Team of the - since 87

[tonatopia 278]

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

[Lord Travis 10,793]

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

[Maldonboy38 6,406]

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.

[Its Time for Another 4,303]

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.

Edited February 13, 2013 by It's Time

[DemonWA 3,940]

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.

[rjay 25,304]

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.

[Bluey's Dad 3,419]

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.

[Slartibartfast 17,997]

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.

[rjay 25,304]

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.

[Its Time for Another 4,303]

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.

[daisycutter 29,892]

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

Edited February 13, 2013 by daisycutter

[Its Time for Another 4,303]

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.

[rjay 25,304]

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.

[daisycutter 29,892]

...and that's the point.

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

[rjay 25,304]

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

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

[tonatopia 278]

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

[tonatopia 278]

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.

Edited February 13, 2013 by tonatopia

[tonatopia 278]

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.

[Grapeviney 9,909]

Everyone's overlooked Graeme Yeats ..