Opinion Best 22 you have seen.

[Swans120]

M.Voss T.Lockett J.Brown
J.Hird W.Carey M.Ricciouto
A.Goodes S.Black C.Judd
T.Kennelly G.Jakovich A.McLeod
G.Archer M.Scarlett S.Silvagni
D.Cox B.Cousins N.Buckley

I/C: P.Everitt, B.Kirk, J.Akermanis, A.Koutoufides

 

[edstar10]

bp-wanganeen fb-silvagni bp-scarlett
hb-fletcher chb-lake hb-mcleod
w-judd c-hird w-crawford
hf-s.johnson chf-carey hf-garry ablett jnr
fp-j.brown ff-lockett fp-garry ablett snr

ruck-cox rr-goodes ro-s.black
inter-modra inter-s.west inter-reidwoldt inter-harvey

 

[Air_Chester]

1992 West Coast side.

1995 Carlton side.

1996 North side.

C'mon mate, who are you kidding?

Honestly, looking at the sides chosen in this thread (and they are some phenomenal sides), it strikes me that there just aren't the quantity of superstars there have been in the past.

I just personally don't see anyone playing currently who in 10 years will be seen as superstars past aside from Judd and Ablett.

 

[09wasalwaysours]

B: Tom Harley, Matthew Scarlett, Josh Hunt
HB: Andrew Mackie, Darren Milburn, David Wojcinski
C: Joel Corey, Jimmy Bartel, Corey Enright
HF: Steve Johnson, Cameron Mooney, Joel Selwood
F: Paul Chapman, Nathan Ablett, Mathew Stokes
R: Brad Ottens, Cameron Ling, Gary Ablett
I: Steven King, Shannon Byrnes, James Kelly, Max Rooke

Swap Hawkins for King .

 

[Bombers36]

b Wanganee SOS Fletch
hb McLeod Jakovich Archer
c Neagle Williams Matera
hf hird Carey Jarmen
f Daicos Ablett(s) Mathews

r Madden T.Watson Ablett(j)

i/c Buckley Modra Voss Goodes

 

[SouthSwans]

b Wanganee SOS Fletch
hb McLeod Jakovich Archer
c Neagle Williams Matera
hf hird Carey Jarmen
f Daicos Ablett(s) Mathews

r Madden T.Watson Ablett(j)

i/c Buckley Modra Voss Goodes

Surely not...

 

[Blue Warrior]

B: Wanganeen Silvagni Archer
HB: Buckley Jackovich Koutoufides
C: Judd Williams Matera
HF: Fevola Carey Hird
F: Dunstall Lockett Ablett Snr
R: Cox RR: R.Harvey R:Voss
INT: Richardson LLyod Kernahan Cousins

 

[WN123]

Surely not...

Merv Neagle was a great player. In the top couple of centremen of his time and I guess we're all entitled to put in our personal favorites. I slotted in Neale Daniher because his 1981 season as a 19 year old left an indelible mark on my memory.

B: Dustin Fletcher - Matthew Scarlett – Gary Ayres
HB: Andrew McLeod – Glen Jakovich – Bruce Doull
C: Peter Matera –Greg Williams – Robert Flower
HF: James Hird - Wayne Carey - Nathan Buckley
F: Leigh Matthews - Tony Lockett - Gary Ablett Jr
R: Simon Madden – Tim Watson - Michael Voss
INT: Neale Daniher – Gary Hocking – Robert Harvey - Chris Judd

Apologies to Paul Roos, Keith Greig, Mark Ricciuto Ross Genndenning and Anthony Koutafidis.

 

[SouthSwans]

Merv Neagle was a great player. In the top couple of centremen of his time and I guess we're all entitled to put in our personal favorites.

Apologies, I thought he was referring to Jay.

 

[ooby]

Backs: Dench; Southby; Langford
H Back: K Murray; Roos; Doull
Centre: Voss; G Williams; P Matera
H Fwd: Hird; Quinlan; Ablett Snr
Fwd: Lockett; Peter Hudson; Dunstall
Ruck: Farmer; Blight; Matthews

Int: Cousins; Ablett Jnr; S Black; Nicholls

 

[Marshmellowmagic]

Richmonds 2008 side

 

[OnTheBall]

For me.....

B. Ayres Southby F.Bourke
HB. Mcleod Glendinning Jesaulenko
C. Matera Williams Flower
HF Blight Carey Quinlan
F Ablett Snr Lockett Daicos

R. L.Thompson L.Matthews Judd

I/C Hird Carmen Bartlett Greening

Apologies Brereton Buckley Doull Roos K.Greig Hawkins Hudson P.McKenna
Hart R.Harvey D.Jarman Voss G.Ablett Jnr Archer

 

[gaz15]

This is the BEST 22 I HAVE enjoyed watching...not the best.

B: Ayers Langford Archer
HB: Hodge Kernahan C Brown
C: Buckley Voss Hird
HF: Ablett snr Carey Brereton
F: Dunstall Lockett Jarman
R: Cox Ricciuto Sewell
I: Kelly Franklin Crawford Platten

 

[Monocle]

B: Gary Ayres Chris Langford Geoff Southby

HB: Bruce Doull Terry Daniher Ross Glendinning

C: Keith Greig Russell Ebert Peter Matera

HF: Gary Ablett snr Dermott Brereton Alex Jesaulenko

F: Jason Dunstall Tony Lockett Barry Cable

R: Simon Madden Barrie Robran Leigh Matthews

INT: Gary Dempsey Kevin Bartlett Wayne Carey Garry McIntosh

Thats pretty close to the best that I have seen as well, maybe Knights at CHB and TD on the bench for McIntosh and Replace Dunstall with Greg Williams, and Jarman D for Robran Very good effort there Mate.

 

[Jimmyeow]

B Paul Roos - Steven Silvagni - Dustin Fletcher
HB Andrew McLeod - Glen Jakovich - Shane Crawford
C Peter Matera - Mark Ricciuto - Ben Cousins
OB Peter Everett - Robert Harvey - Scott West
HF James Hird - Wayne Carey - Jason Akermanis
F Matthew Lloyd - Tony Lockett - Darren Jarman
I Gavin Wanganeen - Dean Cox - Michael Voss - Glenn Archer
E Anthony Koutoufides - Tony Modra - Paul Kelly

 

[TheGoatBaron]

B: Paul Roos (Syd/Fitz) - Steven Silvagni (Carl) - Gavin Wanganeen (Ess/Port)
HB: Andrew McLeod (Adel) - Glen Jakovich (WCE) - Tadhg Kennelly (Syd)
C: Gary Ablett Jnr (Geel) - Mark Ricciuto (Adel) - Robert Harvey (St.K)
HF: James Hird (Ess) - Dermott Brereton (Haw) - Jason Akermanis (BL)
F: Gary Ablett Snr (Geel) - Tony Lockett (St.K/Syd) - Darren Jarman (Haw/Adel)
R: Dean Cox (WCE) - Scott West (WB) - Paul Kelly (Syd)
I/C: Adam Goodes (Syd) - Brett Kirk (Syd) - Michael Voss - (BL) - Michael O'Loughlin (Syd)

 

[matty p]

Not the best 22 I've seen, but the 22 I would most like to watch in the same team together (obviously there's a few Crows on the list):

B: McLeod - Silvagni - O’Brien
HB: Hodge (vc) - Jakovich - Goodwin
C: Swan - Kirk (c) - Ricciuto
HF: Franklin - N. Riewoldt - Liptak
F: C. Rioli - Modra - D. Jarman
R: Sandilands - Judd - Ablett
I: Vince - Barlow - T. Walker - Naitanui

Coach: Blight
Captain: Kirk
Vice-Captain: Hodge

 

[Cdreamer]

FB: C. Johnson, M. Scarlett, J. Clement
HB: A. Mcleod, G. Jackovic, L. Hodge
C: P. Matera, S. Black, N. Buckley
HF: J. Hird (vc), W.Carey, D, Jarman
FF: G. Ablett snr, T. Lockett, J. Akermanis
R: D. Cox, C. Judd (c), G. Ablett jnr
Int: M. Voss, R. Harvey, A. Goodes, A. Koutoufides

Would be very exciting to see this team running around!

 

[Blind Turn]

FROM 1980

A squad of 44.

Team chosen on versatility and balance. Hence Salmon's ruck career at Hawthorn combined with forward potency put him ahead of a Cox or Sandi. This team is continually evolving with Goddard my latest addition ousting Doull who I only ever saw at the tail-end of his career.

Wanganeen (Ess/Port) ~ Silvagni (Carl) ~ Fletcher (Ess)
McLeod (Adel) ~Jakovich (WC) ~ Goddard (StK)
Matera (WC) ~ Williams (Gee/Syd/Carl) ~ Voss (Lions)
Hird (Ess) ~ Carey (Nth) ~ Ablett Sr (Gee)
Bartlett (Rich) ~ Lockett (StK/Syd) ~ Matthews (Haw)
S Madden (Ess) ~ Judd (WC/Carl) ~ Ablett Jr (Gee)

Goodes (Syd) ~ Salmon (Ess/Haw) ~ Buckley (Coll)
Roos (Lions/Syd)

Defensive reserves: Scarlett (Gee), Archer (Nth), C. Johnson (Lions),
Doull (Carl), T Daniher (Ess), Hodge (Haw), Glendinning (Nth/WC)
Midfield reserves: Cousins (WC), T Watson (Ess), Ricciuto (Adel),
R. Harvey (StK), Koutoufides (Carl), Flower (Melb), D. Jarman (Haw/Adel)
Ruck reserve: Cox (WC)
Forward reserves: Daicos (Coll), Riewoldt (StK), Brereton (Haw),
Dunstall (Haw), Pavlich (Freo), Blight (Nth), Quinlan (Lions)

Really hard to leave out quality like C Grant, Hayes, G Wilson, Schimma, Hawkins, Grieg, Tuck, Platten, Kernahan, Tredders, Aker, Black, Chappy, Sandiands, J Brown, Lloyd... the list goes on. And yep, there is an essendon bias but that's just my perspective and I could easily argue all my Bombers here. A lot would probs leave Fletch and Salmon out but I think they balance this side well.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Best team (original team made before viewing others in thread)

B: P Roos - S Silvagni - G Archer
HB: J Worsfold - G Jakovich - A Koutoufidies
C: Pe Matera - N Buckley - B Cousins
HF: J Hird - W Carey - P Kelly
F: P Daicos - T Lockett - Ph Matera
R: S Rehn - S Black - M Voss
INT: J Dunstall - A Dunkley - R Harvey - G Wanganeen

Changes in Hindsight

IN: G Archer (RBP)
OUT: C Johnson (RBP)

IN: P Roos (LBP)
MOVE: G Wanganeen (INT4)
OUT: M Pavlich (INT4)

​

Probably way off the mark, but a lot of the 90's players I only vaguely remember (not from replays but from at the time).

Now for a team of my favourite players (mid 90's onwards):

B: J Saddington - C Bolton - N Brown
HB: A Toovey - J Clement - L Hodge
C: T Lockyer - B Kirk - R Harvey
HF: J Hird - M Richardson - P Kelly
F: A Didak - T Lockett - N Brown
R: Tr Walker - D Kerr - S Black
INT: L Brown - K Simpson - R O'Keefe - B Macaffer​

 

[liam_13]

My Favourite 22
B: Fletcher, Martyn, Blakey

HB: Archer, Colbert, Hodge

C: Goodes, Buckley, Simpson

HF: Pavlich, Carey, Harvey

F: McKernan, Lockett, Hird

Foll: Cox, Ablett, Stevens

Bench: Neitz, Wanganeen, Francou, Bell

My Best 22:
B: McLeod, Silvagni, Scarlett

HB: C.Cornes, Leppitsch, Hodge

C: Goodes, Voss, Cousins

HF: Ablett, Carey, Akermanis

F: Lloyd, Lockett, Hird

Foll: Cox, Judd, Buckley

Bench: Black, R.Harvey, Goddard, Primus

A lot missed out, couldve been a better team, but i did it fairly quickly.

 

[Blind Turn]

Best team (original team made before viewing others in thread)

B: P Roos - S Silvagni - G Archer
HB: J Worsfold - G Jakovich - A Koutoufidies
C: Pe Matera - N Buckley - B Cousins
HF: J Hird - W Carey - P Kelly
F: P Daicos - T Lockett - Ph Matera
R: S Rehn - S Black - M Voss
INT: J Dunstall - A Dunkley - R Harvey - G Wanganeen

Changes in Hindsight

IN: G Archer (RBP)
OUT: C Johnson (RBP)

IN: P Roos (LBP)
MOVE: G Wanganeen (INT4)
OUT: M Pavlich (INT4)

​

Probably way off the mark, but a lot of the 90's players I only vaguely remember (not from replays but from at the time).

Now for a team of my favourite players (mid 90's onwards):

B: J Saddington - C Bolton - N Brown
HB: A Toovey - J Clement - L Hodge
C: T Lockyer - B Kirk - R Harvey
HF: J Hird - M Richardson - P Kelly
F: A Didak - T Lockett - N Brown
R: Tr Walker - D Kerr - S Black
INT: L Brown - K Simpson - R O'Keefe - B Macaffer​

Struth you rate Dunkley highly! I'd rate him in the best half dozen full backs in my time but I think even his family would struggle to fit him in here (is that you Mrs Dunkley?). Fully respect your opinion but was taken aback by this one. Thought Hudghton was better and they were of similar ilk.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Struth you rate Dunkley highly! I'd rate him in the best half dozen full backs in my time but I think even his family would struggle to fit him in here (is that you Mrs Dunkley?). Fully respect your opinion but was taken aback by this one. Thought Hudghton was better and they were of similar ilk.

I have a soft spot for the Swans, but I always felt he was a very underrated Full Back.

Hudghton was a superb full back in his own right too.

 

[Blind Turn]

I have a soft spot for the Swans, but I always felt he was a very underrated Full Back.

Hudghton was a superb full back in his own right too.

As I said I do respect your opinion but you have to admit it's a left-field selection. His awkward kicking sticks in my mind as much as his ability to spoil a mark. Did like Dunks though.

 

[Tarkyn_24]

As I said I do respect your opinion but you have to admit it's a left-field selection. His awkward kicking sticks in my mind as much as his ability to spoil a mark. Did like Dunks though.

No problem, it is a left field selection, but its one I feel justified in. Doesn't mean I expect everyone else to.

I actually looked at that team and considered bring Akermanis in for him for a little bit of flexibility.

In fact, the team might be a bit limited with both Silvagni and Dunkley in the backline. A player like Dunkley/Hudghton/Prestigiacomo, negating type might not actually fit too well with the structures.

It's more than a fair point that you raised. I'm surprised there weren't more flaws in my team tbh because like I said my memory of the 90's is distorted at best. I saw a lot of West Coast, Freo, Sydney and Collingwood but not so much of other clubs growing up.