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Draft order.

  1. RedmanWasHere - Dick Reynolds
  2. Shermy - John Coleman
  3. Bipolarbear - James Hird
  4. Pweter - Simon Madden
  5. Soprano 4 Pyros - Tim Watson
  6. BrunoV - Paul Salmon
  7. Jmoo Hird - Jobe Watson
  8. Boncer34 - Matthew Lloyd
  9. Eth-dog - Dustin Fletcher
  10. Eth-dog - Bill Hutchinson
  11. boncer34 - Terry Daniher
  12. Jmoo Hird - Michael Long
  13. Bruno V - Mark Mecuri
  14. Sporno 4 Pyros - Gavin Wanganeen
  15. Pweter - Jack Clarke
  16. Bipolarbear - Albert Thurgood
  17. Shermy - Scott Lucas
  18. Redmanwashere - David Hille
  19. Redmanwashere - Don McKenzie
  20. Shermy - Wally Buttsworth
  21. Bipolarbear - Ken Fraser
  22. Pweter -Tom Fitzmaurice
  23. Sporno 4 Pyros - John Birt
  24. BrunoV - Leon Baker
  25. Jmoo Wan - Joe Daniher
  26. Boncer34 - Geoff Blethyn
  27. Eth-Dog - Graham Moss
  28. Eth-Dog - Alan Noonan
  29. Boncer34 - Mark Thompson
  30. Jmoo Wan - Jake Stringer
  31. Bruno V - Neale Daniher
  32. Sporno 4 Pyros - Mark Harvey
  33. Pweter - Paul Vander Haar
  34. Bruno v - Paddy Ryder
  35. Shermy - Darren Bewick
  36. Redmanwashere - Zac Merrett
  37. Redmanwashere - Keith Forbes
  38. Shermy - Joe Misiti
  39. Bipolar Bear - Garry O'Donnell
  40. Pweter - Darren Williams
  41. Sporno 4 Pyros - Roger Merrett
  42. Bipolar Bear - Fred Baring
  43. Jmoo Wan - James Kelly
  44. Boncer34 - Brendon Goddard
  45. eth-dog - Ron Evans
  46. Eth-dog - Michael Hurley
  47. Boncer34 - Cale Hooker
  48. Jmoo Wan - Justin Madden
  49. Bipolar Bear - Jason Johnson
  50. Sporno 4 Pyros - Kevin Walsh
  51. Pweter - Anthony Daniher
  52. Bipolar Bear - Geoff Leek
  53. Shermy - Sean Well man
  54. Redmanwashere - Barry Davis
  55. Redmanwashere - Garry Foulds
  56. Shermy - Steven Alessio
  57. Bipolar Bear - Damian Hardwick
  58. Pweter - Scott Cummings
  59. Sporno 4 Pyros - AMT
  60. BrunoV - Merv Neagle
  61. Jmoo Hird - Ted Richards
  62. Boncer34 - John Barnes
  63. eth-dog - Hugh Mitchell
  64. eth-dog - Adam Cooney
  65. Boncer34 - Bill Busbridge
  66. Jmoo Hird - Reg Burgess
  67. BrunoV - Ken Fletcher
  68. Sporno - Billy Duckworth
  69. Pweter - Des Tuddenham
  70. Bipolar Bear - Alwyn Davey
  71. Shermy - Gary Moorcroft
  72. Redmanwashere - Ron Andrews
  73. Redmanwashere - Blake Caracella
  74. Shermy - Sean Denham
  75. Bipolar - Paul Barnard
  76. Pweter - Harold Lambert
  77. Sporno - Jack Jones
  78. BrunoV - Jake Carlisle
  79. Jmoo Cant Tag - Paul Chapman
  80. Boncer34 - Damian Cupido
  81. Eth-dog - Tom Reynolds
  82. Eth-dog - Michael Hibberd
  83. Boncer34 - Darcy Parish
  84. Jmoo Who - Dyson Heppell
  85. BrunoV - Derek Kickett
  86. Sporno - Glenn Hawker
  87. Pweter - Phil Carmen
  88. Bipolar - Alan Ezard
  89. Shermy - Adam Ramanauskas
  90. Redmanwashere - Mark Johnson
  91. Redmanwashere - Percy Ogden
  92. Shermy - Allan Hird And
  93. Bipolar bear - Mark McVeigh
  94. Pweter - Scott Camporeale
  95. Sporno - Bryan Wood
  96. BrunoV - Paul Weston
  97. Jmoo Wan - David Zaharakis
  98. Boncer34 - Mal Michael
  99. Eth-Dog - Brent Stanton
  100. Eth-Dog - Adam McPhee
  101. Boncer34 - Dean Rioli
  102. Jmoo Wan - Greg Anderson
  103. Bruno - Dean Solomon
  104. Sporno - Justin Blumfield
  105. Pweter - Tony Buhagiar
  106. BiPolar - Jordan Ridley
  107. Shermy - Peter Sommerville
  108. Redmanwashere - Ted Freyer
  109. Redmanwashere - Darryl Gerlach
  110. Shermy - Andrew McGrath
  111. Bipolarbear - Ted Fordham
  112. Pweter - Ian Shelton
  113. Sporno - Shane Heard
  114. Bruno - Jason Winderlich
  115. Jmoo Wan - Courtenay Dempsey
  116. Boncer34 - Andrew Lovett
  117. Eth-Dog - Justin Murphy
  118. Eth-Dog- Tom Bellchambers
  119. Boncer 34 - Adam Saad
  120. Jmoo Wan - Andrew Welsh
  121. BrunoV - Jayden Laverde
  122. Sporno - Chris Daniher
  123. Pweter - Norm McDonald
  124. Bipolar bear - Ricky Olarenshaw
  125. Shermy - Bachar Houli
  126. Redmanwashere - Bill Brittingam
  127. Redmanwashere - Alec Epis
  128. Shermy - Les Gardiner
  129. Bipolarbear - Ernie Cameron
  130. Pweter - Geoff Raines
  131. Sporno - Dylan Shiel
  132. BrunoV - Connor McKenna
  133. Jmoo Wan - Devon Smith
  134. Boncer34 - Orazio Fantasia
  135. eth-dog - David Shaw
  136. eth-dog - Matthew Stokes
  137. Boncer34 - Nick Hind
  138. Jmoo Boncer - Chris Heffernan
  139. BrunoV - James Stewart
  140. Sporno - Gordon Lane
  141. Pweter - Russell Blew
  142. Bipolar - Angus Monfries
  143. Shermy - Clyde Donaldson
  144. Redmanwashere - Neil Clarke
  145. Redmanwashere - Robin Close
  146. Shermy - Nik Cox
  147. Bipolar - Mal Pascoe
  148. Pweter - John Williams
  149. Sporno - Bob Syme
  150. Bruno - Che Cockatoo Collins
  151. Jmoo - Dean Wallis
  152. Boncer - Jimmy Sullivan
  153. eth-dog - Jake Melksham
  154. eth-dog - David Grenvold
  155. Boncer - Mark Jamar
  156. Jmoo - Ryan Crowley
  157. Bruno - Mason Redman
  158. Sporno - Gordon Abbott
  159. Pweter - Syd Barker Snr
  160. Bipolar - Mark Williams
  161. Shermy - Paddy Shea
  162. Redmanwashere - Max Crow
  163. Redmanwashere - Elton Plummer
  164. Shermy - Len Bowe
  165. Bipolar - Tayte Pears
  166. Pweter - Kyle Langford
  167. Sporno - Ted Leehane
  168. Bruno - Nathan Lovett-Murray
  169. Jmoo - Ricky Dyson
  170. Boncer - Frank Maher
  171. Eth - Heath Hocking
  172. Eth - Roy McConnell
  173. Boncer - Billy Griffith
  174. Jmoo - Charlie Payne
  175. Bruno - David Myers
  176. Sporno - Tony Elshaug
  177. Pweter - Neville Fields
  178. Bipolar
 
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Norm McDonald

Half back flank in the '49 and '50 premiership sides and B&F in 1951. Also HBF in the Indigenous Team of the Century.

McDonald was a blisteringly fast half back who Dick Reynolds used in what is quite a modern manner. In an era where defenders played on their man at all costs McDonald was given licence to use his pace to set up attacking forays to great effect where it was understood he'd occasionally get burnt on the rebound but Reynolds encouraged McDonald to continue playing his natural attacking game.

FB: Tom Fitzmaurice - Anthony Daniher - ???
HB: Harold Lambert - Ian Shelton - Norm McDonald
C: Scott Camporeale - Jack Clarke - ???
HF: Phil Carman - Paul Vander Haar - ???
FF: Tony Buhagiar - Scott Cummings - ???
R: Simon Madden - Des Tuddenham - Daisy Williams
INT: ??? - ??? - ??? - ???

Bipolarbear
 
boncer34 said:
With my next pick I take the 2005 ANZAC medallist in Andrew Lovett.

I still strongly believe if St Kilda had shown him the same blind loyalty they showed the Tiprat than they'd have a 2nd flag in their cabinet.

eth-dog
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Surprised he lasted this long. Would definitely have been the difference for St Kilda in 2010.
 

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Bachar Houli

RedmanWasHere
 
My side so far.

FB: M. Johnson, A. Epis, D. McKenzie.
HB: G. Foulds, R. Andrews, ?
C: ?, B. Davis, P. Ogden.
HF: D. Reynolds, B. Caracella, B. Brittingham.
F: ?, K. Forbes, ?
R: Hille, Z. Merrett, ?


With thanks to Shermy's tagging of me, I shall reveal my next 2 selections.

Don't know if I'm gonna put him in the midfield or on a half forward flank but pick 126 is this player who also happens to be a cousin of Carlton great Gary Crane.

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That's Bill Brittingham lads and ladettes.


Pick 127 has me wanting someone loud for the back.

This animal alludes to his nickname.

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Alec Epis, welcome aboard.
 
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Les Gardiner

Stolen from https://australianfootball.com/ and sounds like a gun!
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Gardiner debuted with the Dons in 1943, winning the club's best first year player award, but he was then forced to miss the entire 1944 season with a spinal injury. He resumed as good as new in 1945, and went on to be a key member of Essendon's premiership teams in 1946, 1949 and 1950. His performance in a back pocket in the 1950 Grand Final defeat of North Melbourne was particularly noteworthy. Always the consummate team man, Gardiner was the recipient in 1951-2-3 - his last three seasons of league football - of Essendon's 'most unselfish player' award.
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Bipolarbear
 
In true Essendon fashion, I'll grab an undersized rover in the 2X Crichton Medallist, Ernie "Ginger" Cameron Pweter


B: Damien Hardwick, Fred Baring, ----
HB: Mark McVeigh, Jordan Ridley, ----
C: ----, Gary O'Donnell, Jason Johnson
R: Geoff Leek, Ernie Cameron, James Hird (c),
HF: Ted Fordham, Ken Fraser, ----
F: Alan Ezard, Albert Thurgood, Frggy Davey
INT: ----, ----, ----, ----

Not gonna lie, I'm ****ing sweating on the next one as it fixes the structure of my team.
 
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Geoff Raines

At Richmond Raines was a premiership player, B&F and All Australian in 1980, also B&F winner in 1978 and 1981, and a 2nd All Australian followed in 1985. Talented, tough and damaging with ball in hand, he adds serious class and grunt. From the australianfootball.com

"When fit, and playing at peak form, there have been few better all round footballers in recent times than Geoff Raines, who was a worthy inclusion in Richmond's official 'Team of the Twentieth Century'."

Averaging over a goal a game and playing some of his footy there, I have no issue moving Des Tuddenham to HFF to make way for Raines to come in as ruck rover.

FB: Tom Fitzmaurice - Anthony Daniher - ???
HB: Harold Lambert - Ian Shelton - Norm McDonald
C: Scott Camporeale - Jack Clarke - ???
HF: Phil Carman - Paul Vander Haar - Des Tuddenham
FF: Tony Buhagiar - Scott Cummings - ???
R: Simon Madden - Geoff Raines - Daisy Williams
INT: ??? - ??? - ??? - ???

Sporno 4 Pyros
 
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boncer34 said:
There's a lot more wrong than that one
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Mostly capitalisation (boring) and jmoo gets a different name every time (probably to be expected)
 
Pweter said:
Geoff Raines

At Richmond Raines was a premiership player, B&F and All Australian in 1980, also B&F winner in 1978 and 1981, and a 2nd All Australian followed in 1985. Talented, tough and damaging with ball in hand, he adds serious class and grunt. From the australianfootball.com

"When fit, and playing at peak form, there have been few better all round footballers in recent times than Geoff Raines, who was a worthy inclusion in Richmond's official 'Team of the Twentieth Century'."

Averaging over a goal a game and playing some of his footy there, I have no issue moving Des Tuddenham to HFF to make way for Raines to come in as ruck rover.

FB: Tom Fitzmaurice - Anthony Daniher - ???
HB: Harold Lambert - Ian Shelton - Norm McDonald
C: Scott Camporeale - Jack Clarke - ???
HF: Phil Carman - Paul Vander Haar - Des Tuddenham
FF: Tony Buhagiar - Scott Cummings - ???
R: Simon Madden - Geoff Raines - Daisy Williams
INT: ??? - ??? - ??? - ???

Sporno 4 Pyros
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Damn it
 
Mannol said:
Bill Hutchinson #10 you can't be serious. Top 3 with Reynolds and Coleman by a mile. His record is second only to King Richard.
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You’re right...cant speak for others but some chose taller players for structure reasons (wish I had another tall forward/ruck in my side) and others like me chose the best player they had seen who was still on the board.
 

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Dylan Shiel

FB: Billy Duckworth, Kevin Walsh, Gavin Wanganeen
HB: ??? Mark Harvey, Glenn Hawker
C: Shane Heard, Justin Blumfield, Bryan Wood
HF: ??? Roger Merrett, Jack Jones
FF: ??? ??? AMT
R: ??? Timmy Watson John Birt
INT: ??? ??? Dylan Shiel Chris Daniher

BrunoV
 
I think I gotta go Connor McKenna.

184cm, 88kg | half back.

Played 79 games for Essendon between 2015 and 2020, kicking 20 goals.

Possibly the most unique sets of attributes to ever play the game. He was the most Irish of Irish players, blisteringly quick and agile. He could turn on a dime and was the first to bring the solo to the game. Even when the opponent knew it was coming it still worked.

Unlike most Irish we see here, the O'hAilpin brothers excluded, McKenna was a brawler at heart and always seemed to embrace the physical side of the game. Who could forget the 'man bites dog' headline? It helps that he was built like the proverbial but it also makes his agilility all the more remarkable.

He should now be entering his best years as among the best half backs in the league. In 2019 he had started to add real defensive substance to his game. The murmers of him being the best Irishman to play the game should also have started by now but the pull of home was too strong and so he is another player whose prime we missed.

jmoo wan
 
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Another one I think if he'd stayed would've gone a lot higher

Orazio Fantasia

eth-dog
 
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