Who Is The Best Player You've Seen?

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McOrist

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#77
Great player. I was at Moorabin when he kicked 9. But for Collingwood players I reckon John Greening was better. Would have been an all time great.
I was there too.
Carman actually kicked 11 goals -George Young kicked 8 for the Saints.

Carman had the most ability of any player I've seen -unfortunately lacked the temperament to make the most of his talent.
 

JPetro83

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#78
Tony Modra, Darren Jarman, Andrew Mcleod & Mark Ricciuto.

in my eyes those 4 brought the most joy and when on song they were awesome! im one eyed.. I don't appreciate other good players from other clubs.. id rather see them play crap when playing against the Adelaide footy club.
 

Mad_Hatter

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#81
For those who weren't around to see the great man (GAS) I'll use players out there today.
He could snap like SJ, could go on long runs and long goals like Buddy, he could leap like Howe and take contested marks like Hawkins. Was as tough as Selwood and loved a snipe like Hodge, he was harder to tackle than Martin.
And he could do it on either foot, and most of his highlights were when he was 32 and older...
Bloke was a freak.
 

JoondalupJ

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#82
For me it was Eagles Chris Judd. Nearly 6-3 with absolutely blazing explosion. Nobody was faster in his prime.

The hype was unprecedented. Had them making promos like this;


Epic.

Leigh Mathews, could change a game by himself, kicked goals was a rover , full forward a defender, totally tough and relentless , played in an era where you could lose your life in many ways, and not from a heavy motor car styled collision like they say our super speedy motor car footballers do now? They always have.
He read the game , he had one touch pick up , even a fumble got back into his hands.

In general people like Judd , Franklin, Lockett, Dunstall, even Deisel Williams who came close along with Sam Mitchell, for latter years, Mathews was the complete package, he instilled fear into his opponents he gave no quarter and expected none , courageous like Dermott B or Nick Reiwolt, tough and more dangerous than Robbie Muir because Leigh could hurt you and beat you at the footy too, not just ruin your health.

Fearsome probably only Jack Dyer might scare more , or Mopsy Fraser.

But Leigh Mathews won games of football for most of the time.

He didn't have to, nor went out to target any one necessarily . He was naturally hard.

( one occasion maybe and there was a reason)
Football wise , he was devastating, four time Premiership Coach , premiership player, from out of the wild days.

Best that ever was, by a long shot.




 

juss

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#85
Ablett Jr.
Never seen someone dominate and be a class above in so many games of football, for two clubs both succesful and unsuccesful.

But I really wish I could have seen Ablett Sr to compare. His highlights are amazing, but it will never give the full picture.
 
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#88
As a purely best footballer it has to be Ablett Snr

On any given day you wouldn't know if he would kick a goal from outside 50 on either foot, go on an 8 bounce run and goal, take mark of the year or kick goal of the year.

Was such a pleasure to watch him in action, was football in its refined best.
 

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#90
Judd had the highest peak i've seen. His years from 04 to 06 he was a freak of nature.

For impact hard to go past GAJ though. One thing GAJ had that Judd didn't was the ability to kick it 50m off one step and hit a target. Judd's kicking was never elite.
 

PhatBoy

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#92
I remember Dunstall kicking 17.

My Dad remembers Hudson kicking 150 in a season.

Thing about GAS is, if you take away Richmond games he has average goal kicking numbers.
Yes, he only averaged 4 goals per game against 10 sides and 3.8-3.9 against another 3.

He really struggled against the non-Richmond teams.
 
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