Jump to content

Best MFC team in last 50 years

Big Carl
Big Carl
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Posted

Let us know your best MFC Team in the last 50 years.

B:     A Johnson   D Hughes  G Yeats

HB:  B Lovett  G Hardeman  S Febey

C:     S Alves  G Wells  R Flower

HF:  G Lyon  D Schwarz  T Viney

F:    J Farmer   D Neitz  A Jakovich

R:  J Stynes  Gerard Healey  N Jones

Int:  J McDonald, R Grinter, R Robertson A Yze

Emerg:  B Wilson. E Spalding, A Obst, B Green

 

 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    • Love 1
     

    Nice post. This should keep us going through summer. Need to find a spot for Shane Woewodin,  2000 Brownlow medallist. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    I'll take Sean Wight instead of Hughes, Wilson for Grinter,  Woewodin for Healey and the way things are going, Oliver for Robertson - the latter two because there is already enough fire power to sink any defence in the history of the AFL. Leg speed and ball movement makes me lean towards Woe and Olllie.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     

    If that forward line was uninjured holey moley it would have been devastating 

  • Quote
    • Like 3

    Next years 2018.....go dees

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    2 hours ago, Big Carl said:

    B:     A Johnson   D Hughes  G Yeats

    HB:  B Lovett  G Hardeman  S Febey

    C:     S Alves  G Wells  R Flower

    HF:  G Lyon  D Schwarz  T Viney

    F:    J Farmer   D Neitz  A Jakovich

    R:  J Stynes  Gerard Healey  N Jones

    Int:  J McDonald, R Grinter, R Robertson A Yze

    Emerg:  B Wilson. E Spalding, A Obst, B Green

     

     

    It's a good team.

    I'd want Tingay, Jeff White and Shaun White in there. 

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    I agree Stinga and Jeff White need to be in the team. Otherwise its looks pretty good.

  • Quote

    Spalding wasn't really that good , guys like Steven Tingay and Steven stretch in for Yeats and Spalding

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    3 hours ago, Big Carl said:

    B:     A Johnson   D Hughes  G Yeats

    HB:  B Lovett  G Hardeman  S Febey

    C:     S Alves  G Wells  R Flower

    HF:  G Lyon  D Schwarz  T Viney

    F:    J Farmer   D Neitz  A Jakovich

    R:  J Stynes  Gerard Healey  N Jones

    Int:  J McDonald, R Grinter, R Robertson A Yze

    Emerg:  B Wilson. E Spalding, A Obst, B Green

     

     

    Good effort, although Grinter wouldn't make my second side let alone the first.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    3 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

    Spalding wasn't really that good , guys like Steven Tingay and Steven stretch in for Yeats and Spalding

    I'd concur, he came good at Carlton - I'd love Stinga, and he got too injured too frequently to really be consistent unfortunately, (does anyone else remember the time in WA where he side stepped to eagles players (one ready to shirt front) and they collected one another...could have been the same game as a chris lewis bite...but hey I'm sure its not and I'm throwing all my WA memories into one basket...

    Edited by Danelska

  • Quote

    12 minutes ago, ProDee said:

    Good effort, although Grinter wouldn't make my second side let alone the first.

    No Balls?

  • Quote
    1 hour ago, red&blue1982 said:

    I'd want Tingay, Jeff White and Shaun White in there. 

    No room for Sean Wight?

  • Quote

    About 3 of them would have made the best team prior to that.

  • Quote

    JohnsonT, Johnson R, Adams, Barassi, Williams, Mithen, Lord, Roet, Bourke, Dixon, Townsend, Ridley, Case, Tunbridge, Groom.

    Probably missed a few.

     

  • Quote
    3 minutes ago, Dockett 32 said:

    JohnsonT, Johnson R, Adams, Barassi, Williams, Mithen, Lord, Roet, Bourke, Dixon, Townsend, Ridley, Case, Tunbridge, Groom.

    Probably missed a few.

     

    50 years expired in 1967...

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    • Shocked 1

    Kinda changes the team a bit.

  • Quote

    No Paul Hopgood?

  • Quote

    Just missed out.

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Gee, you could make a case for a truckload...Tilbrook, Malloy, Stretch, Steve Smith, Fowler, Giles, Zantuck, Battiston, Icke, Jarrott, Moore, O’Dwyer, Lovett, Rhode, Lovell, Bennett, Davey....

  • Quote

    Laurie Fowler (3 Blueys) in for Yeats, and Sean Wight in for Hughes. Tingay ahead of all those listed on interchange and emergencies. And Garry Baker on the bench as 2nd ruckman.

  • Quote

    7 hours ago, Big Carl said:

    B:     A Johnson   S Wight G Yeats

    HB:  B Lovett  G Hardeman  S Tingay 

    C:     S Alves  G Wells  R Flower

    HF:  G Lyon  D Schwarz  A Yze

    F:    J Farmer   D Neitz  A Jakovich

    R:  J Stynes  Gerard Healey  T Viney

    Int:  J McDonald, M Whelan, Greg Healy B Wilson

     

    EMG

    D. Hughes, C. Connolly, S Febey

     

     

    Good team Big Carl just a couple of changes to the 22 in bold. I loved Connolly when I was a kid before he was cut down by injury

  • Quote

    I think Clayton Oliver is better than Greg Healy should be in that team along with Michael Hibberd who is much better than Graeme Yeats

  • Quote
    • Author

    Agree Red and Blue.

    Big oversight!

    Big fan of Tingay, Sean Wight and Jeff White.

  • Quote
    •  
    21 hours ago, Big Carl said:

    B:     A Johnson   D Hughes  G Yeats

    HB:  B Lovett  G Hardeman  S Febey

    C:     S Alves  G Wells  R Flower

    HF:  G Lyon  D Schwarz  T Viney

    F:    J Farmer   D Neitz  A Jakovich

    R:  J Stynes  Gerard Healey  N Jones

    Int:  J McDonald, R Grinter, R Robertson A Yze

    Emerg:  B Wilson. E Spalding, A Obst, B Green

     

     

    Laurie Fowler 3 time b&f 75 79 80    you must be young not  too many that started in the 70s  not a bad side either way.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    4 hours ago, durango said:

    I think Clayton Oliver is better than Greg Healy should be in that team along with Michael Hibberd who is much better than Graeme Yeats

    What about Diamond Jim.   The Great John Tilbrook. I think  his salary in the 70s was more than Clarry and Sugar put together.

    Do you know what l mean?

  • Quote

    • Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PODCAST: Essendon

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 14th April @ the all new time of 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect another Demons loss at Kardinia Park to the Cats in the Round 04. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

        • Thanks
      • 23 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Fremantle

      The Demons return home to the MCG in search of their first win for the 2025 Premiership season when they take on the Fremantle Dockers on Saturday afternoon. Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Thanks
      • 59 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Essendon

      Max Gawn leads the Demonland Player of the Year ahead of Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Jake Bowey. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

        • Thanks
      • 22 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Essendon

      Despite a spirited third quarter surge, the Demons have slumped to their worst start to a season since 2012, remaining winless and second last on the ladder after a 39-point defeat to Essendon at Adelaide Oval in Gather Round.

        • Vomit
        • Sad
        • Thanks
      • 248 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • GAMEDAY: Essendon

      It’s Game Day, and the Demons are staring down the barrel of an 0-5 start for the first time since 2012 as they take on Essendon at Adelaide Oval for Gather Round. In that forgettable season, Melbourne finally broke their drought by toppling the Bombers. Can lightning strike twice? Will the Dees turn their nightmare start around and breathe life back into 2025?

        • Like
      • 723 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: Essendon

      As the focus of the AFL moves exclusively to South Australia for Gather Round, the question is raised as to what are we going to get from the  Melbourne Football Club this weekend? Will it be a repeat of the slop fest of the last three weeks that have seen the team score a measly 174 points and concede 310 or will a return to the City of Churches and the scene where they performed at their best in 2024 act as a wakeup call and bring them out of their early season reverie?  Or will the sleepy Dees treat their fans to a reenactment of their lazy effort from the first Gather Round of two years ago when they allowed the Bombers to trample all over them on a soggy and wet Adelaide Oval? The two examples from above tell us how fickle form can be in football. Last year, a committed group of players turned up in Adelaide with a businesslike mindset. They had a plan, went in confidently and hard for the football and kicked winning scores against both home teams in a difficult environment for visitors. And they repeated that sort of effort later in the season when they played Essendon at the MCG.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All