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oh how i had tears when the wizz left! he was my most favourite player! i watched every game in 2000 and he wud just turn it on when things got tough. if he didn't leave us he wud be one of the afl most premier small forwards and would probably be all australian again and again. freo and his girlfriend [censored] up his career! :angry: :angry:

 
Robert Flower

Laurie Fowler

Gary Hardeman/ Greg Wells/ Stan Alves

David Schwartz - up 2001

G Lyon/A Jakovich/ J Farmer up to 2000

Not that hot on Grinter who was a capable footballer but blew it with his sometimes indiscriminate white line fever thuggery.

No Yze RR?

For me, Schwartz, Yze, what I remember of A. Jakovich, and I also liked the way Rigoni went about things.

I think Maric may join that list soon as well.

Stinga Tingay was my favourite.

My favourite line was;

Flower, Fowler, Flower

u beat me too it

the "stinga"...absolute champion

where is he these days?

 

1. Allen Jakovich

DAYLIGHT

2. Jeff Farmer

3. Gary Lyon

4. David Neitz

5. David Schwarz

6. Stephen Tingay

7. Jim Stynes

8. Adem Yze

9. Todd Viney

10. Aaron Davey

11. Shaun Smith

12. Brett Lovett

13. Russell Robertson

14. Andy Lovell

15. Rodney Grinter

16. Glenn Lovett

17. Graham Yeates

18. Cale Morton

19. James McDonald

20. Sean Wight

21. Jeff White

22. Darren Bennett

23. Anthony Ingerson

24. Shane Woewodin

25. Jared Rivers

26. Sean Charles

27. Steven Stretch

28. Earl Spalding

29. Danny Hughes

30. Matthew Whelan

1. Allen Jakovich

DAYLIGHT

2. Jeff Farmer

3. Gary Lyon

4. David Neitz

5. David Schwarz

6. Stephen Tingay

7. Jim Stynes

8. Rodney Grinter

9. Todd Viney

10. Shaun Smith

No 5.... David Schwartz :wub:

no 11... Jimmy Stynes :wub:

no 2......Stephen Tingay :wub:

so many but that's 3


Coach : Northey

1. Flower

2. Jacko

3. John Fidge

4. Grinter

5. Biffen

6. Lyon

7. Shwarz

8. Jakovich

9. Stynes

10. Brock

11. Shaun Smith

12 Stretch

13. Danny Hughes

14. Wiz

15. Wheels

16. Alan Johnson

17. Morton

18. And the unnamed forward who knocked off my sister back in `84.

Seen so many i have no hope of picking just one

Clyde Laidlaw - Reason i barracked for the demons (coming from my home town of Portland)

Frank Adams - Red headed rabbit just like me

Ron Barassi - no explanation necessary

Hassa Mann - Class Player and the number i wore on my Jumper was 29

Gary Hardeman - Beat the best players every week and was unlucky to not win a brownlow

Greg Wells - An exciting player to watch

Stan Alves - I would go just to see his blind turns and runs down the wing

Alan Johnson - Never saw him play a bad game

Robert Flower - Most skillful player i have seen at Melbourne

Gary Lyon - Inspirational and a class act

David Neitz - Lead by example on and off the field

Jim Stynes - remarkable career and person

Jim Tilbrook - Nobody wished he would come good more than me

Sean Wight - One of the most determined players i have seen at Melbourne

John Rantall - Most admired opposition player

Gary Wilson - Most courageous opposition player

 
u beat me too it

the "stinga"...absolute champion

where is he these days?

I wouldn't mind knowing NJ.. Anyone know what happened to Stinga? (sorry to off-thread, send pm's to NJ and me if necessary)

18. And the unnamed forward who knocked off my sister back in `84.

Sorry to hear of your loss.

Did the police find him?


through the late nineties, early 00's - Simon Godfrey just loved him, no particular reason)

right now - Simon Buckley; love his playing style

I would have to say the Wiz and Lyon were my favourite players in the beginning of my supporting career.

Then Woey, then has been a number of players like Robbo etc

But now would have to be- Bucks, Davey and Brock


Robbo

I've seen a few but on 3.2.1 system mine are:

3. Ronald Barassi. He was the greatest of them all! Never beaten. Could compete in the air against the big guys and on the ground with the smaller ones.

2. Robert Flower. Class all class.

1. Don Williams. The most attacking half back flanker you could imagine. A brilliant mark and a real dasher.

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I've seen a few but on 3.2.1 system mine are:

3. Ronald Barassi. He was the greatest of them all! Never beaten. Could compete in the air against the big guys and on the ground with the smaller ones.

2. Robert Flower. Class all class.

3. Don Williams. The most attacking half back flanker you could imagine. A brilliant mark and a real dasher.

3.2 . . . 3 ??

Seen so many i have no hope of picking just one

For a sec I thought you were referring to the that last line just before your post.

18. And the unnamed forward who knocked off my sister back in `84.

Robbie. Jimmy. Neita. Lyon. (Par for course it appears)

Ricky Jackson.

Matty Whelan.

Doggy Brown.


Loved Flower and Gerard Healy when we weren't much good. Devastated when Healy chased the bucks to Sydney. My next hero was Bret Bailey for his match winning goal in the 87 Night GF. Loved the late 80's backline of Wight, Hughes and Johnson. All time favourite would have to be Schwarta! His efforts in 94 (especially the Carlton and Footscray finals) were the stuff of legend. No doubt would have been one of the all time greats but for injury. Oh, and of course Warren Dean!

 

My "Greatest evers" don't go back that far, being all of 20 years old..

Yze was my favourite player for a long time..

Robbo is and will continue to be a favourite..

Green, Neitz, Schwarz, Tingay, Farmer & Viney are all up there as well..

At the moment Brocky, Garland & Rivers are my favourites. But at this stage i would have to say that I still haven't got a favourite of all time


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