Competitions Essendon's GOAT draft

boncer34 · Jan 4, 2026

For some off-season fun I'm proposing a draft of all Essendon players where posters get to name their best 23.

1,214 players have played for Essendon so entry is strictly capped at 52 posters.

Draft ordered will be a randomised snake order and of course each player can only be drafted once.

Once teams are drafted they'll be pitted against one another in series of polls until we have a winner.

Draft Order

Round 1

BomberTime - James Hird
Pweter - John Coleman
TheFrenchCut - Dick Reynolds
WN123
Stopher - Simon Madden
DapperDon - Bill Hutchinson
sup3rfish - Matthew Lloyd
Boncer34 - Ken Fraser
Vindicater - Gavin Wanganeen
TheUnicorn - Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher

Age
50

Ht

198cm

Wt
92kg

Pos.
Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D
16.0

4

K
12.3

5

HB
3.7

3

M
4.7

4

T
1.2

3

MG
301.6

4

No current season stats available

D
14.2

4

K
11.4

4

HB
2.8

3

M
4.8

5

T
1.4

4
Blind Turn - Tim Watson

Round 2
1. Blind Turn - Albert Thurgood
2. TheUnicorn - Terry Daniher
3. Vindicater - Jobe Watson
4. Boncer34 - Michael Long
5. sup3rfish - Zach Merrett
6. Dapper Don - Jack Clarke
7. Stopher - Paul Salmon
8. WN123
9. TheFrenchCut - Scott Lucas
10. Pweter - Leon Baker
11. BomberTime - Paul Vander Harr

Round 3
1. BomberTime - Marc Mercuri
2. Pweter - John Birt
3. TheFrenchCut - Michael Hurley
4. WN123
5. Stopher - Mark Harvey
6. DapperDon - Graham Moss
7. sup3rfish - Mark Thompson
8. Boncer34 - Tom Fitzmaurice
9. Vindicater - Sean Wellman
10. TheUnicorn - Joe Misiti
11. Blind Turn - Wally Buttsworth

Round 4
1. Blind Turn - Keith Forbes
2. TheUnicorn - Blake Caracella
3. Vindicater - Jason Johnson
4. Boncer34 - Barry Davis
5. sup3rfish - Alan Noonan
6. Dapper Don - Darren Bewick
7. Stopher - Gary O'Donnell
8. WN123
9. TheFrenchCut - Brendan Goddard
10. Pweter - Harold Lambert
11. BomberTime - Todd Goldstein

Round 5
1. BomberTime - Paul Chapman
2. Pweter - Ted Freyer
3. TheFrenchCut - Neale Daniher
4. WN123
5. Stopher - Joe Daniher
6. DapperDon - Cale Hooker
7. sup3rfish - Paddy Ryder
8. Boncer34 - Geoff Blethyn
9. Vindicater - Damien Hardwick
10. TheUnicorn - Sam Durham
11. Blind Turn - Roger Merrett

Round 6
1. Blind Turn - Justin Madden
2. TheUnicorn - David Hille
3. Vindicater - Anthony Daniher
4. Boncer34 - Reg Burgess
5. sup3rfish - Dyson Heppell
6. Dapper Don - Des Tuddenham
7. Stopher - James Kelly
8. WN123
9. TheFrenchCut - Adam Ramanaskus
10. Pweter - Bill Duckworth
11. BomberTime - Garry Foulds

Round 7
1. BomberTime - Ted Richards
2. Pweter - Geoff Raines
3. TheFrenchCut - Adam Cooney
4. WN123
5. Stopher
6. DapperDon - Billy Griffith
7. sup3rfish - Jordan Ridley
8. Boncer34 - Syd Barker
9. Vindicater - Adam McPhee
10. TheUnicorn - David Zaharakis
11. Blind Turn - Fred Baring

Round 8
1. Blind Turn - Merv Neagle
2. TheUnicorn - Nate Caddy
3. Vindicater - Don Mckenzie
4. Boncer34 - Ken Fletcher
5. sup3rfish - Alan Ezard
6. Dapper Don - Tom Reynolds
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut - Bachar Houli
9. Pweter - Norm Beckton
10. BomberTime - Scott Cummings

Round 9
1. BomberTime - Anthony McDonald-Tippungwuti
2. Pweter - Ian Shelton
3. TheFrenchCut - Dean Rioli
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Kevin Walsh
6. sup3rfish - Mal Michael
7. Boncer34 - John Barnes
8. Vindicater - Brent Stanton
9. TheUnicorn - Adam Saad
10. Blind Turn - Jake Stringer

Round 10

1. Blind Turn - Darcy Parish
2. TheUnicorn - Kyle Langford
3. Vindicater - Mark McVeigh
4. Boncer34 - Mark Johnson
5. sup3rfish - Jason Winderlich
6. Dapper Don - Nic Martin
7. Stopher - Scott Camporeale
8. TheFrenchCut - Dylan Shiel
9. Pweter - Jack Jones
10. BomberTime - Dean Solomon

Round 11
1. BomberTime - Scott Camporeale
2. Pweter - Greg Anderson
3. TheFrenchCut - Mark Jamar
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Alwyn Davey
6. sup3rfish - Courtney Dempsey
7. Boncer34 - Brian Walsh
8. Vindicater - Hugh Mitchell
9. TheUnicorn - Andrew McGarth
10. Blind Turn - Darren "Daisy" Williams

Round 12
1. Blind Turn - Glenn Hawker
2. TheUnicorn - Isaac Kako
3. Vindicater - Geoff Leek
4. Boncer34 - Frank Maher
5. sup3rfish -
6. Dapper Don -
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut -
9. Pweter -
10. BomberTime -

Round 13
1. BomberTim
2. Pweter
3. TheFrenchCut
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon
6. sup3rfish
7. Boncer34
8. Vindicate
9. TheUnicorn
10. Blind Turn

Round 14
1. Blind Turn -
2. TheUnicorn -
3. Vindicater -
4. Boncer34 -
5. sup3rfish -
6. Dapper Don
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut -
9. Pweter -
10. BomberTime -

Round 15

1. BomberTime
2. Pweter
3. TheFrenchCut
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon
6. sup3rfish
7. Boncer34
8. Vindicate
9. TheUnicorn
10. Blind Turn

Round 16
1. Blind Turn -
2. TheUnicorn -
3. Vindicater
4. Boncer34 -
5. sup3rfish -
6. Dapper Don -
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut -
9. Pweter -
10. BomberTime -

Round 17
1. BomberTime
2. Pweter
3. TheFrenchCut
4. Stophe
5. DapperDon
6. sup3rfish
7. Boncer34
8. Vindicater
9. TheUnicorn
10. Blind Turn

Round 18
1. Blind Turn -
2. TheUnicorn -
3. Vindicater -
4. Boncer34 -
5. sup3rfish -
6. Dapper Don -
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut -
9. Pweter -
10. BomberTime -

Round 19
1. BomberTime
2. Pweter
3. TheFrenchCut
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon
6. sup3rfish
7. Boncer34
8. Vindicater
9. TheUnicorn
10. Blind Turn

Round 20
1. Blind Turn -
2. TheUnicorn -
3. Vindicater -
4. Boncer34 -
5. sup3rfish -
6. Dapper Don -
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut -
9. Pweter -
10. BomberTime -

Round 21
1. BomberTime
2. Pweter
3. TheFrenchCut
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon
6. sup3rfish
7. Boncer34
8. Vindicate
9. TheUnicorn
10. Blind Turn

Round 22
1. Blind Turn -
2. TheUnicorn -
3. Vindicater -
4. Boncer34 -
5. sup3rfish -
6. Dapper Don
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut -
9. Pweter -
10. BomberTime -

Round 23
1. BomberTime
2. Pweter
3. TheFrenchCut
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon
6. sup3rfish
7. Boncer34
8. Vindicate
9. TheUnicorn
10. Blind Turn

TheUnicorn · Jan 19, 2026

Sam Durham

Blind Turn

BomberTime · Jan 19, 2026

NAB777 said:
Jeez, you'd be disappointed to win a Normie & not be considered as good an Essendon player as Todd Goldstein

Hey now, there are only a few quality Essendon ruckman. I didn’t want to end up with Ilija Grgic.

Blind Turn · Jan 19, 2026

Roger Merrett

Will make his teammates walk taller. Can play FF as he kicked 60 in a season for Brissy snd 5 in a GF.

Blind Turn · Jan 19, 2026

Justin Madden

Not my favourite Madden but he’ll do. Looks good on paper to have one. Brownlow runner up at some other nondescript club.

That’s two 300+ premiership players to swap in the ruck

FB: ---- ---- ----
HB: ---- W Buttsworth ----
C: ---- ---- ----
HF: ---- A Thurgood ----
FF: ---- R Merrett ----
Fol: J Madden T Watson K Forbes
Int: ---- ---- ---- ----
Sub: ----

Blind Turn · Jan 19, 2026

TheUnicorn

TheUnicorn · Jan 19, 2026

David Hille

Vindicater

FB: ---- - Dustin Fletcher - ----

CHB: ---- - ---- - ----

C: ---- - ---- - Blake Caracella

CHF: ---- - Terry Daniher - ----

FF: ---- ---- ----

Fol: David Hille - Joe Misiti - Sam Durham

Int: ---- ---- ---- ----

Vindicater · Jan 19, 2026

Anthony Daniher to play full back.

Team probably can't kick a winning score but will hard to score against at least.

FB: Hardwick A. Daniher Wanganeen
CHB: ??? ??? Wellman
C: ??? J. Watson ???
CHF: ??? ??? ???
FF: ??? ??? ???
R: ??? J. Johnson ???

Int: ??? ??? ??? ???

boncer34

Blind Turn · Jan 19, 2026

Vindicater said:
Anthony Daniher to play full back.

Team probably can't kick a winning score but will hard to score against at least.

FB: Hardwick A. Daniher Wanganeen
CHB: ??? ??? Wellman
C: ??? J. Watson ???
CHF: ??? ??? ???
FF: ??? ??? ???
R: ??? J. Johnson ???

Int: ??? ??? ??? ???

boncer34

Very good full back at his peak too against some of the very best.

King Patty · Jan 20, 2026

Vindicater said:
Team probably can't kick a winning score but will hard to score against at least.

Quite a few decent forwards still available

hf: Derek kickett Jake Stringer Angus Monfries
f: McDonald-Tipungwuti Scott Cummings Alwyn Davey

Pweter · Jan 20, 2026

King Patty said:
Quite a few decent forwards still available

hf: Derek kickett Jake Stringer Angus Monfries
f: McDonald-Tipungwuti Scott Cummings Alwyn Davey

For now.

Maybe if everyone not playing posts a heap of names of players not yet selected then those actually playing the game won't need to think at all.

Blind Turn · Jan 20, 2026

King Patty said:
Quite a few decent forwards still available

delete delete delete…

boncer34 · Jan 20, 2026

I'll take Reg Burgess to complete the clean sweep of TOC wingmen.

sup3rfish

sup3rfish · Jan 21, 2026

Dyson Heppell

DapperDon

DapperDon · Jan 21, 2026

Des Tuddenham

B: ... Cale Hooker ...
HB: ... ... ...
C: ... Jack Clarke ...
HF: ... ... ...
F: ... ... Darren Bewick
Fol: Graham Moss Bill Hutchison Des Tuddenham

Int:

Stopher

Stopher · Jan 21, 2026

Pops Kelly.

TheFrenchCut

TheFrenchCut · Jan 21, 2026

Adam Ramanauskas

It gets forgotten a bit but this dude was an absolute jet.

Pweter you're up

Pweter · Jan 21, 2026

Billy Duckworth

FB: ---- Billy Duckworth ----
HB: Harold Lambert ---- ----
C: ---- Leon Baker ----
HF: ---- Ted Freyer ----
FF: ---- John Coleman ----
Fol: ---- ---- John Birt

Int: ---- ---- ---- ----
Sub: ----

BomberTime

BomberTime · Jan 21, 2026

Garry Foulds

Ted Richards

Pweter

Pweter · Jan 21, 2026

Geoff Raines (yes, seriously Blind Turn )

FB: ---- Billy Duckworth ----
HB: Harold Lambert ---- ----
C: ---- Geoff Raines ----
HF: ---- Ted Freyer ----
FF: ---- John Coleman ----
Fol: ---- Leon Baker John Birt

Int: ---- ---- ---- ----
Sub: ----

TheFrenchCut

Blind Turn · Jan 21, 2026

Pweter said:
Geoff Raines (yes, seriously Blind Turn )

FB: ---- Billy Duckworth ----
HB: Harold Lambert ---- ----
C: ---- Geoff Raines ----
HF: ---- Ted Freyer ----
FF: ---- John Coleman ----
Fol: ---- Leon Baker John Birt

Int: ---- ---- ---- ----
Sub: ----

TheFrenchCut

Don’t worry, I had my eye on him too.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get in Mark Alvey before someone else nabs him either.

Cold Sober · Jan 22, 2026

No-one said Billo Snell

TheFrenchCut · Jan 22, 2026

Adam Cooney

Stopher

TheUnicorn · Jan 23, 2026

DapperDon

Pweter · Jan 23, 2026

Also a call out to Stopher again to make his selection whenever he's available to do so.

DapperDon · Jan 23, 2026

Billy Griffith

B: Billy Griffith Cale Hooker ...
HB: ... ... ...
C: ... Jack Clarke ...
HF: ... ... ...
F: ... ... Darren Bewick
Fol: Graham Moss Bill Hutchison Des Tuddenham

Int:

Stopher & WN123

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