Your Favourite Ever Players Who Weren't Absolute Topliners

[SonofScray]

Re: Your Favourite Ever Players Who Weren't Absolute Topliners

Also should add Bernard Toohey to my list. Hard man, moustache.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Your Favourite Ever Players Who Weren't Absolute Topliners

Also should add Bernard Toohey to my list. Hard man, moustache.

If those smart folk at CERN used Toohey versus Dent in opposing directions in the hadron colider they' would have found the god particle years ago.

[GVGjr]

Re: Your Favourite Ever Players Who Weren't Absolute Topliners

I loved Kellett and Atkins too.

Kellett frustrated me no end. His lack of a left foot kicking skill meant he often ran too far with the ball.

[bulldogtragic]

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Kellett frustrated me no end. His lack of a left foot kicking skill meant he often ran too far with the ball.

Beethoven had his critics too G, but when he was in full flight I loved his run, but not nearly as much as him playing 101 games... So you're telling me we need to get Josh some left foot training ASAP?

[Bornadog]

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I loved our team in 1985. Rick Kennedy, was my favourite. He was the meanest footballer I have ever seen, yet off the field he was a gentlemen. Others from 1985 Magic McClean and Andrew Purser.

[always right]

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Kellett frustrated me no end. His lack of a left foot kicking skill meant he often ran too far with the ball.

Always reckoned he thought he was much quicker than he actually was. Had the gift of running himself into dead ends.

[Twodogs]

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Peter Foster, Andrew Purser and Jim Sewell belong on this list although I'd argue that Foster was a star.

[boydogs]

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Lake was Harris, before he was Lake. Who was Griffen, before he was Griffen? Griffin maybe?

I always argued Griffen was better than Deledio, even after Deledio won rising star. They played against each other in their debut season, they both had the explosiveness and long kicking but Griff always had the ability to take the game on. Deledio now sits behind the ball rebounding it, whilst Griff is an elite mid.

[GVGjr]

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Always reckoned he thought he was much quicker than he actually was. Had the gift of running himself into dead ends.

Yep, he would back himself to run around players but often would get caught between bounces running into other players.

[Dazza]

Re: Your Favourite Ever Players Who Weren't Absolute Topliners

Croft, Kretiuk, Robbins and Street.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

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Croft, Kretiuk, Robbins and Street.

Loved Crofty, all class having to perform against much bigger opponents. Angelo Petraglia was a good B grader as was Dimma. Mocca Dunstan gave his heart each week in losing teams.

[bulldogtragic]

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Croft, Kretiuk, Robbins and Street.

I forgot about Streety, I even changed my user name temporarily in his honour.

I think Croft was on the low side of being a top liner, he could play the likes of Carey quite well I thought.

[always right]

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I forgot about Streety, I even changed my user name temporarily in his honour.

I think Croft was on the low side of being a top liner, he could play the likes of Carey quite well I thought.

I think you might be over-rating him. He was a good footballer and a very honest one forced to often play out of his weight division....not dissimilar to Kretiuk but with a little more flair.

[Greystache]

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I could never understand why people said poor Matty Croft always had play on much bigger opponents, he was 191cm and 94kg, that's as big as any of the guys in the 90's. Matthew Lloyd was 192cm and 93kg, and even Wayne Carey was 192cm and 97kg.

Kretiuk was the poor soul who had to play on opponents much bigger than him.

[Mofra]

Re: Your Favourite Ever Players Who Weren't Absolute Topliners

Stephen Kretiuk was a favourite of mine - almost always outsized but hard as nails and very effective.