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Ridiculous. They were victims of their environments. Lack of premiership success had nothing to do with how they played the game. Do we add Peter Hudson, Peter Knights, Jason Dunstall, Chris Mew etc to the list of "goody two shoes" footballers?
Uhh, no.
My point was those players largely played with teams that weren't able to do whatever was necessary to win, including having an 'environment' filled with players who were hard men on the field.
Peter knights and Chris Mew could play the way they did because the field was affected by men who would cross the line to win. Thus, they didn't have to.
Harvey got to play with some very skilled team mates but you need more to win cups.
Robbie probably had enough hard men around him but came up against one of our eras where we simply had more....of everything.
Pretty sure Flower and Harvey would have welcomed Sicily into any of their sides, not simply for the skill he'd bring but for the edge he provides that might hopefully swing games in the biggest of moments.