Your Favourite ever Freo players

[ImperialPurple]

Something to entertain those of us who are tragic enough to be hanging around even now... when there's absolutely nothing happening....


A couple of weeks ago, someone (silverscope perhaps??) started a thread that asked you to list your 10 favourite ex-Dockers...

I have taken that idea (thanks ) and refined it a little... so I am now asking you to *vote* for your 5 favourite ever players - past or present - to pull on the purple at any time (even if it was just at training cos they never plated a senior game...)....

I'll leave it a week or so, then tally up the result (for something to do...) and give us all a bit of light entertainment while we are waiting for the pre-season games to kick off and give us something to really talk about...

To help you out - I have compiled these lists below of every player who has ever been on the senior list at Freo (as well as including the current rookie listed players. Players that have only ever been on the rookie list but not ever (i) made it to the senior list or (ii) played a game have not been included... mainly because I can;t be bothered trying to find out who they all are).

So without further ado - here are the lists:


All ex-Senior Listed players - by alphabetical order

A-G
Winston Abraham
Ben Allan
Stuart Anderson
Daniel Bandy
Peter Bell
Heath Black
Darren Bolton
Chris Bond
Brad Bootsma
Leigh Brown
Michael Brown
Craig Burrows
Jay Burton
Matthew Burton
Adam Butler
Craig Callaghan
Darren Capewell
Josh Carr
Matthew Carr
Trent Carroll
Brad Cassidy
Scott Chisholm
Ashley Clancy
Michael Clark
James Clement
Matthew Clucas
Clayton Collard
Troy Cook
Benet Copping
Trent Croad
Ben Cunningham
Tony Delaney
Gary Dhurrkay
Brad Dodd
Brett Doswell
Ryley Dunn
Brendon Feddema
Greg Edgcumbe
Simon Eastaugh
Travis Edmonds
Ben Edwards
Scott Edwards
Jeff Farmer
Brendon Fewster
Adrian Fletcher
Mark Gale
Phil Gilbert
Scott Gooch
Tony Godden
Dean Grainger
Chris Groom

H-N
Daniel Haines
Robert Haddrill
Greg Harding
Daniel Hargraves
Brodie Holland
Kingsley Hunter
John Hutton
David Hynes
Mark Johnson
Troy Johnson
Anthony Jones
Dale Kickett
Steven Koops
Brendan Krummel
Quenton Leach
Antony Ljubic
Justin Longmuir
Troy Longmuir

M-R
Greg Madigan
Paul Maher
Peter Mann
Sam McFarlane
Andrew McGovern
Shaun McManus
Tony Modra
Adam McPhee
Paul Medhurst
Todd Menegola
Jamie Merillo
Daniel Metropolis
Clem Michael
Neil Mildenhall
Peter Miller
Gavin Mitchell
Calib Mourish
David Muir
Craig Nettlebeck
Jason Norrish
Nathan Mourish
Stephen O’Reilly
Daniel Parker
Shane Parker
Ashley Prescott
Graham Polak
Troy Polak
Brendon Retzlaff
Todd Ridley
Brad Rowe

S-Z
Daniel Schell
Jarrad Schofield
Andrew Shipp
Andrew Siegert
Troy Simmonds
Dwayne Simpson
Jess Sinclair
Ryan Smith
Dylan Smith
Toby Stribling
Garth Taylor
Luke Toia
Keren Ugle
James Walker
Michael Warren
Leigh Wardell-Johnson
Robert Warnock
Clive Waterhouse
Scott Watters
Luke Webster
Jeff White
Martin Whitelaw
Andrew Wills
Brad Wira
Clinton Wolf
Dion Woods

All current players by numbers (rookies included):
3. Byron Schammer
4. Paul Hasleby
5. Garrick Ibbotson
6. Dean Solomon
7. Brett Peake
8. Nick Suban
9. Marcus Drum
10. Rhys Palmer
11. Des Headland
12. Brock O'Brien
13. Luke Pratt (r)
14. Antoni Grover
15. Ryan Crowley
16. David Mundy
17. Hayden Ballantyne
18. Luke McPharlin
19. Clayton Hinkley
20. Chris Tarrant
21. Andrew Foster
22. Scott Thornton
23. Chris Mayne
24. Adam Campbell
25. Steven Dodd
26. Kepler Bradley
27. Daniel Gilmore
28. Ryan Murphy
29. Matthew Pavlich
30. Zach Clarke
31. Aaron Sandilands
32. Stephen Hill
33. Ben Bucovaz
34. Chris Hall
35. Tim Ruffles
36. Andrew Browne
37. Michael Johnson
38. Sonny Walters
39. Casey Sibosado (r)
40. Matthew De Boer (r)
41. Paul Duffield
42. Josh Head
43. Roger Hayden
44. Brent Connelly (r)
45. Hamish Shepheard (r)
46. Clancee Pearce (r)
47. Jay Van Berlo (r)
48. Greg Broughton (r)


Go for it!

 

[silverscope]

Thanks IP! but i can't take any credit as it was not me who made the thread your referring too ' matt_nicholls ' is the person who created that thread http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=528804 .


Anyway my top 5 would be;

5. Luke Toia
4. Shane Parker
3 Shaun McManus
2. Matthew Pavlich
1. Justin Longmuir

I can't go past Luke as when he was playing i absolutely loved the little nugget its jus unfortunate that injurys cut him short (excuse the pun) and the next four could go in any order they are all great but Toia is my all time favourite

 

[loopa]

this is hard!

5. Pav
4. Dale Kickett
3. Troy Cook
2. Chopper (love him already)
1. Adrian Fletcher

 

[ImperialPurple]

Sorry people - can we do it like we do the best player votes after a game - 5 votes for your most favourite player down to 1 vote for your 5th favourite player. Makes it easier when tallying votes later. Thanks.

 

[paccraig]

5) Dale Kickett
4) Rhys Palmer
3) Paul Medhurst
2) David Mundy
1) Chris Mayne, for his attack so far.

 

[Moo]

How sad that you guys have nothing better to do than rank players ......

5 Dale 'Kicketty' Kickett
4 Pavlich
3 Clive 'Crazy Horse' Waterhouse
2 Troy 'Cannonball' Cook
1 Shaunny Mac

Apologies to Warnock and Josh Carr - for being tossers

 

[freodog]

5. Dale Kickett
4. Roger Hayden
3. Pav
2. Adrian Fletcher
1. Andrew McGovern

 

[theGav56]

5) Pavlich
4) Bell
3) Waterhouse
2) MacPharlin
1) Kickett

 

[shiny_on_top]

5, Clive Waterhouse
4, Matthew Pavlich
3, Dion Woods
2, Luke Toia
1, Matthew Burton

 

[ImperialPurple]

I narrowed it down to 10... which was hard enough, then picked my 5 from there... They are all recent / current players - I spent 1997-2000 seasons o/s, so my view is a bit more skewed toward the players that have really made an impact on me from 2001 onwards.

My favouritest ever was easy - after that it got much more difficult.


5. Matthew Pavlich (God among men)
4. Paul Hasleby
3. Jeff Farmer
2. Troy Cook
1. Paul Medhurst

(Just missing out - in no particular order... JLo, Roger, Elvis, Modra, Heath Black...)

 

[purplepassion82]

Fantastic thread. After following freo for only a relatively short time, my votes are as follows -

5. Matthew Pavlich (Star, champion player and bloke....yum)

4. Roger Hayden (My buddy, a quiet individual who goes about his job without much ado)

3. Garrick Ibbotson (Future captain)

2. Jeff Farmer (A true character of the game and I shed a tear when he retired)

1. Chris Mayne (PASSION PASSION PASSION!!)

 

[Rubber Pants]

5. Andrew Wills- Bald head, wind mill celebrations, loved him as a kid
4. Luke McPharlin- Always reliable for a huge grab and when he's on forward or back he's unbeatable
3. Scott Chisolm- Always smiling and unpredictable, quick, skilful and frustrating at times.
2. Matthew Pavlich- Doesn't need any explanation he's Pav
1/2 vote each-
Aaron Sandilands- Massive unit who is capable of moving up this list easily. His game against Geelong was outstanding, if he shows more aggression towards the ball and can kick more goals he'lll be unstoppable
Chris Bond- Maybe a surprise selection but he is everything I admire in a footballer. Hard at it, disciplined, proffesional, a great attitude and did the small things for the team.

 

[Freo Dr]

5) Pav
4) Kickett
3) Farmer
2) Gary Dhurrkay
1) Modra

Just missing the cut were Black, M Carr and Adrian Fletcher

 

[Stripes_13]

CHRIS TARRANT!
Tony Modra
Mathew Pavlich
Dale Kickett
Paul Medhurst

 

[Frigate]

5. Crazyhorse
4. The Pav
3. Kickett
2. Hayden
1. Medicare (Toia)

Could have even done this for top 10. Unlucky to Haze, J Lo, Elvis, Modra, Headland.

 

[hoss]

5. The Wiz
4. Pav
3. Hase
2. J Lo
1. Clive

 

[jonesy86]

5. James Clement (still remember those 5 match winning goals he kicked against the bombers at waverly park)
4. Paul Medhurst (9 goal game vs lions was awesome)
3. Brodie Holland ( 21 disposals and 3 goals in his second game was excellent, not many players have a better 2nd game than that)
2. Leigh Brown ( his 18 disposals and 14 marks was a match winning effort vs the bombers in 2002)
1. Chris Groom ( sentimental reasons, was a key player at CHF/Ruck in West Preston's Diamond Valley A Grade - Division 1 premiership in 2003)

 

[pistol17]

5. Shaun McManus
4. Shane Parker
3. Peter Bell
2. Matthew Pavlich
1. Luke Toia

 

[4n20]

5. Luke McPharlin
4. Troy Cook
3. Rhys Palmer
2. Matthew Pavlich
1. Paul Haselby

Ive noticed no one has voted for Josh Carr or Jeff White yet

 

[E Shed]

the wiz
pav
j longmuir
haze
rodger

 

[matt_nicholls]

5. Clive
4. Wiz
3. Pav
2. Modra
1. Aeroplane

 

[kingross29]

Pavlich
McPharlin
Bell
Sandilands
Kickett

 

[freoextra]

For me:

Troy Cook
Dale Kickett
Mathew Pavlich
Paul Haselby
Peter Bell

Very hard to keep it to 5 and miss the two great entertainers in Jeffrey and Clive

 

[estibador]

I can do the top 3 off the top of my head:

5. Pav - boring and predictable I know, but he's just a god. Best thing to ever happen to this club.

4. Kickett - his heroic deeds will forever be treasured by those who were around in the dark, early days.

3. Hayden - still the most underrated Freo player ever. It's been a privilege to watch him play.

Then I have to go look at the list:

2. Chisholm - they say there's a fine line between genius and insanity and Scotty used to cross back and forth 10 tines a game. No one encapsulated the schizophrenic nature of the early Dockers better than Chisholm.

1. Palmer - I debated whether to include someone who's only played one season but you can't help but love Palmer for the way he runs himself to exhaustion every week for the team.

Cookie is probably the most unlucky to miss out on votes - and I can see Chopper quickly rising up in my rankings in future years too.

 

[barbs]

5. Haddrill
4. Cook
3. Callaghan
2. Hayden
1. Browne, Andrew

Special mentions - Abraham, Fletcher