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Wow, that list is very close to mine. You have exceptional taste in footballers.Interesting. Did not have Quinlan in my top ten.
Ironically, unlike Bartlett, I still saw him as a big bodied midfielder for well over half the time I watched his career and only in last few did I see him positioned as a full forward. I think he won his Brownlow as a midfielder.
I still think despite that 73 goals in his Brownlow year most were from up the ground. He was not called Superboot for nothing. Plus him kicking a goal from midfield at Junction Oval not that hard for him.Wow, that list is very close to mine. You have exceptional taste in footballers.
I have footy memories back to around 1979. I mostly remember Quinlan as a forward who was mobile and very capable around the ground. His Brownlow year was less a stay-at-home forward but he was still utilised as a forward a lot. He kicked 73 goals that year.
Maybe not top 10 but Sumich has a decent record and stepped up when it mattered in finals.
I still think despite that 73 goals in his Brownlow year most were from up the ground. He was not called Superboot for nothing. Plus him kicking a goal from midfield at Junction Oval not that hard for him.
As you can see on first video I clicked on via youtube for 1981 just then, I see him in the centre bounce.
Lockett never got stkilda/Sydney a flag... carey was owned by caven in 98... ablett was non existent in 94... sure bring up Sumichs point though.1990 Qualifying Final says no.
He was dropped once and it wasn't for that. It was when he hand passed to a young player (Rodan) in the goal square. Rodan dropped it and Richo lost his nut. It was body language - not laziness. Richo bled yellow and black and gave his all. My greatest regret is that I was in Sydney the day he kicked 7 in the pouring rain (we beat Sydney - it was 2005 or 2006). 7 out of 10 total goals for Richmond in a low scoring game played in a virtual hurricane.He was dropped for not chasing a ball.
On many occasions he just gave up chasing & turned his back on the play.
If that's not a lazy footballer I don't what you'd consider "lazy".
Richo was one of most naturally talented footballers to play the game. Unfortunately he was one of the dumbest too. It's a joke to even consider him in the best 10 of his era let alone longer than that.
Lockett never got stkilda/Sydney a flag... carey was owned by caven in 98... ablett was non existent in 94... sure bring up Sumichs point though.
Depends when you started watching. If you like me and started from 1978, I only known KB as a forward so in a thread titled "top 10 forwards you've seen" he is absolutely in this discussion for me. Similarly Lethal Leigh.
Never seen such dangerous small forwards in rest of time I been watching. Maybe Daicos close and Adrian McAdam for a short burst but they were genuinely the most damaging players those teams had in late 70's and early 80's for Tigers and Hawks.
No doubt he was a rover well before I started watching but he is in top 10 forwards I've seen for sure. Never saw his rover years. Before my time.Definitely a pure rover when he finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th in Brownlows. Resented being sent to 'starvation corner' as it was called and believed the club was trying to push him into retirement.
Sumich was worthy of carrying their bags. Nothing more. He is not in this conversation.
Good player for sure but please, get a grip of context of this overall discussion.
Wrong! I just gave an example of something that readily comes to mind in the face of that comment. Nothing more, nothing less.You chose one game out of his 19 finals to try and point out a flaw in his big-game play.
Wrong! I just gave an example of something that readily comes to mind in the face of that comment. Nothing more, nothing less.
Malcolm Blight probably has a bigger profile in the game but quite frankly I think SuperBoot Quinlan was a better player. Played 366 games and kicked over 800 goals against Blight 178 games and 444 goals. Quinlan played some of his best football late in his career and unfortunately played for a couple of "dud" teams. Quinlan was 6 feet 4 and Blight 6 foot..so different. On balance Quinlan better!I watched a lot of Quinlan as a young Fitzroy fan, too young to remember Blight playing really. Those that objectively remember both, what are your thoughts on who’d be the better player?
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