Bulldogs team of your era

[mighty_west]

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Very tough exercise indeed. Lots of quality players missed out.

B - Brad Hardie - Rick Kennedy - Brian Lake

HB - Steve Wallis - Peter Foster - Rohan Smith

C - Doug Hawkins - Scott West - Leon Cameron

HF - Jim Edmond - Kelvin Templeton - Chris Grant

F - Brad Johnson - Simon Beasley - Nathan Brown

R - Gary Dempsey - Tony McGiunness - Brian Royal

INT - Scott Wynd - Stephen MacPherson - Tony Liberatore - Ian Dunstan

I would pay good money to watch this & all of the other teams picked play!

WHAT! No Coon Dog, Coon Dog?

How would we go today with a spine like that!

[Twodogs]

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Fossie was a very average CHF

I disagree. Perhaps earlier in his career he struggled at CHF but he was selected to play for the big Vee at CHF after a string of good performances there after establishing himself at CHB early in his playing days.

[Twodogs]

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Anyway;

B: Egan, Lake, Foster
HB: Wallis, Grant, Gilbee
C: Hawkins, West, Cameron
HF: McGuinness, Templeton, Johnson
F: Edmond, Beasley, Royal
R: Dempsey, Cooney, Liberatore
I: Smith, Darcy, Brown, Dunstan.

[Bulldog4life]

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My team is selected from 1960 onwards. A difficult assingment indeed. Here goes after much consideration:

B: Bryant, Lake, Dempsey
HB: Wallis, Foster, Jillard
C: Hawkins, West, Johnson
HF: Grant, Templeton, Edmond
F: McGuiness, Beasley, Royal
R: Schultz, Whitten, Liberatore
I: Wynd, Cooney, Bisset, Quinlan

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

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My team is selected from 1960 onwards. A difficult assingment indeed. Here goes after much consideration:

B: Bryant, Lake, Dempsey
HB: Wallis, Foster, Jillard
C: Hawkins, West, Johnson
HF: Grant, Templeton, Edmond
F: McGuiness, Beasley, Royal
R: Schultz, Whitten, Liberatore
I: Wynd, Cooney, Bisset, Quinlan

This is a good side. I overlooked Bisset in my team by mistake and would have had wee Georgie in for Brian Royal.

[Ozza]

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This is a good side. I overlooked Bisset in my team by mistake and would have had wee Georgie in for Brian Royal.

Do Brian Royal Victorian games count - because although young - I remember he was an absolute GUN in State games!

[Bulldog4life]

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This is a good side. I overlooked Bisset in my team by mistake and would have had wee Georgie in for Brian Royal.

Yes Georgie was a great player for us. Should have been a Brownlow Medalist. If you remember he came second to Kevin Murray, by I think 1 vote. Georgie was reported in the last round, if my memory serves me correct, where he was clearly BOG. In those days a player didn't receive a vote if he was reported. To top it off he was found not guilty by the Tribunal!

Sad day when he left for Collingwood.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Anyway;

B: Egan, Lake, Foster
HB: Wallis, Grant, Gilbee
C: Hawkins, West, Cameron
HF: McGuinness, Templeton, Johnson
F: Edmond, Beasley, Royal
R: Dempsey, Cooney, Liberatore
I: Smith, Darcy, Brown, Dunstan.

Gee that's a good team, I wish I'd posted that.

[The Pie Man]

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I don't think that reasoning should come into it. On that basis I would make up to 3 or 4 (maybe more) changes to include players like Harbrow, Higgins, Ward, Griffen, etc.. who I believe will surpass some of their predecessors over their careers.

Maybe not - I respectfully disagree. Johnson was named in the team of the Century in 2002, and there was some conjecture over whether it was more a 'speculative' pick (albeit he was already a quality player) which has been more than justified since

I remain comfortable with it

[westdog54]

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My earliest recall of going to see Footscray play was us getting towelled up by Hawthorn at WO in 1988.

B: Morris Lake Kretiuk
HB: Wallis Grant Gilbee
C: Hawkins West Cameron
HF: Johnson Murphy Giansiracusa
F: Kolyniuk Beasley Royal
R: Wynd Liberatore Cooney
Int: Darcy Cross McGuinness Smith

I feel envious of people like Twodogs and Sockeye who have had the privelige of seeing immortals like Dempsey and Templeton run around.

I know Murphy at CHF sticks out a bit, but as far as I'm concerned I haven't seen a bulldog play a better CHB role than Turtle. To have him anywhere else would seem just wrong.

Croft is extremely unlucky, but I think there's enough flexibility in that backline that another big man on the bench is unwarranted.

[Mantis]

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Maybe not - I respectfully disagree. Johnson was named in the team of the Century in 2002, and there was some conjecture over whether it was more a 'speculative' pick (albeit he was already a quality player) which has been more than justified since

I remain comfortable with it

At the end of the 2001 season Brad Johnson had played 167 games for our club. Even though his selection was 'speculative' he had shown enough in these games to justify his selection.

Personally I don't think Higgins has shown enough in his 52 games to gain selection in such a team, but in the end it's your call.

[GVGjr]

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Backs:
Gilbee - Lake - Kennedy

Half Backs:
Smith - Grant - B.Cordy

Centres:
Hawkins - West - Cameron

Half Forwards:
Brown - Templeton - Hudson

Forwards:
Quinlan - Beasley - Johnson

Rucks:
Dempsey - McGuiness - Royal

Interchange:
Edmond - Romero - Darcy - Libertore - Dunstan - Foster - Atkins

Coach: Michael Malthouse Captain: Jim Edmond

Apologies to a number of players including a couple of Brownlow medallists.

[Happy Days]

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My earliest Bulldogs memory was West Coast at Whitten Oval in 1997, so I'll go from there.

B: Gilbee, Lake, Kretiuk
HB: Smith, Morris, Hargrave
C: Boyd, West, Griffen
HF: Giansiricusa, Grant, Murphy
F: Brown, Johnson, Hudson
Foll: Darcy, Cooney, Cross

I/C: Liberatore, Eagleton, Higgins, Akermanis

Tough. Most of my experiences came during a lean period, hence Johnson at FF and the lack of a second ruck option.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

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Yes Georgie was a great player for us. Should have been a Brownlow Medalist. If you remember he came second to Kevin Murray, by I think 1 vote. Georgie was reported in the last round, if my memory serves me correct, where he was clearly BOG. In those days a player didn't receive a vote if he was reported. To top it off he was found not guilty by the Tribunal!

Sad day when he left for Collingwood.

Do Brian Royal Victorian games count - because although young - I remember he was an absolute GUN in State games!

George Bisset also represented the State, won our Club's best and fairest and in the Bulldogs Team of the Century. Didn't really want to leave the Bulldogs but went to Collingwood under the Ten year rule. Became a selector during Terry Wheeler's time as coach. Now firmly back entrenched in the Bulldogs camp and attends every game. As referred to was reported for striking Carlton's Ian Robertson, after kicking 6 goals with a clearly best on ground performance.George Bisset was one of 5 players to win a best and fairest award after coming from Braybrook. These included Ted Whitten, Doug Hawkins, Wally Donald, Ray Walker and George Bisset.

[Twodogs]

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Gee that's a good team, I wish I'd posted that.

Haha. I was wondering if you'd notice.



I looked at yours, thought "well me and SS have ben going to the footy for pretty much the same length of time, and I cant better that side" So I just cut and pasted yours!


The only change I was tempted to make was Purser for Dunstan. And to try and fit Lally in...