Most likeable players

[PAFC_1870]

Pendles and Boak for mine. Off field my two favourites.

Gray is very humble too.

Honourable mention to Cripps too.

 

[Thrasher97]

Trent Cotchin
Jack Higgins

Tom Lynch

 

[NeutralFan]

Despite being captain of a pretty hated football club, I hear no hatred towards Scott Pendlebury from anyone. Champion.

 

[bailey04]

Surprised Eddie Betts hasn't been mentioned. Frequent fan favourite for many years. Also a couple of SA boys, Rory Sloane and Boak. Always been a fan of Lachie Plowman, classic back pocket in the long sleeves, pretty non-fuss and very hard. Does his job week in and out.

 

[Virgin Dog]

Caleb Daniel, Grundy, Pendlebury, Betts, Charlie Cameron, Gryan Miers, Esava Ratugolea, Liam Picken before he retired. Naitanui and Darling as well. From the Tigers I'd nominate Grimes and Martin, I like the way they both go about it (as I do every player I've listed here).

Martin seems like one of those guys who could so easily have been the biggest dickhead in the AFL (raised by bikies, was associated with some dodgy people at a young age, gun footy player who has every reason to not be humble). Instead, he's impossible to hate. Just dominates without being arrogant or dirty

 

[Ma Xiao Long]

Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti. Seems like the nicest bloke.

 

[Falconista]

Shaun Burgoyne [perhaps respected is a better word but still liked], Shannon Hurn, Eddie Betts

 

[Bungeye]

Eddie betts cause he's upbeat and doesn't give cliches or one word sentence like all humble players.

 

[Dr Awkward]

To me there is a difference between liking them on-field and off field.

Nic Nat is one that ticks both boxes.

Eddie Betts would have to be the mot universally liked player

I also respect Lachie Neale, well spoken guy

 

[GoalSneak38]

Let's be honest some of them are just great to watch or seem genuinely decent, even the oppo ones.

Adelaide - O'Brien & Foggarty. Talented big men and the swagger is good. Personalities entertain.
Brisbane - Andrews. Gun defender.
Carlton - Cripps, breast mid. Jones, great persistence and career revival. Simpson, clean and evergreen.
Collingwood - De Goey, great to watch when he is on. Moore, gun defender. Pendles, really nice bloke in person.
Essendon - Merrett, great accumulator and inside work. Townsend, honest battler and ripper bloke.
Fremantle - Fyfe, one of the modern great. Tigers supporter too. What could have been...
GWS - Hopper, I like the way this guy plays.
Geelong - Stewart, really good honest defender.
GCS - Ballard, great intercept marker. Lukosius, massive/wonderful boot.
Hawks - Sicily, IMO a very complete player. Great ability and mongrel. Love/hate.
Melb - Gawn, great player and seems like a nice guy. Also quite tough + clean player.
North - Cunnington. Good inside mid with mongrel.
Port - Gray. Absolute superstar. Shame to see him in the twilight.
Saints - Steele, tackling machine.
Sydney - Rampe, dynamic and tough.
WCE - Kennedy, straight up one of the best forwards of the generation.
WB - Dunkley, gun mid.

Pendles. Maybe go back to Gippsland and see what people at his school (including teachers) thought of him

 

[The Nostradamus]

Both Josh Kennedy’s
Westhoff
Jack Macrae
Kade Simpson
jacob hopper
Harry Taylor

 

[backtozero]

Jake Lever
Mitch McGovern
Phil Davis
Jack Gunston
Paddy Dangerfield
Charlie Cameron

 

[Virgin Dog]

Both Josh Kennedy’s
Westhoff
Jack Macrae
Kade Simpson
jacob hopper
Harry Taylor

Macrae is so soft spoken and nice. All the Doggies boys reckon he's the most "arrogant", figjam player on the team (in a joking manner, not true arrogance), but he doesn't act like that in front of the general public. Seems like a fairly introverted dude in general and a favourite among Dogs fans

 

[saintal]

Boak, Pendlebury and Neale

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Tom Lynch

Tom Lynch

He's pretty much cooked, but he's been a good servant for us since he arrived from the Saints.

 

[Hot Diggity]

Papley is a top bloke - absolutely love him.

 

[Juddernaut08]

Betts

 

[Jcpdragonx]

Dunkley comes across as nice bloke in interviews, good role model.

 

[btdg]

I was taking to a mate about this recently and I reckon the current Carlton team is up there for most current ‘likeables’

Betts - universally loved
Docherty - lived, coming back from 2 straight knee reconstructions
Cripps - lots of mentions here
Simpson - the losingest player ever, still plays hard every week
Casboult - Sheer effort to stick around this long and carve out a career
Liam Jones - reinvented himself and is just a good story
Not many jerks either

Gold Coast rapidly becoming the team that is amazing to watch: Rankine, Rowell, King, Lukosius, Anderson etc. I have a soft spot for some of their guys who roughed it out too - Swallow, Miller, Day, Witts, Harbrow, Sexton all feel like they deserve some good times ahead. Of couurae this goodwill will all subside around 10pm this Friday I imagine and I reckon they are going to be a monster of a team sooner than expected too

 

[Former Decathlete]

Matt Rowell, he's so damn humble despite being a freak. He's exactly the kind of guy you'd want dating your daughter.

Well, aside from his redness..

Hes only played 5 games. Hope hes still humble.
Might have already peaked.

 

[Former Decathlete]

Used to hate him now love him...

Mitch Robinson.

 

[tigs2010]

He's pretty much cooked, but he's been a good servant for us since he arrived from the Saints.

You guys have a Tom Lynch?

 

[Sttew]

Jack Henry quite bloke who gets the job done with no recognition


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And he enjoys a good red wine

 

[THECHIEFTON]

Past players its Dane Swan easily. Sam Mitchell aswell.

Current players not from Richmond I'd say probably Bontempelli.

 

[thetank]

Eddie Betts, McDonald Tippa, patty cripps, fyfe, Hawkins, buddy, Gawn, Petracca, Jack watts.