Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

[JohnGentStand]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

My team:
B. Hardie, Lake, Morris
HB. Smith, Foster, Southern
C. Hawkins, West, Cameron
HF.Edmund, Grant , Hudson
FF. Robbins, Beasley, Johnson

Ruck. Wynd, Cooney, Royal

Inter. Libertore, Murphy, Templeton, S Macpherson

I am in love with this forward line...5 of the 6 with incredibly strong hands (4 in the wet! ), with the 6th man possibly the best kicking skills seen in the RW&B

Em. MacGuiness, Kennedy, N. Brown, S Wallis

[Missing Dog]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

B Hunter Lake Morris
HB Cameron Foster Glibee
C Hawkins West Griffen
GF Brown Grant Murphy
F Bamblett Beasley Royal
R Wynd Cooney Liberatore
INT Purser Croft Wallis McLean

So hard too many missed so no emergencies

[Dogmatic]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

I'm surprised to see that Kingsley hunter made so many people's team. Lol

[LostDoggy]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

Hardie - D. Darcy - Casey
Smith - Quinlan - Cameron
Hawkins - EJ Whitten - D. Thorpe
Grant - Templeton - N. Brown
Johnson - Beasley - Hobbs
Dempsey - Cooney - Royal
I/C Wynd - Liberatore - Murphy - West

Couln't find a place for greats such as Purser, Bob Spargo, John Jillard, Barry Ion, Luke Darcy, Lake, Morris, Kretiuk, Gilbee, Foster, Kennedy, Bisset, Wallis, Dunstan, Croft, John Hoiles, Ray Baxter, Ian Bryant, Terry Wheeler, Abbey, Neil Cordy and a few others.

Feel a bit guilty about having Judas in there but then again there are others such as Dempsey, Dunstan and Thorpe who went down a similar path and Quinlan, Hawkins, Templeton, Cordy, and Bisset played for other sides, and EJ threatened to.

Surely you mean Graham!

Abbey a great?? Do you mean Angus?

You feel guilty about picking EJ "because he threatened to go" The greatest Bulldog of them all who was offered huge pounds/dollars at the time and rejected them all and you are crook on him for threateneing to go?

Dear me!

[LostDoggy]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

Good read.
You should be throwing in a coach and captains???

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

Surely you mean Graham!

Abbey a great?? Do you mean Angus?

You feel guilty about picking EJ "because he threatened to go" The greatest Bulldog of them all who was offered huge pounds/dollars at the time and rejected them all and you are crook on him for threateneing to go?

Dear me!

I considered Ross Abbey and Stephen Power, I thought they were both wonderful players.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

B: Walker - Lake - Dempsey
HB: Jillard - Foster - Smith
C: Hawkins - West - Johnson
HF: Grant - Templeton - G.Ion
F: Edmond - Beasley - Bisset
R: Schultz- Whitten - Liberatore
I: Royal - Boyd - Murphy - Quinlan

[LostDoggy]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

B: Wallis Lake Morris
HB: Smith Croft Murphy
C: Griffin West Cameron
HF: Johnson Grant McGuiness
F: Akermanis Hall N.Brown
R: Wynd Cooney Atkins
I: Darcy Hawkins Libba Boyd

Not sure its the best line-up in my time but it's the one I'd most like to see. The wings from half-back on just full of flair . Also not sure Atkins would get a game today but I loved his quick hands in that era.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

Surely you mean Graham!

Abbey a great?? Do you mean Angus?

You feel guilty about picking EJ "because he threatened to go" The greatest Bulldog of them all who was offered huge pounds/dollars at the time and rejected them all and you are crook on him for threateneing to go?

Dear me!

Seems as though you are arguing just for the sake of it. Did I step on your toes one time?

I mean Ross Abbey of course, when he played well we always won. Liked him a lot.

My post does not say that I felt a bit guilty about picking EJ, its just your contorted interpretation.

[always right]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

B: Morris, Lake, Gilbee
HB: Wallis, Foster, Murphy
C: Hawkins, West, Cameron
HF: Edmond, Templeton, Grant
F: Royal, Beasley, Johnson

R: Dempsey, Cooney, Liberatore

I: Smith, Wynd, McLean, Boyd

Love having Grant and Foster in the same side. Both interchangeable back and forward.

Was a toss-up between, Boyd, Brown and Griffen on the bench.

Surprised to see some love for Egan and Mark Hunter. Good honest players IMO....nothing more.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

Hardie - D. Darcy - Casey
Smith - Quinlan - Cameron
Hawkins - EJ Whitten - D. Thorpe
Grant - Templeton - N. Brown
Johnson - Beasley - Hobbs
Dempsey - Cooney - Royal
I/C Wynd - Liberatore - Murphy - West

Couln't find a place for greats such as Purser, Bob Spargo, John Jillard, Barry Ion, Luke Darcy, Lake, Morris, Kretiuk, Gilbee, Foster, Kennedy, Bisset, Wallis, Dunstan, Croft, John Hoiles, Ray Baxter, Ian Bryant, Terry Wheeler, Abbey, Neil Cordy and a few others.

Feel a bit guilty about having Judas in there but then again there are others such as Dempsey, Dunstan and Thorpe who went down a similar path and Quinlan, Hawkins, Templeton, Cordy, and Bisset played for other sides, and EJ threatened to.

This team sounds like my vintage:
After careful consideration here is my best 22.
B. Bryant Lake Schultz
Hb. Morris Whitten Murphy
C. Hawkins West Johnson
HF. Grant Templeton G. Ion
F. Brown Beasley Liberatore
R. Dempsey Cooney
R. Bisset
Inter. Wynd Foster Griffen Boyd

[gohardorgohome]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

I started going to games in the mid 70s as a young kid. It is a bit hard to rely on my understanding of footy as a young kid but Templeton and Dempsey we stand outs......Dunstan won 3 best and fairests in poor teams...Quinlan was a good player for the Bulldogs and became a great player at Fitzroy....

All in all if have 4 70s players, and 6 players each from the 80s, 90s and 2000s.

B Morris Lake Hardie
HB Smith Grant Wallis
C Hawkins West Griffen
HF Murphy Templeton Johnson
F McGuinness Beasley Royal
R Dempsey Cooney Libba

Inter Wynd Boyd Quinlan Dunstan

[the banker]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time

Hardie - Lake - Morris
Jillard - Quinlan - Murphy
Hawkins - West - Johnson
Edmund - Whitten - Grant
Templeton - Beasley - N Brown
Dempsey - Cooney - Royal

Interchange: Foster. Wynd Liberatore. Featherby
Emergency : Wallis Schultz. Griffen, Purser.

Apologies. Dunstan. Smith

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time z

[QUOTE=the banker;255322]Hardie - Lake - Morris
Jillard - Quinlan - Murphy
Hawkins - West - Johnson
Edmund - Whitten - Grant
Templeton - Beasley - N Brown
Dempsey - Cooney - Royal

Interchange: Foster. Wynd Liberatore. Featherby
Emergency : Wallis Schultz. Griffin. Purser.

Apologies. Dunstan. Smith[/
It is hard to believe that you couldn't find a spot for John Schultz in your best 22.
Schultz was arguably our best ruckman in the past 50 years. He is only one of two League players to represent Victoria every year in his first 10 years of League football.
Playing in the era of EJ our finest player,both Whitten and Schultz won 5 Club best and fairest awards each.

[the banker]

Re: Your Footscray / Western Bulldogs Team Of Your Time z

[QUOTE=Nuggety Back Pocket;255330]

Hardie - Lake - Morris
Jillard - Quinlan - Murphy
Hawkins - West - Johnson
Edmund - Whitten - Grant
Templeton - Beasley - N Brown
Dempsey - Cooney - Royal

Interchange: Foster. Wynd Liberatore. Featherby
Emergency : Wallis Schultz. Griffen. Purser.

Apologies. Dunstan. Smith[/
It is hard to believe that you couldn't find a spot for John Schultz in your best 22.
Schultz was arguably our best ruckman in the past 50 years. He is only one of two League players to represent Victoria every year in his first 10 years of League football.
Playing in the era of EJ our finest player,both Whitten and Schultz won 5 Club best and fairest awards each.

I was very young when whitten and Schultz were playing and I built this team on how much the players engaged me. Your comments totally legitimate.