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Used to love watching Ashman & Trevor Keogh , they were my favorites back in the day i even grabbed the 8 jumper playing secondry school footy and it nearly touched the ground it was that big ..
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Used to love watching Ashman & Trevor Keogh , they were my favorites back in the day i even grabbed the 8 jumper playing secondry school footy and it nearly touched the ground it was that big ..
Heard a few of the players from those days, Buzz recently, just rave about Ashman, like he was the best player at the club by some way.
Was there the day he kicked 8 goals in a half but it wasn't against *Essendon, was definitely Collingwood.Simon Beaumont. Actually, I didn't really like him much. I can't remember any Carlton player who turned the ball over more. Except for the day he kicked 8 goals in a half against Essendon. That really happened - it was glorious!
1 - Jon Dorotich - I have to put family first
2 - Stephen Silvagni - idolized SOS as a kid and now he's saving the club today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWh4alDqaiA
3 - Matthew Kreuzer - If not for the injuries would be the best player in the AFL today
4 - Lance Whitnall - dated a friend's sister for a while - what a ******* goal
5 - Matthew Lappin - I took one of my best mates to this game as his first AFL game. Needless to say he worshipped Lappin and the game of aussie rules from that evening on.
6 - Kade Simpson - You couldn't ask for a better heart and soul player. A pity he went through our two eras of being utter shite.
7 - Anthony Koutoufides - Thought this guy was a superhero as a teenager
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY5hHYiefDY
8 - Sam Docherty - Absolutely love Doc. What a gem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln22Xx_tdsQ
9 - Ryan Houlihan - Loved Hoops silky skills. Would die for a comparable player in our forward line today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRUaPSwb1hw
10 - Heath Scotland - The one Collingwood player I really really liked. The day we got him in trade the Pies insider that I lived with was in tears and I was fist pumping everyone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pofy1FnRIU
Some of these you can interchange their order. Ask me tomorrow and I'd have others.
Also knew Brenchley who dined out for a while on the story of Doras well publicised exploits in his car. The story was front page in the Truth (I think) and Brenchley went in early to ease the impact. Spent the morning going around all the women in the office telling them that the story was all rubbish only to look behind and see that Dora was walking around behind him saying words to the effect of "yeah it's true they caught me whacking myself".
Most volatile game of football I seen at league level was the Friday night clash at SCG around 1989 with those two wanting each others blood.probably not a good idea to put Rhys and Diesel together.....
Angwin and Norman easily 1a and 1b
Re Dora. I worked for that company and met John a few times. Don't think I've met a man who swore as much, we went for dinner one night and I spent most of the night trying to hide my face from people I knew as it seemed like every second word started with "F" and wasn't afraid to speak louder than a whisper.
It always fascinated me when I heard him doing special comments on games from Perth that he was able to get through without adding at least one "F" bomb.
Also knew Brenchley who dined out for a while on the story of Doras well publicised exploits in his car. The story was front page in the Truth (I think) and Brenchley went in early to ease the impact. Spent the morning going around all the women in the office telling them that the story was all rubbish only to look behind and see that Dora was walking around behind him saying words to the effect of "yeah it's true they caught me whacking myself".
Lovely guy, a very good footballer and a true larrikin.
With the release of Larrikins and Legends, it's surely time to revisit this subject. The last thread of its ilk i could find was from 2010, so we're due.
This list isn't about who was the best players you've seen, but who were/are your favourites, but if you don't include Bruce Doull...
1. Bruce Doull. Just the best of the best and way ahead of his time in skill and play. I was speaking with Wes Lofts a few years ago and he described contract negotiations with Bruce:
Wes: 'G'day Bruce.'
Bruce: 'G'day Wes.'
Wes: 'We'll pay you $xx,xxx this year Bruce.'
Bruce: 'Ok Wes.'
Bruce just loved our club, and still does.
2. Peter Dean. Similar reasons to Bruce, and who'll ever forget his oh so graceful exit from the stage after the '95 GF.
3. Wayne Johnston. Loved him as a player in '78 when he played a season with Prahran in the VFA, and was instrumental in winning the flag that year, and then fell in love with him all over again the next year when he arrived at Princes Park. How he didn't win a Norm Smith medal will forever remain one of life's mysteries.
4. Wes Lofts. This is very personal, as I got to know the man in his later years and he was a seriously intelligent individual, but also one of the toughest bastards ever to take the footy field. Best of all he was a huge personality and was a powerhouse of our club behind the scenes in the '70's and '80's.
5. Peter Bosustow. For someone who played such a short time with our club, what an impact! Didn't want to leave, but family issues took him away. Mark and Goal of the year in the same season sums up his mercurial talent.
6. Kade Simpson. At a time when our club has gone through such crap, there has always been one constant shining light. He might not've got a possession in his first three games, but he's sure made up for it since.
7. Alex Jesaulenko. Jezza. Was the first Carlton player I ever saw in action. Love at first sight.
8. Brendan Fevola. Yes, I know he was a pillock, but like Simmo, Fev kept us going through the lean years. Those roosts from outside fifty still take my breath away.
9. David Rhys-Jones. For those too young to have seen the Hyphen play, think Samo Petrevski-Seton. Seemed in slow motion while chaos reigned around him. And Rhys was different from players like Ronnie Andrews and Leigh Matthews in belting players, because he always belted them from in front, not from behind, and to me that was important.
10. Ken Hunter. How could such a scrawny bloke be so bloody tough, skillful and courageous? It was insane how good he was, and the danger in which he'd place his body.
11. Stephen Kernahan. Yeah, I know I said ten, but I couldn't leave Sticks out. The man was a superstar player and captain, knocked back huge bucks to go to the Adelaide Crows when they started, and to this day bleeds navy blue.
The one theme running through my favourite ten was that they loved our club and each week you knew they wouldn't (or won't) let you down.