Buckley over both.
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Famously has one less ANZAC day medal than Mark McGough, and 17 BL votes (for Pies) against us.
Buckley stands out because they were otherwise very blue collar. Pendles is just a bit better than either him or Swan, and done it for longer.
IMO.
Adelaide= Andrew McLeod
Brisbane Lions= Simon Black
Carlton= Craig Bradley
Collingwood= Nathan Buckley
Essendon= James Hird
Fitzroy= Paul Roos
Fremantle= Mathew Pavlich
Geelong= Gary Ablett Snr
Gold Coast Suns= Gary Ablett Jnr
GWS= It’s Italian for rabbit
Hawthorn= Dermott Brereton
Melbourne= Robbie Flower
North Melbourne= Wayne Carey
Port Adelaide= Warren Tredrea
Richmond= Royce Hart
St Kilda= Darryl Baldock
Sydney Swans= Bob Skilton
West Coast Eagles= Ben Cousins
Western Bulldogs= Chris Grant
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In my footy watching lifetime
Adelaide= McLeod
Brisbane Lions= Black
Carlton= ■■■■ Carlton
Collingwood= Pendles
Essendon= Hird
Fitzroy= Goodes
Fremantle= Pav
Geelong= Ablett Snr
Gold Coast Suns= 2MP but seriously Gary Ablett Jnr
GWS= Phil Davis
Hawthorn= Buddy
Melbourne= I dunno…Woewodin?
North Melbourne= Carey
Port Adelaide= Wanganeen
Richmond= Dusty
St Kilda= Harvey
Sydney Swans= Goodes
West Coast Eagles= Juddy
Western Bulldogs= Grant
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Adelaide: Andrew McLeod
Brisbane: Simon Black
FCFC: Stephen Kernahan
Collingwood: Nathan Buckley
Essendon: James Hird
Fitzroy: Paul Roos
Footscray: Chris Grant
Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich
Geelong: Gary Ablett Snr
Gold Coast: Gary Ablett Jnr
GWS: Jeremy Cameron
Hawthorn: Jason Dunstall
Melbourne: Jim Stynes
Norf: Wayne Carey
Port: Warren Tredrea
Richmond: Matthew Richardson
Sydney: Paul Kelly
St Kilda: Tony Lockett
West Coast: Daniel Kerr
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As thread title seen live (started late 80s)
Adelaide - Modra (Freak show)
Brisbane - Voss (Was a complete footballer, and hard as they come)
Carlton - Kouta (Even my hatred of Carlton, cannot override how good he was. His best was as good as I have seen.
Collingwood - Buckley. There is a reason I hurled abuse at him as a player.
Essendon - Hird. Nothing needs to be said.
Fremantle - Fyfe. Closest thing to Hird in the modern game.
Geelong - Ablett snr.
Hawthorn - Bunch of thugs, hate them all. Dunstall was the best I have seen, along with Franklin.
Melbourne - The Wizard. Nickname says it all.
North Melbourne - Carey with Corey McKernan a close second. His 1996 was sublime, just too erratic.
Port - Burgoyne brothers
Richmond - Richo because I refuse to acknowledge Richmond are good now.
Saints - Winmar
Swans - Goodes. Was an absolute gun.
West Coast - Matera. Just a magical player. Only saw Judd once for Eages live, and that was the Hird game. So yeah fark him
Bulldogs - Grant.
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Adelaide= Greg Anderson
Brisbane Lions= Roger Merrett
Carlton= Justin Madden
Collingwood= Ron Andrews
Essendon= James Hird
Fitzroy= Kieran Sporn
Fremantle= Adam McPhee
Geelong= John Barnes
Gold Coast Suns= Adam Saad
GWS= Devon Smith
Hawthorn= Paul Salmon
Melbourne= Michael Hibberd
North Melbourne= Rick Olarenshaw
Port Adelaide= Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond= Paul Sproule
St Kilda= Jake Carlisle
Sydney Swans= Terry Daniher
West Coast Eagles= Tim Watson
Western Bulldogs= Adam Cooney
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Good list.
I’d just swap Barry Davis for Olarenshaw, and Bryan Wood for Sproule
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Gotta go Franklin for Hawthorn(imo). No other player can just turn up and win a game of football in 5 minutes like that bloke can. Its a pity he is cooked.
I never saw Lethal play. Just missed him by a year or two as a kid.
I see where your coming from. Buckley was an incredible footballer.
Write this list in 3 or 4 years and De Goey might get a mention. Bloody ripper that kid. Pies have had a lot of good footballers.
Haha! I had the same idea, and just typed up the list to came here to post it!
But I had Barry Davis for NM and Neville Fields for SM/Sydney
Love naming Timmy for WCE!
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