Champion players?

[Demonheart]

Every club has their own biased (trying to be nice here) supporters who get carried away with the 'C' word and use it like it's going out of fashion to describe their players. But which players in the last 20 years really deserve to be labelled a champion? Are there that many?

At Melbourne Robert Flower is the only obvious one that spings to mind, although Jim Stynes must be a serious chance considering where he came from and his achievements (brownlow and record number of games in a row). Our lack of success though is a good indication that we have so few to choice from.

From other clubs Buckley, Voss and Hird and the obvious current ones. Carey and Ablett were definitely champions, but after that I'm struggling. Does a player like Kernahan, whose performances were impressive over such a long time, deserve to get the label?
Which players from your club do you believe deserve to be considered a champion?

 

[Murray]

Oh, that C word

Obviously Bucks
Going back further Brown, Shaw, Carmen, Greening

 

[rizzo]

Riccardi (Current)
Brownless
Couch
Hocking
Ablett snr

 

[Mike33]

Yeah i agree with Stynes, Flower, Carey etc. I think Robert Harvey is an absolute champion, and how about Glenn Jakovic? Not many are really springing to my mind either...Jason Dunstall and Plugga? Dippa? Just tryin to throw some names in.

 

[Zeke]

If Brownless is a champion, so is Anthony Rocca.

 

[Count Zero]

From Port: Wanganeen, Buckley and Bradley.

PS. Champion is analogous to 'star' in show biz. No-one can define it, but you know it when you see it.

 

[Nightwolf]

Crawford (current)
Matthews
Knights
Dunstall
Platten
Dipper
Brereton
Tuck

Probably more

 

[rizzo]

If Brownless is a champion, so is Anthony Rocca.

Brownless was a champion for the GFC

 

[Unwritten_Law]

Ablett & Hocking.

 

[Zeke]

Brownless was a champion for the GFC

Which has nothing to do with this thread.

 

[rick James]

I would say you have Legends at the top tier.. followed by champions... followed by guns...

Legends: Ablett, Carey, Hird, Voss, Lockett
Champions: Buckley, Harvey, Jakovich, Matera, Wanganeen, Stynes, Flower (both Flower, Harvey and Buckley are borderline legends imo), Brereton, Archer, Dunstall, Dipper, Liberatore (I mean that seriously) etc.
Guns: Neitz, Jarman, Brown, Shaw, Aker, Daicos etc.
Very Good Players: Yze, Francis, Platten etc.

 

[Zeke]

Daicos.

 

[beaver's army]

Richo is the only current playing champion at the moment for us
not old enough to remember the days of the 80's

 

[rizzo]

Which players from yourclub do you believe deserve to be considered a champion?

 

[tdubfleet]

Riccardi (Current)

You can not be serious!

Front running receiver with questionable commitment to the contest.

 

[rick James]

None of MFC's current list are AFL champions imo. Bruce could end up that way though, as could about 5 or 6 other blokes on our list.

White, Neitz and Yze are champions of the MFC.

 

[skipper kelly]

Lockett and Kelly for the Swans..

As for the OP, I rate Kernahan in the Champion category.

Current players all clubs.

Voss, Buckley, Hird, Lloyd, Archer, Harvey, Akermanis, Wanganeen, Ricciuto, Crawford.

Next level.(will most likely earn the tag by careers end)

Judd, Reiwoldt, Tredrea, Black, Brown.

 

[rizzo]

You can not be serious!

Front running receiver with questionable commitment to the contest.

No your right, he must suck to have played 280 games of footy at the highest level

 

[rick James]

Lockett and Kelly for the Swans..

As for the OP, I rate Kernahan in the Champion category.

Current players all clubs.

Voss, Buckley, Hird, Lloyd, Archer, Harvey, Akermanis, Wanganeen, Ricciuto, Crawford.

Next level.(will most likely earn the tag by careers end)

Judd, Reiwoldt, Tredrea, Black, Brown.

Aker and Wanga? Crawford? fuggouddahea

 

[Milanista]

Lloyd!

 

[Slander]

I would say you have Legends at the top tier.. followed by champions... followed by guns...

Legends: Ablett, Carey, Hird, Voss, Lockett
Champions: Buckley, Harvey, Jakovich, Matera, Wanganeen, Stynes, Flower (both Flower, Harvey and Buckley are borderline legends imo), Brereton, Archer, Dunstall, Dipper, Liberatore (I mean that seriously) etc.
Guns: Neitz, Jarman, Brown, Shaw, Aker, Daicos etc.
Very Good Players: Yze, Francis, Platten etc.

Using the rick James patented system of categorising, the MFC would stand somewhere (I'm only 19) like this:
Legends:Norm Smith, Ron Barassi Jnr,Flower
Champions:Stynes,Neitz,Lyon
Guns:Yze, Viney, Farmer,White
Very Good Players: Schwarz,Tingay,Woewodin

 

[Blues_Man]

IMO for the blues
B. Doull
G Southby
W Johnson
A Jesaulenko
S kernahan
C Bradley
G Williams
S Silvagni
A Koutafides

 

[Lenny*]

Royce Hart, Francis Bourke, Ian Stewart, Jack Dyer...List goes onnnnnnnn!

 

[Zeke]

A Koutafides

 

[rizzo]