Competitions Essendon All Time Draft Game

[boncer34]

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 - [PLAYERCARD]Dustin Fletcher[/PLAYERCARD]
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 - [PLAYERCARD]Scott Lucas[/PLAYERCARD]
18. Redmanwashere - [PLAYERCARD]David Hille[/PLAYERCARD]
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 - [PLAYERCARD]Jake Stringer[/PLAYERCARD]
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 - [PLAYERCARD]Joe Misiti[/PLAYERCARD]
39. Bipolar Bear - Garry O'Donnell
40. Pweter - Darren Williams
41. Sporno 4 Pyros - Roger Merrett
42. Bipolar Bear - Fred Baring
43. Jmoo Wan - [PLAYERCARD]James Kelly[/PLAYERCARD]
44. Boncer34 - Brendon Goddard
45. eth-dog - Ron Evans
46. Eth-dog - [PLAYERCARD]Michael Hurley[/PLAYERCARD]
47. Boncer34 - [PLAYERCARD]Cale Hooker[/PLAYERCARD]
48. Jmoo Wan - Justin Madden
49. Bipolar Bear - [PLAYERCARD]Jason Johnson[/PLAYERCARD]
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 - [PLAYERCARD]Steven Alessio[/PLAYERCARD]
57. Bipolar Bear - Damian Hardwick
58. Pweter - Scott Cummings
59. Sporno 4 Pyros - AMT
60. BrunoV - Merv Neagle
61. Jmoo Hird - [PLAYERCARD]Ted Richards[/PLAYERCARD]
62. Boncer34 - John Barnes
63. eth-dog - Hugh Mitchell
64. eth-dog - [PLAYERCARD]Adam Cooney[/PLAYERCARD]
65. Boncer34 - Bill Busbridge
66. Jmoo Hird - Reg Burgess
67. BrunoV - Ken Fletcher
68. Sporno - Billy Duckworth
69. Pweter - Des Tuddenham
70. Bipolar Bear - [PLAYERCARD]Alwyn Davey[/PLAYERCARD]
71. Shermy - [PLAYERCARD]Gary Moorcroft[/PLAYERCARD]
72. Redmanwashere - Ron Andrews
73. Redmanwashere - [PLAYERCARD]Blake Caracella[/PLAYERCARD]
74. Shermy - Sean Denham
75. Bipolar - Paul Barnard
76. Pweter - Harold Lambert
77. Sporno - Jack Jones
78. BrunoV - Jake Carlisle
79. Jmoo Cant Tag - [PLAYERCARD]Paul Chapman[/PLAYERCARD]
80. Boncer34 - [PLAYERCARD]Damian Cupido[/PLAYERCARD]
81. Eth-dog - Tom Reynolds
82. Eth-dog - [PLAYERCARD]Michael Hibberd[/PLAYERCARD]
83. Boncer34 - [PLAYERCARD]Darcy Parish[/PLAYERCARD]
84. Jmoo Who - Dyson Heppell
85. BrunoV - Derek Kickett
86. Sporno - Glenn Hawker
87. Pweter - Phil Carmen
88. Bipolar - Alan Ezard
89. Shermy - [PLAYERCARD]Adam Ramanauskas[/PLAYERCARD]
90. Redmanwashere - [PLAYERCARD]Mark Johnson[/PLAYERCARD]
91. Redmanwashere - Percy Ogden
92. Shermy - Allan Hird And
93. Bipolar bear - [PLAYERCARD]Mark McVeigh[/PLAYERCARD]
94. Pweter - [PLAYERCARD]Scott Camporeale[/PLAYERCARD]
95. Sporno - Bryan Wood
96. BrunoV - Paul Weston
97. Jmoo Wan - [PLAYERCARD]David Zaharakis[/PLAYERCARD]
98. Boncer34 - [PLAYERCARD]Mal Michael[/PLAYERCARD]
99. Eth-Dog - [PLAYERCARD]Brent Stanton[/PLAYERCARD]
100. Eth-Dog - [PLAYERCARD]Adam McPhee[/PLAYERCARD]
101. Boncer34 - [PLAYERCARD]Dean Rioli[/PLAYERCARD]
102. Jmoo Wan - Greg Anderson
103. Bruno - [PLAYERCARD]Dean Solomon[/PLAYERCARD]
104. Sporno - [PLAYERCARD]Justin Blumfield[/PLAYERCARD]
105. Pweter - Tony Buhagiar
106. BiPolar - [PLAYERCARD]Jordan Ridley[/PLAYERCARD]
107. Shermy - Peter Sommerville
108. Redmanwashere - Ted Freyer
109. Redmanwashere - Darryl Gerlach
110. Shermy - [PLAYERCARD]Andrew McGrath[/PLAYERCARD]
111. Bipolarbear - Ted Fordham
112. Pweter - Ian Shelton
113. Sporno - Shane Heard
114. Bruno - [PLAYERCARD]Jason Winderlich[/PLAYERCARD]
115. Jmoo Wan - [PLAYERCARD]Courtenay Dempsey[/PLAYERCARD]
116. Boncer34 - Andrew Lovett
117. Eth-Dog - [PLAYERCARD]Justin Murphy[/PLAYERCARD]
118. Eth-Dog- [PLAYERCARD]Tom Bellchambers[/PLAYERCARD]
119. Boncer 34 - [PLAYERCARD]Adam Saad[/PLAYERCARD]
120. Jmoo Wan - [PLAYERCARD]Andrew Welsh[/PLAYERCARD]
121. BrunoV - [PLAYERCARD]Jayden Laverde[/PLAYERCARD]
122. Sporno - Chris Daniher
123. Pweter - Norm McDonald
124. Bipolar bear - Ricky Olarenshaw
125. Shermy - [PLAYERCARD]Bachar Houli[/PLAYERCARD]
126. Redmanwashere - Bill Brittingam
127. Redmanwashere - Alec Epis
128. Shermy - Les Gardiner
129. Bipolarbear - Ernie Cameron
130. Pweter - Geoff Raines
131. Sporno - [PLAYERCARD]Dylan Shiel[/PLAYERCARD]
132. BrunoV - Connor McKenna
133. Jmoo Wan - [PLAYERCARD]Devon Smith[/PLAYERCARD]
134. Boncer34 - [PLAYERCARD]Orazio Fantasia[/PLAYERCARD]
135. eth-dog - David Shaw
136. eth-dog - Matthew Stokes
137. Boncer34 - [PLAYERCARD]Nick Hind[/PLAYERCARD]
138. Jmoo Boncer - [PLAYERCARD]Chris Heffernan[/PLAYERCARD]
139. BrunoV - [PLAYERCARD]James Stewart[/PLAYERCARD]
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 - [PLAYERCARD]Jake Melksham[/PLAYERCARD]
154. eth-dog - David Grenvold
155. Boncer - [PLAYERCARD]Mark Jamar[/PLAYERCARD]
156. Jmoo - [PLAYERCARD]Ryan Crowley[/PLAYERCARD]
157. Bruno - [PLAYERCARD]Mason Redman[/PLAYERCARD]
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 - [PLAYERCARD]Tayte Pears[/PLAYERCARD]
166. Pweter - [PLAYERCARD]Kyle Langford[/PLAYERCARD]
167. Sporno - Ted Leehane
168. Bruno - [PLAYERCARD]Nathan Lovett-Murray[/PLAYERCARD]
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 - [PLAYERCARD]David Myers[/PLAYERCARD]
176. Sporno - Tony Elshaug
177. Pweter - Neville Fields
178. Bipolar

 

[eth-dog]

Um.

Huh?

You can put thread marks in. There should be an option at the bottom of each post. Makes it easier to follow the draft

 

[boncer34]

You can put thread marks in. There should be an option at the bottom of each post. Makes it easier to follow the draft

Like that?

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Pick 3 - James Hird

The only man I've seen on the footy field be as equally graceful as he is brave, skilful and violent. He had that rare ability to slow down time. One of the AFL's greatest ever. Norm Smith, Brownlow, two premierships. He did it all.

Pweter

 

[jmoo wan]

boncer34 - can i play my wildcard now please?

 

[Pweter]

Simon Madden. I worshiped this guy as a kid. Could play forward, got his hands dirty in defence and was a brilliant tap ruckman. He used his leap so well to jump early and get a ride on the opposition ruckman, and that leap served him well in taking many a hanger.


Quite the CV:
Games: 378
Goals: 575
Premierships: 84, 85
Norm Smith Medals: 85
All Australians: 83, 87, 88
VFL Team of the Year: 83, 84, 87, 88, 89, 90
Best and Fairest: 77, 79, 83, 84
Club Leading Goal Kicker: 80, 82, 91
Club Captain: 80, 81
Essendon Team of the Century: First ruck
State of Origin Games: 21
State of Origin Goals: 25
State Captain: 89, 90, 91
AFL Hall of Fame Inductee: 1996

Sporno 4 Pyros

 

[eth-dog]

Okay, now we have the Soprano up

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Pick 5 - Timmy Watson



307 games
335 goals
3 x Premiership player
4 x B&F winner including a premiership year (85)
Essendon Team of the Century (Ruck Rover)
VFLPA MVP 1989 (Leigh Mathews Trophy)
Captain 1989-91
Debuted at just 15years & 305 days (4th youngest ever debut)

For those too young to have seen him he was the reason kids wanted to wear the No.32 on our jumpers/duffle coats in the 1980s.
Explosive pace, kicked goals, and just like his son he was a fan favourite.


BrunoV

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Pick 5 - Timmy Watson

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307 games
335 goals
3 x Premiership player
4 x B&F winner including a premiership year (85)
Essendon Team of the Century (Ruck Rover)
VFLPA MVP 1989 (Leigh Mathews Trophy)
Captain 1989-91
Debuted at just 15years & 305 days (4th youngest ever debut)

For those too young to have seen him he was the reason kids wanted to wear the No.32 on our jumpers/duffle coats in the 1980s.
Explosive pace, kicked goals, and just like his son he was a fan favourite.


BrunoV

WHISPY!

Fantastic choice here.

 

[boncer34]

BrunoV

 

[Pweter]

If someone misses their allocated time to make a selection, do the rest of us do it for them? I nominate Ty Zantuck for Bruno should we not make it within the next ~3 hours

 

[BrunoV]

Deleted. I forgot to tag the next poster.

 

[BrunoV]

Paul Salmon.

KPF/Ruck.

206cm, 112kg.

324 games and 561 goals. (224 games for Essendon and 520 goals, 100 games for Hawthorn and 41 goals)

• 2× VFL/AFL premiership player: 1985, 1993
• 2× Peter Crimmins Memorial Trophy: 1996, 1997
• All Australian team: 1987, 1988, 1997
• 7× Essendon leading goalkicker: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993
• 3× pre-season premiership: 1990, 1994, 1999
• Michael Tuck Medal: 1999
• Hawthorn Team of the Century
• Essendon FC Hall of Fame

Was a teenager, I think, in 1984 when he dominated the competition at full forward before a bad break of his leg. Went on to kick 509 goals from his 209 games with Essendon.

Moved to Hawthorn for a new start where he was a dual best and fairest and All Australian playing in the ruck.

At his size and with his athleticism, he would be regarded as the second coming if an 18 year old Salmon were to be running around the NAB league. An incredible specimen of a man.

Over to you Bipolarbear.

 

[Pweter]

Paul Salmon.

KPF/Ruck.

206cm, 112kg.

324 games and 561 goals.

• 2× VFL/AFL premiership player: 1985, 1993
• 2× Peter Crimmins Memorial Trophy: 1996, 1997
• All Australian team: 1987, 1988, 1997
• 7× Essendon leading goalkicker: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993
• 3× pre-season premiership: 1990, 1994, 1999
• Michael Tuck Medal: 1999
• Hawthorn Team of the Century
• Essendon FC Hall of Fame

Was a teenager, I think, in 1984 when he dominated the competition at full forward before a bad break of his leg. Went on to kick 509 goals from his 209 games with Essendon.

Moved to Hawthorn for a new start where he was a dual best and fairest and All Australian playing in the ruck.

At his size and with his athleticism, he would be regarded as the second coming if an 18 year old Salmon were to be running around the NAB league. An incredible specimen of a man.

Over to you Bipolarbear.

I assume by bipolarbear you mean jmoo wan ?

Draft order is in post 2 of the thread.

 

[BrunoV]

I assume by bipolarbear you mean jmoo wan ?

Draft order is in post 2 of the thread.

Missed that.

Yes jmoo wan

 

[jmoo wan]

I am going to select brownlow medalist and fashion icon Jobe Watson, The player Tim Watson hoped to be.
boncer34

 

[boncer34]

I mean how does the greatest goal kicker in our clubs history slide to pick 8?

Matthew Lloyd

• 3× Coleman Medal: 2000, 2001, 2003
• 12× Essendon leading goalkicker: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
• 5× All-Australian team: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
• AFL premiership: 2000
• Goal of the Year: 2007
• Mark of the Year: 2008
• Essendon Captain: 2006–2009
• Jim Stynes Medal: 2001
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 1996
• Champions of Essendon: No. 22
• Australian Football Hall of Fame

eth-dog

 

[eth-dog]

I fully intended to take two blokes that were taken before my pick in Jobe and Fish, as I couldn't imagine a scenario where these two guys slid to my pick.

Pick 9: Bill Hutchison. Bill was described by King Richard as the best player he's ever seen and was fourth in Essendon's greatest ever players. He won back to back Brownlow Medals in 1952 and 53, missing the top 10 only once from 1947 to 1955 and was the 18th "Legend" in the Hall of Fame. He was a four time Premiership player for Essendon, playing 290 games and kicking 496 goals whilst mostly playing as a rover.

Pick 10: [PLAYERCARD]Dustin Fletcher[/PLAYERCARD]. Fletch was a champion defender and as a believer of setting up your spine first I absolutely couldn't pass on him here. His ability to play on a range of opponents and also his elite field kicking has him firmly in the top 10 players Essendon's ever had in my opinion, the two time All Australian and winner of the Crichton Medal in 2000 puts his achievements into the stratasphere as far as I'm concerned.

Team:

FB: ??? - [PLAYERCARD]Dustin Fletcher[/PLAYERCARD] - ???
HB: ??? - ??? - ???
MF: ??? - ??? - ???
HF: ??? - ??? - ???
FF: ??? - ??? - ???
OB: ??? - ??? - Bill Hutchison
IC: ??? - ??? - ??? - ???

 

[eth-dog]

Oh right it's you again boncer34

 

[Pweter]

I was naively hoping Hutchison would fall to my next pick

 

[boncer34]

Terry Daniher

• VFL Premiership: 1984, 1985
• VFLPA MVP (Leigh Matthews Trophy): 1983
• 3x All-Australian Team: 1983, 1985, 1988
• All-Australian Team Captain: 1985
• Essendon Best & Fairest: 1982
• 2x Essendon leading Goal Kicker: 1979, 1983
• Essendon Captain: 1983-1988
• Australian Football Hall of Fame
• Essendon Team of the Century: (Half Forward Flank)

jmoo wan

 

[jmoo wan]

pretty stunned, and a little saddened, by the lack of diversity in your teams.

Micheal Long

BrunoV

 

[BrunoV]

I want to bid on a player.

Can I have the [PLAYERCARD]Cale Hooker[/PLAYERCARD] who never lost his pace?

 

[Pweter]

I want to bid on a player.

Can I have the Cale Hooker who never lost his pace?

You get the player at their peak. Was Cale at his peak while he still had his pace? Your choice.

 

[eth-dog]

I was naively hoping Hutchison would fall to my next pick

I kept sitting there thinking "there's no way he lasts to me. Surely somebody will take him before I get the chance."

 

[BrunoV]

With my second pick I'll take the 1993 to 1999 [PLAYERCARD]Mark Mercuri[/PLAYERCARD] thanks.

178cm, 78kg.

Midfield / forward

207 games and 242 goals.

• Premiership player 1993, 2000
• All Australian 1999
• W. S. Crichton Medal 1999
• Runner-up Brownlow Medal 1999
• AFL ANZAC Medal 1999
• VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century 2007
• AFL Rising Star nominee: 1993

He could play an inside game with the class, vision and creativity of Sam Mitchell, but with a dynamism and strength more akin to Ablett Jr and an evasiveness that was unique (even when compared to indigenous players).

Forward he could almost play as a 178cm KPP. At ground level he was dynamic.

One of the most balanced and skilful players to have played the game, he was regarded by his teammates as being on par with Hird but only really rose to claim that mantle once, while Hird was injured in 1999 and which coincided with a second place in the Brownlow. Personal tragedy and, what I suspect was ultimately, a lack of the champion's drive robbed us of a strong end to the career of someone who, if he had maintained something like the consistency of his first 100 to 130 games, was good enough to be in the discussion as one of the top 10-20 players to play for the Bombers.

He retired at 30 having coasted through 2000 and 2001 and then doing virtually nothing from 2002 to 2004. I don't think we really understand what we missed. We missed his 3 to 4 of his prime years.