Top 10 Swans Players YOU Have ever seen.

[redunderthebed]

D.kickett.
aint he worth an honourable mention?

[Gary]

I've been watching since 54...hard to leave Brownlow winners out & that doesn't leave much space...but I will leave Fred Goldsmith out.
So, start with Skilton, Bedford, Kelly, Teasdale, Goodes, Healy, Williams, Round plus Frank Johnson, Plugger, BBB.
Really it's too hard...Kirk for endeavour, MOL for just being MOL, Murphy just for the excitement he generated at times. Some would say Bedford overall comes up a little short, but for several years his skills were exquisite...if only today! Others would say Teasdale did not play enough at at a high level...but did you see him in 77! Round played better for us after a long career at Footscray...quite unexpected at the time...but great.
Yeh it's too hard but a lot of fun.

[goswannie14]

We are all entitled to our opinion but not in a million years could Round or Quade be rated better than Bedford. Quade was lamentably poorly skilled and couldn't kick over a jam tin and Round was a great trier and clubman but not a great footballer.

I never saw Bedford play live, and I thought that was the point of this thread. But as you said, you're entitled to your opinion.

[Gary]

Anyone who saw Skilton play must have seen Bedford? He won the BM in 70 which was the year before Bob retired from memory.

[goswannie14]

Anyone who saw Skilton play must have seen Bedford? He won the BM in 70 which was the year before Bob retired from memory.

Did they always play together? I was only a young kid when Skilts retired.

[NMWBloods]

Bedford played until '77 IIRC so you must have seen him.

[Blood Fever]

Rantall and Bedford

Rantall was a champion and Bedford was a much more creative player than Healy who was often set up by Williams who must be included. For purely aestetic purposes, O'Loughlin would be in mine but probably would miss out due to not having as much impact as others

[Gary]

Bedford would have 2/3 years with Bob (who did not play at all in 69 because of pre season injury). Never achieved the status of a Skilton & perhaps faded toward the end of his 190 odd games. Spent a year or 2 at Carlton after South. A good all rounder who also opened the batting for Victoria for several years while playing at BM level!

[Gary]

Agree it is tough to leave Rantall out, a very reliable defender, but strangely enough his best years were probably at North where he went in mid career & won a Premiership (playing Centre at times)...later returned to South.

[Blood Fever]

Rantall

He carried us at South at times. At North people realised how good he was bescause he was surrounded by guns and was still good at South in 77 when he was 33!

[goswannie14]

Didn't he then play a season at Fitzroy?

[Blood Fever]

Rantall

Yes but only a couple of games after Ian Stewart sacked him. He probably should have retired as he was 36

[goswannie14]

Wasn't it something to do with breaking the then league record for games played?

[Blood Fever]

Rantall

I think he got the record and then retired. We got Len Thompson who was pretty ordinary by then