BEST TEAM IN THE AFL ERA 1990 TO CURRENT

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Tried to pick the side for position and not AA style, could be an argument that my back six is a bit too tall, cannot go past LOVETT on HB, WIGHT also just just over LEVER, after all he did match it with God. I think gets the speed / strength balance right with Wight in the team. WARD and RIVERS thereabouts in Defense and JETTA/GARLAND were pretty outstanding in some crap sides. DAVEY and JOHNSTONE elite ball users. WHELAN was just such a weapon, would want him on my shoulder anywhere, JETTA not far behind his 1v1 wins are/were brilliant.

GREEN never felt like he reached everything he could be and great clubman that he is felt like he mailed it in sometimes (sorry). BRUCE's hospital passes still frustrate me even though he purred like a big cat running and had the ball on a string.

Mids/Followers -- Oliver is clear head and shoulders above everyone else, and Petracca in last 18mth> Woewodin/Bruce/McDonald/Jones/Moloney. Tingay was the 2nd coming of Jesus until he damaged the nerve, am still sad about it too...

Forwards - I would back this combination against any other team I can think of, three talls(sort of) Lyon, Jackovich, Schwarz...Boomshakalaka, Smalls - Farmer, Robertson, and Davey would be cricket scores every week. 

Interchange - elite ball users all, for excellent delivery to our marking power and Stynes as the utility.

Fairway off some of the other teams posted here - Jurrah just not enough of a body of work, I do see an argument for Jeff White over Stynes as well. My sincere apologies to Woewodin/Jones/MCDonald, I am trying to take Langdon out of the wing for one of them, and am probably suffering from memory loss but Langdon's run and improved disposal has been incredible. Powell not forgotten, Moloney on song was good but a one trick pony with disposal for too long. Apologies to FEEBY/ VINEY (Both)/

B: WIGHT, MAY, WHELAN

HB:  RIVERS, NEITZ, B.LOVETT

C: LANGDON, PETRACCA, TINGAY

HF: LYON, SCHWARZ, DAVEY

F: FARMER, JAKOVICH, ROBERTSON

FOLL: GAWN, PETRACCA, OLIVER

IC: STYNES, JOHNSTONE, SALEM, YZE

Emergency (am sorry but I cannot make this smaller)

LEVER, WOEWODIN, JURRAH, WHITE, MCDONALD,  JETTA, JONES, S. FEEBY

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FEEBY for WARD

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8 hours ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

I’m a bit surprised with the amount of teams without Nate Jones in them.

Team captain, 3x B&F and 2nd for all time games played made him a certain starter for mine.

Huge love for the man, also for James MCD but who do you drop? Captains didn't fair well with my side, despite my love for them, Green didn't get an emergency spot either.

@SupermercadoAlso re Bennet - very good point!!!

I feel dirty that I didn't have room for S Febey. If Salem has another year like this year he becomes a starter.

CAVEAT if the team salutes on the 25th, then all of my selections become null and void, and the winning team is the greatest since 1964. 

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6 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

I stand by my team. Green stiff not to be in. This is my B team.

B: WHELAN, WIGHT, JETTA

HB: HIBBERD, SPALDING, GRINTER

C: JOHNSTONE, MOLONEY, BRAYSHAW

HF: DAVEY, T.MCDONALD, PICKETT

F: JURRAH, JAKOVICH, GREEN

FOLL: WHITE, WOEWODIN, J.VINEY

IC: JACKSON, BRUCE, LEONCELLI, POWELL

I completely forgot about Rivers and Nathan.Brown so Rivers goes to CHB and N.Brown replaces Grinter at half back.