North Melbourne Best Team of Past 15 Years

[menzel case]

1999-2014.

FB: G.ARCHER S.THOMPSON* M.FIRRITO*

HB: D.KING J.BLAKEY T.MAKEPEACE

C: D.WELLS* A.SIMPSON (vc) A.STEVENS

HF: S.GRANT W.CAREY (c) C.JONES

FF: L.THOMAS* S.ROCCA D.PETRIE*

RR: T.GOLDSTEIN* A.SWALLOW* B.HARVEY*

INT: B.RAWLINGS P.BELL B.CUNNINGTON* D.HARRIS

COACH: DENIS PAGAN

does not include anything any player did prior to 1999 even if they played after this time. i.e. martyn

petrie as back-up ruckman in this team.

thoughts?

 

[Heaps of fun]

Good effort. God it's been a s**t 15 years though, just trying to think of someone that should come in for Cunners because in reality he's only had two and a half good years...I'm really struggling, maybe Hamish McIntosh.

EDIT: Could probably make an argument for all of Colbert, Sinclair, Pratt and Harding.

 

[year of the roo]

Grima in for Makey.

 

[Donkey Chop]

Byron Pickett

 

[Luke72]

Brady Rawlings>Spud

 

[KillaKanga]

McKernan cooked 99 and after?

 

[dus]

McKernan cooked 99 and after?

For us, yep.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Turtle was a super important player for us for a descent period, but great effort OP.

 

[hilly]

Turtle was a super important player for us for a descent period, but great effort OP.

I'll have to revisit the stats but I think you're being pretty kind there K4E.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

I'll have to revisit the stats but I think you're being pretty kind there K4E.

I'm feeling generous, shouldn't be in this team though, but played an important part ala Atley style with rebound.

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

Byron Pickett

Yeah, that's the most obvious one.

Also, Bell only played 99-2000 for the purposes of this exercise. Good couple of years no doubt, but is it enough?

 

[KillaKanga]

Boomer's lucky to get in. Only played 300 during that period.

 

[Higgins2Waite]

I'm feeling generous, shouldn't be in this team though, but played an important part ala Atley style with rebound.

Out!
May he burn in hell for his miss in the goal square against West Coast at the Telstra Dome.

 

[Higgins2Waite]

Thompson or Sav...tough one. Sav more games and marginally better GA (2.31 v 2.25)

Sinclair or Makepeace another tough one for me.

Spud on the bench over Bell.

Rawlings to Back Pocket.

Colbert stiff

 

[year of the roo]

Colby was heroic and valiant, but I'd back Narni to shut an opponent down over him every day of the week.

 

[Black2Blue]

1999-2014.

FB: G.ARCHER S.THOMPSON* M.FIRRITO*

HB: D.KING J.BLAKEY T.MAKEPEACE

C: D.WELLS* A.SIMPSON (vc) A.STEVENS

HF: S.GRANT W.CAREY (c) C.JONES

FF: L.THOMAS* S.ROCCA D.PETRIE*

RR: T.GOLDSTEIN* A.SWALLOW* B.HARVEY*

INT: B.RAWLINGS P.BELL B.CUNNINGTON* D.HARRIS

COACH: DENIS PAGAN

does not include anything any player did prior to 1999 even if they played after this time. i.e. martyn

petrie as back-up ruckman in this team.

thoughts?

Good job mc. But that side would get smashed by our Best Team of the 1990s.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Boomer's lucky to get in. Only played 300 during that period.

But should be captain....

 

[Uncle_Leo]

FB: URCH HAY SCHWARZE
HB: DAVIS OBST TROTTER
C: McLAREN McCONNELL GREEN
HF: SANSBURY J.SMITH WHYMAN
FF: CALTHORPE J. RAWLINGS BOURKE
RR: PORTER PICIOANE D.SMITH
INT: POWELL THURLEY MORAN S.HARVEY

 

[Higgins2Waite]

FB: URCH HAY SCHWARZE
HB: DAVIS OBST TROTTER
C: McLAREN McCONNELL GREEN
HF: SANSBURY J.SMITH WHYMAN
FF: CALTHORPE J. RAWLINGS BOURKE
RR: PORTER PICIOANE D.SMITH
INT: POWELL THURLEY MORAN S.HARVEY

I think I'm going to go back to bed

 

[King Corey]

FB: URCH HAY SCHWARZE
HB: DAVIS OBST TROTTER
C: McLAREN McCONNELL GREEN
HF: SANSBURY J.SMITH WHYMAN
FF: CALTHORPE J. RAWLINGS BOURKE

RR: PORTER PICIOANE D.SMITH
INT: POWELL THURLEY MORAN S.HARVEY

OBST
WHYMAN

I think these lads had more to offer than their AFL careers allowed.

The rest were write-offs for various reasons.

 

[King Corey]

1999-2014.

FB: G.ARCHER S.THOMPSON* M.FIRRITO*

HB: D.KING J.BLAKEY T.MAKEPEACE

C: D.WELLS* A.SIMPSON (vc) A.STEVENS

HF: S.GRANT W.CAREY (c) C.JONES

FF: L.THOMAS* S.ROCCA D.PETRIE*

RR: T.GOLDSTEIN* A.SWALLOW* B.HARVEY*

INT: B.RAWLINGS P.BELL B.CUNNINGTON* D.HARRIS

COACH: DENIS PAGAN

does not include anything any player did prior to 1999 even if they played after this time. i.e. martyn

petrie as back-up ruckman in this team.

thoughts?

Great effort.

I'd probably make the following swaps:

McCartney in for Blakey. Jason McCartney had a superb 2000.

Harding in for Makepeace.

Would consider Pike in for Firrito also.

 

[Black2Blue]

FB: URCH HAY SCHWARZE
HB: DAVIS OBST TROTTER
C: McLAREN McCONNELL GREEN
HF: SANSBURY J.SMITH WHYMAN
FF: CALTHORPE J. RAWLINGS BOURKE
RR: PORTER PICIOANE D.SMITH
INT: POWELL THURLEY MORAN S.HARVEY

Now there is some painful reading. Post that in the Recent Drafting Performance thread and no one would a bad word to say about our recent efforts. Ouch.

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Harding in for Makepeace.

 

[King Corey]

http://gifsoup.com

 

[Higgins2Waite]

MaKepeace any day of the week. He was reliable and often shut down the comps best small forwards.