Who Is The Best Player You've Seen?

[Ricmel]

Fabulous Phil Carman.

Great player. I was at Moorabin when he kicked 9. But for Collingwood players I reckon John Greening was better. Would have been an all time great.

 

[McOrist]

Great player. I was at Moorabin when he kicked 9. But for Collingwood players I reckon John Greening was better. Would have been an all time great.

I was there too.
Carman actually kicked 11 goals -George Young kicked 8 for the Saints.

Carman had the most ability of any player I've seen -unfortunately lacked the temperament to make the most of his talent.

 

[JPetro83]

Tony Modra, Darren Jarman, Andrew Mcleod & Mark Ricciuto.

in my eyes those 4 brought the most joy and when on song they were awesome! im one eyed.. I don't appreciate other good players from other clubs.. id rather see them play crap when playing against the Adelaide footy club.

 

[Ancient Tiger]

No contest.........

 

[roscreasl98]

Someone a long time ago.

Sam Kekovich should have been the best ever, better than Ablett, Carey, the lot.

Brilliant player, end of.......

However, no brains.

 

[Mad_Hatter]

For those who weren't around to see the great man (GAS) I'll use players out there today.
He could snap like SJ, could go on long runs and long goals like Buddy, he could leap like Howe and take contested marks like Hawkins. Was as tough as Selwood and loved a snipe like Hodge, he was harder to tackle than Martin.
And he could do it on either foot, and most of his highlights were when he was 32 and older...
Bloke was a freak.

 

[JoondalupJ]

For me it was Eagles Chris Judd. Nearly 6-3 with absolutely blazing explosion. Nobody was faster in his prime.

The hype was unprecedented. Had them making promos like this;



Epic.

Leigh Mathews, could change a game by himself, kicked goals was a rover , full forward a defender, totally tough and relentless , played in an era where you could lose your life in many ways, and not from a heavy motor car styled collision like they say our super speedy motor car footballers do now? They always have.
He read the game , he had one touch pick up , even a fumble got back into his hands.

In general people like Judd , Franklin, Lockett, Dunstall, even Deisel Williams who came close along with Sam Mitchell, for latter years, Mathews was the complete package, he instilled fear into his opponents he gave no quarter and expected none , courageous like Dermott B or Nick Reiwolt, tough and more dangerous than Robbie Muir because Leigh could hurt you and beat you at the footy too, not just ruin your health.

Fearsome probably only Jack Dyer might scare more , or Mopsy Fraser.

But Leigh Mathews won games of football for most of the time.

He didn't have to, nor went out to target any one necessarily . He was naturally hard.

( one occasion maybe and there was a reason)
Football wise , he was devastating, four time Premiership Coach , premiership player, from out of the wild days.

Best that ever was, by a long shot.

 

[2notepockets]

Carey, Ablett, Ablett Jr

Favourites as a kid were A Jarman and Ralph Sewer

 

[ApplecrossWC]

Doc Whealdon

 

[juss]

Ablett Jr.
Never seen someone dominate and be a class above in so many games of football, for two clubs both succesful and unsuccesful.

But I really wish I could have seen Ablett Sr to compare. His highlights are amazing, but it will never give the full picture.

 

[HairyO]

I'm aware. Your post made me laugh, but also made me decide to looks up Gary Senior's stats, so not all bad.

I think saying average was wrong. He was bloody good. But his games against Richmond were consistently outrageously good.

 

[JHF1870]

Best player in a game that I saw was Ablett vs Adelaide.

 

[Boxhead_31]

As a purely best footballer it has to be Ablett Snr

On any given day you wouldn't know if he would kick a goal from outside 50 on either foot, go on an 8 bounce run and goal, take mark of the year or kick goal of the year.

Was such a pleasure to watch him in action, was football in its refined best.

 

[Papa G]

If I was building a team, the first player I'd pick would be Wayne Carey.

 

[Belnakor]

Judd had the highest peak i've seen. His years from 04 to 06 he was a freak of nature.

For impact hard to go past GAJ though. One thing GAJ had that Judd didn't was the ability to kick it 50m off one step and hit a target. Judd's kicking was never elite.

 

[PowerForGood]

Clayton Oliver.

Unprecedented ........




......... response.

 

[PhatBoy]

I remember Dunstall kicking 17.

My Dad remembers Hudson kicking 150 in a season.

Thing about GAS is, if you take away Richmond games he has average goal kicking numbers.

Yes, he only averaged 4 goals per game against 10 sides and 3.8-3.9 against another 3.

He really struggled against the non-Richmond teams.

 

[HairyO]

Yes, he only averaged 4 goals per game against 10 sides and 3.8-3.9 against another 3.

He really struggled against the non-Richmond teams.

Welcome to the party.

 

[sloppyjoespizza]

he was harder to tackle than Martin.

nah, Martin's don't argue is the best the game has seen in the modern era. Perhaps only Kouta was on level terms.
Ablett got pinged many times. Usually for trying to do too much.

 

[Footy_Fan2007]

Ablett

 

[Surely Paul]

Ablett Snr. Not even a close race. Pretty much playing a different sport to everyone else.
On the next rung down would be Carey, Matthews, Blight, Flower, Hird, Judd and Bartlett.

 

[PhatBoy]

F*** me, imagine if Gaz Sr stayed at Hawthorn.

 

[Seb78]

Ablett Snr easily

Agree. Garry Ablett Snr for me

 

[mfcrox]

Judd at West Coast was on a whole other level! Such a shame that Woosha drove him into the ground, because he was never the same again

 

[Thats Wright]

Have to feel sorry for a muppet that has only seen such quality as Chris Judd.

For mine is slamming Sam Gibson. 10,000 straight games. Just ask BT.