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Out Best 22 Imports

Twodogs
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In the same vein as the export thread , but probably more debatable .

My best from memory                                                                            

B:  Fowler  Ingerson. Lever 

HB:  Lewis  Shanahan. Heffernan.                              

C :  Cattogio. Wilson. Rodan                                          

HF: Carman. Crosswell. Pickett.                            

F: Moore. Templeton  Turley                                       

R: Ditterich. Moloney. Coles                                    

Int: MacKellar. G. Elliot R. Elliot  Bewick 

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    7 minutes ago, Twodogs said:

    In the same vein as the export thread , but probably more debatable .

    My best from memory                                                                            

    B:  Fowler  Ingerson. Lever 

    HB:  Lewis  Shanahan. Heffernan.                              

    C :  Cattogio. Wilson. Rodan                                          

    HF: Carman. Crosswell. Pickett.                            

    F: Moore. Templeton  Turley                                       

    R: Ditterich. Moloney. Coles                                    

    Int: MacKellar. G. Elliot R. Elliot  Bewick 

    Hee hee - Chris Heffernan - curious about your logic on him please.

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    You can't include Lever based on 10 games yet. That's just projecting. 


    Out: Heffernen, Lever, Pickett and Rodan
    In: Vince, Hibberd, Melksham and Garlett. 

     

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    You also forget Gary Baker, Stephen Icke, Peter Vardy and Peter Rohde. 

    How you could contemplate Rodan, Carman, Catoggio and Turley is beyond my comprehension. They played but a handful of games for Melbourne, none of them any good.

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    Jeff White - Darren Bennett - Byron Pickett - Peter Moore  etc

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    Coach = Paul Roos 

    Would like to see Daniel Cross in there too.

     

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    How about Alastair Clarkson? I’d put him on the bench or coach.

    Edited by america de cali

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    White, Powell, Cross, Bennet Vince hibberd, btw where is Werridee, thought he'd be all over this

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    5 minutes ago, DaisyDeeciple said:

    White, Powell, Cross, Bennet Vince hibberd, btw where is Werridee, thought he'd be all over this

    Powell a definite. A short time but a good time. 

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    Peter Vardy deserves a guernsey, thought he went ok.

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    8 hours ago, Robot Devil said:

    Coach = Paul Roos 

    Would like to see Daniel Cross in there too.

     

    Checker Hughes worth consideration

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    Jordan Lewis and I don’t have him in the current best 22.

    The significance of his decision to come to Melbourne can never be undersestimated for the credibility it gave a previously basketcase club.

    It also reinforced to the players, staff and long suffering supporters we were not only on the right track but heading into contention for a shot at a flag.

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    Melksham and Hibberd are locks for this team. A big part of our resurgence as a force in the AFL. 

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    In ancient history, my grandad used to say that the importation of Percy Page and Checker Hughes from Richmond was the key element in setting up sustained success and 10 flags for Melbourne from the late 1930s till 1964.  

    In the current era Jackson/Goodwin have been the most important imports we’ve brought in, together with Roos - “the recession-buster we had to have” to paraphrase Paul Keating. Goody looks as though he’s a star in the making as a coach ?, but we did need Roos to get our moribund club through ICU and out of being on life support. 

    I know they’re not players, but they are likely to be the most important imports we’ve had for a long, long time. 

     

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    Can we squeeze Shaun Smith somewhere in there? For mark of the century alone.

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    2 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

    Jordan Lewis and I don’t have him in the current best 22.

    The significance of his decision to come to Melbourne can never be undersestimated for the credibility it gave a previously basketcase club.

    It also reinforced to the players, staff and long suffering supporters we were not only on the right track but heading into contention for a shot at a flag.

    Yeah true, but Vince really made the inertia real, and introduced a style of play that the Dees could be proud of!

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    4 hours ago, america de cali said:

    How about Alastair Clarkson? I’d put him on the bench or coach.

    Who ?  Was he a player in RednBlue ?

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    30 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Can we squeeze Shaun Smith somewhere in there? For mark of the century alone.

    Clint Bizzell?   Prymke ?

    Obba, Andrew Obst?

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    5 minutes ago, DV8 said:

    Who ?  Was he a player in RednBlue ?

    Sure was. Had one real good year. Might have even finished on the podium in the B&F

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    10 minutes ago, Go the Biff said:

    Sure was. Had one real good year. Might have even finished on the podium in the B&F

    ?

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    14 hours ago, Twodogs said:

    In the same vein as the export thread , but probably more debatable .

    My best from memory                                                                            

    B:  Fowler  Ingerson. Lever 

    HB:  Lewis  Shanahan. Heffernan.                              

    C :  Cattogio. Wilson. Rodan                                          

    HF: Carman. Crosswell. Pickett.                            

    F: Moore. Templeton  Turley                                       

    R: Ditterich. Moloney. Coles                                    

    Int: MacKellar. G. Elliot R. Elliot  Bewick 

    B: HIBBERD, SHANAHAN, BIZZELL

    HB: LEWIS, INGERSON, SEECAMP

    C : RIGONI, WILSON, POWELL

    HF: VARDY, DITTERICH, PICKETT

    F: MOORE, BENNETT, MELKSHAM

    FOLL: WHITE, VINCE, CROSS

    IC: ROHDE, LEONCELLI, MOLONEY, SMITH

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    2 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

    B: HIBBERD, SHANAHAN, BIZZELL

    HB: LEWIS, INGERSON, B.LOVETT

    C : RIGONI, WILSON, POWELL

    HF: GARLETT, MOORE, PICKETT

    F: DITTERICH, BENNETT, MELKSHAM

    FOLL: WHITE, VINCE, CROSS

    IC: ROHDE, LEONCELLI, MOLONEY, SMITH

    I forgot Garlett and B.Lovett so I dropped Vardy and Seecamp.

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    10 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Can we squeeze Shaun Smith somewhere in there? For mark of the century alone.

    More than just taking mark of the century, Smithy was an absolute gun.

    Hard as nails (probably too hard for his own good given his concussion damage) and also provided a father-son who could still be anything for the MFC.  I'd find a way to squeeze him into the team somehow.

    Would be garenteed to feature in the highlights real for this side every week.

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