Grand Uncle Horace
Nice to see the famous NMFC#wishboner spirit livii
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I was struck the other day when someone associated the number 14 more with Paul Kelly (who I revere) than with Bobby Skilton. It got to me thinking about many things, not least in how blessed the Bloods have been with some grand players over our long journey.
It is a generational thing I guess. I never got to see Pratt, (Basher) Williams or Nash play for us but I was imbued with their deeds by older rellos. To this day I celebrate Hudson with more games did not break the 150 record set by Pratt. It really would have been a grave injustice.
I count myself immeasurably lucky to have lived to see 2005. I still pinch myself.
The point of this thread is for us as Bloods fans, irrespective of age is to:
1. List their 3 out and champions they have seen
2. Identify their favourite Clubman in their time following the Bloods
3. Suggest who they think was the most under rated player in their time following the great Club.
There is obviously no right or wrong answers. Hope that Board members from every generation get something from this thread.
So I will kick it off.
The three champions that I was lucky enough to watch:
1. Bobby Skilton - forget the 3 Brownlows, the bloke was extraordinary every time he took the field.
2. Ron Clegg - my first hand knitted Sth jumper had 23 on the back. The bloke could play anywhere. He once took 32 marks in a game at CHB. In those days the Marks were invariably contested. Had great footy IQ and the skills to match. (I have hopes for Buddy still but he is still just the 2nd best Number 23 to play for us)
3. Adam Goodes - first saw him as a laughing stringbean forward booting 6 for Ballarat Rebels in their GF win. I was absolutely beside myself when we took him as a mid to latish pick. As we all know Adam became a champion player and an even better person.
Best Clubman
Heaps fall into this group and our Club has been lucky to have so many. Players like Johnny Rantall, Brett Kirk
, Luffy and Denis (crazy horse) Carroll spring readily to mind, but for me Barry Round was the epitome of what a wonderful Clubman was all about.
Most under rated Player
There are heaps of those. Ackerley and Lambert spring to mind as well as Hughie McLaughlin. But for me it was the Number 6 in our 2005 Premiership team - Craig Bolton
. FFS as well as blanketing every forward he even developed and trialled a sleep rough wether proof swag for homeless folk.
So Ok I hope people have a bit of fun with this during the quieter months ahead of what should be a great season for the Bloods.
I was struck the other day when someone associated the number 14 more with Paul Kelly (who I revere) than with Bobby Skilton. It got to me thinking about many things, not least in how blessed the Bloods have been with some grand players over our long journey.
It is a generational thing I guess. I never got to see Pratt, (Basher) Williams or Nash play for us but I was imbued with their deeds by older rellos. To this day I celebrate Hudson with more games did not break the 150 record set by Pratt. It really would have been a grave injustice.
I count myself immeasurably lucky to have lived to see 2005. I still pinch myself.
The point of this thread is for us as Bloods fans, irrespective of age is to:
1. List their 3 out and champions they have seen
2. Identify their favourite Clubman in their time following the Bloods
3. Suggest who they think was the most under rated player in their time following the great Club.
There is obviously no right or wrong answers. Hope that Board members from every generation get something from this thread.
So I will kick it off.
The three champions that I was lucky enough to watch:
1. Bobby Skilton - forget the 3 Brownlows, the bloke was extraordinary every time he took the field.
2. Ron Clegg - my first hand knitted Sth jumper had 23 on the back. The bloke could play anywhere. He once took 32 marks in a game at CHB. In those days the Marks were invariably contested. Had great footy IQ and the skills to match. (I have hopes for Buddy still but he is still just the 2nd best Number 23 to play for us)
3. Adam Goodes - first saw him as a laughing stringbean forward booting 6 for Ballarat Rebels in their GF win. I was absolutely beside myself when we took him as a mid to latish pick. As we all know Adam became a champion player and an even better person.
Best Clubman
Heaps fall into this group and our Club has been lucky to have so many. Players like Johnny Rantall, Brett Kirk
PLAYERCARDSTART
Brett Kirk
- Age
- 47
- Ht
- 184cm
- Wt
- 80kg
- Pos.
- Mid
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 18.5
- 5star
- K
- 8.9
- 3star
- HB
- 9.6
- 5star
- M
- 2.7
- 3star
- T
- 5.3
- 5star
- CL
- 2.4
- 4star
No current season stats available
- D
- 16.8
- 4star
- K
- 13.0
- 5star
- HB
- 3.8
- 3star
- M
- 3.6
- 4star
- T
- 2.2
- 4star
PLAYERCARDEND
Most under rated Player
There are heaps of those. Ackerley and Lambert spring to mind as well as Hughie McLaughlin. But for me it was the Number 6 in our 2005 Premiership team - Craig Bolton
PLAYERCARDSTART
Craig Bolton
- Age
- 43
- Ht
- 189cm
- Wt
- 83kg
- Pos.
- Def
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 13.5
- 3star
- K
- 8.5
- 3star
- HB
- 4.9
- 4star
- M
- 4.6
- 4star
- T
- 1.8
- 4star
No current season stats available
- D
- 8.4
- 3star
- K
- 7.2
- 3star
- HB
- 1.2
- 2star
- M
- 3.8
- 4star
- T
- 0.4
- 3star
PLAYERCARDEND
So Ok I hope people have a bit of fun with this during the quieter months ahead of what should be a great season for the Bloods.
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