Which player leaving hurt you the most?

[The Coon Dog]

Lets be honest, it reads like a horror story when you go back through the years & see players arrive, make a name for themselves & then for one reason or another find themselves playing for another team.

Which one really cut to the quick with you? Why? Did/would you ever forgive them?

Let's just list a few that were terrific players who went on to ply their trade elsewhere:

George Bissett, Laurie Sandilands, Bernie Quinlan, Barry Round, Gary Dempsey, Kelvin Templeton, Brad Hardie, Jim Edmond, Tony McGiunness & Nathan Brown

For me its hard to split between Gary Dempsey & Kelvin Templeton.

Gary Dempsey wanted an elusive premiership & went to North (we got Mark Williams, John Moylan & Gary Cowton in return ). In all honesty I wished with all my heart at that time that he failed.

Kelvin Templeton's 1980 seson was the best I've ever seen by a player wearing the red, white & blue. It was ironic that he went to Melbourne which was the club he played against when he did his knee. Again, I was shattered, but somewaht comforted when I saw him struggling to kick 40 metres for the Demons.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

Brown offended the most. He was petulant selfish and dishonest, and Karma has well and truly whacked the bejesus out of him.

You haven't mentioned Leon Cameron's departure which I found really sad.
I'm sure he would have loved to spend his entire career at the Kennel.
Hated watching him run around in the yellow and black.
Montgomery as well. Remember when he kissed his jumper after goaling in a final against the Swans?
You don't trade that kind of passion away.

[mighty_west]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

For me, Kelvin Templeton & Brad Hardie, Templeton was really my first hero, he was the Chris Grant of the late 70's, the superstar player that 90% of Footscray supporters had on their backs.

I was guttered when he left, but later undestood that his knees were pretty much shot anyway, so we got to see the very best of him at the Doggies.

Hardie was another, his first season was just brilliant, unfortunatly he cops a fair wack from people saying he was a dud Brownlow medallist etc etc, but that season, he was as good as any Doggies player in any season of footy.

[always right]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

Templeton....easy. He was the reason you went to see the dogs back then. When I learned he was going I was devastated. As it turned out he wouldn't have been much chop for us anyway. His knee was stuffed and he looked like a big tank watching the game pass him by. Sad.

Losing Cameron was also sad. He was bulldogs through and through. As for Brown, he was appalling in his last season, trying to do the spectacular on every occasion when teammates were in better positions. The most selfish player I've seen. I'd be devastated if he never enjoyed team success

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

You haven't mentioned Leon Cameron's departure which I found
Montgomery as well. Remember when he kissed his jumper after goaling in a final against the Swans?
You don't trade that kind of passion away.

Good ones, forgot about those 2 as well as your namesake.

[mighty_west]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

Nathan Brown is the one i was most angry with, "If Darcy signs, i'll sign"....pffft yeah right.

My only wish was for him to see no finals action with his new club, and have no success [so far so good], his injury he copped, whilst it might have pleased quite a few, i wouldn't have wished that upon anyone, no one deserved an injury like that, that was horrible.

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

The one that hurt the most was Jim Edmond.

Why was that A39?

[mighty_west]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

The most selfish player I've seen. I'd be devastated if he never enjoyed team success

Didn't Nafan also drive away Luke Penny from the club? few rumblings at the time that Nafan used to really get stuck into him, only for Penny to goto the Saints?

[LostDoggy]

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Farren Ray, i cried for weeks......

[LostDoggy]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

The player i miss most is Jordy.....i only have the Bald Eagle to scream at now!

[LostDoggy]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

Brown by a long way, just a money hungry little shit

[Mofra]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

Alot of angst towards Brown here - personally I think he is a prick of a bloke (having had some contact with him) but I don't blame him for leaving.
We were going to cut his salary on the back of him winning AA and I doubt too many players would stay at a club under those conditions.

The ones that hurt were:
Monty - Always liked him & I felt we were paying over the odds for the bald Eagle
Hawkins - Thought he could have been managed through 1 more season
Hardie - Was one of my favourite players

[Missing Dog]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

At the time it was Jock but since reading Coon Dogs interview have really softened up to him Tony McGiunness told me at around rnd 17 he was going for family reasons never ever lied or tried to hide it also forgiven but that runt Brown with his arrogance and strut pisses me off!!

[Mofra]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

McGuinness, that was the first one I missed - he hand delivered a Bulldogs magazine to me when I was in grade 3 so was an early favourite of mine.

[Scraggers]

Re: Which player leaving hurt you the most?

Barry Round ... Absolute superstar who failed to get the opportunity to shine

Doug Hawkins ... even though he was pushed, seeing him in a Fitzroy jumper left me gutted ... I loved Doug ... not the way it should have ended

Jim Edmond ... Losing our skipper

But the one/s that hurt the most was Nathan Brown / Terry Wallace ... I honestly think their departures set the club back 5 years !!! AND TO END UP AT RICHMOND ...