Crows players that really suck/ed

[-VC-]

Ricky O'Loughlin
Barry Stanfield
Bryan Beinke
Jonathon Ross (I was young, but I remember him being bad)
James Byrne
Scott Hodges
David Gallagher
Jason McCartney (full respect to him, but he really was ordinary for us)
Ben Marsh
Clayton Lamb (it had to be said as he is our only one game player...I have his card from 1991 somewhere)

Discuss.
Add more.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Bryan Beinke

Bit harsh there.

He was a handy player that was never really given a fair crack at it. If he was a few cms taller and half a step quicker off the mark he would have been a more permanent fixture in the side.

I think he was a very handy player with a very strong pair of hands and a thumping kick. I think he is the odd one out in that list. Also a bit harsh on Scott Hodges.

 

[Stiffy_18]

How could you forget Daniel Schell

 

[-VC-]

Good call on Schell.
I'm actually confusing Beinke with someone else now that you mention it. We had a number of 20-30 game players in that time. I remember being surprised when Beinke retired prematurely and was thinking he could be a handy player for a few more years.

 

[tribey]

Ricky O'Loughlin - See Justin Crawford, Brad Lloyd, Anthony Harvey, et al.
Barry Standfield - Standfield was great for us before he ran out of puff as 1997 wore on. 23 goals in 13 games as a foil for Mods, he wasn't bad.
Bryan Beinke - Averaged just over a goal a game. Unfair.
Jonathon Ross - All talent, awful attitude. Sacked from Collingwood Angwin-style without playing a game after we traded him.
James Byrne - Neither here nor there.
Scott Hodges - Never lived up to expectations or hype, but is far far from being one of our worst.
David Gallagher - Close to number one.
Jason McCartney - Had his moments, but never quite found his feet being shifted around from CHF to CHB during the barren years of 95/96, but in the end we got Mark Stevens for him.
Ben Marsh - Had a gobsmackingly good debut, 10 disposals, 5 marks, 17 hitouts and 3 goals versus Sydney in 1998... all downhill from there.
Clayton Lamb - If you include Lamb you've gotta include Fielke, Lindsay, Clisby and all the other SANFL oldtimers who were fine players but for whom the Crows came 5-10 years too late.

I'd like to add:

Darryl Wintle, Dean Howard, Adam Richardson, Adam Saliba, Brodie Atkinson, Linden Stevens, Lance Picioane, Tom Gilligan, Ben Nelson, Josh Mail, Evan Hewitt, Ashley Fernee...

 

[DaveW]

David Gallagher

Don't forget the guy we got in return for him. Ben Nelson. Urrrgh.

Scott Hodges

Prepare to get your head bitten off by dyertribe.

He was no real success for us. But 11 goals in a game must count for something.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Lucas Herbert, Matthew Golding, Romano Negri...

 

[tribey]

From an earlier thread:

DT's Crow All-Hacks (have played at least 1 senior game in AFC colours):

FB:... Allan Bartlett .... Brett Chalmers ... Lance Picioane
HB:... Ben Nelson ........ Evan Hewitt ...... Dean Howard
C:.... David Gallagher ... Nick Pesch ....... Clay Sampson
HF:... Josh Mail ......... Jonathan Ross .... Adam Saliba
FF:... Tim Cook .......... Daniel Schell .... Ricky O'Loughlin
FOLL:. Aaron Keating ..... Darryl Wintle .... Brodie Atkinson

IC: Ashley Fernee, Tom Gilligan, Linden Stevens, Matthew Shir

 

[bigman]

Allen Bartlett must have played the piano well or had something on Cornsey.

He was the biggest hack of all time to play so many games for the Crows.

 

[macca23]

I'd like to add:

Darryl Wintle, Dean Howard, Adam Richardson, Adam Saliba, Brodie Atkinson, Linden Stevens, Lance Picioane, Tom Gilligan, Ben Nelson, Josh Mail, Evan Hewitt, Ashley Fernee...

DT, that would have to be close to the greatest collection of old cobblers ever put into one list. It's scary that we actually drafted/traded for this miserable collection.

I think David Gallagher does deserve the number 1 title. Those visions are flooding back - there he is with the ball standing like a startled rabbit in a spotlight wondering what to do with the bloody thing .........

I feel ill now.

 

[DaveW]

Clay Sampson
Aaron Keating

Fancy bagging two members of our inaugural premiership side!

I thought Matthew Shir looked an OK sort of flanker in 2002, so I was surprised to see him delisted. But the club obviously got it right considering he didn't get anywhere at Richmond in 2003.

 

[-VC-]

D.Gallagher was the only player capable of bouncing the ball over his own head. He was bad.

 

[bigman]

When you look at many of these players it seems incredible that we got as far as we did.

 

[tribey]

Fancy bagging two members of our inaugural premiership side!

I thought Matthew Shir looked an OK sort of flanker in 2002, so I was surprised to see him delisted. But the club obviously got it right considering he didn't get anywhere at Richmond in 2003.

Keating is widely acknowledged as the worst Premiership player of the past decade. Herbert or Gilligan probably deserves the first ruck spot more, but the fact Aaron found two Premiership medals hanging round his neck in the space of a week, while so many AFL and SANFL legends never tasted such success, gives him the spot via sheer dumb luck - keeping his tradition alive.

As for Sampson, ask the Richmond board (of all places, see Shir) what they think of his ability.

 

[tribey]

DT, that would have to be close to the greatest collection of old cobblers ever put into one list. It's scary that we actually drafted/traded for this miserable collection.

I think David Gallagher does deserve the number 1 title. Those visions are flooding back - there he is with the ball standing like a startled rabbit in a spotlight wondering what to do with the bloody thing .........

I feel ill now.

Well said.

 

[Blue Red and Gold]

Ian Downsborough must get a mention the only time he got on the highlight reel was when he got knocked out in a showdown.

Gallagher was a shocker but I cant believe he was nominated for a rising star award

 

[Stiffy_18]

I feel ill looking at that list

So many duds and I am sure we will come up with a few more

 

[bigman]

Matt Kluzek

 

[tribey]

Matthew Powell
Paul Rouvray
Sudjai Cook
Brent Williams - 1995 U18 AA CHF. Started his AFL career like a train in 1997. Was dropped after round 7 of that year and never played again.

 

[Stiffy_18]

Has Brodie Atkinson been mentioned?????

 

[bigman]

I am sorry, but after seeing all of these names from the past I must leave now and speak to my therapist.

Those bad memories are beginning to return and I can hear that Song too.......... here we go here we go Camry crow AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

 

[macca23]

From an earlier thread:

DT's Crow All-Hacks (have played at least 1 senior game in AFC colours):

FB:... Allan Bartlett .... Brett Chalmers ... Lance Picioane
HB:... Ben Nelson ........ Evan Hewitt ...... Dean Howard
C:.... David Gallagher ... Nick Pesch ....... Clay Sampson
HF:... Josh Mail ......... Jonathan Ross .... Adam Saliba
FF:... Tim Cook .......... Daniel Schell .... Ricky O'Loughlin
FOLL:. Aaron Keating ..... Darryl Wintle .... Brodie Atkinson

IC: Ashley Fernee, Tom Gilligan, Linden Stevens, Matthew Shir

I like the Followers. In hack terms, this could be the backbone of the side, as you could almost guarantee that the whole trio would go very close to kickless for the game.

Keating couldn't catch a tram, let alone a footy. Wintle was .....well, Wintle, while Brodie was still running onto the oval when the others were running off.

A very unique trio.

Although, when you look at that centre line ..........

 

[Crow-mosone]

Allen Bartlett must have played the piano well or had something on Cornsey.

He was the biggest hack of all time to play so many games for the Crows.

100% spot on.
Allen Bartlett is our biggest dud.
An award he remains wedded to, and is likely to maintain.

 

[blighty]

What about useless disinterested no good Danny Hughes ?

 

[Fudd]

Don't forget the guy we got in return for him. Ben Nelson. Urrrgh.

Hey i think we won big time in that trade. When Nelson got a game he actually held his own, unlike Gallagher was by far the worst player i have ever seen pull on a crows guernsey. It really pained me when Brett James was delisted along with Kym Koster i think, and David Gallagher was kept on. BLOODY AYRES.