Players who left your club and became better

[Bokonon_]

I know there are other examples in the thread, so apologies for singling this one out, but it's just and example for a broader point.

Does it really count as getting better after they left a club when they left as a kid, and most (if not all) of the improvement is just what you'd expect of a decent kid as he matures?

Yep
Boyd would be another for us, left before he marured and will always be a Bulldog in my view. Cant really name anyone for us, I'd argue Treloar was a very good inside mid for us 2015 and improvement with the Pies is just natural development.

Expect there will be a few like Cam, Marchbank and Steele but we're a new club.Curtly Hampton is one I'd like to see het better as well.

 

[Vindicater]

Ted Richards and Josh Jenkins

 

[Kavliaris69]

Shane Savage
Luke McPharlin

McPharlin wanted to leave as a youngster after not playing for nearly 18 mths with OP. He was destined to be a star player.
Not sure if u can say he got better but his quality did shine through as he got older. Never really
had a chance to show how good he was at Hawks. Pity cause we didn't get much for him. He was outside the Croad trade.

 

[Jbudds]

Peter Caven

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Matt Robran - yes
Josh Kennedy - yes
Shane Tuck - yes
Zac Dawson - yes
Brad Scott - yes
Luke McPharlin - yes
Shane Savage - yes
Kyle Cheney - yes
Steve Malaxos - probably
Ben McGlynn - probably
Mitch Hallahan - probably

 

[threesixpio]

He wanted to be a coach under Simpson. Freo has Lyon and therefore never an option.

IT
WAS
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JOKE

 

[ArjenTheGreat]

Peter Mann

He was good for us and rubbish for you from memory.

Cost himself a few flags by leaving.

 

[Xhoquelin]

Gysberts? LOL! He never played a game for us and was cut after 1 year.

Obviously sarcasm as none of those mentioned players did anything after leaving the Dees

 

[kirsti]

It wouldn't kill me at all if this happened. Love Sammy and always will.

Strange Freo didn't go after him - they needed him and I thought he kneed them too

Sammy in his last year playing would be primed, it would be great to see him win another Brownlow.

 

[Mofra]

Does it really count as getting better after they left a club when they left as a kid, and most (if not all) of the improvement is just what you'd expect of a decent kid as he matures?

If so, the Bulldogs could just about list Tommy Alvin who was supposed to play for us (zoning) but never did.

We sold many of our stars in the 70s & 80s to stay afloat - some stayed stars (Quinlin), some were better after they left (Barry Round), some due to injury were never the same (Kelvin Templeton).

In recent times Nathan Brown when he was injured for the Tigers was in the best form of his career, Luke Penny to the Saints, Callan Ward to GWS and Jarrad Harbrow to the Suns all spring to mind.

I suspect Nathan Hrovat will join that club by the end of the season. Good player starved of opportunity.

 

[kirsti]

Barry Hall was at his best as a Swan.

 

[dylan93]

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Stef Martin
Scott Thompson
Darren Jolly

Honourable mention to Luke Beveridge and Alistair Clarkson (players who went on to be freak coaches!)

 

[schmuttt]

I know there are other examples in the thread, so apologies for singling this one out, but it's just an example for a broader point.

Does it really count as getting better after they left a club when they left as a kid, and most (if not all) of the improvement is just what you'd expect of a decent kid as he matures?

He went from struggling to get a game to top 3 in the B&F in his first year. He wasn't exactly prominent in GWS' future.

 

[jwint43]

I can't think of any really, in recent history at least.

Luke Ball? Wouldn't say he was better at Collingwood, certainly helped them though.

Brendon Goddard? Not many would agree there

Nicky Dal? nope

Tony Lockett, I couldn't say as I was too young.

Barry Hall was definitely one

 

[Boxhead_31]

Greg Williams
Bernard Toohey
Sean Denham

 

[Ekomaira]

Jamie Cripps. been pretty handy for West Coast

 

[JCHolmes]

Fraser Gehrig

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Dempster and Schneider

 

[Jeremias]

Carlton have a fair few

Can't think of too many recently other than Kennedy and Jacobs who were both young when they left.

Betts is arguable given how good he was at Carlton already.

Can you think of any others or were you just fishing for a few cheap likes?

 

[Forward Press]

Can't think of too many recently other than Kennedy and Jacobs who were both young when they left.

Betts is arguable given how good he was at Carlton already.

Can you think of any others or were you just fishing for a few cheap likes?

Mitch Robinson, Lachie Henderson, Jeremy Laidler?

 

[FredLeDeux]

Mitch Robinson, Lachie Henderson, Jeremy Laidler?

Laidler definitely did better after leaving Geelong.

 

[Jeremias]

Mitch Robinson, Lachie Henderson, Jeremy Laidler?

All handy footballers but not sure any of them have improved since leaving Carlton.

The latter two are candidates for this thread after leaving their first clubs and coming to Carlton.

 

[Forward Press]

All handy footballers but not sure any of them have improved since leaving Carlton.

Robinson won the B+F at Brisbane, Henderson and Laidler have become first 22 at sides that, no offence, have been superior to yours in the past two years.

Just let the throwaway like fishing post slide through to the keeper, I'm sure even the most one-eyed Carlton fan knows several players have left when they probably shouldn't have in recent years.

 

[maddog37]

Tony McGuiness

 

[Bollox]

Jeff White replaced Jolly and Simmonds though so can't really complain too much about that.

White had already been your #1 ruck for maybe >5-6yrs. Jolly was a backup ruck frustrated by lack of opportunity.
From memory Simmonds left a season or two before Jolly, for similar reasons...better prospects and to get out from under White's shadow.
If u had no idea, why say anything ?