Competitions Essendon All Time Draft Game

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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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Pick 35 - Darren "Boris" Bewick

Flags - 1993 & 2000
Snags - 332
Games - 238

That prelim!

RedmanWasHere

Bipolarbear, you still have a pick to take also
 
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Thanks Shermy.

I need some midfield class and some left-footed composure.

He'd compare with Gary O'Donnell the best but looks like Bomber Thompson.

36 = Zac Merrett making him the 2nd current Don to be picked.

Pick 37 will be in a separate post as this one needs thinking time.
 
Pweter said:
Unless I'm mistaken, Shermy you're on the clock. Given you weren't tagged earlier it starts now.

Bipolarbear you can jump in quick. I just want videos of the fight if you steal shermy's pick
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Ah * I was gonna pick Boris.
Legit had him on my short-list. Thought we were waiting for Boncer still when I checked in this morning.
 
So BPB and I have come to an understanding.

With his pick 34 I'm taking Paddy Ryder.

197cm / 94kg | ruck / tall forward

Sitting on 269 AFL games with 189 goals (170 (70) with Essendon, 73(54) with Port and 26(15) with St Kilda).


I read someone here describe a player as a 'cheat code' and that basically sums up Ryder. An unfair, and possibly unnatural, combination of the speed, agility and ball handling skills you'd associate with an indigenous small forward at 6'5 and about 95kgs, with the ability to leap tall buildings. He was also one of the best kicks up to 60m going around (seriously people, remember the snap from the boundary 45-50m on a wet night against GC?), a natural follower and one of the best pure tap ruckman, likely of all time.

I guess nature balanced its creation, to make it fairer for the competition, by not giving Ryder the psychology of a champion, certainly not the belief in his extraordinary ability. Sheedy coached Ryder for 1 year and almost issued a warning that the difficulty with Ryder would be getting him to believe. He needed to be taught to demand the ball with the attitude of someone who knows he is as good as Ryder was.

Ultimately we didn't provide him with the environment in his formative years, 2006 to 2010 was a dark time, to draw the absolute best out of him, to create the champion. Then as he emerged as one of our best and most important players ASAGA struck and made 2006 to 2010 look like a good period by comparison.

So instead of writing this at a point at which he's a 300 game champion of Essendon, possibly a Simon Madden calibre ruck, he's another ultimately unfulfilled potential who left the home where he belonged, in circumstances that do no credit to him and which otherwise shamed Essendon.

Port didn't want to consistently use him as a first choice ruck and his time there ended prematurely. While it's a bit sickening watching him play at St Kilda, as a 3 club player, he is at least respected for his ability and has garnered the AFL-wide recognition of the reality that he has consistently been one of the most influential players in the league.

I'm picking him because I get him at his absolute best. That's a guy who forward was basically unstoppable on the lead, someone who could float up above any pack to take a massive mark, a hard working physical presence around the ball and sublime tap ruck. To top it off he could kick with touch over 60m as well as anyone could.

Had he been recruited to Essendon in the early 90s instead of 2005 I genuinely believe we'd be having heated arguments about whether he is as good as Madden.

BPB takes my 42 and my next pick after that.
 
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I don't need to think long with this one.

Pick 38 - Smokin' Joe Misiti

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93 and 00 Premierships, 236 games, 94 goals.

Bipolarbear
 

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Darren "Daisy" Williams. A true rover in every sense of the word. Tough, skilled, fearless, courageous. He'd only play half a season per year in todays footy due to the number of head knocks he received. Dual premiership player in the all conquering 84/85 sides and Victorian representative

FB: ??? ??? ???
HB: ??? Tom Fitzmaurice ???
C: ??? Jack Clarke ???
HF: ??? Paul Vander Haar ???
FF: ??? ??? ???
R: Simon Madden ??? Daisy Williams
INT: ??? ??? ??? ???

Sporno 4 Pyros
 
Sporno 4 Pyros said:
This is one of my first vague memories of supporting the Dons. Watch from about 5.30 onwards where we come back from 4+ goals down in time on at Princess Park to win the match with Neale leading the way with a great pack mark and 2 goals. Pweter Vanders takes a classic mark too.



Can still remember going to the shop to buy a number for my jumper...mum wasn’t going to sew on two numbers (32) so we chose 6/9 and then I watched the replays for a couple of weeks to see which player I preferred. Neale has done his knee by then and wasn’t playing so No.9 Shane Heard it was 😆😆
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Thanks for posting the video. 1980's Essendon was peak football to me. Neale was an absolute star of the game and the footballing community in general was robbed of seeing a player who would have dominated footy if not for injury.

This comeback match was the part of an 11 game? (memory fading) winning streak over those bitches in the early 80's.

Ahhh, memories! Also...* Carlton!!!
 
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