North’s greatest players night. Boomer picked ahead of Blight...embarrassing and disgraceful

[Paganism mark II]

So North name their greatest ever players last night to celebrate their 150th anniversary and have Malcolm Blight at 6.

Everyone can argue the order they’d have them in behind Carey at number 1, but if Brent Harvey was a better footballer than Malcolm Blight I have to go away and reassess everything I’ve ever thought about the game.
I love Boomer, but come on, better than Blight?
Joke! An insult to a true legend of the game.
You got this wrong North!

 

[Turnover]

Massive blight on north

 

[Pessimistic]

Did the top 5 give speeches? Just a thought

 

[its free real estate]

Boomer easily the worst of the 400 game club

 

[moses]

Surely he is number 1 for Woodville though

 

[greatwhiteshark]

How is Cable not in their top 10?

 

[PerthBoy86]

I wasn't old enough to see Blight play while he was still playing, so I've only seen clips and maybe a couple of replay matches, including the 1977 GF. Of course almost everyone has seen that 70m torp to win it after the siren. Boomer was a gun in his own right and was such a stalwart of the club for so long though, but yeah, I dunno how you'd compare them, different players.

 

[Benno_900]

How is Cable not in their top 10?

Stevens top 10 as well.

Clearly the panel were all under the age of 40.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Blight wouldn't give a rat's toss bag!!

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Stevens top 10 as well.

Clearly the panel were all under the age of 40.

Cable played 400 league games, 115 for North, also coached them. Legend status in Australian Football and can’t make Norths top 10. That’s just laughable.

 

[Red Bull]

Never liked these kind of things
Only cause division
Just money grabs

 

[Tulip]

This is whhy Boomers shouldn't be allowed on BigFooty

 

[craigvn123]

Boomer easily the worst of the 400 game club

I would go
1. KB
2. Tuck
3. Harvey
4. Fletcher

Their long careers have probably inflated perceptions of them as players, while all Hall of Famers, I would only rate KB as legend.

 

[Red Bull]

I would go
1. KB
2. Tuck
3. Harvey
4. Fletcher

Their long careers have probably inflated perceptions of them as players, while all Hall of Famers, I would only rate KB as legend.

Fletcher’s tally is tainted

 

[Fire]

Boomer easily the worst of the 400 game club

Surley you'd have to put him above a drug cheat tho?

 

[Loken]

Blight wouldn't give a rat's toss bag!!

I get the joke so props for that but he absolutely would care.

 

[the harry]

Cable played 400 league games, 115 for North, also coached them. Legend status in Australian Football and can’t make Norths top 10. That’s just laughable.

My understanding it was only looking at the games played for North.

So while Cable had better career, the others may have had a better time at North.

 

[gavaniacono]

Memories are funny things and mine depart from accepted history pretty frequently.

Sam Kekovich for a brief period was just amazing. Might have been the best player in the country late 60s. Played a stinker in 74 GF, and missed the photo shoot in 75 victorous team!

Dench, Shimma, Greig and Glendinning were standouts for me.

Cable had 2 stints at North from memory(?), with plenty of games before he came over. He was near perfection on his day and there were plenty of them, but I wonder where / when he played his best. The 74 GF was a horror show for him, and I cant remember him cutting up my team very often.

Blight has a highlight reel, a great player, but played plenty of disappointing games - the talk in the 70s with my mates was his inconsistency.

I dont think Harvey gets anywhere near top 10, and Blight might just scrape in, and Cable was a very good not great player at North.

 

[BF Tiger]

I don’t think many people outside NMFC fans really rate Boomer. Is this just an attempt to elevate his status a bit?

And am I right in thinking Jarrad Waite made the top 150? That’s embarrassing.

 

[Donakebab]

Was the main prize a Mazda?

 

[nineteen eighty]

I would like to know how many players the club has in total. Because for some of those liared below to get into the top 150 is laughable. I just don't get it!

The precious era also has some outliers.

I do think they made the right call with the top 3. Dench and Greig were magnificent. I would have Harvey closer to 10. Stevens at 9...really? He was a great warrior but top 10??


2000-2019
Saverio Rocca
Corey Jones
Drew Petrie
Michael Firrito
Daniel Wells
Andrew Swallow
Lindsay Thomas
Todd Goldstein
Scott Thompson
Jack Ziebell
Ben Cunnington
Jamie MacMillan
Shaun Atley
Robbie Tarrant
Ben Brown
Shaun Higgins
Jarrad Waite

 

[FreoRicci]

Cable played 400 league games, 115 for North, also coached them. Legend status in Australian Football and can’t make Norths top 10. That’s just laughable.

Problem is he only played 115 for North. 300 games for WAFL. So if you’re looking at that, not enough games.

 

[Login]

I would like to know how many players the club has in total. Because for some of those liared below to get into the top 150 is laughable. I just don't get it!

The precious era also has some outliers.

I do think they made the right call with the top 3. Dench and Greig were magnificent. I would have Harvey closer to 10. Stevens at 9...really? He was a great warrior but top 10??


2000-2019
Saverio Rocca
Corey Jones
Drew Petrie
Michael Firrito
Daniel Wells
Andrew Swallow
Lindsay Thomas
Todd Goldstein
Scott Thompson
Jack Ziebell
Ben Cunnington
Jamie MacMillan
Shaun Atley
Robbie Tarrant
Ben Brown
Shaun Higgins
Jarrad Waite

The 2000-2019 group looks pretty uninspiring

 

[Macpotata]

So North name their greatest ever players last night to celebrate their 150th anniversary and have Malcolm Blight at 6.

Everyone can argue the order they’d have them in behind Carey at number 1, but if Brent Harvey was a better footballer than Malcolm Blight I have to go away and reassess everything I’ve ever thought about the game.
I love Boomer, but come on, better than Blight?
Joke! An insult to a true legend of the game.
You got this wrong North!

I thought David Pittman was a better footballer than all of them.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Problem is he only played 115 for North. 300 games for WAFL. So if you’re looking at that, not enough games.

It seemed to be enough to make Noths team of the century