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Greatest players by club
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McDermott and McGuinness were pretty handy in their early days too. McDermott particularly was a hard ball magnet.
Great work Roylion.
It's a difficult one for Essendon, giben they have seemingly had champions in every era.
Alongside of Thurgood, names like Daniher, Fitzmaurice, Clarke, Watson, Fraser, Long, Wanganeen, Thompson, Leek, Van Der Haar, O'Donnell etc are right up there too!
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Adelaide Crows: Mark Ricciuto
Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy: Michael Voss/Haydn Bunton
Carlton: Stephen Silvagni
Collingwood: Nathan Buckley
Essendon: John Coleman
Fremantle Dockers: Peter Bell
Geelong: Gary Ablett Snr
Hawthorn: Dermott Brereton
Kangaroos: Wayne Carey
Melbourne: Norm Smith
Port Adelaide: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Jack Dyer
St.Kilda: Trevor Barker/Robert Harvey
Sydney Swans: Bob Skilton/Paul Kelly
West Coast Eagles: Peter Matera/Ben Cousins
Western Bulldogs: Ted Whitten/Brad Johnson
That would be my list for the greatest players of all time at each club
Brisbane Lions/Fitzroy: Michael Voss/Haydn Bunton
Carlton: Stephen Silvagni
Collingwood: Nathan Buckley
Essendon: John Coleman
Fremantle Dockers: Peter Bell
Geelong: Gary Ablett Snr
Hawthorn: Dermott Brereton
Kangaroos: Wayne Carey
Melbourne: Norm Smith
Port Adelaide: Gavin Wanganeen
Richmond: Jack Dyer
St.Kilda: Trevor Barker/Robert Harvey
Sydney Swans: Bob Skilton/Paul Kelly
West Coast Eagles: Peter Matera/Ben Cousins
Western Bulldogs: Ted Whitten/Brad Johnson
That would be my list for the greatest players of all time at each club
??? no Collingwood players were listed in the AFL team of the century
Whether they be the original high flying forward D.Lee
Either of the champion Coventry or Collier Bros
The Prince of fullbacks J.Regan
Arguably many actual players most respected player B.Rose
L.Thompson who changed the way the ruck position was played
It has nothing to do with not being talked up, it is simply that the team of the 1920's - 30's was brilliant but how many of the voting panel actually saw any of them play?? They were simply going based on what they saw
In terms of Collingwood rankings, After being ignored by the AFL Collingwood was the first team to create its own Team of the Century. Pretty sure that the Collingwood team was announced in 1999, and yet even at that stage Buckley was given a position in the team of the century.
Since then Buckley has gone on to now hold the record for the most games captaining the club
Holds the record for the most Copeland trophies
Driven the club into two GF's, and took home a norm smith medal
Now it would be debated whether Buckley or Syd Coventry would be captain of the best ever Collingwood team
It would be debated whether Buckley would push out B.Rose or Tuddy as Ruck Rover or Centre in the best team ever.
The only thing that Buckley doesn't have that the old magpie champions has is team success, but that is explained when the Coventry's, Collier's, Rumney, Regan, Fothergill, P.Kyne all their careers over lapped
even in the 50's Rose, Weideman, merret, L.Richards all played in the succesful sides
and even in the 60,70s when all those GF's were lost the
Tuddy, B.Picken, Thommo, W.Richardson all played
The 90 GF gave us Daicos, Millane, T.Shaw, G.Brown
But from the 02,03 GF's it was only one bloke doing it all N.Buckley, nothing against them but blokes like Licca, Wakelin, Betheras whilst they give their all they simply dont stack up in terms of support
N.Buckley is easily in the top 5 best ever Collingwood players, arguably the best many people who used to say B.Rose was the best Collingwood player are coming around to Buckley as the best they have seen!
Thats a pretty good list there, quite accurate. Perhaps put Lockett in contention for a Swans spot just for his achievement in goal kicking.
this is why its probably best for people not to try make this list for clubs they dont support.. Barker was a star, fearless and all the rest of it.. however ian stewart/rob harvey/the doc would rate higher.. prob say Rob harvey best player of all time for saints.. good effort tho to name 16 players
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Yeah that's true. It's always hard to do. I just thought Trevor Barker was couragous. I can edit the post and add Robert Harvey
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Millane
G. Brown
Buckley
Rose
S. Coventry...
G. Brown
Buckley
Rose
S. Coventry...
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Freo's Champions:
Clement
McLeod
White
Sinclair
Lloyd
Clement
McLeod
White
Sinclair
Lloyd
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lol, there'd be a few players ahead of him. Jakovich, Worsfold, even though he is new, Judd,
Milane would be no where near the top 5.
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Underrated by everyone except Pies fans..., are you gonna tell me that Buckley shouldn't too?
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Gavin Brown maybe... I added him as my smokey player... but Millane was god.
Millane could have been top5 but his career was cut down when entering his prime
Buckley
Rose
H.Collier
S.Coventry
G.Coventry
L.Thompson
J.Regan
P.Daicos
would all be ahead of Pants
Pants, Greening, R.Todd head the list of should have beens!
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Since when Matthew Lloyd was at the Dockers?
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He wasn't but the pick the Bombers used to get him was traded by the Dockers for Tony Delaney
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No. The Bombers were awarded that pick by the AFL for Freo picking up the uncontracted Tony Delaney.
Had Delaney not come to Freo, the pick wouldn't have existed. It was never Freo's pick. Freo could never have picked up Lloyd. It was impossible as the pick was never Freo's.
If you're going to troll, at least get it right.
You have to fit Jim Stynes in there somewhere.
If you truely are 14 you never saw him play - I did and he would struggle to be in the top 5 in the 1990 premiership team let alone all time. As with with many who die young, their legend becomes far greater than the actual reality.
Not a bad effort, except for the fact you left out a club
Gary Ablett
Polly Farmer
Reg Hickey
Bernie Smith
Billy Goggin
I think that is probably a better list
