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Best Traded In & Out MFC players

spirit of norm smith
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With the recent additions of players like Langdon, Tomlinson, May, Hibberd & Melksham, I was thinking about our best (top 10) traded in or recycled players. Here’s a quick top 10 but in no order. 
 

Brett Lovett

Jeff Farmer

Brian Wilson

Jeff White

Peter Moore

Laurie Fowler

Garry Baker

Peter Rohde 

Darren Bennett

Carl Ditterich

My apologies to Stephen Icke, Alan Jarrett, Clint Bizzell, Guy Rigoni, Bernie Vince & Brent Moloney.  
 

My eligibility was min 50 games and I can only cover from 1973 onwards.  

 

 

 

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    brett lovett was a supplementary or under 19s at hawks, yeah?

    i don't think of him as recycled, and neither do i with farmer - they didn't play senior footy for any other club before ours i don't think...

    a few of those listed are before my time, so i'll go:

    brett lovett would be my #1 if he was considered 'recycled'

    jeff white

    brian wilson

    peter moore

    bernie vince

    clint bizzell

    peter rohde

    darren bennett

    anthony ingerson

    brent moloney

    peter vardy at #11 who comes in if lovett isn't 'recycled'

    Edited by whatwhatsaywhat
    added lovett with a proviso

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    Agree Peter Vardy, and also another goal scorer Ricky Jackson,  were handy imports.  
     

    Farmer was traded to Dees for Phil Gilbert. We got the better of the deal but Freo grabbed him back of course. Would have loved The Wiz to have been a one club man. 

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    3 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    brett lovett was a supplementary or under 19s at hawks, yeah?

    i don't think of him as recycled, and neither do i with farmer - they didn't play senior footy for any other club before ours i don't think...

    a few of those listed are before my time, so i'll go:

    jeff white

    brian wilson

    peter moore

    bernie vince

    clint bizzell

    peter rohde

    darren bennett

    anthony ingerson

    brent moloney

    peter vardy

    Lovett played with Hawks under 19s and Reserves. But they had a strong team in 85 and he was cut.  Certainly a good pickup and probably my #1 recycled player. 
     

    I do like to addition of Ingo.  Ingerson was a great bloke, reliable defender, good mark and spoil.  Just the kicking was a bit awkward. 

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    44 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    Steven Icke gave us wonderful service and even won a B & F I think.  

    Totally agree with this choice. Clint Bizzell too. He was a fearless defender. I worked with Clint Bizzell's mother in law. She thought he was a lovely chap. Don't know what she thought of 'our ' Clint Bizzell !!

     

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    No love for Jacko?

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    Stephen Powell played 2 fantastic seasons for us (2000 and 2002) and is the exact type of midfielder we lack today - a midfielder that kicks goals. Kicked 32 goals in 2000 including 7 over the prelim and GF fortnight.

    Left the club at the end of 2002 over a finance dispute I believe, which was poor management by us.

    Can’t make the list due to his brief tenure, but he was fantastic player that was picked up on the cheap (both for us and then St Kilda).

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    3 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    With the recent additions of players like Langdon, Tomlinson, May, Hibberd & Melksham, I was thinking about our best (top 10) traded in or recycled players. Here’s a quick top 10 but in no order. 
     

    Brett Lovett

    Jeff Farmer

    Brian Wilson

    Jeff White

    Peter Moore

    Laurie Fowler

    Garry Baker

    Peter Rohde 

    Darren Bennett

    Carl Ditterich

    My apologies to Stephen Icke, Alan Jarrett, Clint Bizzell, Guy Rigoni, Bernie Vince & Brent Moloney.  
     

    My eligibility was min 50 games and I can only cover from 1973 onwards.  

     

     

     

    From an early post worth putting back up for this topic. Best recycled players that had to have played at least one game for another VFL/AFL team before being traded to the Dees since our last Premiership. 

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    Edited by Bucket list

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    Great additions.

    What memories. Mark “Jacko” Jackson was sensational.

    Powell. Loved his 2000 prelim v North.

    Marcus Seecamp also to be remembered.  

    I thought Craig Turley played a fantastic first 12-13 games. Would have been close to winning the B&F.  Only played the one year and battled on in the last half of that 95 year. Ended up retiring through injury. Came to us when he was 30-31 so was over it by the time he arrived. Sad to see chopper Lovell swapped out. Chopper was a great servant through the late 80s/90s under Northey/Balme. 
     

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    5 minutes ago, Bucket list said:

    From an early post worth putting back up for this topic.

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    Thanks Bucket. A great compilation.  Great memories. 
    Players like Brett Lovett, Mark Jackson, Ricky Jackson and Guy Rigoni all were juniors at other clubs and discarded. 

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    45 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Thanks Bucket. A great compilation.  Great memories. 
    Players like Brett Lovett, Mark Jackson, Ricky Jackson and Guy Rigoni all were juniors at other clubs and discarded. 

    You left out Nick Pesch

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    Darren Jolly

    Stef Martin

    Jeremy Howe

    Lynden Dunn

    Scotty Thompson (harder to predict)

    Sam Frost

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    No love for Alan Jarrott?

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    22 minutes ago, ProperDee said:

    No love for Alan Jarrott?

    My son 'met' him recently when Alan was driving an Uber.

    A top bloke apparently.

     

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    In the recycled team , Alan Jarrett should at least be ahead of Chris Dawes.  I hope people remember Dawes as another “golden” acquisition that turned into aluminium sheeting.  

     

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    No love for Crackers Keenan? He both started with us and was picked up again by us.

    And Big Carl Ditterich, who was picked up by us twice!

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    Agree. What characters the Dees had over the years.
    Jacko. Crackers. Carman. Ditterich. Crosswell. 

    Big Carl made everyone walk taller on the field. There was no easy kicks in the 70s and he put the fear into every opposition.  Dees should have held the course with Carl. Definitely in my recycled best 22.  

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    16 hours ago, Bucket list said:

    From an early post worth putting back up for this topic. Best recycled players that had to have played at least one game for another VFL/AFL team before being traded to the Dees since our last Premiership. 

    image.png.c5bdbcddaabf54a14f1394843d6fc51b.png

     

    As great as Clarkson is as a coach, surely we can come up with a better player!

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    Forgot the great (self proclaimed) Heritier Lamumba.  Started in fire and justified his trade in season 1 but his concussion at the start of season 2 ended his career.  His arrogance towards others didn’t help.  

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    22 hours ago, demonstone said:

    Steven Icke gave us wonderful service and even won a B & F I think.  

    One of the gutsiest players I’ve ever seen.

    Same with Clint Bizzell.

    Edited by Jumping Jack Clennett
    afterthought

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