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

 

[Pweter]

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: [PLAYERCARD]Scott Camporeale[/PLAYERCARD] - Jack Clarke - ???
HF: Phil Carman - Paul Vander Haar - ???
FF: Tony Buhagiar - Scott Cummings - ???
R: Simon Madden - Des Tuddenham - Daisy Williams
INT: ??? - ??? - ??? - ???

Bipolarbear

 

[Ants]

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

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

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Seeing as Andy Lovett went, I'll go with Ricky Olarenshaw. Shermy

 

[Shermy]

Seeing as Andy Lovett went, I'll go with Ricky Olarenshaw. Shermy

FFS, thats twice in two rounds. Good pick mate

 

[BrunoV]

FFS, thats twice in two rounds. Good pick mate

Come on Shermy. Get on with it.

The suspense is killing me.

 

[Shermy]

[PLAYERCARD]Bachar Houli[/PLAYERCARD]

RedmanWasHere

 

[BrunoV]

Bachar Houli

RedmanWasHere

Shit. ****!

His last 100 games were excellent.

 

[Shermy]

sh*t. fu**!

His last 100 games were excellent.

3 flags but for the wrong club, F*** Matthew Knights

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Bachar Houli

RedmanWasHere

I’ll get to mine when I’ve arrived home.

 

[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.



That's Bill Brittingham lads and ladettes.


Pick 127 has me wanting someone loud for the back.

This animal alludes to his nickname.




Alec Epis, welcome aboard.

 

[Shermy]

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

 

[Bipolar Bear]

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: [PLAYERCARD]Mark McVeigh[/PLAYERCARD], [PLAYERCARD]Jordan Ridley[/PLAYERCARD], ----
C: ----, Gary O'Donnell, [PLAYERCARD]Jason Johnson[/PLAYERCARD]
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.

 

[Mannol]

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.

 

[Lore]

Soprano 4 Pyros

lol

 

[Pweter]

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: [PLAYERCARD]Scott Camporeale[/PLAYERCARD] - 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

 

[boncer34]

lol

There's a lot more wrong than that one

 

[Lore]

There's a lot more wrong than that one

Mostly capitalisation (boring) and jmoo gets a different name every time (probably to be expected)

 

[eth-dog]

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

Damn it

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

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.

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.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

[PLAYERCARD]Dylan Shiel[/PLAYERCARD]

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

BrunoV

 

[Bipolar Bear]

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.

Fair criticism that. Top 5 are all close IMO. He's certainly not pick 10.

 

[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

 

[jmoo wan]

damnit BrunoV!

Even though everyone hates him now, he had a very good 2018

Devon Smith

boncer34

 

[boncer34]

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

[PLAYERCARD]Orazio Fantasia[/PLAYERCARD]

eth-dog

 

[Pweter]

damnit BrunoV!

Even though everyone hates him now, he had a very good 2018

Devon Smith

boncer34

There goes my forward pocket