Opinion Best and worst imports and exports to the club from all the other clubs

[Blightys Barrel]

OK Kangas fans. Time to put your thinking caps on and have a guess at any of the 17 clubs we play against an come up with 4 players as follows.

1. Best player we imported from that club.
2. Worst player we imported from that club.
3. Player who left us and had a cracking career at the next club.
4. Player who left us and stunk up his career at the next club.

To set the ball in motion I’ll start with the Swans.
Best Import: Shannon Grant
Worst Import: Dylan Stephens
Let go cracker: Wayne Schwass
Let go stinker: Ryan Clarke

 

[Twinkletoes]

Bulldogs

Best Import: Gary Dempsey (with Shaun Higgins 2nd)

Worst Import: Nathan Hrovat

Let go cracker: Tony Liberatore

Let go stinker: Phil Krakouer

 

[Shermanator]

Best Import: Muscles Thompson

Worst Import: Jon Hay

Let go cracker: David Hale & Josh Gibson

Let go stinker: Colonel Wornel Pernorkel (Herman’s grandfather)

 

[Gasometer]

Worst import Stephen’s?!!’

Lol

 

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[krakouers]

Eagles:

Best Import: Dani Laidley
Worst Import: Ben McKinley
Let’s Go Cracker: Drew Petrie (only one year though)
Let’s Go Stinker: Mark Hepburn

 

[Hotham FC]

Dockers: one club we are in trade surplus with

Best Import: tough call…Jess Sinclair, Leigh Brown, Winnie Abraham, Spider Burton (hopefully it’s Griff Logue by the end of his career)
Worst Import: retract this - just remembered his untimely passing.
Let’s Go Cracker: Peter Bell
Let’s Go Stinker: Stuart Anderson

 

[CURVE]

Dockers: one club we are in trade surplus with

Best Import: tough call…Jess Sinclair, Leigh Brown, Winnie Abraham, Spider Burton (hopefully it’s Griff Logue by the end of his career)
Worst Import: retract this - just remembered his untimely passing.
Let’s Go Cracker: Peter Bell
Let’s Go Stinker: Stuart Anderson

We also received Glenn Freeborn through a trade with Fremantle.

And if we are including the drafting of delisted players, then Sam McFarlane is an option for Worst Import.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Geelong

Best Imports: Leigh Colbert, Robert Scott
Worst Import: Tim Bourke
Let's Go Cracker: Cam Mooney & Liam Pickering
Let's Go Stinker: Hamish McIntosh & Aaron Black

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Eagles:

Best Import: Dani Laidley
Worst Import: Ben McKinley
Let’s Go Cracker: Drew Petrie (only one year though)
Let’s Go Stinker: Mark Hepburn

Daniel McConnell would give Hepburn a run for his money!

 

[krakouers]

Daniel McConnell would give Hepburn a run for his money!

Was torn between the two and thought I’d go for the slightly older one

 

[fusion]

OK Kangas fans. Time to put your thinking caps on and have a guess at any of the 17 clubs we play against an come up with 4 players as follows.

1. Best player we imported from that club.
2. Worst player we imported from that club.
3. Player who left us and had a cracking career at the next club.
4. Player who left us and stunk up his career at the next club.

To set the ball in motion I’ll start with the Swans.
Best Import: Shannon Grant
Worst Import: Dylan Stephens
Let go cracker: Wayne Schwass
Let go stinker: Ryan Clarke

Surely Mark Powell is the all time worst import.

And Ryan Clarke played about 50 games for the swans... I'd go Brett Allison - great career with us, lasted 9 games there.

 

[7577969923]

Eagles:

Best Import: Dani Laidley
Worst Import: Ben McKinley
Let’s Go Cracker: Drew Petrie (only one year though)
Let’s Go Stinker: Mark Hepburn

Surely Ross Glendenning pips Drew for the cracker we let go to the Eagles?

 

[Blightys Barrel]

Surely Mark Powell is the all time worst import.

And Ryan Clarke played about 50 games for the swans... I'd go Brett Allison - great career with us, lasted 9 games there.

Fair call - Allison was a favorite of mine, as I was there when he took that MoTY at the MCG all this years ago. But 9 games and 9 goals was a very meagre return. Good call.

 

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[7577969923]

Dockers: one club we are in trade surplus with

Best Import: tough call…Jess Sinclair, Leigh Brown, Winnie Abraham, Spider Burton (hopefully it’s Griff Logue by the end of his career)
Worst Import: retract this - just remembered his untimely passing.
Let’s Go Cracker: Peter Bell
Let’s Go Stinker: Stuart Anderson

Peter Bell could have had both Best Import and Let's Go Cracker covered here. HM to Peter Mann.

 

[krakouers]

Surely Ross Glendenning pips Drew for the cracker we let go to the Eagles?

That is what happens when I take my info from North Melbourne Draft History since 1987

 

[7577969923]

Geelong

Best Imports: Leigh Colbert, Robert Scott
Worst Import: Tim Bourke
Let's Go Cracker: Cam Mooney & Liam Pickering
Let's Go Stinker: Hamish McIntosh & Aaron Black

Doug Wade came from the Cats and kicked 223 goals in 59 games including a 100 to win the Coleman in 74 and Premiership player in 75.

 

[7577969923]

That is what happens when I take my info from North Melbourne Draft History since 1987

Some of us are just really old and remember these things!

 

[hilly]

Bulldogs

Best Import: Gary Dempsey (with Shaun Higgins 2nd)

Worst Import: Nathan Hrovat

Let go cracker: Tony Liberatore

Let go stinker: John Baird

Baird didn't play for the Dogs?

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Doug Wade came from the Cats and kicked 223 goals in 59 games including a 100 to win the Coleman in 74 and Premiership player in 75.

Bit before my time mate!

I know Wade was a champion of the club. Had no idea he was originally Geelong though.

 

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[Shagga is all Class]

Peter Bell could have had both Best Import and Let's Go Cracker covered here. HM to Peter Mann.

Bell was delisted by Fremantle after 2 games, so not really an import being picked up from the pre-season draft.

And he won a flag exactly one year after being delisted.

 

[hilly]

Bit before my time mate!

I know Wade was a champion of the club. Had no idea he was originally Geelong though.

One of the original free agents.

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

Bulldogs

Best Import: Gary Dempsey (with Shaun Higgins 2nd)

Worst Import: Nathan Hrovat

Let go cracker: Tony Liberatore

Let go stinker: John Baird

Keenan Reynolds likes your nomination of Hrovat

 

[muttley45]

Carlton :

Best Import : Jarrad Waite

Worst Import : Darren Ogier {total of 2 games}

Let go Cracker : Corey McKernan {pretty sure he won a BnF there, but at least came back to us to finish up}

Let go Stinker : Aaron Mullet {85 games for us, 13 for them and sayonara}

 

[Liam Boy]

AFL startup clubs lightning round:

Adelaide:
Best Import - Hugh Greenwood Jason McCartney
Best Export - Wayne Carey
Worst Import - Tom Lynch
Worst Export - Brad Moran

Brisbane:
Best Import - Mark Roberts
Best Export - Martin Pike
Worst Import - Josh Walker
Worst Export - Ryan Bastinac

Fremantle:
Best Import - Peter Bell
Best Export - Peter Bell
Worst Import - Darcy Tucker
Worst Export - Corey Wagner

Gold Coast:
Best Import - Aaron Hall
Best Export - Daniel Harris
Worst Import - Joel Tippett
Worst Export - Jack Mahony

GWS:
Best Import - Aidan Corr
Best Export - Braydon Preuss
Worst Import - Aiden Bonar
Worst Export - Braydon Preuss

Port Adelaide:
Best Import - Jasper Pittard
Best Export - Byron Pickett
Worst Import - Jared Polec
Worst Export - Trent Dumont

West Coast:
Best Import - Aaron Edwards
Best Export - Ross Glendinnig
Worst Import - Ben McKinley
Worst Export - Declan Mountford

 

[Twinkletoes]

Baird didn't play for the Dogs?

Indeed. Port Adelaide, which I was researching at the same time and had multiple tabs open at the time ffs. I couldn’t think of a good North player who stunk it up at the Dogs until I remembered Phil Krakouer played a few games for them after his stellar North career so I’ll edit that hilly.

Keenan Reynolds likes your nomination of Hrovat

Oh I did consider him.