What's your best combined Melbourne team from the players that you've seen?

[Wilson7 2,689]

B - Alan Johnson, Sean Wight, Greame Yeats
HB - Brett Lovett, Anthony Ingerson, Adem Yze
C - Stephen Tingay, Brian Wilson, Robert Flower
HF- Gerard Healy,  David Schwarz, Garry Lyon
F - Allen Jakovich, David Neitz, Jeff Farmer
R - Jim Stynes, Nathan Jones, Todd Viney,
IN - Steven Stretch, Glenn Lovett, Brad Green, Jeff White

[doug williams 49]

Throws up all kinds of combinations, this one.

So for the entertainment value I have picked a side with characters, flair and ability.

It's not conventional but would be a lot of fun to watch :

 

B    A Johnson      Biffin           Whelan

HB  Don Williams  Neitz           Hardeman

C    Flower            Wells          Alves

HB  Robbo            Schwarter   Hassa Mann

F    Davey             Jakovich     Lyon

R   O'Dwyer           Barassi      Todd Viney

 

Inter      Jurrah  Yeats  Gerard Healy  The Wiz  and allowing myself 3 more - Jimmy Grinter Stinger

Seen them all play. Loved them all. It's not a balanced side but it isn't really meant to be

 

 

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,525]

WHELAN         WIGHT              FRAWLEY

LOVETT           NEITZ               S.FEBEY

TINGAY            T.VINEY             YZE 

LYON               SCHWARTZ       DAVEY

FARMER          JAKOVICH          ROBERTSON

STYNES           MCDONALD       JONES

 

WHITE             BRUCE              JOHNSTONE          J.VINEY

 

(Gee... it's not a great team for 25 years worth...)

[Pennant St Dee 13,389]

Missed many of the greats and only going from 1980 to present

B:        Ingerson, Hughes, Whelan

HB:      G.Lovett, Wight, Grinter

C:        Flower, Gerard Healey, A.Johnson

HF:     Lyon, Ox, Yze

F:        Jakovich, Neitz Farmer

R: Stynes, T Viney, Junior

I/C: Davey, Tingay, Nate Jones & Jeff White          

Edited January 6, 2017 by Pennant St Dee

[whatwhat say what 23,428]

B: Whelan - Wight - Prymke
HB: S Febey - Neitz - B Lovett
C: Tingay - G Lovett - Flower
HF: Wilson - Schwarz - Davey
F: Lyon - Jakovich - Farmer
Foll: Stynes - T Viney - J McDonald
I/C: N Jones - A Johnson - Yze - White
Emerg: Yeats - Woewodin - Jurrah

Edited January 6, 2017 by DemonAndrew

[daisycutter 29,892]

7 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

B: Whelan - Wight - Prymke
HB: S Febey - Neitz - B Lovett
C: Tingay - G Lovett - Flower
HF: Wilson - Schwarz - Davey
F: Lyon - Jakovich - Farmer
Foll: Stynes - Gerard Healy - J McDonald
I/C: Wilson - T Viney - Yze - White
Emerg: N Jones - A Johnson - Jurrah

thought you went back a bit further, andrew. must be the avatar. lol

[TeamPlayedFine39 8,525]

1 hour ago, DemonAndrew said:

B: Whelan - Wight - Prymke
HB: S Febey - Neitz - B Lovett
C: Tingay - G Lovett - Flower
HF: Wilson - Schwarz - Davey
F: Lyon - Jakovich - Farmer
Foll: Stynes - T Viney - J McDonald
I/C: N Jones - A Johnson - Yze - White
Emerg: Yeats - Woewodin - Jurrah

Prymke would be center-half-back in my 'what could have been' team.  

Had so much potential before injury robbed him of a great career.

[faultydet 7,623]

On 01/01/2017 at 1:50 PM, Macca said:

Here's mine ...

B:        Alan Johnson           Sean Wight               Steven Febey

HB:     Brett Lovett               Gary Hardeman        Rod Grinter

C:        Stan Alves                Greg Wells                Rob Flower

HF:      Brian Wilson             David Schwartz         Garry Lyon

F:         Allen Jakovich          David Neitz               Jeff Farmer

R:        Jim Stynes                Todd Viney                Nathan Jones

IN:       Travis Johnstone       Laurie Fowler           Adem Yze        Jeff White

 

            

Jesus, that forward line...........

Would not work in todays 2 way game, in fact it would be murdered,  but by god there is some talent there

[Macca 17,113]

Just now, faultydet said:

Jesus, that forward line...........

Would not work in todays 2 way game, in fact it would be murdered,  but by god there is some talent there

If I had my way I'd have the sport played like it was pre flooding and the press.  Forwards playing forward and backmen playing back.  Real wingmen and without the eye-sore of regularly having an abundance of midfielders all scrambling for the ball.  But hey, that can't happen unless the rotations are scaled right back.  It's not ice-hockey. 

My forward line is a trifle top-heavy but 'elusive-qualities' abound.  Apart from Neitz, the other 5 were all good on the ground.  Schwartz before he did those knees could get about.

[Old Bear 388]

On 3 January 2017 at 1:49 PM, Sir Why You Little said:

Nobody has mentioned Greg Healy. 

By no means a superstar, but he played under Northey as our Capt. and never shirked an issue. 

A mark and goal he took against Whorethorn in the '90 Elimination Final was actually scary. But he held the mark and kicked straight. 

 

[Old Bear 388]

Remember it well

Probably my favourite day at the Footy since the 1964 Grand Final

Greg Healys mark and goal is still firmly in my memory  big Strawb played a beauty too that day

 

I'd just played in a NSW Superrules side that had defeated Queensland for the first time that morning on the Junction Oval

Life doesn't get much better :-)

Edited January 6, 2017 by Old Bear

[Sir Why You Little 37,307]

8 minutes ago, Old Bear said:

Remember it well

Probably my favourite day at the Footy since the 1964 Grand Final

that mark and goal is still firmly in my memory

I'd just played in a NSW Superrules side that had defeated Queensland for the first time that morning on the Junction Oval

Life doesn't get much better :-)

Glad someone else remembers it Bear

it would be worth 10 weeks today, but sugar just got up slowly and kicked dead straight

he was a dam good Captain...

[Old Bear 388]

5 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Glad someone else remembers it Bear

it would be worth 10 weeks today, but sugar just got up slowly and kicked dead straight

he was a dam good Captain...

Certainly agree about being a good Captain 

right up there with Alves  and Neitz as giving everything for the club every week 

think all our captains have been good even the low key ones like Hassa and Frank Davis

 

[Sir Why You Little 37,307]

8 minutes ago, Old Bear said:

Certainly agree about being a good Captain 

right up there with Alves  and Neitz as giving everything for the club every week 

think all our captains have been good even the low key ones like Hassa and Frank Davis

 

Frank Davis was Captain when i first saw the Demons. 

Superb name!!

[whatwhat say what 23,428]

22 hours ago, daisycutter said:

thought you went back a bit further, andrew. must be the avatar. lol

only started following football 84ish or so, when i was about 5.