Anonymous 300 gamers

[Thommo 42]

Leigh Brown in about 5 years (hopefully his last 100 are back at Freo!)

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

Has there ever been a player to play 300 games and have such a low profile as Adam Simpson?

Getting to 300 means he is in the absolute elite bracket of footballers, but who is he? Even as captain he had next to no profile.

His name only popped up this year because of the chicken incident, otherwise you would never hear anything of him.

I just find it a little odd in this era of media saturation.
Good effort by him, regardless.

People who were old enough to watch finals in the 90s - I realiase this discounts the vast majority of the hawthorn bandwagon - would certainly have seen in a prominent places.

Lifting two premiership cups for example.

Just because he's not a media whore doesn't mean genuine football people don't know who he is.

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

yeah i agree, i remember about 7 years back when he was getting big possessions and asking people who is this guy, 7 years on i still ask the same question..

Let's not confuse your entirely basic 'understanding' of footy with anything to do with a great player's career.

 

[Donakebab]

I have the utmost respect for anyone who can get to 300 games in any comp, let alone the AFL.
If I wanted to troll I would slotted the thread into bay 13.

Okay remove the troll comment, I still stand by the rest.

 

[PopShot]

It is astonishing how much trolling and bagging out Simpson has received on here in the last couple of days. Credit to the mods who have managed to delete a fair bit of it.

 

[Cohzee]

Okay remove the troll comment, I still stand by the rest.

Remove it yourself.

 

[tropicaltiger]

John Blakey was another without profile. I think it goes to show two things - no hack gets to 300; and anyone who hasn't heard of a 300 gamer is an idiot or a pre-schooler.

very true and funny as well

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

Great effort from simpson, great player.

I would say if you haven't heard of a player who has played 200, let alone 300 games, then you have NFI about football.

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

Great effort from simpson, great player.

I would say if you haven't heard of a player who has played 200, let alone 300 games, then you have NFI about football.

Well said.

But really, you could take that down to 100.

Bloke plays five seasons and keeps getting a game and you haven't heard of him, then give it up.

 

[EB&W Pieman]

Back in the dark ages a bloke called Garry Foulds played 300+ for Essendon. No disrespect - we would all love to play ONE game for our team, let alone 300 - but I reckon Garry Foulds might have managed that feat without once finishing top 5 in the Bombers B&F. I am sure he was never AA.

I am sure someone will let me know if I am wrong.

I have always described him as the ultimate anonymous 300 gamer. Perhaps that's a bit of a complilment in its own way.

 

[CamryCows]

What about that bloke John Newman who trotted out a 300 games for Geelong??? He has kept a low profile since his footy days finished.

 

[Turkey Tom]

Gary Foulds

 

[bergholt]

I would say if you haven't heard of a player who has played 200, let alone 300 games, then you have NFI about football.

you're a moron. how much do you know about this not-so-random selection of 200 game players:

Ken Newland (GEE): 216 games
Stuart Magee (SOU): 216 games
Alan Gale (FIT): 213 games
David McLeish (SOU): 213 games
Brian Mynott (STK): 210 games
Fred Elliott (MEL): 209 games
Kevin O'Neill (RIC): 209 games
Mark Tandy (SOU): 207 games
Don Williams (MEL): 205 games
Wally Donald (FOO): 205 games
Russell Renfrey (GEE): 201 games
Ted Pool (HAW): 200 games

 

[Johnson#26]

Ashcroft. Extremely unobtrusive, but effective, footballer.

 

[Flukey!]

Great effort from simpson, great player.

I would say if you haven't heard of a player who has played 200, let alone 300 games, then you have NFI about football.

Thats not what this is about.
I have been watching footy for 40 years - I know who Adam Simpson is.

The point I raised was more about the level of his public profile in relation to his longevity in the game.

 

[pazza]

There's been a few.

Fouldsy as mentioned.

What about Barry Breen at the Saints - save for one wobbly point....

Ian Nankervis at the Cats

Even Bernie Quinlan would surprise a few too.

 

[Simon]

Back in the dark ages a bloke called Garry Foulds played 300+ for Essendon. No disrespect - we would all love to play ONE game for our team, let alone 300 - but I reckon Garry Foulds might have managed that feat without once finishing top 5 in the Bombers B&F. I am sure he was never AA.

I am sure someone will let me know if I am wrong.

I have always described him as the ultimate anonymous 300 gamer. Perhaps that's a bit of a complilment in its own way.

AA in 85 for Foulds.

 

[Sttew]

greg yokeson

Who? Never heard of him.

 

[KardiniaPark]

greg yokeson

Was a real scrambler.

 

[AG]

Was a real scrambler.

Good yolk.

 

[summerthebat]

Leigh Brown in about 5 years (hopefully his last 100 are back at Freo!)

We were the first to get rid of him, the shame is on North and Collingwood.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Shannon Grant.

 

[Altum Volantes]

bwahaha Nathan Burke and Shannon Grant!

come on people!

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

Shannon Grant.

I know you harbour an irrational hatred of North, but suggesting a Norm Smith medallist who went a number 3 in the draft and was involved in one of the biggest trades of the 90s was 'anonymous' is just plain moronic.

 

[numchuks]

Shannon Grant.

lol funny post, considering he was one of the players you used to towel you guys up.

Dunno how you could have missed him