Matthew Scarlett vs Steven Silvagni

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Meaningless.

None of the people voting would have even seen Regan play and Silvagni was simply a blight on the game due to his cheating. These panels make poor choices whenever these types of sides are chosen (as the annual AA sides show all too clearly) and the choice of Silvagni was the alltime worst decision.

Actually I believe Bob Davis was one member of the panel & he had seen Regan play. Your calling Silvagni a cheat is just your opinion. The panel who selected the Team Of The Century obviously disagree with you & I am inclined to take the opinion of the selection panel, made up of some of the game's finest, over the opinion of a supporter who obviously has the 'sads' with Silvagni.

BTW, how many marks did Dunstall take during his career, where he wrapped his arms around his opponent & then slung him out of the way at the last second, to put the opponent out of the contest? The umpires ruled that this sort of behaviour was within the rules, & the same applied to the defenders who had to do what they could to overcome this sort of tactic. Maybe your issue should be with the umpires directors of the time, who didn't see the manhandling that went on during the '80s & '90s as a problem.

 

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You can attempt to rewrite history as much as you like, but I intend to be one of the many that will say what needs to be said to keep you honest.

Stephen Silvagni - blight on the game.

I'm not really rewriting history here, I'm sticking with what actually made him a good FB and footballer in the first place. If you choose to ignore it, then that's your problem. In fact, I think a lot more will disagree with you on the "blight" notion.

I thought I'd already named Dench, Langford, Southby & Moore... Sticking to the players that I have seen.

That's it? Oh, I'm kinda disappointed, only four FBs. The way you worded it indicated that it would be a lot more. All those players would have had merit too, the same as Silvagni. But you haven't really explained why any of those players deserve to be ahead of him.

And if you feel that the 'scragging Silvagni' view is generic, then there's a good reason for it... That's exactly what he was, hence why so many long-term football watchers are only too happy to call him out on it.

No.

It's because people like to overreact. Like to nitpick minor issues and over exaggerate it to a point for whatever reason. In the case of Silvagni, some people might just not have liked him as a player, not liked the club and most certainly not liked his selection. Hmm... and it just so happens that the people who go along with this whole scragging thing happen to fall into those categories.

Coincidence?

A lot of this crap stems from his ToC selection, which without, I'd have no doubt that this scragging issue would be barely heard of. Every full back scrags, Silvagni is noted moreso because of his profile and his TOC selection. Some people will pick any reason to bitch about when they disagree with something.

You don't like him in the TOC? Fair enough. But his achievements speak more words than your scragging argument ever will.