Sos

[jacko57]

Stephen Silvagni : wrestler or scrupulously fair player ?

 

[Astro_]

would not survive under todays rules

 

[one_twelve112]

AFL Legend who played within the rules of the game.

 

[one_twelve112]

would not survive under todays rules

Same could be said about most of the forwards of the 90's with today's flooding tactics though.

 

[parrot]

SOS is the best FB to have ever played the game. Easily. He makes the AFL's current FB's look pretty ordinary.

 

[bunsen burner]

Borderline wrestler. Same with MacIntosh.

 

[Monkeyboy]

I've never seen a completely fair player. Need more options. Certainly the best full back ever along with Fletcher!

 

[The Zebra]

Did a bit of wrestling - did it better than everyone else - he was a gun. That's it.

 

[doppleganger]

SOS is the best FB to have ever played the game. Easily. He makes the AFL's current FB's look pretty ordinary.

was SOS even Carlton's best ever Full-Back??

 

[parrot]

was SOS even Carlton's best ever Full-Back??

Yes, just. Southby would be very close though.

 

[doppleganger]

Yes, just. Southby would be very close though.

.

 

[Richo83]

would not survive under todays rules

Neither would Matthews. Your point is? I think saying that he wouldn't survive under our current rules is a complement, since tdoay's rules are so ridiculously pointless and useless.

 

[MinerBoy]

I've never seen a completely fair player. Need more options. Certainly the best full back ever along with Fletcher!

Strange comment. Yesterday you said to me that both Southby and Dench were better full backs than SOS.

For mine, not the best ever but a champion player none the less. And yes, he was a wrestler. Should have been charged with rape he violated the forwards that much.

 

[rick James]

In today's game I'd rather Nathan Carrol thanks.

 

[one_twelve112]

In today's game I'd rather Nathan Carrol thanks.

Carrol is a liability to the Melbourne team, and the club as a whole infact. I would rather play with only 17 on the field than have Carrol in the goal square.

He is as useless as t1ts on a bull....

I'll stick with SOS thanks

 

[BlueDevil]

with lockett, dunstall and ablett to contend with he had to try every trick in the book be it fair or illegal by todays standards or interpretations of the rules as some may see them. its obvious the afl is changing the rules for backmen to get higher scoreing games.

 

[rick James]

Carrol is a liability to the Melbourne team, and the club as a whole infact. I would rather play with only 17 on the field than have Carrol in the goal square.

He is as useless as t1ts on a bull....

I'll stick with SOS thanks

Carrol was a top 3 full back last season.

 

[one_twelve112]

Carrol was a top 3 full back last season.

Ok....based on the irrefutable evidence presented above, I have changed my mind.

Carrol over SOS anyday.

 

[rick James]

Ok....based on the irrefutable evidence presented above, I have changed my mind.

Carrol over SOS anyday.

Good to see you're able to see logic.

 

[parrot]

Carrol was a top 3 full back last season.

In your mind at least. A no-talent.

 

[The Zebra]

Carroll had a pretty amazing year for a hack (and he is not much more than a hack)

 

[one_twelve112]

Carrol is about as useful as a one armed bricklayer in Baghdad....

 

[Smell The Glove]

I've said it before, I'll say it again, SOS used his body and his arms in such ways that limited his opponents strengths, and playing in an era of monster forwards (Lockett, Dunstall, etc) he needed to. To say he got away with murder is just plain stupid, there were as many cameras back then as there are now, and if the umpires didnt say or pay anything, commentators didnt say anything, the AFL didnt say anything, its safe to say that SOS was just a brilliant full-back in an era of champions.

 

[Teagueeee15]

In today's game I'd rather Nathan Carrol thanks.

I'd take SOS as only a forward over Carrol as a backman any day of the week.

 

[Pat Malone]

I've never seen a completely fair player. Need more options. Certainly the best full back ever along with Fletcher!

Um no SOS/Langford>>>>>>>>>>>>>Others such as Doull/Moore/Dench>>>>>>> Fletcher