(I reckon Starry would be reading this one.)
There's lots of arguments on Blitz, and plenty of best 22s, but I thought I might post a list of a team of champions from post 1966 (Thanks AFL Tables http://afltables.com/afl/stats/teams/essendon.html) that have played over 200 games that really can't be argued - the faithful servants of our great club.
I can hear the calls for Reynolds et al, but this 20 represents my era of players (I was born 1957) who have played over 200 games for Essendon. I have had the pleasure of seeing all of these players play for our great club and it makes me feel proud to type out this team sheet.
For the other older Blitzers out there, just read it from the backline and reminisce - what untold damage this side could have done! You might have swapped CHBs and CHFs but I don't think you would have dropped too many....
Too top heavy? Not by today's standards!
The choice of captains is harder - TD for mine was the consummate skipper - and still is.
Anyway, this is how I'd line them up. What a team! (Drooling over the Half Forward Line)
B M Thompson (202) D Fletcher (384*) M McVeigh (232)
HB P Van Der Haar (201) S Lucas (270) G Foulds (300)
C M Harvey (206) J Misiti (236) K Fletcher (264)
HF M Mercuri (207) T Daniher (294) c J Hird (253) dvc
F P Salmon (224) M Lloyd (270) D Bewick (238)
R S Madden (378) T Watson (307) vc G O‘Donnell (243)
19/20 G Hawker (200) B Stanton (210*)
Emg D Hille (197) M Johnson (184) M Long (190)