Club History Best player by number

[Coldacre]

McPhee>Cara

err.... no


Cara was a premiership player..... McPhee a plodder except for one good year (when the rest of us were shite)

 

[Coldacre]

i guess odonnell spent an eternity in the 2's before he even debuted, i have memory of a 40s number. (im trying to test my brain in here and not google right away)

pretty sure he was 44

 

[Coldacre]

1. Merv Neagle
2. Mark Mercuri
3. Dick Reynolds
4. Leon Baker
5. James Hird
6. Sean Wellman
7. Bill Hutchison
8. Darren Bewick
9. Derek Kickett
10. John Coleman
11. Geoff Blethyn
12. Stewart Crameri ??? (geez we've had some crap number 12's)
13. Michael Long
14. Jason Johnson
15. Wayne Otway
16. Paul Barnard
17. Stephen Carey
18. Matthew Lloyd
19. Peter Somerville
20. Tony Buhagiar
21. Dyson Heppell
22. Bill Duckworth
23. Ken Fraser
24. Joe Misiti
25. Graham Moss
26. Mark Thompson
27. Simon Madden
28. Alec Epis
29. Gary Moorcroft
30. Patrick Ryder
31. Dustin Fletcher
32. Tim Watson
33. Glenn Hawker
34. Michael Thomson
36. Peter Bradbury
37. Stuart Barclay (only cos he's a family relation!)
38. Sean Denham
39. Heath Hocking
40. Ben Howlett
41. Wil Hams
42. NLM
43. Dean Rioli
44. Justin Madden
45. Justin Stubbs
46. Mark Baguley

 

[Doss]

mods plz give this a 'Club History' thingy

Done.

 

[Doss]

Crameri played some very good football for us, but two of his four seasons with Essendon were in #45 rather than #12, and I don't think those four seasons were enough to have him ranked ahead of Welsh's nine seasons (he was #41 in 2002) in #12.

 

[Howard Moon]

ill just do some contentious ones throughout the day....

25- Scott lucas was a huge favorite of mine but man, Roger Merret sticks in my claw, as it did sheedys all that time. He was a brilliant player, tough, agressive, perfect kick for goal. Just watching how long he played on for at Brisbane shows what we really missed out on. Graham moss, Brownlow medalist but pretty much went as quick as he came also. Could give it to any of those three really.

im inclined to give it to Lucas for 270 games of great service in a pretty good era.

 

[Howard Moon]

love the symmerty for lloyd and lucas

both 192 cm, both both 94 kg, both left footers, both 270 games, only change Lucas a year older but Lloyd debuted a year earlier.

great club duo!

 

[Doss]

Another name for #24...

Don McKenzie. 266 games from 1960-74.

 

[Blind Turn]

1. Merv Neagle
2. Mark Mercuri
3. Dick Reynolds
4. Leon Baker
5. James Hird
6. Sean Wellman
7. Bill Hutchison
8. Darren Bewick
9. Derek Kickett
10. John Coleman
11. Geoff Blethyn
12. Stewart Crameri ??? (geez we've had some crap number 12's)
13. Michael Long
14. Jason Johnson
15. Wayne Otway
16. Paul Barnard
17. Stephen Carey
18. Matthew Lloyd
19. Peter Somerville
20. Tony Buhagiar
21. Dyson Heppell
22. Bill Duckworth
23. Ken Fraser
24. Joe Misiti
25. Graham Moss
26. Mark Thompson
27. Simon Madden
28. Alec Epis
29. Gary Moorcroft
30. Patrick Ryder
31. Dustin Fletcher
32. Tim Watson
33. Glenn Hawker
34. Michael Thomson
36. Peter Bradbury
37. Stuart Barclay (only cos he's a family relation!)
38. Sean Denham
39. Heath Hocking
40. Ben Howlett
41. Wil Hams
42. NLM
43. Dean Rioli
44. Justin Madden
45. Justin Stubbs
46. Mark Baguley

Number 4 is a tough one but it is between Jobe and Wanganeen fore mine. Wanganeen is ahead for his full career but Jobe has probably got him at Essendon. Baker played some great finals games but wasn't consistently damaging as he perhaps could've been. Short career doesn't help either.

 

[daffo]

4 has to go to Jobe. He'll end up being a 200+ game/brownlow player.

 

[Pweter]

can only remember hills and hawker, probably beats those

Hawker was a very under rated wing man imo. It's between he and Caracella for the 33 imo. McPhee had a better ceiling across 2004/2005 but from there stagnated badly.

 

[Pweter]

hardcore injury!

i like derek kickett as a 9! no doubt rama could have been anything.

Rama was anything, then it was taken from him.

 

[Pweter]

#49 James Hird

That's the best way to get Hird and TD on the list, but to be fair Hird in 49 was an ok kid.

Dual premiership skipper vs the brownlow/premiership skipper double.

Can we have 2 number 5s? Both were undeniably magnificent players.

 

[Coldacre]

Number 4 is a tough one but it is between Jobe and Wanganeen fore mine. Wanganeen is ahead for his full career but Jobe has probably got him at Essendon. Baker played some great finals games but wasn't consistently damaging as he perhaps could've been. Short career doesn't help either.

that's fair enough. for me, clutch goals in winning grand finals goes a long way.

 

[Coldacre]

Graham moss, Brownlow medalist but pretty much went as quick as he came also.

3 best & fairest's in a row and a brownlow, not bad going!

 

[Howard Moon]

3 best & fairest's in a row and a brownlow, not bad going!

always love the old brownlow footage, just a bunch of blokes wearing funny suits standing around a room - actually, is it any different now?

 

[Pweter]

While comparing zaka and Hardwick for 11 throw Greg Anderson into that mix. And the mediocre 17s continue with keiran sporn!

Suprised zero love for number 4 Leon baker, one of the classiest players I saw. All too brief however.

Absolutely. Number 4 has been pretty special in my lifetime. Baker, Long wore number 4 before Wanganeen, Watson. Wow.

 

[Howard Moon]

15 - another miserable number... Ezard? Proir? Dempsey? cant think of too many...

 

[Coldacre]

always love the old brownlow footage, just a bunch of blokes wearing funny suits standing around, smoking cigarettes in a room -

fixed

 

[Pweter]

Whilst 18 should be Lloyd's hands down, part of me really wants to give it to Van Der Haar. I loved The Flying Dutchman as a kid, some of his battles with Peter Knights were legendary.

 

[Coldacre]

15 - another miserable number... Ezard? Proir? Dempsey? cant think of too many...

nobody remembers Otway.... but he was a great goal sneak! kicked 46 goals in '82

 

[Lord Nicholson]

1. Merv Neagle
2. Mark Mercuri
3. Dick Reynolds
4. Leon Baker
5. James Hird
6. Sean Wellman
7. Bill Hutchison
8. Darren Bewick
9. Derek Kickett
10. John Coleman
11. Geoff Blethyn
12. Stewart Crameri ??? (geez we've had some crap number 12's)
13. Michael Long
14. Jason Johnson
15. Wayne Otway
16. Paul Barnard
17. Stephen Carey
18. Matthew Lloyd
19. Peter Somerville
20. Tony Buhagiar
21. Dyson Heppell
22. Bill Duckworth
23. Ken Fraser
24. Joe Misiti
25. Graham Moss
26. Mark Thompson
27. Simon Madden
28. Alec Epis
29. Gary Moorcroft
30. Patrick Ryder
31. Dustin Fletcher
32. Tim Watson
33. Glenn Hawker
34. Michael Thomson
36. Peter Bradbury
37. Stuart Barclay (only cos he's a family relation!)
38. Sean Denham
39. Heath Hocking
40. Ben Howlett
41. Wil Hams
42. NLM
43. Dean Rioli
44. Justin Madden
45. Justin Stubbs
46. Mark Baguley

Why stop just before Olarenshaw? A premiership player who did a pretty damn good job on the day.

Welsh would beat Crameri by default for the #12, but Wally May and Barry Capuano are pretty damn strong contenders.

IMO Clarke should beat Neagle for the #1 by default.

Ezard and Buttsworth could each make a claim for #15.

And who can forget Trevor Heath, one of the best #58s we've ever had.

 

[Howard Moon]

Whilst 18 should be Lloyd's hands down, part of me really wants to give it to Van Der Haar. I loved The Flying Dutchman as a kid, some of his battles with Peter Knights were legendary.

love how watson used to pick him up to go to the game, hed come to the car with a cigarette in his mouth and a plate of bacon and eggs on his knees for the car drive...

 

[Howard Moon]

also at risk of being controversial.. i dont want Peter Someville in the 19 position, ill take his old man, or Hille who was a faaaar better player!

Hille players 190 odd games to peters 160 anyway...

 

[Pweter]

love how watson used to pick him up to go to the game, hed come to the car with a cigarette in his mouth and a plate of bacon and eggs on his knees for the car drive...

To be honest it's probably due to the Van Der Haar folklore that wants me to squeeze him in, even though I know full well Lloyd deserves the spot.