General Bombers Talk Team H vs Team M vs Team S – a true offseason thread

[blitzer]

For years Essendon has been dominated by the mighty H’s lead by the trio of Hooker, Hurley and Heppell with a strong supporting cast of Hocking, Howlett, Hibberd, Hartlett and so on.

But now it appears like it could be the dawning of a new era at Essendon. The M’s have been quietly restocking their talent over the last few years and appear ready to make an assault on the crown. Boasting speedsters like McGrath, McKenna, McDonald Tipungwuti and the irrepressible Merrett.

Then you have the Johnny-come-lately. Team S which went out on a massive recruiting spree and picked up Stringer, Saad and Smith to appear as a contender out of nowhere. Not a bad effort from a team that only boasted Stewart on the list.

Which of these mighty teams is the best?

 

[TheGrizz]

McKenna Michael Moloney
McPhee Merrett (roger) McGrath
Myers Misiti McVeigh
Mercuri Madden Maher (frank)
Monfries McKenzie (don) McDonald-Tipungwuti
Moss Zerrett Mitchell (hugh)
Marsh (ian) Moorcroft Jerrett McAlistair

Decent lineup that. Flush for ruckman!

 

[Towno78]

I like where Grizz is taking this...
So for the Hs:

FB D.Hardwick H.Hunter M.Hurley
HB M.Hibberd M.Hartley S.Heard
R D.Hille B.Hutchinson H.Hocking
C P.Hills D.Heppell C.Heffernan
HF G.Hawker J.Hird A.Hird
FF M.Harvey C.Hooker B.Howlett
I J.Hammond P.Hamilton G.Hastings B.Houli

Solid line-up.

 

[84859300]

B Sattery Henry - Stoneham Allan - Steinburg Ariel
HB Solomon Dean - Spencer Trevor - Shelton Ian 'Bluey'
C Sporn Kieran - Shaw Robert - Stanton Brent
HF Symons Michael - Stewart James - Stockdale Greg
F Sproul Paul - Salmon Paul - Schultz Graeme
R Somerville Peter - Syme Bob - Sewart Bill
B Somerville John - Smith Noel - Sykes Archie - Shea Paddy

Fun facts about all Essendon's S's:
91 players with surnames starting with S have been recorded as playing for the Bombers
4 x S players have worn the #17 jumper
The youngest S to debut was Bob Sherman in 1956 @ 16 y 332 d - for 64 games, retiring @ 20 years 355 days old
The oldest S to debut was Alf Swift in 1904 @ 32y 290d, for 7 games, retiring @ 32 y 353d
7 x Smith's have donned the sash - not including Devon
8 x S players have played only one game, with a win/loss record of 2-0-6
The first capped S for Essendon was Bert Salkeld (#17 - for those playing @ home lol) - 1897 - 3 goals - win/loss 4-0-1
The latest capped S (before Saad, Stringer and Smith) is James Stewart - 2017 - 22 goals - win/loss 9-0-7
Top three S goal scorers - Paul Salmon 520 - Greg Stockdale 189 - Brent Statnton 158
Top three S games played - Brent Stanton 255 - Paul Salmon 224 - David Shaw 177
3 x S players never played in a loss - Archie Snell - 1 game - 1908, Horrie Stewart - 1 game 1898 & Jack Sullivan - 2 games 1903 & 1907
2 x S players have participated in 4 x drawn games - Brent Stanto - 255 games & Bob Syme - 116 games
19 x S players have played in jumpers with no numbers
# 52 is the highest jumper number worn by an S - Johnathon Simpkin
#2 is the lowest jumper number worn by an S - Ron Smith

 

[TheGrizz]

I like where Grizz is taking this...
So for the Hs:

FB D.Hardwick H.Hunter M.Hurley
HB M.Hibberd M.Hartley S.Heard
R D.Hille B.Hutchinson H.Hocking
C P.Hills D.Heppell C.Heffernan
HF G.Hawker J.Hird A.Hird
FF M.Harvey C.Hooker B.Howlett
I J.Hammond P.Hamilton G.Hastings B.Houli

Solid line-up.

Replace hunter at FB with Henneman. Mark harvey was an AA halfback as well.

Hardwick Henneman Hartley
Harvey Hurley Hibberd

Thats a fairly decent backline

 

[Towno78]

Replace hunter at FB with Henneman. Mark harvey was an AA halfback as well.

Hardwick Henneman Hartley
Harvey Hurley Hibberd

Thats a fairly decent backline

Harvey was also a very good forward. There aren't that many good forwards as Hs, thus Hooker and Harvey have been named as forwards, and Hird CHF instead of on ball.

I obviously never saw Hunter play, but his 109 games at fb, premiership player, vc, 4 times in the state team are well ahead of anything that Henneman, Hartley or Hamilton did. Hunter stays. I'm more than happy to replace Hartley with Henneman though.

Oh, and I think my Hs beat your Ms

 

[eth-dog]

Team H would win.

 

[TheGrizz]

Harvey was also a very good forward. There aren't that many good forwards as Hs, thus Hooker and Harvey have been named as forwards, and Hird CHF instead of on ball.

I obviously never saw Hunter play, but his 109 games at fb, premiership player, vc, 4 times in the state team are well ahead of anything that Henneman, Hartley or Hamilton did. Hunter stays. I'm more than happy to replace Hartley with Henneman though.

Oh, and I think my Hs beat your Ms

Lol. I thought you neant 0 gamer Hal Hunter. My bad.

I lack KPD depth but have 3 state representative ruckman. Madden at chf led essendon in goalkicking before lloyd. I am in this game up to my neck.

 

[daffo]

Always been a fan of team H.