Carey or Ablett

[Eatosk]

Carey
Ablett
Both awesome footballers, who’s the best!

 

[The Dougster]

 

[Gone Critical]

Carey

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Senior.

Only one in his era [Dunstall, Lockett and Carey] in the Team of the century.

Kicked close to 600 goals as a HFF/Wing. Then as a specialist full forward 1993-96 attained a higher goal kicking average than Lockett and Dunstall’s career.

The duck. Pffft.
Please.

 

[Shack18]

Carey by a fair way, made team mates walk taller, huge impact. Greatest player I have watched (i never saw lethal play)

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Carey by a fair way, but Ablett was spectacular.

 

[Red Bull]

Ablett is the best footballer I’ve seen in all my years.
The only player I’d go to watch if my team wasn’t playing.
Would have made the team of the century in 3 different positions.
Footballing Freak of nature !!

 

[Rioli2Rioli]

Both were champions

Carey easily he won premierships for his club

 

[STPer18]

Ablett

 

[sleep]

Senior AINEC.

 

[WillHayward]

GAS kicked 1,000 goals and spent half his career on the wing

It's absolutely insane when U think about it.

 

[My Tilly]

. . . . awaiting Richmond trolls

 

[Robroy22]

Senior.

Only one in his era in the Team of the century.

Kicked close to 600 goals as a HFF/Wing. Then as a specialist full forward 1993-96 attained a higher goal kicking average than Lockett and Dunstall’s career.

The duck. Pffft.
Please.

600 goals from a wing....lol
He played a couple of seasons on a wing (one of those at Hawthorn) but he played as a roaming forward when he kicked those first 600.
Then when he finally decided to play closer to goal (instead of ANYWHERE he wanted to play as a roaming forward)...he showed a real dominance from FF.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

600 goals from a wing....lol
He played a couple of seasons on a wing (one of those at Hawthorn) but he played as a roaming forward when he kicked those first 600.
Then when he finally decided to play closer to goal (instead of ANYWHERE he wanted to play as a roaming forward)...he showed a real dominance from FF.

You understand what / means?

I said HFF/Wing. That means a mix of both.

 

[Robroy22]

You understand what / means?

I said HFF/Wing. That means a mix of both.

Yeah I understand what it means BUT it insinuates that he kicked heaps of goals from the wing.
GAS didn't have the tank to run a wing...and he kicked very few goals doing it.

So trying to make out he played half his career up the ground....like a Mathews or a Daicos (snr) is not really accurate now is it?

He was a great forward.

 

[Robroy22]

Oh and GAS was seriously a lot better footballer than Carey.

 

[largebus]

Geelong plodders saying Gaz, North plodders saying Duck, who'da thunk it.

It's close but Carey had more of an impact all over the ground (hence lower goal totals) and was a better contested mark, although Ablett had the better specky and highlight reel plays.
North won the 1999 Grand Final when Carey moved to the centre, such was his impact.

On a related note, Brownless < Longmire

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I can’t go past Ablett, he’s the best player I’ve ever seen and I dare say just about the best footballer to ever step on a field.

That’s not to denigrate Carey, who an all time legend.

But Ablett was just a freak of nature. It’s not that he didn’t have a weakness… it’s that he wasn’t even “just okay” or “decent” at anything. He was brilliant in every way.

You name it. Strength, speed, skill, aggression, leap, hands, kicking… he was just a bloody megastar at everything, and had more than a bit of absolute mongrel campaigner in him too.

I would probably say take Dusty at his best, but quicker, and would routinely crash packs and stand on bloke’s heads. Then was sent to the goalsquare at age 32 and kicked 375 goals in three seasons.

 

[Trav 20]

It's a complete and utter distortion of history to say Ablett ''kicked 600 goals from a wing''.

He played wing in his first year at Geelong (15 games) and played forward for the rest of his career. Half-forward for the bulk until his last few years.

 

[Angus Young]

Carey for me.

 

[GROTTO]

Carey was an intimidating and opposing figure on the ground and with that he made opposition cautious and lifted his team mates around him.

 

[Underarm]

Senior.

Only one in his era in the Team of the century.

Silvagni? Williams?

 

[Eatosk]

Ablett was great to watch, could do it all and spectacularly, his highlights reel is awesome. Carey was a great leader of men and helped his team get over the line time and again. Individually Ablett was better he’s one of the best I’ve seen but for the team and his team mates, Carey was better.

 

[RUNVS]

Ablett was great to watch, could do it all and spectacularly, his highlights reel is awesome. Carey was a great leader of men and helped his team get over the line time and again. Individually Ablett was better he’s one of the best I’ve seen but for the team and his team mates, Carey was better.

Yeah I am going to have to disagree slightly there.

 

[Sttew]

Yeah I understand what it means BUT it insinuates that he kicked heaps of goals from the wing.

He did for a period, and I saw some of the best goals kicked by him from the centre and wing. From his first game with Geelong in 1984 where he played wing and kicked 3 goals, to a game in 1986 v Richmond where things were tight and Mick Turner suggested Ablett do something. So he took the ball out of the middle, bounced once and bombed a 65 metre goal