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Team of the - since 87

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Pick your favorite team of Melbourne players since 1987.

Fb- s.white, frawley, whelan

Hb- Lovett, neitz, grimes

C- tingay, t.viney, stretch

Hf- Lyon, schwarz, green

Ff- farmer, Jakovich, robertson

Fol: stynes, jones, Johnstone

Int: davey, Howe, j.white, yze

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    Swap Grimes for Febey. Swap Howe for Bruce. Then it's pretty bang on IMO

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    B: S. Wight J. Frawley M. Whelan (easiest line of all. These 3 clear of all other contenders)

    HB: B. Lovett D. Neitz S. Febey

    C: S. Tingay T. Viney A. Johnson

    HF: A. Yze D. Schwarz G. Lyon

    F: J. Farmer A. Jakovich R. Robertson

    R: J. Stynes T. Johnstone B. Wilson

    I: J. White R. Grinter N. Jones J. Mcdonald (sub)

    R. Flower finished in 1987 but goes in every MFC best team.

    Disappointed I couldn't get Hardeman in. He was a the best CHB I have ever seen.

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    Great team anyway, but a few suggested changes.

    Febey over Grimes. Would have Howe not Robertson. Woewodin on the bench. Travis out and B Wilson in as follower. Grinter replace Whelan. A Johnstone in for Stretch. Darren Jolly in Jeff White out. White's leap is nullified with centre line in ruck circle. I know many would regard this as blasphemy but Scott Thompson over T Viney. Almost as hard but much more skilled.

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    Great team anyway, but a few suggested changes.

    Febey over Grimes. Would have Howe not Robertson. Woewodin on the bench. Travis out and B Wilson in as follower. Grinter replace Whelan. A Johnstone in for Stretch. Darren Jolly in Jeff White out. White's leap is nullified with centre line in ruck circle. I know many would regard this as blasphemy but Scott Thompson over T Viney. Almost as hard but much more skilled.

    WTF?

    both those players (Jolly & Thompson) did nothing in the demons jumper compared to Viney and White.

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    B: S. Wight J. Frawley M. Whelan (easiest line of all. These 3 clear of all other contenders)

    HB: B. Lovett D. Neitz S. Febey

    C: S. Tingay T. Viney A. Johnson

    HF: A. Yze D. Schwarz G. Lyon

    F: J. Farmer A. Jakovich R. Robertson

    R: J. Stynes T. Johnstone B. Wilson

    I: J. White R. Grinter N. Jones J. Mcdonald (sub)

    R. Flower finished in 1987 but goes in every MFC best team.

    Disappointed I couldn't get Hardeman in. He was a the best CHB I have ever seen.

    Great player, one of my favourites going to the footy as a kid; took a big mark too, pity they didn't have cameras at every ground in those days, the highlights reel would have been a beauty.

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    Great team anyway, but a few suggested changes.

    Febey over Grimes. Would have Howe not Robertson. Woewodin on the bench. Travis out and B Wilson in as follower. Grinter replace Whelan. A Johnstone in for Stretch. Darren Jolly in Jeff White out. White's leap is nullified with centre line in ruck circle. I know many would regard this as blasphemy but Scott Thompson over T Viney. Almost as hard but much more skilled.

    Depends on if you rate their whole careers or if you are only judging them by what they did at the Demons. If you're going whole career, then yeah you're right and Thompson and Jolly should definitely be in. If it's just time at the Dees, no way.

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    Great team anyway,

    It's a depressing team. That midfield would struggle to be top quartile in todays competition.

    To think that in 25 years we can't cobble together a better midfield than that tell us why we haven't been able to win a flag.

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    It's a depressing team. That midfield would struggle to be top quartile in todays competition.

    To think that in 25 years we can't cobble together a better midfield than that tell us why we haven't been able to win a flag.

    My first thought was you were being a bit harsh 'Bob' but on reflection it probably goes for most of the team. If we can't sneak Robbie in then it really shows where we're at, not one champion of the game since '87. A few real favourites from my perspective as a fan but hardly household names from an outsiders viewpoint.

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    Depends on if you rate their whole careers or if you are only judging them by what they did at the Demons. If you're going whole career, then yeah you're right and Thompson and Jolly should definitely be in. If it's just time at the Dees, no way.

    Agreed.

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    My first thought was you were being a bit harsh 'Bob' but on reflection it probably goes for most of the team. If we can't sneak Robbie in then it really shows where we're at, not one champion of the game since '87. A few real favourites from my perspective as a fan but hardly household names from an outsiders viewpoint.

    robbie's not there simply because he didn't play post '87

    p.s. i see two brownlow medalists in the midfield

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    My first thought was you were being a bit harsh 'Bob' but on reflection it probably goes for most of the team. If we can't sneak Robbie in then it really shows where we're at, not one champion of the game since '87. A few real favourites from my perspective as a fan but hardly household names from an outsiders viewpoint.

    There's an awful lot of players in the two decades '90's and 00's who played and weren't even good enough to get into this team. Jeez we've suffered years of crap from this Club. Poor facilities, poor football departments, poor players, no money. I would suggest most of those issues have been fixed now. Time to see if the team starts being competitive and a few of this current crop are good enough to push players out of that team. Although I just read Neeld says he and Misson are only 2yrs into a 3yr program to get their physical development up to competitive.

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    robbie's not there simply because he didn't play post '87

    p.s. i see two brownlow medalists in the midfield

    ...and that's the point.

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    ah ok......no-one of his quality then

    Yep, hopefully someone (or more) can step up in this bunch of players.

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    Yep, hopefully someone (or more) can step up in this bunch of players.

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    Yep, hopefully someone (or more) can step up in this bunch of players.

    Wouldn't be great if in 15 years time, we could include the following players;

    Watts

    Toumpas

    Trengove

    Clark

    J.viney

    Hogan

    It would need to happen if we want to win a premiership.

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    Fb- s.white, frawley, grimes

    Hb- Lovett, neitz, watts

    C- tingay, j.viney, toumpas

    Hf- Lyon, schwarz, hogan

    Ff- farmer, Jakovich, green

    Fol: stynes, jones, Trengove

    Int: davey, Howe, Clark, yze

    Jack viney replaces his father. That would be nice.

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