Best Player You've Ever Seen.

[JohnD]

Lethal

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

This is a hard one, there are so many greats to choose from.

Phil Carman - the most gifted of all the players but his temperament lest him down.

Wayne Carey - a powerhouse and possibly the best

Peter Hudson - the most freakish

Gary Ablett - unstoppable at his best

Leigh Matthews - easily the most "valuable" player to his team I've seen

Peter Knights - took some of the most breathtaking marks

Alex Jesaulenko - a wizard who could play any position, except ruck

Darren Jarman - silky skills

Best from SA: Barrie Robran, Russell Ebert, Michael Aish, Malcolm Blight

Best from WA: Barry Cable, Ross Glendinning, Graham Moss

Best from Tas: Peter Hudson, Royce Hart, Ian Stewart

Apologies to the many other champiojns and brilliant players I have seen through the years.

 

[sandeano]

I'm gonna go with one yet to be mentioned....

..Maurice Rioli. I would sit, mouth agape just marvelling at how that guy could move. Just an utter pleasure to watch. Sure, Ablett was the most spectacular I've seen but Rioli was pure poetry.

 

[X_box_X]

Brent Grgic and Trent Bartlett!

Ohh, the best player you mean?

In that case it would have to be out of: Wayne Carey, Gary Ablett or Big Poppa Pump!

 

[SeinDude]

Originally posted by catattack
Gary Ablett

Gary Ablett by an absolute mile!!

Go Cats!!
SeinDude

 

[topdon]

1. Gary Ablett

2. James Hird
3. Micheal Voss

 

[Sammy Newman]

The great Polly Farmer.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

1. Wayne Carey
2. Maurice Rioli
3. Leigh Matthews

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

Wayne Carey. And by a farily long way too. After that I'd say guys like Voss, Harvey and the 3 full forwards (Dunstall, Lockett, Ablett)

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Originally posted by PiesPremiers
Any doubt i had about the best player ive ever seen were dismissed on Saturday afternoon.
Michael Voss is the perfect footballer anyone would love to have in theyre team. Great leader, Couragous, Good bloke and most important a great team man.
I have no doubt in my mind he is the best player ive seen.

very well said PP. i 2nd that.

cheers!

 

[skilts]

Since 1961, I have thought the best footballer I've ever seen was Bob Skilton. After years of watching Voss, and resisting displacing Skilton in my affections, I've at last had to concede Michal Voss is the best footballer I've ever seen.

At the GF I sat around a bunch of people of my vintage. They were old enough to have seen all of the players mentioned on this thread.

Some of those mentioned were:

BOB SKILTON - Had in common with Voss complete fairness. There will never again be a kick like him. They don't kick drop- kicks for a start and if they did they wouldn't be able to kick them fifty-five metres on either foot. I wrote a post on this earlier in the season and, it may have been Dan26, who pointed out the deficiency in Skilton's career. Through no fault of his, he never proved himself in a finals series. By the time he played in a finals series, in 1970, his career was over.

POLLY FARMER - Best ruckman I've ever seen, despite Nicholls, and they're the only two ruckmen worth mentioning in this context. Rucking is one of the few things which hasn't improved since their time. They weren't better players than Voss.

TED WHITTEN- A great player. However, he could be beaten to the extent that he may as well not have been there. Didn't happen often, but some ordinary footballers had the 'wood' on him. He was also filthy. This was caused by him being bashed so often in the early stages of his career. Voss has never been filthy.

Which brings us to LEIGH MATTHEWS - The first bloke I'd pick if I wanted to win a premiership, no matter what had to be done to achieve it. Also filthy, but never whinged when he copped it.

WAYNE CAREY - - The complete package, almost. Also suffered from inexplicable bad games against the likes of Jakovich. A seriously flawed human being, but a reason to pay money to see our game.

The most difficult dismissal of all - GARY ABLETT - A genius, who played the game as if it were a country football match and all the team had to do was get the ball into his half of the ground and he'd do the rest. He was as good to watch as Jesaulenko, but not quite as effective as Hudson(Peter). He also was a bit filthy, in that he liked to hurt people, probably for the same reason Whitten did. He was known to spit the dummy when things went wrong.

MICHAEL VOSS - Has all the skills and attributes of those above and isn't filthy and wins grand finals. He is never beaten. My generation have never seen a performance like that of Voss on the weekend. Mind you, allowance must be made for the fact that we were barracking for Brisbane.

Mention should also be made of .JAMES HIRD - he makes you proud to share a stadium with him.

On the weekend, we saw why this is the best ball game in the world.

 

[Leaping Lindner]

Originally posted by Adelaide Hawk

Best from SA: Barrie Robran, Russell Ebert, Michael Aish, Malcolm Blight

That'd be my top four from SANFL but very tempted to throw Paul Bagshaw and Peter Marker into that lot.(Showing my age I know).

In the AFL I'd say DARREN JARMAN(totally unbias of course.)

 

[Sinkers_9]

Wayne Carey by a mile
Then Harvey, Voss, Dunstall, Morrell

 

[robbieando]

Paul Kelly

He showed how to lead a team, by his actions. A much better captain than Voss and Buckley. Just never had the cattle to win a flag.

Must add that Jamie Lawson would of been the best if he hadn't broken his leg back in 1994. Was at that match and knew that this was the end of such a great player who never would show fully what he could do. If he was still playing in 1996 the Swans would of won the flag, no doubt in my mind

 

[jod23]

Probably Peter Matera or Glen Jakovich pre knee reconstruction. Voss and Carey are and were pretty awesome also.

 

[larrikin]

As a young bloke Brian Peake was awesome to watch.

In modern times James Hird and Michael Voss stand out, but when Kouta is on, he's the man.

 

[Nuts `n Bolts]

He is not called the King for nothin..

WAYNE CAREY

 

[Port Adelaide 1870]

Best Australian Rules Footballer I have seen:

at AFL/ VFL, WAFL, SANFL level.


Barrie Robran

PA1870

 

[Carlos]

Only got faint memories of Malcolm Blight, but have seen lots of footage since and he would have to be up there.

But Wayne Carey was the most complete player i have ever seen. Could do everything and often did and had more influence on more games of footy when it mattered than any player i've ever seen.

Ablett has to rate a mention, and Voss will undoubtedly be up there by the time his career is finished.

 

[shiva25]

Bernie Quinlan, Ablett Carey and Voss are the best ive seen

 

[cjwalkley]

Voss and Carey as they are the complete footballers and performed at an unbelievably high level rermarkably consistently.

Ablett had some higher highs, but many more quiet games.

Then I'd have a group that includes Matthews, Quinlan, Wilson, Hird, Williams, Roos.

 

[Stocka]

Originally posted by robbieando
Paul Kelly

He showed how to lead a team, by his actions. A much better captain than Voss and Buckley. Just never had the cattle to win a flag.

Don't know how you could say that Kelly is a 'much' better captain and leader than Buckely, and certainly not Voss.

For what it's worth, I reckon Voss and Kelly are just about neck-a-neck when it comes to leadership, and both have displayed their leadership in similar ways. Likewise, I would regard M.Voss as having had a bigger effect on his team-mates, by the virtue of his desire to succeed in every possible way (the recent GF is an example of this).

I can't believe anyone would question whether Voss is up there as being one of the equal best leaders of the competition over the last few decades, or consider that another captain (at least that I have seen in that time frame), is 'much' better in that role or as a leader.

 

[Worm4]

Ask Voss how he goes against Koutoufides when they play on each other...Voss has never beaten Koutaman, in fact it's been a one-way spanking every time.

 

[The Spornstar]

Carey.

 

[Mocca]

Jason Dunstall

269 games
1254 goals
6 centuries
3 Colemans
3 times top three in the Brownlow (and a fourth for good measure)
4 time All Australian
4 time Club Champion
AFLPA MVP
AFLMA MVP
4 time premiership player
4 Grand Finals, four wins, 23 goals.