1. Wayne Carey
2. Keith Greig
3. Malcolm Blight
4. Barry Cable
5. Les Foote
6. David Dench
7. Brent Harvey
8. Wayne Schimmelbusch
9. Noel Teasdale
10. Laurie Dwyer
Of course it's too much guesswork on this. My football watching experience began around 1983 so any player who played their best footy before then is based on reputation, presumption, Mabo and the vibe. How do I form the opinion that Teasdale was slightly better than Dwyer and both were better than a Glendinning or Archer. Stuffed it I know, but I like my list. And what about the real old-timers who no one alive would have seen play? I guess I just ignore them. I suppose the saying is kind of true: Everyone dies twice - the first when you stop breathing, the second when the last person who remembered you stops breathing.
What is most interesting to me is that the teams of the 70s seem far more heavily represented in most people's lists than 90s players - including my own. By my reckoning there are 62 NMFC Premiership players, how would they be ranked and what would be the differences between the 70s players and 90s. My top 10, taking into account what I said in the first paragraph would be
1. Wayne Carey
2. Keith Greig
3. Malcolm Blight
4. Barry Cable
5. David Dench
6. Brent Harvey
7. Wayne Schimmelbusch
8. Glenn Archer
9. Wayne Schwass
10. Anthony Stevens
2. Keith Greig
3. Malcolm Blight
4. Barry Cable
5. Les Foote
6. David Dench
7. Brent Harvey
8. Wayne Schimmelbusch
9. Noel Teasdale
10. Laurie Dwyer
Of course it's too much guesswork on this. My football watching experience began around 1983 so any player who played their best footy before then is based on reputation, presumption, Mabo and the vibe. How do I form the opinion that Teasdale was slightly better than Dwyer and both were better than a Glendinning or Archer. Stuffed it I know, but I like my list. And what about the real old-timers who no one alive would have seen play? I guess I just ignore them. I suppose the saying is kind of true: Everyone dies twice - the first when you stop breathing, the second when the last person who remembered you stops breathing.
What is most interesting to me is that the teams of the 70s seem far more heavily represented in most people's lists than 90s players - including my own. By my reckoning there are 62 NMFC Premiership players, how would they be ranked and what would be the differences between the 70s players and 90s. My top 10, taking into account what I said in the first paragraph would be
1. Wayne Carey
2. Keith Greig
3. Malcolm Blight
4. Barry Cable
5. David Dench
6. Brent Harvey
7. Wayne Schimmelbusch
8. Glenn Archer
9. Wayne Schwass
10. Anthony Stevens