Opinion Best of Essendon *

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

**Less than 100 games and no longer at Essendon**

J.Kelly T.Richards B.Houli
M.Hibberd J.Carlisle M.Dea
A.Lovett T.Colyer L.Jetta
P.Chapman S.Crameri D.Cupido
G.Moorcroft M.Brown D.Jacobs
J.Barnes S.Longergan D.Calthorpe
K.Hardingham J.Green R.O’Connor H.Skipworth / M.Leuenberger

 

[eth-dog]

Interesting thread.

Jake Carlisle - Mal Michael - Michael Hibberd
James Kelly - Ted Richards - Bachar Houli
Andrew Lovett - Scott Camporeale - Travis Colyer
Paul Chapman - Stewart Crameri - Mathew Stokes
Gary Moorecroft - John Coleman - Kyle Hardingham
John Barnes - Sam Lonergan - David Calthorpe
Hayden Skipworth - Matthew Leuenberger - Danny Jacobs - Leroy Jetta

 

[BrunoV]

Players I've seen who are in the converstaion:

Ricky Olarenshaw
Mark Fraser
Che Cockatoo-Collins
Derek Kickett
Tayte Pears
Michael Prior
Kyle Reimers
Justin Madden

Neale Daniher makes the team (he was supposed to be the best of the 4).

 

[boncer34]

Players I've seen who are in the converstaion:

Ricky Olarenshaw
Mark Fraser
Che Cockatoo-Collins
Derek Kickett
Tayte Pears
Michael Prior
Kyle Reimers
Justin Madden

Neale Daniher makes the team (he was supposed to be the best of the 4).

He was the best.

Just not the longest.

 

[NAB777]

Interesting thread.

Jake Carlisle - Mal Michael - Michael Hibberd
James Kelly - Ted Richards - Bachar Houli
Andrew Lovett - Scott Camporeale - Travis Colyer
Paul Chapman - Stewart Crameri - Mathew Stokes
Gary Moorecroft - John Coleman - Kyle Hardingham
John Barnes - Sam Lonergan - David Calthorpe
Hayden Skipworth - Matthew Leuenberger - Danny Jacobs - Leroy Jetta

I see your Scott Camporeale & raise you a Leon Baker.

 

[NAB777]

**Less than 100 games and no longer at Essendon**

J.Kelly T.Richards B.Houli
M.Hibberd J.Carlisle M.Dea
A.Lovett T.Colyer L.Jetta
P.Chapman S.Crameri D.Cupido
G.Moorcroft M.Brown D.Jacobs
J.Barnes S.Longergan D.Calthorpe
K.Hardingham J.Green R.O’Connor H.Skipworth / M.Leuenberger

As per post 2...I reckon John Coleman just shades Mitch Brown.

 

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

As per post 2...I reckon John Coleman just shades Mitch Brown.

Tough call!!! Yeah look, I didn’t consider anyone I didn’t see play.

 

[NAB777]

Tough call!!! Yeah look, I didn’t consider anyone I didn’t see play.

As an aside...both my father & father in law saw John Coleman play (my father in law actually saw him from the field).
Both said he was the best AFL player in history.

 

[Run and carry]

Phil Carman went alright. Tony Buhagiar worth a look.

 

[DapperDon]

As per post 2...I reckon John Coleman just shades Mitch Brown.

*waits for Eth to argue different

 

[eth-dog]

*waits for Eth to argue different

Maybe you could check who I put in

 

[Darealrath]

As an aside...both my father & father in law saw John Coleman play (my father in law actually saw him from the field).
Both said he was the best AFL player in history.

Everyone I've talked to who saw him play have said the same. And they say it so matter of factly, without a hint of doubt.

 

[Donakebab]

If we're including someone like Coleman, then definitely some other big names in the clubs history that should be considered.

• Graham Moss - 84 games - Ruckman, Brownlow medallist and 3x B&F winner from four seasons at the club, ranked 17 in Champions of Essendon
• Tom Fitzmaurice - 85 games - CHB, 3x B&F, 2x Premiership player, team of the century and ranked 10 in Champions of Essendon
• Syd Barker - 57 games - Ruckman, snagged from lolnorf during the infamous disbanding. Considered the greatest lolnorf player ever, they named their B&F medal after an Essendon 2x Premiership player/coach
• Harold Lambert - 99 games - HBF, 2x Premiership player, career cut short due to serving in WW2. Ranked 25 in Champions of Essendon
• Geoff Blethyn - 84 games - Tall forward - kicked 216 goals in 6 seasons, including 107 in 1972, the first Bomber since John Coleman
• Albert Thurgood - 46 games - Tall forward - Kinda cheating as not counting Essendon VFA games. A versatile gun who could play anywhere on the ground and one of the longest kicks ever. Premiership player and ranked 9 in Champions of Essendon

 

[Duckworth]

So many good players, shame about there being no father-sons.

 

[ant555]

Players I've seen who are in the converstaion:

Ricky Olarenshaw
Mark Fraser
Che Cockatoo-Collins
Derek Kickett
Tayte Pears
Michael Prior
Kyle Reimers
Justin Madden

Neale Daniher makes the team (he was supposed to be the best of the 4).

He was.

 

[carloss]

If we're including someone like Coleman, then definitely some other big names in the clubs history that should be considered.

• Albert Thurgood - 46 games - Tall forward - Kinda cheating as not counting Essendon VFA games. A versatile gun who could play anywhere on the ground and one of the longest kicks ever. Premiership player and ranked 9 in Champions of Essendon

and great great uncle of Josh Thurgood.

 

[NAB777]

He was.

Yep. Neale was something else.

 

[Knox Harrington]

I thought i would have a go at a side with players to play less than 100 games, play them all at Essendon and i have to have seen them play (1982 onwards).

You end up with a few odd players out, a very interesting lineup and it's actually really difficult.

I wind up with

B: B McNiece P Weston A Henneman
HB N Daniher T Pears K Hardingam
C P Hills L Baker A Lovett
HF Cransberg Gumbleton Sporn
F Jetta Werner Reimers
Foll Laycock J Merrett Antrobus
I O'Connor D Flood Slattery
N O Brien

It really isnt an easy task if you rule out guys who havent played anywhere else.

 

[7zark7]

Nobody has mentioned Peter Berbakov. I loved that guy

 

[Darealrath]

Yep. Neale was something else.

Are there any current players who play in a similar way? I've only seen highlights here and there so hard to get a grasp of the type of player he was.

 

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

Nobody has mentioned Peter Berbakov. I loved that guy

He was one of my favourites, but he is one of many I have fond memories of, yet can’t specifically remember them, how good they were and how they played (as I was young).

Seems like a good time to ask (but maybe not the right thread and could possibly be its own thread / added to another thread?), I’d love and appreciate if people were to give their take on the sort of player (maybe who they play like), how good they were etc. for the following players who I have varying levels of memories of:

Peter Berbacov

Peter Cransberg

Gary O’Donnell

Justin Blumfield

Chris Heffernan

Ben Doolan

Peter Somerville

Barry Young

Ricky Olerenshaw

David Calthorpe

Sean Denham

John Barnes

The Carlton trio: Murphy, Camporeale and Allan.

 

[EnolaGay]

Phil Carman went alright. Tony Buhagiar worth a look.

I see your Tony Buhagiar and raise you a Rene Kink!

 

[NAB777]

Are there any current players who play in a similar way? I've only seen highlights here and there so hard to get a grasp of the type of player he was.

It's weird...i'd be interested to see what others say, but the first player I thought of was Nat Fyfe. The thing about Neale was that he always seemed to have plenty of time, read the play well & could play anywhere.

 

[Seagrave_Holmes]

Connor McKenna at half-back

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Didn't Jetta play 100+ games?