I dont think Carey is in the top 100 players to play the game

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Haha

Oh you're serious.....

He didn't play the Lance Franklin "CHF", it was during an era where players held their positions.

Carey played from 40-85m out from goal, not leading out from FF like the modern "CHF" does a lot of the time.

If Champion Data existed back from the start of his career and collated goal assists and score involvements, he would absolutely dwarf every other forward that has ever played the game by a huge margin.

He played in an era when it was all about the forward kicking 100-150 goals a year to be successful, he bucked the trend and kicked 70+ (A huge amount for a "TRUE" CHF at the time) and is one of the best "team first" forwards ever.

This in an era of a combination of the best backmen and key forwards ever as well.

He was essentially what Magic Johnson was to the NBA in the 80's as a comparison. Maybe not the best scorer of all time, but an absolute wizard and the greatest of all time in lifting his team mates and making them better through his footy IQ and play. His general skill level for a key forward (Marking, Kicking, Ground level ability, Agility etc) is probably only rivaled by Ablett Snr in my opinion.

Wayne Carey in the 1994 finals series is the best player of all time, period.

Except for Snr in the 1989 finals series.

 

[Tushay]

Way to go, comparing a centre half forward with a full forward, in an era when they were vastly different positions. Just stupid.

Carey was one of the most dominant, game-changing players I've ever seen, that's for sure. Out of him and Abblet senior for #1.

Kernahan played most of his football at CHF. You should know this.

Here's a quote from Royce Hart, who you may also realise was a CHF, and one of the great ones: ""I reckon they would be my top five (centre half-forwards) - Carey, Brereton, Kernahan, Brown and Riewoldt," Hart said."

 

[Echoes]

Duck not top 100?

 

[Tectonic]

Duck not top 100?

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This stuff used to happen every week

 

[Tectonic]

RUNVS

 

[Echoes]

This stuff used to happen every week

Carey was an absolute beast, if you don’t approve of the whole rooting your best mates missus thing, fair enough...but from a sheer playing perspective, anyone who doesn’t put him top 5 of all time, has no business commenting on footy.

 

[StevenwellerHFC]

108

 

[The Warlord]

Picasso was an awful to women, this his painting is crap.

Polanski is a rapist so Chinatown was crap, not one of the greatest movies ever.

Caravaggio was a murderer, so the use of light and shade in his art is worthless.

 

[Benno_900]

I am not going to bother to read any of this thread, but I am guessing the OP was born this millennium.

 

[jwikked]

I am not going to bother to read any of this thread, but I am guessing the OP was born this millennium.

Maybe you should at least read the first page so you don't come off looking like an ill-informed 15 year old.

 

[nineteen eighty]

Picasso was an awful to women, this his painting is crap.

Polanski is a rapist so Chinatown was crap, not one of the greatest movies ever.

Caravaggio was a murderer, so the use of light and shade in his art is worthless.

Caravaggio reference on BF. You sir win the BF poster of the year award. Everybody else can move along.

Brilliant!!