:D What was I thinking?