Hi All

Hoping to pick your brains for a Blueseum article, focussing on players that we've recruited because they annihilated us in a game or series of games.

A few come to mind:

* Brent Heaver, 5 goals for Melbourne

* Sean Charles, that 1994 final

* Mick McGuane, every freaking time.

Any thoughts? If you can come up with any, please add a specific game or 2 that probably saw the Blues take interest.

Thanks

M

- Stephen Easton
- Frank Marchesani

We're talking late 70s early 80s - I will have to research the games.

Easton took a mark and kicked a goal late in a game for North Melbourne to beat us at Princes Park.

Marchesani tore us a new one in his first season at Fitzroy (kicked 4 goals I think). I think we were always going to try and recruit him anyway because his uncle was a big sponsor of Carlton at the time and he had other 'family' ties with Carlton (of the Fat Tony kind ).

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Mick Mansfield - but only when he was actually playing for Carlton (usually the 19th man for the opposition).

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He escorted Brad Pearce to the ball magnificently in the 1995 Grand Final.

Adrian Hickmont was I thought Geelong's toughest and better performed players whilst he was on the field for them in the 95 Grand Final - and all the Carlton Players recommended we recruit him.

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Hickmott.

Billy Barrot.

Billy Barrot came to us in 1971, I think.

Richmond and St. Kilda came to a deal where Ian Stewart and Barrot swapped clubs.

A few games into that season - Barrot walked out on St. Kilda and then St. Kilda cleared him to us.

Barrot basically won the 1969 Grand Final for Richmond against us - when he was shifted from the Centre to Full Forward and kicked 4 goals - Wes Lofts couldn't handle him.

This sort of club movement would be impossible today under the current player movement rules.

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I remember Col Kinnear mentioning Earl Spalding used to destroy us.

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Corey McKernan always played well against us.........

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99GF comes to mind there.

Peter McKenna - we often ended up with former enemies at the club when their best was behind them. I had an endless dream that we would get Daicos at some stage.

There was a lot of talk and rumour about getting Daicos in the early to mid-80s.

As for other players past their prime:

- Brownlow Medalist - Peter Bedford

- David Clarke (Senior) from Geelong - we also recruited David Clarke Junior at his prime.

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O'Reilly used to have the wood on Sticks

Mansfield was usually ok against us.

Nick Stevens was BOG a couple of times against us.

Daicos was VERY keen to come to Carlton at 1 point, closer than you'll ever know.

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You are spot on with Marchesani.....played on Bruce Doull from memory and destroyed him with pace...

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Greg Williams use to tear Carlton apart with his football and physical presence when he was at the Swans.

This reminds me.....
Rhys-Jones was a fearsome opponent.

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One superstar player who I never remember tearing us apart was Wayne Carey.

SOS would always nullify Carey as far as I can recall, and even create and rebound off him.

Carey is lower in my estimation of him as a player because of this.

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As I mentioned he was one our better players in the 95 Grand Final - gave Brad Pearce an armchair ride to the ball as I recall.

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Sticks was pretty handy on Bruce Doull one night in the 80s...

Do coaches count? Denis Pagan?

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