So along the same lines of the players by numbers, this is would be the best team I have seen play at Essendon in the last 35 years.
Wanganeen Fletcher Duckworth
Foulds Harvey Thompson
Long J. Watson Neagle
Hird Lucas Daniher
Bewick Lloyd Baker
Madden T.Watson Williams
Int. Hawker, Vanders, Mercuri, Salmon.
Good squad there, Fat but I'd swap substitute S Lucas for R Merrett.
That's all.
It was a close run thing Diggers, but I rate Lucas, a bees ■■■■ better than Big Rog.Good squad there, Fat but I'd swap substitute S Lucas for R Merrett.
That's all.
Thing is Fat the best team you have seen would need to be tested. Hawthorn over the same period would make an interesting match-up. In my view if things were to get willing, and they probably would, you'd want R Merrett out there, not spectating.
Thing is Fat the best team you have seen would need to be tested. Hawthorn over the same period would make an interesting match-up. In my view if things were to get willing, and they probably would, you'd want R Merrett out there, not spectating.
I'll make I'm the runner then Diggs, then he can still get out to the fights
Mercs was better than Boris.
As a small forward?
Bit short down back for mine. I'd be inclined to drop Duckworth, put Bomba in his pocket, Harvey to that flank, and maybe put TD back. (Roger can then get a game up forward - at his best a great player, and real tough).
You might want to think about Neale Daniher. Didn't play a lot of games, and only just scrapes into the last 35 years, but gee he was good. The way he was tracking he'd have been an all-time great.
Did you say "drop Duckworth"?
I think he was struck by lightning as soon as he typed that.
I'd have Rioli in there somewhere. At least on the bench.
That man was magic like stars.
I thought this thread was actually going to be a best team that actually took the field. Not a compilation of best players which combined make up a best team.
I would not know what our best actual team was.
My best side is the 23 players that made up the 1984 - 85 premiership sides. In number order:
1. Neagle
2. Wood
3. Salmon
4. Baker
5. T. Daniher
7. Dunnell
8. Clarke
9. Heard
10. Foulds
13. Williams
14 Elshaug (I am struggling with him)
15. Ezard
17. Carey
18. Van der Haar
22. Duckworth
25. Merrett
26. Thompson
27. Madden
28. Weston
30. Walsh (Was good, 2 flags. E.J Whitten medal)
32. Watson
33. Hawker
36. Bradbury
38. Harvey
Not just the best but the hardest. Every one of them (possibly not Elshaug) would run through a brick wall for their club. Loved 'em.
So along the same lines of the players by numbers, this is would be the best team I have seen play at Essendon in the last 35 years.
Wanganeen Fletcher Duckworth
Foulds Harvey Thompson
Long J. Watson Neagle
Hird Lucas Daniher
Bewick Lloyd Baker
Madden T.Watson Williams
Int. Hawker, Vanders, Mercuri, Salmon.
CAN'T BELIEVE YOU PUT JAY NEAGLE IN THAT GUY WAS ■■■■!!!!!
Which players do you think are playing out of position?I thought this thread was actually going to be a best team that actually took the field. Not a compilation of best players which combined make up a best team.
I would not know what our best actual team was.
I'd have Rioli in there somewhere. At least on the bench.
That man was magic like stars.
Close, but no.
Which players do you think are playing out of position?I thought this thread was actually going to be a best team that actually took the field. Not a compilation of best players which combined make up a best team.
I would not know what our best actual team was.
I am not sure what you mean.
B: Thompson, Fletcher, Wanganeen
HB: Harvey, T.Daniher, Hawker
C: M.Neagle, J.Watson, Long
HF: Hird, Merrett, Vander Haar
F: Bewick, Lloyd, Mercuri
R: Madden, T.Watson, Baker
INT: Salmon, Misiti, Wellman, O'Donnell
That forward line is ridiculous! Decided to put TD at CHB because he could play at both ends, originally was going to have Welly there.
I have watched Bombers since about 1958, or that is when I first remember going to the footy with my Dad.
Best team is what the topic is and 2000 premiership is the best VFL/AFL team to ever have played in my view. Games with some of the Hawthorn teams of earlier years would have been crackers!!
<b>Essendon</b>
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Full_back' title="Australian rules football positions">B</a>:</b>
1 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(footballer)' title="Mark Johnson (footballer)">Mark Johnson</a>
31 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Fletcher' title="Dustin Fletcher">Dustin Fletcher</a>
6 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Wellman' title="Sean Wellman">Sean Wellman</a>
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Centre_Half-Back' title="Australian rules football positions">HB</a>:</b>
11 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hardwick' title="Damien Hardwick">Damien Hardwick</a>
21 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Wallis' title="Dean Wallis">Dean Wallis</a>
7 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Solomon' title="Dean Solomon">Dean Solomon</a>
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Midfield' title="Australian rules football positions">C</a>:</b>
26 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Heffernan' title="Chris Heffernan">Chris Heffernan</a>
24 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Misiti' title="Joe Misiti">Joe Misiti</a>
33 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Caracella' title="Blake Caracella">Blake Caracella</a>
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Centre_half-forward' title="Australian rules football positions">HF</a>:</b>
2 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mercuri' title="Mark Mercuri">Mark Mercuri</a>
25 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lucas_(footballer)' title="Scott Lucas (footballer)">Scott Lucas</a>
5 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hird' title="James Hird">James Hird</a> (c)
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Full_forward' title="Australian rules football positions">F</a>:</b>
9 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ramanauskas' title="Adam Ramanauskas">Adam Ramanauskas</a>
18 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lloyd' title="Matthew Lloyd">Matthew Lloyd</a>
13 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Long_(footballer)' title="Michael Long (footballer)">Michael Long</a>
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Followers' title="Australian rules football positions">Foll</a>:</b>
22 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barnes_(Australian_rules_footballer)' title="John Barnes (Australian rules footballer)">John Barnes</a>
32 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Blumfield' title="Justin Blumfield">Justin Blumfield</a>
14 <a class="" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Johnson_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Jason Johnson (Australian rules footballer)">Jason Johnson</a>
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football_positions#Interchange_bench' title="Australian rules football positions">Int</a>:</b>
8 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Bewick' title="Darren Bewick">Darren Bewick</a>
16 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Barnard' title="Paul Barnard">Paul Barnard</a>
27 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Alessio' title="Steven Alessio">Steven Alessio</a>
29 <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Moorcroft' title="Gary Moorcroft">Gary Moorcroft</a>
<b><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coach_(sport)' title="Coach (sport)">Coach</a>:</b>
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sheedy_(Australian_footballer)' title="Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)">Kevin Sheedy</a>I'll pick from about 98 when I started fulltime following the sport (even though I've watched large parts of earlier seasons and premiership winning teams finals series from earlier than this time that really wasn't my time) so would be fairly 2000 centric too.
B: Mark Johnson Dustin Fletcher Sean Wellman
HB: Damien Hardwick Cale Hooker Michael Hibberd
C: Adam Ramanauskus Jobe Watson Dyson Heppell
HF: James Hird Scott Lucas Dean Rioli
F: Darren Bewick Matthew Lloyd Michael Long
R: Paddy Ryder Joe Misiti Jason Johnson
Int: Jason Winderlich Dean Solomon David Hille Courtney Dempsey
Don't think I've accidentally missed anyone. Mercuri, Stanton, Caracella, McVeigh and the premiership rucks unlucky.