Adelaide- Macleod
Brisbane- Voss
Carlton- fk Carlton
Collingwood- Pendlebury( better all round player than Buckley imo)
Essendon- Hird
Fremantle- Pavlich
Geelong- Gary Ablett snr
Gold Coast- Gary Ablett
GWS- Jeremy Cameron
Hawthorn- hodge
Melbourne- Stynes
North- Wayne Carey
Port- tredrea
Richmond- Wayne Campbell/ Trent Cotchin. Can’t split them
Stkilda- Robert Harvey
Sydney- Paul kelly
Western bulldogs- Scott west
Adelaide: Andrew McLeod
Brisbane: Simon Black
Carlton: Anthony Koutoufides
Collingwood: Nathan Buckley
Essendon: James Hird
Fremantle: Nat Fyfe
Geelong: Gary Ablett Jr
Gold Coast: See Above
GWS: Jeremy Cameron
Hawthorn: Lance Franklin
Melbourne: David Neitz
North Melbourne: Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide: Robbie Gray
Richmond: Dustin Martin
St,Kilda: Nick Reiwoldt
Sydney: Adam Goodes
West Coast: Chris Judd
Western Bulldogs: Chris Grant
I chose my best slightly different. I chose the player we’d be more afraid to break open a game (I excluded spuds like Taberner). If we couldn’t shut the player down or minimise their game, we were totally screwed.
I also only chose players since I’ve been watching (around 1988). Too tough to assess guys on highlight packages from the 70s.
Adelaide- Dangerfield
Brisbane- Voss
Carlton- Kernahan
Collingwood- Pendelbury
Essendon- Hird
Fremantle- Pavlich
Geelong- Gary Ablett snr
Gold Coast- Gary Ablett Jnr
GWS- Kelly
Hawthorn- Lance Franklin
Melbourne- Stynes
North- Wayne Carey
Port- Tredrea
Richmond- Dustin Martin
Stkilda- Tony Lockett
Sydney- Goodes
Western bulldogs- Chris Grant
West Coast - Chris Judd
I found it tough assessing Adelaide, Carlton, Collingwood, GWS, Melbourne and Port. They have great players but I think their most dominant teams were more of a ‘sum of all parts’ team than having a dominant player.
Adelaide: Andrew McLeod
Brisbane: Michael Voss
Carlton: Anthony Koutoufides
Collingwood: Scott Pendlebury
Essendon: James Hird
Fremantle: Nat Fyfe
Geelong: Gary Ablett Snr
Gold Coast: N/A
GWS: Jeremy Cameron
Hawthorn: Jason Dunstall
Melbourne: Allen Jackovich
North Melbourne: Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide: Warren Tredrea
Richmond: Dustin Martin
St Kilda: Tony Lockett
Sydney: As above
West Coast: Glenn Jackovich
Western Bulldogs: Chris Grant
Adelaide - Tony Modra
Brisbane - Michael Voss
Carlton - Chris Judd
Collingwood - Scott Pendlebury
Essendon - James Hird
Fremantle - The Wiz Jeffery Farmer
Geelong - Gary Ablett jnr
Gold Coast - Gary Ablett jnr
GWS - Dylan Shiel
Hawthorn - Jason Dunstall
Melbourne - Nathan Jones
North Melbourne - Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide - Warren Tredrea
Richmond - Matthew Richardson
St Kilda - Nick Reiwoldt
Sydney - Adam Goodes
Western Bulldogs - Jason Akermanis
West Coast Eagles - Peter Matera
Yep, in terms of consistently pulling our pants down. No one comes close to Swan in the last twenty years. Every game he destroyed us and we never had an answer.
A bit 90s focused, but I loved 90s footy. Apologies to Greg Williams, J Brown, T Modra, S Black, J Cameron, T Greene, C Judd who were all close for me too.
Adelaide: Andrew Mcleod.
Brisbane: Michael Voss
Carlton: Kouta
Collingwood: Nathan Buckley
Essendon: James Hird
Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich
Geelong: Gary snr
GCS: Gary Jnr
GWS: Stephen Coniglio
Hawks: Buddy Franklin
Melbourne: Stynes
North: Carey
Port: Wanganeen
Richmond: Martin
Saints: Plugger
Swans: A Goodes
Bulldogs: Chris Grant.
West Coast: Ben Cousins.