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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
  1. BomberTime - James Hird
  2. Pweter - John Coleman
  3. TheFrenchCut - Dick Reynolds
  4. WN123
  5. Stopher - Simon Madden
  6. DapperDon - Bill Hutchinson
  7. sup3rfish - Matthew Lloyd
  8. Boncer34 - Ken Fraser
  9. Vindicater - Gavin Wanganeen
  10. TheUnicorn - Dustin Fletcher
  11. 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 - Devon Smith
6. Dapper Don - Alec Epis
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut - Matthew Stokes
9. Pweter - Norm McDonald
10. BomberTime - Michael Hibberd

Round 13
1. BomberTim - Chris Heffernan
2. Pweter - Gordon Lane
3. TheFrenchCut - Jake Carlisle
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Steven Alessio
6. sup3rfish - Dean Wallis
7. Boncer34 - Damian Cupido
8. Vindicater - Billy Griffiths
9. TheUnicorn - Andrew Welsh
10. Blind Turn - Tony Buhagiar

Round 14
1. Blind Turn - Bryan Wood
2. TheUnicorn - Leroy Jetta
3. Vindicater - Len Bowe
4. Boncer34 - Bill Brittingham
5. sup3rfish - Justin Blumfield
6. Dapper Don - Ron Evans
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut - Andrew Lovett
9. Pweter - Gary Moorcroft
10. BomberTime - Paul Weston

Round 15

1. BomberTime - Sean Denham
2. Pweter - Phil Carman
3. TheFrenchCut - Mark Williams
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Paul Bardnard
6. sup3rfish - Mason Redman
7. Boncer34 - Derek Kickett
8. Vindicate - Charlie Payne
9. TheUnicorn - Zach Reid
10. Blind Turn - Bill Busbridge

Round 16
1. Blind Turn - Shane Heard
2. TheUnicorn - Archie Roberts
3. Vindicater - Davis Shaw
4. Boncer34 - Ryan Crowley
5. sup3rfish - Connor McKenna
6. Dapper Don - Orazio Fantasia
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut - Mark Baguley
9. Pweter - Jack Garden
10. BomberTime - Jake Melksham

Round 17
1. BomberTime - Chris Daniher
2. Pweter - Neil Clarke
3. TheFrenchCut - Ricky Dyson
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Glenn Manton
6. sup3rfish - Angus Monfries
7. Boncer34 - Justin Murphy
8. Vindicater - Bill Sewart
9. TheUnicorn - Damien Peverill
10. Blind Turn - Greg Stockdale

Round 18
1. Blind Turn - Dale Kickett
2. TheUnicorn - Sam Draper
3. Vindicater - Greg Sewell
4. Boncer34 - Harry Hunter
5. sup3rfish - Che Cockato Collins
6. Dapper Don - Ernie Cameron
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut - Justin McCarthy
9. Pweter - Les Gardiner
10. BomberTime - David Grenvold

Round 19
1. BomberTime - Heath Hocking
2. Pweter - Howard Okey
3. TheFrenchCut - Massimo D'Ambrosio
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Russell Blew
6. sup3rfish - David Myers
7. Boncer34 - Darryl Gerlach
8. Vindicater - Geoff Gosper
9. TheUnicorn - James Stewart
10. Blind Turn - Max Crow

Round 20
1. Blind Turn - Tony Elshaug
2. TheUnicorn - Nick Hind
3. Vindicater - Percy Ogden
4. Boncer34 - Stewart Crameri
5. sup3rfish - Peter Wright
6. Dapper Don - Trav Colyer
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut - Danny Jacobs
9. Pweter - Wally Chalmers
10. BomberTime - Peter Somerville

Round 21
1. BomberTime - Jye Caldwell
2. Pweter - Neville Fields
3. TheFrenchCut - Brad Plain
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Rene Kink
6. sup3rfish - David Calthorpe
7. Boncer34 - Rick Olarenshaw
8. Vindicate - Paul Hills
9. TheUnicorn - Ben Howlett
10. Blind Turn - Alan Stonehan

Round 22
1. Blind Turn - Ron Andrews
2. TheUnicorn - Angus Clarke
3. Vindicater - John Williams
4. Boncer34 - Jack Baggot
5. sup3rfish - Jeff Gamble
6. Dapper Don - Nathan Lovett-Murray
7. Stopher -
8. TheFrenchCut - Tom Bellchambers
9. Pweter - Percy Bushby
10. BomberTime - Frank Dunnell

Round 23
1. BomberTime - Tayte Pears
2. Pweter - Andy Wilson
3. TheFrenchCut - Patrick Voss
4. Stopher
5. DapperDon - Craig Bird
6. sup3rfish - Scott Gumbleton
7. Boncer34
8. Vindicate
9. TheUnicorn
10. Blind Turn
 
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Going right back to the beginning with Billy Griffiths to be my CHB. Played full back in a premiership team 100 years ago.


FB: D. Hardwick A. Daniher G. Wanganeen
CHB: M. McVeigh B. Griffiths S. Wellman
C: B. Stanton J. Watson A. McPhee
CHF: ??? ??? ???
FF: ??? H. Mitchell ???
R: D. McKenzie J. Johnson

Int: G. Leek ??? ??? ???

TheUnicorn
 
Andrew Welsh


FB: Andy McGrath - Dustin Fletcher - ----

HB: Adam Saad - Andrew Welsh - ----

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

HF: Nate Caddy - Terry Daniher - Kyle Langford

FF: Isaac Kako - ---- - ----

Fol: David Hille - Joe Misiti - Sam Durham


Int: David Zaharakis - ---- - ---- - ----


Blind Turn
 
Tony ‘Budgie’ Buhagiar

- much loved cult hero of the early 80s. Second only to Bewick for pack crumbing small forward/rovers in my time watching at Essendon and was so very unlucky not to be a premiership player.

Disposals in finals; 29, 25, 23, 25, 23
Also kicked 42, 41, 39 goals in his first 3 seasons at the club.
 
Bryan Wood

Seriously difficult decision between about 6 players here but this bloke has the pedigree and fills a role on the wing. 3 x Premiership player at Richmond and another with us in ‘85. Also captained the Tiges in ‘81.

FB: ---- F Baring ----
HB: G Hawker W Buttsworth ----
C: B Wood D Parish M Neagle
HF: K Forbes A Thurgood ----
FF: T Buhagiar R Merrett J Stringer
Fol: J Madden T Watson D Williams
Int: ---- ---- ---- ----
Sub: ----

TheUnicorn
 

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Blind Turn said:
Bryan Wood

Seriously difficult decision between about 6 players here but this bloke has the pedigree and fills a role on the wing. 3 x Premiership player at Richmond and another with us in ‘85. Also captained the Tiges in ‘81.

FB: ---- F Baring ----
HB: G Hawker W Buttsworth ----
C: B Wood D Parish M Neagle
HF: K Forbes A Thurgood ----
FF: T Buhagiar R Merrett J Stringer
Fol: J Madden T Watson D Williams
Int: ---- ---- ---- ----
Sub: ----

TheUnicorn
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Bugger, I held out too long :(
 
Leroy Jetta


FB: Andy McGrath - Dustin Fletcher - ----

HB: Adam Saad - Andrew Welsh - ----

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

HF: Nate Caddy - Terry Daniher - Kyle Langford

FF: Leroy Jetta - Isaac Kako - ----

Fol: David Hille - Joe Misiti - Sam Durham


Int: David Zaharakis - ---- - ---- - ----


Vindicater
 
TheUnicorn said:
Leroy Jetta


FB: Andy McGrath - Dustin Fletcher - ----

HB: Adam Saad - Andrew Welsh - ----

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

HF: Nate Caddy - Terry Daniher - Kyle Langford

FF: Leroy Jetta - Isaac Kako - ----

Fol: David Hille - Joe Misiti - Sam Durham


Int: David Zaharakis - ---- - ---- - ----


Vindicater
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C'mon man, now you're dead set tanking
 
I am really enjoying going back through the clubs history with this draft. Putting some names out that people might not know.

I am going to take Len Bowe to play on the half back flank. This will shift Mark McVeigh to a back pocket and bring Gavin Wanganeen into the midfield.

Bowe was described as a 'gentleman and thorough sport' and was considered to be one of the best defensive player in the league during his time. And apparently he came from the Allen Iverson school of thinking as he rarely trained. Probably smoked a bunch of darts at half time as well, lol.

When he retired he was the all time games record holder at the club which is cool.

FB: D. Hardwick A. Daniher M. McVeigh
CHB: L. Bowe B. Griffiths S. Wellman
C: B. Stanton J. Watson A. McPhee
CHF: ??? ??? ???
FF: ??? H. Mitchell ???
R: D. McKenzie J. Johnson G. Wanganeen

Int: G. Leek ??? ??? ???

boncer34
 
I'll take the ultimate swing man Bill Brittingham. Started as a FF, lead the VFL goal scoring in 1946, a premiership year. Then in 1949 he moved to full back to give a young bloke named John Coleman the FF gig, winning 2 more flags on our last line of defense.

FB: Johnson Brittingham ----
HB: Fletcher Fitzmaurice Davis
C: Burgess ---- Long
HF: ---- Fraser Walsh
FF: Barker Blethyn Cupido
Fol: Barnes ---- Maher
Int: ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

sup3rfish
 
Justin Blumfield please

DapperDon your up
 
Better known for his off field work rather than his short lived playing career, but in his 60 odd games he was a 2 x VFL leading goal kicker and 2 x Victorian selected player, He only played 64 games but still kicked 210 goals then went on to have a solid WAFL carrer also where he kicked 270 goals in just 60 games.

Averaging close to 4 goals a game over his career I select Ron Evans


B: ... Cale Hooker ...
HB: Alec Epis Kevin Walsh ...
C: ... Jack Clarke Nic Martin
HF: Tom Reynolds Steven Alessio ...
F: Alwyn Davey Ron Evans Darren Bewick
Fol: Graham Moss Bill Hutchison Des Tuddenham

Int:

TheFrenchCut
 
I don't feel good about it but Andrew Lovett.

Football wise, he was a deadset gun. Unfortunately he seems to be a garbage human.

B: ... Hurley ...
Hb: N.Daniher Carlisle Houli
C: Goddard Shiel Ramanauskas
Hf: Lovett Lucas D.Rioli
F: ... ... Stokes
Fol: Jamar Cooney D.Reynolds
I:

Pweter you're up
 
When Coleman is having a rest I need someone to take hangers in the full forward line, and given the marking power on offer I also need some crumbing ability.

Good thing 2000 premiership player Gary Moorcroft covers both bases.


FB: ---- Billy Duckworth ----
HB: Harold Lambert - Ian Shelton - Norm McDonald
C: Greg Anderson - Geoff Raines ----
HF: Jack Jones - Gordon Lane ----
FF: Ted Freyer - John Coleman Gary Moorcroft
Fol: Norm Beckton - Leon Baker- John Birt

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

BomberTime
 

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Paul Weston

Sean Denham

Solomon Weston ———
Hibberd Richards Foulds
——— Heffernan ———
Mercuri Vander Haar Hird
Chapman Cummings Tippa
Goldstein Camporeale Denham

Pweter
 
Phil Carman. Was an absolute freak capable of anything, and he often did in his early career at Norwood and Collingwood. Sadly we never saw the best of him at Essendon, what with headbutting umpires and all.

FB: ---- Billy Duckworth ----
HB: Harold Lambert - Ian Shelton - Norm McDonald
C: Greg Anderson - Geoff Raines ----
HF: Jack Jones - Gordon Lane - Phil Carman
FF: Ted Freyer - John Coleman Gary Moorcroft
Fol: Norm Beckton - Leon Baker- John Birt

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

TheFrenchCut
 
Mark Williams

B: ... Hurley ...
Hb: N.Daniher Carlisle Houli
C: Goddard Shiel Ramanauskas
Hf: Lovett Lucas D.Rioli
F: Williams ... M.Stokes
Fol: Jamar Cooney D.Reynolds
I:

DapperDon
 
Strong tough defender who could also bob up and kick a goal if needed as shown in the 2000 Premiership when he kicked 4.

Paul Barnard

B: ... Cale Hooker Paul Barnard
HB: Alec Epis Kevin Walsh ...
C: ... Jack Clarke Nic Martin
HF: Tom Reynolds Steven Alessio ...
F: Alwyn Davey Ron Evans Darren Bewick
Fol: Graham Moss Bill Hutchison Des Tuddenham

Int:

sup3rfish
 
Mason Redman

boncer34
 
Dean Wallis - Mal Micheal - Mason Redman

Dyson Heppell - Jordan Ridley - Mark Thompson

Courtney Dempsey - Zac Merrett -

Jason Winderlich - Alan Noonan -

Alan Ezard - Matthew Lloyd - Devon Smith

Paddy Ryder - Justin Blumfield -
 
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Derek Kickett

FB: Johnson Brittingham ----
HB: Fletcher Fitzmaurice Davis
C: Burgess ---- Long
HF: Kickett Fraser Walsh
FF: Barker Blethyn Cupido
Fol: Barnes ---- Maher
Int: ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Vindicater
 
boncer34 said:
Derek Kickett

FB: Johnson Brittingham ----
HB: Fletcher Fitzmaurice Davis
C: Burgess ---- Long
HF: Kickett Fraser Walsh
FF: Barker Blethyn Cupido
Fol: Barnes ---- Maher
Int: ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Vindicater
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He’s one I was hoping might slip through. You could almost plonk him in the middle. His 1990 season as a centreman was outstanding.
 
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