Universal Love '78, '88 and '08

[Roddy]

We are celebrating the anniversaries of these three years of glory in our magnificent club's history, I though I'd have a crack at picking a best 22 from those three Premiership teams:

Collins Langford Ayres

Birchall Knights Hodge

Eade Crawford Dipper

Rioli Brereton Buddy

Dew Dunstall Morrissey

Scott Tuck (c) Matthews

Int: Mitchell Platten Mew Rough

Coach: Clarko


What's yours?

 

[Hawk_francais]

We are celebrating the anniversaries of these three years of glory in our magnificent club's history, I though I'd have a crack at picking a best 22 from those three Premiership teams:

Collins Langford Ayres

Birchall Knights Hodge

Eade Crawford Dipper

Rioli Brereton Buddy

Dew Dunstall Morrissey

Scott Tuck Matthews

Int: Mitchell Platten Mew Rough

Coach: Clarko


What's yours?

No Brent Renouf?

 

[Dewnior]

That's a great team but I'd try and find a spot for Bucky.

 

[Davo23]

We are celebrating the anniversaries of these three years of glory in our magnificent club's history, I though I'd have a crack at picking a best 22 from those three Premiership teams:

Collins Langford Ayres

Birchall Knights Hodge

Eade Crawford Dipper

Rioli Brereton Buddy

Dew Dunstall Morrissey

Scott Tuck Matthews

Int: Mitchell Platten Mew Rough

Coach: Clarko


What's yours?

That’s a pretty good effort, most of the greatest players in football history.

Maybe Buckenara in, Morrissey out?

 

[Manila_Hawk]

Mew has to start on the ground.

 

[Agent Smith]

We seem to do well in years ending in 8...

 

[grumbleguts]

We seem to do well in years ending in 8...

61, 71, 91
76, 86
83, 13
89
15
14
we seem to do well in years.

 

[Luv_our_club]

Yeah, probably Bucks for Morrissey.

And I would start Platten on the ground. On the center line or forward pocket.

 

[Agent Smith]

61, 71, 91
76, 86
83, 13
89
15
14
we seem to do well in years.

Need more 2's and 7's.

 

[Roddy]

Damn, I do not know how I missed Bucks! Yep, Bucky for the freak.

 

[Roddy]

Mew has to start on the ground.

So it pretty much has to be mew over Knights? Tough call.

 

[badgrill]

61, 71, 91
76, 86
83, 13
89
15
14
we seem to do well in years.

All but one of them include the numbers 1 or 8. Even when you add 78, 88 & 08

Just sayin'.

 

[Furn2]

I'll wait and add the 2018 players in.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Dew had a great 8 minutes, but does he really deserve to be in the team ahead of guys like Buckenara?

FF: Platten - Dunstall - Rioli
HF: Brereton - Franklin - Buckenara
Ce: Dipper - Mitchell - Crawford
HB: Birchall - Mew - Hodge
FB: Collins - Langford - Ayres

Ru: Scott
RR: Tuck
Ro: Matthews

I/C: Knights, Moore, Wallace and Eade

Emerg: Pritchard, Lewis, Sewell, Bateman, Greene...

 

[TheFourPillars]

So it pretty much has to be mew over Knights? Tough call.

Naah birch goes out for Knights because he must and Pritchard is best 22 otherwise Dunstall quits

 

[Roddy]

Dew had a great 8 minutes, but does he really deserve to be in the team ahead of guys like Buckenara?

FF: Platten - Dunstall - Rioli
HF: Brereton - Franklin - Buckenara
Ce: Dipper - Mitchell - Crawford
HB: Birchall - Mew - Hodge
FB: Collins - Langford - Ayres

Ru: Scott
RR: Tuck
Ro: Matthews

I/C: Knights, Moore, Wallace and Eade

Emerg: Pritchard, Lewis, Sewell, Bateman, Greene...

I suppose I based that selection on the fact that without him we are 'only' celebrating '78 and '88 this year....

 

[Roddy]

Naah birch goes out for Knights because he must and Pritchard is best 22 otherwise Dunstall quits

Even that's a tough call, do we really need two key position backs? We need a tall, mobile CHB and someone there to provide run off half back. It's very much line ball I suppose.

 

[Todman]

Collins, Moore, Ayres

Greene, Mew ,Knights

Ablett , Crawford, Dipper

Buckenara , Brereton, Buddy

Rioli , Dunstall , Matthews

Scott (c) ,Tuck , Platten

Int: Mitchell Roughead, Eade Langford

Coach: Clarko

 

[TheFourPillars]

Even that's a tough call, do we really need two key position backs? We need a tall, mobile CHB and someone there to provide run off half back. It's very much line ball I suppose.

Knights is versatile and can play both ends of the ground and is probably one of the most athletically gifted players I have seen

Edit: He is also my all time favourite player. He MUST be in the side

 

[Roddy]

Collins, Moore, Ayres

Greene, Mew ,Knights

Ablett , Crawford, Dipper

Buckenara , Brereton, Buddy

Rioli , Dunstall , Matthews

Scott (c) ,Tuck , Platten

Int: Mitchell Roughead, Eade Langford

Coach: Clarko

Yep, great team, probably better than mine. I agonised over Langford and Moore. I went with what is arguably the greatest single line in VFL/AFL history.

 

[WWSD]

Surely Brian Lake would make the team?

3 years - 3 Premierships - North Smith medal - 83% winning record

 

[Roddy]

Surely Brian Lake would make the team?

3 years - 3 Premierships - North Smith medal - 83% winning record

Didn't play in any of those teams my friend.

 

[Todman]

Yep, great team, probably better than mine. I agonised over Langford and Moore. I went with what is arguably the greatest single line in VFL/AFL history.

You're probably not old enough to remember Moore in his prime. In the seventies, Him and Geoff Southby were the best FBs by a mile, Dench not far behind.

 

[Roddy]

You're probably not old enough to remember Moore in his prime. In the seventies, Him and Geoff Southby were the best FBs by a mile, Dench not far behind.

Mate, I'm 47, I remember Kel just fine.

 

[Argy]

Need more 2's and 7's.

...and 0's. Maybe 2020??