Port Fans Needed: Top 15 Power players of AFL era

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Tredrea and Gray clear top 2. Wanganeen probably 3rd. Tough after that.
Wanganeen number 1 for me. Was influential for a longer period than Tredders and was the BOG in the 04 flag in my opinion. Tredders was a star but for shorter period. Gray very close 3rd. Wangas my all time favourite player. Not that you would consider this when choosing players but he was and still is very humble.

I loved Dewy but he's not top 15 and I can't believe the amount of people that didn't have Roger James in there.

I know Choppy didn't play even 100 games at AFL level for us but shit has anyone impacted the way he did playing less than 100 games? I only enjoyed watching Wangas more than Choppy. People remember the big hits but he had a bucket load of skill and pace to go with the bumps. Big game player.
 

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Wanganeen's first 3 or 4 years when he returned from Essendon were nothing to write home about. They were injury interrupted and the captaincy weighed heavily upon him. Came good again from 2001 onwards, but if we are talking about his Power career only, he doesn't come close to Tredrea. No Power player has as good a period as Warren did between 2001 and 2005.
 

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Wanganeen number 1 for me. Was influential for a longer period than Tredders and was the BOG in the 04 flag in my opinion. Tredders was a star but for shorter period. Gray very close 3rd. Wangas my all time favourite player. Not that you would consider this when choosing players but he was and still is very humble.

I loved Dewy but he's not top 15 and I can't believe the amount of people that didn't have Roger James in there.

I know Choppy didn't play even 100 games at AFL level for us but shit has anyone impacted the way he did playing less than 100 games? I only enjoyed watching Wangas more than Choppy. People remember the big hits but he had a bucket load of skill and pace to go with the bumps. Big game player.
Wanganeens first few seasons we’re quite poor. I’d argue he was influential for a shorter period than Tredders, despite Tredders obvious downfall from injury.
 

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You people better start putting some respek on Jason 'Eagle Killer' Davenport's name. Ask a West Coast fan this question and he'd be in the top 15 non-ironically.
 
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Gavin Wanganeen, freak talent, superstar.
Warren Tredrea, Warmachine Tremendous (© tribey), a colossus at CHF
Robbie Gray, jumps through time and space portals
Matthew Primus, a rampaging bull, the most dominant ruckman of his era but for injury
Josh Carr, could influence the outcome of any game. Feisty, combative and oh so skilled
Josh Francou, smart, instinctive, creative quicksilver footballer
Chad Cornes, reinvented CHB, a modern attacking marking defender. Revved up Showdowns
Kane Cornes, gets a bit of stick but a great record. Could smother any opponent and was a singular ball magnet.
Roger James, so well balanced and creative. Produced in big games.
Peter Burgoyne, breathtaking pace, sublime skills and contributed forward and back
Michael Wilson, So tough and his hands were so clean. The beating heart of Port Adelaide.
Darryl Wakelin, the most reliable of full backs, His marking ability was severely underrated
Jay Schulz, a true warrior and one of the bravest players, strong and sensational mark, and most reliable set shots
Brendon Lade, a clever and talented ruckman, terrific resting forward
Travis Boak, supreme workrate and has played some huge games. Still playing but there's a big enough sample size

That was difficult.

Despite his exit, Chad Wingard is another match winner at his best. Not really at his best for long enough.
I loved Byron Pickett, truly spectacular. Pace, power, body splitting bump.
Nick Stevens was superbly talented, you do forget how good he was.
Brett Montgomery, one of the best intercept marking defenders and pinch-hitting forwards.
I was a big fan of Daniel Motlop. Insanely talented.
Shaun Burgoyne another favourite, but did his best work after leaving.
Bowen Lockwood was cruelled by injury. Cat like tall forward.
Paddy Ryder, already a star before he arrived but continued the talent show at Port
Stewie Dew, loved the moving mountain range's leg and when he was fit, was such a dangerous player. World-leading pick up skills too.
 

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Without going over it with a fine tooth comb - I present my AFL era best 22. Difficult to place certain guys, none more so than Wanganeen who played brilliant footy in every part of the ground. Hardest to fill was the sixth defender - ended up going with Jonas who I feel shades Bishop and Mead, but couldn’t argue with anyone who would choose differently there. Shame that Gerrard Polack chased the $ as he would fill a link man role in that team very nicely, in time.

Wanganeen Wakelin Jonas
Montgomery C Cornes Wilson
Westhoff Francou K Cornes
RGray Tredrea Dew
Wingard Schulz P Burgoyne
Lade Boak R James
Primus Wines S Burgoyne Carr


HM: Mead, Bishop, Brogan, Schofield, Pickett, Cassisi, Ryder, Hartlett, Kingsley, Tony Thurston, Mel Michael, the Dulmial Gun
 
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Clear top two for consistent champion efforts. Tredders at 1 as I put more value on dominant KPFs as their role is so much harder to replicate/cover.

Gray
Lade
C Cornes
Boak
Primus
Carr
James
Francou

Hard to pick the order of the next bunch. Gray the most talented but sooks the most, too. Again the dominant big men get the nod over the mids just for being harder to replace. Boak underrated so far here. Lade's ability in ruck but as a genuine forward also underrated IMO.

P Burgoyne
K Cornes
Wilson
Schulz
S Burgoyne

Have no strong opinion as to the order of the next batch but lack of strong impact (Cornes), consistency (Burgoynes), or a little mix of both keep them from top 10.

Wingard is bloody close but in the end probably needed another 20 A grade level games to bump anyone from this list. Would replace S Burgoyne if anyone.
Pickett, Ryder, Dew all HMs but didn't/haven't played enough footy at Port to bump someone from the top 15.
Brogan close too, probably let down by some of his best work being when we were utter crap so it's harder to judge his impact.
 

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Are you serious ? pick a Port side to play in a Grand Final tommorow he is one of the first you pick.
Exactly!

What is Port Adelaide?

Dedication to achieving the utmost respect for the community represented, leaving nothing behind each week with the sheer will to succeed, an honest effort who could be stopped in the street and respected because he absolutely achieved everything he could in his career because he applied himself to be great!

It is lost on “this” group, I think that is what got up so many fans with the Waterskiing incident and the response from so many players via Social Media.
 

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Exactly!

What is Port Adelaide?

Dedication to achieving the utmost respect for the community represented, leaving nothing behind each week with the sheer will to succeed, an honest effort who could be stopped in the street and respected because he absolutely achieved everything he could in his career because he applied himself to be great!

It is lost on “this” group, I think that is what got up so many fans with the Waterskiing incident and the response from so many players via Social Media.
That would be all well and good if social media had been around for 100 years. Players from 10+ years ago weren’t held to anywhere near the same microscope as those current. Believe it or not they would have had lives out of football, with often far more unsavoury conduct passing by undetected. To hold this against the current crop is laughable.
 
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That would be all well and good if social media had been around for 100 years. Players from 10+ years ago weren’t held to anywhere near the same microscope as those current. Believe it or not they would have had lives out of football, with often far more unsavoury conduct passing by undetected. To hold this against the current crop is laughable.
Would you like to compare how much the players are paid today compared to 10 years ago as well ?
They are on a fortune before they have achieved anything at all.
 

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Wanganeens first few seasons we’re quite poor. I’d argue he was influential for a shorter period than Tredders, despite Tredders obvious downfall from injury.
Wangas didn't really handle the Captaincy too well. He played better when he gave it up. A bit like Travis Boak? Tredders started to slow down due to injury when he took over the Captaincy in 2006. For a while the Captaincy was a bit of a jonah.
 
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There are 3 distinctive list of 15 players you could make up.

1) Pure Talent which were the most talented footballers ie kicking, marking, handball, defending etc

2) Pure Talent + Play well in finals and/or against the best sides and/or big games, eg Rd 20 and 21 2007 games when we won both games against Hawks and the Geelong in the dying minute of each game and it meant we finished 2nd and got a home QF and then a home PF, which is the best chance to make a GF. Lose those 2 games and we probably finish 5th.

3) Pure talent + Play well in finals/ against best side/ in big games + do specific jobs for the coaches and were reliable without being spectacular eg Kane Cornes.

There were a few Marvin Atapattus play for Port - just like there are for all sides - ie make lots of ducks (most made by a top 6 batsman) against the best sides eg Oz, South Africa, India, the Poms but make lots of double centuries (=6th highest in history) against the cellar dwellers eg Zimbabwe, Bangadesh, New Zealand on home spinning decks. I tend to discount the records of those sorts of players
 
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1. W Tredrea
2. R Gray
3. G Wanganeen
4. C Cornes
5. K Cornes
6. M Primus
7. B Lade
8. T Boak
9. J Francou
10. C Wingard
11. P Burgoyne
12. M Wilson
13. J Schulz
14. J Westhoff
15. B Montgomery
 
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If a top 15 wasn't so unwieldy, a poll here could be handy. Do it by consensus.

To make it a bit easier, we could just vote on spots 6-15. Let's face it, the Three Wades (Chapman, Champion, and Thompson) are a lock for the top 3 spots, with Rhett Biglands and Matthew Bode rounding out everybody's top 5.
 
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Wanganeen's first 3 or 4 years when he returned from Essendon were nothing to write home about. They were injury interrupted and the captaincy weighed heavily upon him. Came good again from 2001 onwards, but if we are talking about his Power career only, he doesn't come close to Tredrea. No Power player has as good a period as Warren did between 2001 and 2005.
Tredders sealed the deal when he fought back from his knee problems to kick 51 goals and win a B&F at the age of 30 in what was basically his last season. He's number 1 in anyone's books.
 
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