Our Best 5 players (Past)

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  • Plugger46
    Senior Player
    • Apr 2003
    • 3674
    #1

    Our Best 5 players (Past)

    Just having a think about some of the great players we have had.

    In my time (92+) and IMO they would have to be:

    1. Lockett
    2. Kelly
    3. O'Loughlin
    4. Cresswell
    5. Dunkley

    Obviously before my time, there are players such as Skilton, Pratt, Nash, Bedford, Healy, Williams, Clegg, Teasdale, Papley and so on.

    Wondering what some of the older members of the board think?
    Bloods

    "Lockett is the best of all time" - Robert Harvey, Darrel Baldock, Nathan Burke, Kevin Bartlett, Bob Skilton
    Tags: past, players, Swans, sydney
    • liz
      Veteran
      Site Admin
      • Jan 2003
      • 16844
      #2
      Roos would have to be in the mix too, for recent generation players. There are not too many players who are clearly BOG in their 300th game.

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        • robbieando
          The King
          • Jan 2003
          • 2750
          #3
          Five Best Swans Players of All Time

          1. Bob Skilton
          2. Laurie Nash
          3. Bob Pratt
          4. John Rantall
          5. Paul Kelly

          Best Five Swans players in my time (1988 onwards)

          1. Paul Kelly
          2. Tony Lockett
          3. Mark Bayes
          4. Greg Williams
          5. Barry Mitchell

          Best Five VFL/AFL Players in my time (1988 Onwards)

          1. Gary Ablett
          2. Robert Harvey
          3. Paul Kelly
          4. Tony Lockett
          5. Jason Dunstall
          Once was, now elsewhere

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            • cressakel
              On the Rookie List
              • May 2004
              • 455
              #4
              Originally posted by robbieando
              Five Best Swans Players of All Time

              1. Bob Skilton
              2. Laurie Nash
              3. Bob Pratt
              4. John Rantall
              5. Paul Kelly

              Best Five Swans players in my time (1988 onwards)

              1. Paul Kelly
              2. Tony Lockett
              3. Mark Bayes
              4. Greg Williams
              5. Barry Mitchell

              Best Five VFL/AFL Players in my time (1988 Onwards)

              1. Gary Ablett
              2. Robert Harvey
              3. Paul Kelly
              4. Tony Lockett
              5. Jason Dunstall
              Didn't watch many North games in the 90's and early 2000's I presume......

              R.Harvey isn't W.Carey's bootlaces, in fact there are NO players who are even close to WanCarey. The bloke was the best player in the last 20 years, regardless of people's opinion's on his off field actions, deeds and misdemeanours....
              Well somebody told me, You had a boyfriend, Who looks like a girlfriend,That I had in February of last year, It's not confidential, I've got potential

              Somebody told me, The Killers, Hot Fuss, 2004.

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                • NMWBloods
                  Taking Refuge!!
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 15819
                  #5
                  Originally posted by cressakel
                  in fact there are NO players who are even close to WanCarey.
                  Rubbish.
                  The bloke was the best player in the last 20 years, regardless of people's opinion's on his off field actions, deeds and misdemeanours....
                  He's definitely one of the best, but not clearly the best by a mile, as you suggest.
                  Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

                  "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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                    • cressakel
                      On the Rookie List
                      • May 2004
                      • 455
                      #6
                      Originally posted by NMWBloods
                      [B]Rubbish.


                      He's definitely one of the best, but not clearly the best by a mile, as you suggest.
                      THE BEST.

                      My opinion - backed up by playing the hardest position on the ground, consistently BOG in very good teams whereby he regularly kicked 3-4 a game, beaten by no oponent except G.Jakovich on the odd occasion, having 2-3 defenders hanging off him EVERY game.

                      Opinions are like armpits - everybody has two and they stink....
                      Well somebody told me, You had a boyfriend, Who looks like a girlfriend,That I had in February of last year, It's not confidential, I've got potential

                      Somebody told me, The Killers, Hot Fuss, 2004.

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                        • ScottH
                          It's Goodes to cheer!!
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 23665
                          #7
                          I think you'll find, one A. Dunkley, kept him quiet on a regular basis.

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                            • Sanecow
                              Suspended by the MRP
                              • Mar 2003
                              • 6917
                              #8
                              Except for that one game in 96.

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                                • ScottH
                                  It's Goodes to cheer!!
                                  • Sep 2003
                                  • 23665
                                  #9
                                  Well, he did have a bad week, was physically ill before the game and copped a kick in the head from his opponent, but yes it wasn't one he would like to remember.

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                                    • cressakel
                                      On the Rookie List
                                      • May 2004
                                      • 455
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by ScottH
                                      I think you'll find, one A. Dunkley, kept him quiet on a regular basis.
                                      Averaging 3 goals, 15-17 possessions and 7-8 marks against Dunkley is a bad day for Carey (not for other CHF's though) when judged on his career stats and classic Carey games, but I'm sure Dunks wouldn't have been in the team week in week out if Carey was on him every week, as 60-66 goals against a season as a Full-Back is a poor effort.

                                      Dunks may have beaten Carey on the odd occasion, but Bradman did make a few ducks in Test Cricket as well - proving that even Carey and Bradman are human after all....
                                      Well somebody told me, You had a boyfriend, Who looks like a girlfriend,That I had in February of last year, It's not confidential, I've got potential

                                      Somebody told me, The Killers, Hot Fuss, 2004.

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                                        • Sanecow
                                          Suspended by the MRP
                                          • Mar 2003
                                          • 6917
                                          #11
                                          I don't think Carey's human weaknesses were ever in question ("Why don't you get a bigger set of tits?").

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                                            • ScottH
                                              It's Goodes to cheer!!
                                              • Sep 2003
                                              • 23665
                                              #12
                                              I was disputing whether he was the best or not i was disputing your opinion -
                                              Originally posted by cressakel
                                              beaten by no oponent except G.Jakovich on the odd occasion, having 2-3 defenders hanging off him EVERY game.

                                              Opinions are like armpits - everybody has two and they stink....

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                                                • NMWBloods
                                                  Taking Refuge!!
                                                  • Jan 2003
                                                  • 15819
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by cressakel
                                                  Opinions are like armpits - everybody has two and they stink....
                                                  Cliches are so tedious...
                                                  Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

                                                  "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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                                                    • cressakel
                                                      On the Rookie List
                                                      • May 2004
                                                      • 455
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by NMWBloods
                                                      Cliches are so tedious...
                                                      Please forgive me Father for I have sinned.

                                                      It will ALWAYS happen again.....
                                                      Well somebody told me, You had a boyfriend, Who looks like a girlfriend,That I had in February of last year, It's not confidential, I've got potential

                                                      Somebody told me, The Killers, Hot Fuss, 2004.

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                                                        • NMWBloods
                                                          Taking Refuge!!
                                                          • Jan 2003
                                                          • 15819
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by cressakel
                                                          Please forgive me Father for I have sinned.

                                                          It will ALWAYS happen again.....
                                                          Are you planning to continue to use that one weekly, or are you feverishly plotting to find some other tired old cliche that you can trot out...
                                                          Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

                                                          "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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