Top Ten Could-a-been Champions for the MFC

[dee-luded 2,959]

I think people forget just how good Daniel Bell could have been. He looked very promising early on, I am not sure if his decline is directly linked with his concussions or not, either way he could have been a very good footballer.

EDIT: Probably not a champion, but a lot better than he showed.

I think belly would have been better with less interchange rotations. The game had More space in the '90's, & that would have suited him.

[dee-luded 2,959]

Anyone remember Rodney McNabb? He was called up as a late replacement to play in a pre-season trial game against NM in the late 1960's / early 1970's. He bagged 6, and the article on page 3 of the 'Pink Paper' that Saturday evening was headed "Six Goals on Off-chance". I can remember it like it was yesterday .......... (what a pity I'm now struggling to remember the things that really did happen yesterday!).

ps. McNabb got another opportunity the next weekend, failed miserably, and never made the Melbourne list.

Yep. He was a great guy. Great with the kids & U-18's.

[Deeoldfart 8,005]

Yep. He was a great guy. Great with the kids & U-18's.

That makes at least three of us ...... I'm amazed.

[Sideshow Bob 2,345]

Good memory Biff - Kevin Dyson was going to be a beauty. I remember Kevin Sheedy doing a talk at school for us 'firsts' footballers must have been 1992. He talked for about 10 minutes about how he missed out on and was beaten to the signature of the bloke who had 'the best kick' in league footy, only mentioned his name once right at the end. My memory is a little murky but I reckon he'd only played 20 odd games back then and didn't really go on from there either just disappeared. Just another reason why Sheeds hates us....

[Hells Gates 505]

Craig Smoker (4 goals on debut??) and Ben Beams.....

[Supermercado 2,797]

Both Dean and Cook did ACLs. If you are applyling the no injury criteria.

Cook only did his ankle. Missed two months, came back into the VFL side having completely lost interest and retired in July. 3 games, 8 goals was a good start and he might have gone alright if he hadn't done himself in at the SCG but ultimately his demise saved Neita from a life in the backline.

Of course his legacy lived on as for the next few years the ads for Demon Health Insurance in the end of year magazine featured the picture of him being carried off.

[Jumping Jack Clennett 1,780]

David Williams

If only we'd played "Dirty Dave" in the '87 prelim final,I'm sure we'd have won. If we had won ,he'd have replaced the injured Wilson in the GF, and we'd have beaten Carlton then , as we did three times in 1988.