Opinion The worst Bulldog players

[Bazza Bulldog]

Most have been mentioned. For mine ...
Patrick Wiggins
Steven Koop
Andrew McDougal

Prized dutch cream:
Alistar Ford

Honourable mention: Simon Minton-Connell. Ok for the era - would not get a game today as was one of the most one dimensional players to grace the G. Could not mark above his head.

 

[ronpingwins]

Naughton

 

[Fossie 32]

In our household we have match jumpers for Streeter11, McDougall12 and Cam Wight37 [doubles as Lukas Markovic support uniform].

 

[gordo2016]

Mark Noble didn't play any senior games, only a couple of reserves games which the SAFL was going to strike on as they thought the doggies had illegally taken him from whatever bumkin SA club he came from, don't know why as he made Cameron Wright look like a footballer.

Michael Ford was Alistair Fords cousin and a far better player than Alistair would ever be.

My worst bulldogs in no order would be:

Mark Komp
Alistair Ford
Andrew Taylor
John Taylor
Mark Cullen
Jason Watts
Graeme Cordy
Steven Knight (no disrespect to his passing)
Neal Peart (his effort in the 85 prelim final was unforgettable)
Terry Love

Steven Knight was actually a very good country footballer for Daylesford. I had a friend who played for Daylesford and he told stories about Knight playing up with Dougie Hawkins a fair bit at Footscray. Knight and Hawkins were good mates and the amber fluid got them into some hilarious situations. Dougie got away with it because of his talent but Steven liked to party, no matter what time of the week it was and the dogs hierachy did not like it. Sad Steven Knight passed way too young.

 

[gordo2016]

1986 Western Oval V Essendon-it pissed down rain all day, we didnt kick a goal up to 3/4 time but kicking with the tide in the last quarter we managed to get in front. The very last play of the day and Cordy's opponent, Peter Bradbury, takes an uncontested mark in the goal square and kicks the winner. Cordy was 50 metres away kick chasing.

Reason enough?

That game was actually in 1984. Tim Watson kicked it 50 metres with a waterlogged ball down Bradburys throat. Bradbury was about 20 metres out and goaled. Neil Cordy was actually only about 5m from Bradbury, not 50m. The kick from Watson was that good that it was really not Cordy's fault. I found Neil Cordy to be a pretty solid, underated player. He played many good games at the dogs.

 

[Del165892]

Hopper

 

[gordo2016]

My recall is that Bradbury was a bit further out than the goal square and the kick was a blind boot out of a pack by Tim Watson. The ball tumbled into Bradbury's arms. If he'd been standing anwhere else, he wouldn't have marked it. I chalk that one up in the same category as Arceri's goal - just bad luck. To be fair to you, though, I hadn't realised that Cordy was on Bradbury that day.

I think you are right mate, Cordy was not Bradbury's opponent. I was at the game and it was not a blind boot from Watson, he drilled it 50m lace out to Bradbury. The dogs players were a little unlucky, as no one would have expected Watson to hit up such a perfect kick with a waterlogged ball. Cordy was actually close to Bradbury, but the kick was that good, no one could stop it.

 

[Mattdougie]

Jesus this isn’t even close

Begins and ends with Zeph Skinner.

 

[Mattdougie]

skipper wasnt really the same after he collapsed his lung playing against the swans, it happened when skipper marked the ball, and about 2 seconds late a swans player brushed across him - no fifty was awarded, he was coughing up blood. i listed that injury to be one of football's greatest injuries the moment that it happened alongside jason snell's dangling chicken leg injury, danny morton rupturing his spine, and paul kelly's knee injury brought on by a crunching roger james tackle

Played some footy against Sedat when he was at Parkside. Ripping bloke and a very handy local level footballer for the pies when they weren’t the sh!t truck cheating footy club they are now.

Little known fact he was the very first Muslim to play senior AFL football.

I think he was far from the worst to ever wear our jumper. Got at least 2 running around now that have him covered easy

 

[Cam1967]

I never really got these kind of threads. To be one of the few to ever have played VFL/AFL football shows you were an elite player. To be considered the "worst ever" still makes you part of a minute group to have played at the highest level. i would have given my left nut to be considered the worst ever.

 

[Golden_6]

I never really got these kind of threads. To be one of the few to ever have played VFL/AFL football shows you were an elite player. To be considered the "worst ever" still makes you part of a minute group to have played at the highest level. i would have given my left nut to be considered the worst ever.

I beg to differ when it comes to Mulligan. My god he was awful and so far away from being an 'elite player'. Certainly and unreal athlete and the reason he got drafted.

 

[scooter600x]

Little known fact he was the very first Muslim to play senior AFL football.

Except Sedat wasn't Muslim, or is that the joke?

You're right about Skinner but it's not as cut and dried as you make out. Nick Bruton runs him close.

 

[Mr. Walker]

I never really got these kind of threads. To be one of the few to ever have played VFL/AFL football shows you were an elite player. To be considered the "worst ever" still makes you part of a minute group to have played at the highest level. i would have given my left nut to be considered the worst ever.

I agree. Most of us would give our left whatever to be able to say we were Bulldogs players. Reminds of the old joke that i cannot quite remember but it is along the lines of :-

Question - what do they call the person in the graduating Harvard Medical degree class who obtained the lowest pass mark?

Answer - Doctor.

The guys we are talking about here have AFL player on their CV for ever.

 

[Mattdougie]

Except Sedat wasn't Muslim, or is that the joke?

You're right about Skinner but it's not as cut and dried as you make out. Nick Bruton runs him close.

Except that Sedat was most certainly a Muslim and has spoken on the difficulties he experienced being a Muslim I the “footy world” when he played.

 

[dogwatch]

Except that Sedat was most certainly a Muslim and has spoken on the difficulties he experienced being a Muslim I the “footy world” when he played.

99.8% of Turks are Muslim so it's pretty damn likely!

The press made a fuss of Bachar Houli when he started - they claimed him as the first Muslim to play senior AFL but that seems highly unlikely.

There was a John Ibrahim from Albania who played for North back in the 1960s. Don't know his religion but Ibrahim is often a Muslim family name, so perhaps he could have been the first.

For me the most memorable thing about Sedat Sir was a commentator (Sandy Roberts?) noting how reluctant Sedat was to concede a possession to his opponent said "he's a lousy footballer" ... then immediately realised it hadn't come out the way he meant.

 

[DroopStDanny]

Sedat Sir and Adam Yze both Muslims according to Bachar. Last paragraph.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/l...d/news-story/43662d6b6ead684edf601096a5e7449e

 

[Mattdougie]

99.8% of Turks are Muslim so it's pretty damn likely!

The press made a fuss of Bachar Houli when he started - they claimed him as the first Muslim to play senior AFL but that seems highly unlikely.

There was a John Ibrahim from Albania who played for North back in the 1960s. Don't know his religion but Ibrahim is often a Muslim family name, so perhaps he could have been the first.

For me the most memorable thing about Sedat Sir was a commentator (Sandy Roberts?) noting how reluctant Sedat was to concede a possession to his opponent said "he's a lousy footballer" ... then immediately realised it hadn't come out the way he meant.

As I said I had the privilege of playing against Sedat in a few occasions and Parkside had set up an area for him to parlay so I know he was Muslim 100%.

I think he played Edfl at some stage but was Captain of the Parkers when he retired I believe

 

[maddog37]

 

[dogwatch]

Sedat Sir and Adam Yze both Muslims according to Bachar. Last paragraph.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/l...d/news-story/43662d6b6ead684edf601096a5e7449e

Yze was also of Albanian extraction - same as John Ibrahim.

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Off the top of my head, a two immediately come to mind.

James Mulligan
Cameron Wight

 

[brmi]

Cameron Wight easily the worst

 

[gangsta deluxe]

Yeah there needs to be a minimum games criterion to be the worst player.

25 maybe 30 games. Mulligan was worse than wight but only played a few games. Wight played over 30 games of yuck.

 

[gordo2016]

Jesus this isn’t even close

Begins and ends with Zeph Skinner.

Another ignorant comment from MD, I bet you would not have a clue where he came from and the obstacles he faced just to get to Melbourne. Anyone who has ever been to place like Fitzroy Crossing in the East Kimberley and experienced a different culture would realise that Zeph should be extremely proud to have played in the AFL. Well done Zeph, we love you brother!

 

[dogsbody]

Alan Mannix, Robert Schultz,

 

[ringa5]

Alistair Ford or Shane Loveless
Although still good enough to make best 20 in the big league.Which most of us did not achieve.