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| Author: | blueianh [ Wed Jul 03, 2024 11:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | All time Best Blues Team |
We have a team of the Century - officially. There is a team of the 19th Century as selected by the team at blueseum,org for Mark Pennings "Origins of Australian Football". And the Zero Hanger website did a Team of the 21st Century in May 2020. There's a few more players have probably put their names forth since then. But what about trying to work out an all time best Blues team? Well, let's have a go. In order to try and iron out personal bias I have approached it in this way: Discount anyone who is not one of the three teams of the Century starting line-ups. If they are only on the bench or emergencies I figure they are likely pushed out by players from another era, although that might be tough on the 20th Century boys who are being selected from a pool of 100 years of players rather than 36 years for the 19th Century and 20 years for the 21st Century groups. That might possibly be hard on people who have split their careers across 2 centuries but I figure if they are good enough to be in consideration for an all time best side then they will have done enough to have made one or other of the starting lineups. It has the effect of ruling out a couple of players that are particularly favourites of mine. Carbine Moloney didn't make the Carlton 19th Century Team of the Century despite being ranked by at least one observer, an ex-Hawthorn captain talking as a 75 year old in 1937 as one of the best 5 players he had seen (he ranked George Coulthard as number 1). Ultimately I have found room only for George Coulthard from the 19th Century. I just don't know enough about the rest of the 19th Century players to be able to put them ahead of the 20th Century guys. The staring line-up rule also pushes out interchange players Fitzpatrick, Hunter, Keogh and Walls, (all favourite players of mine from childhood and youth), and legends Chitty Clover Kerr and McGregor. The 21st Century bench players Ed Curnow, Docherty, Houlihan and Stevens are all players I am comfortable leaving out. Players who have stepped up since May 2020 include Walsh Weitering C Curnow Saad McKay and the developing TDK but I don't think any of them have elevate themselves to the necessary level. Players named in the May 2020 team who I included are Betts, Cripps Judd and Koutoufides whilst others who came under consideration but I ultimately didn't select included Fevola M Murphy Simpson and L Whitnall. They all however make my team of the best I have seen and can remember which again was selected only from the starting line-ups of the 2 relevant teams of the century. Thus, All time Best Blues Team Comben Silvagni Jnr Southby James Koutoufides Doull Coulthard Williams Judd Johnston S Kernahan Jesaulenko Hands Vallence Betts J Nicholls Cripps Bradley Ashman Crane Deacon Gallagher Silvagni Snr Best I have seen and remember Jesaulenko Silvagni Jnr Southby Hunter Koutoufides Doull Bradley Williams Judd Johnston Walls Betts S Kernahan Fevola Ashman J Nicholls Cripps Gallagher Crane Fitzpatrick Keogh Silvagni Snr Simpson |
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| Author: | jake_h03 [ Wed Jul 03, 2024 11:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: All time Best Blues Team |
Look I don't really care if you have Marcus Davies in there as long as there's only one @#$%&! ruck!!!!!! |
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| Author: | Mickstar [ Wed Jul 03, 2024 11:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: All time Best Blues Team |
jake_h03 wrote: Look I don't really care if you have Marcus Davies in there as long as there's only one @#$%&! ruck!!!!!! You better run that by Big Nick and Percy . |
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| Author: | GWS [ Thu Jul 04, 2024 9:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: All time Best Blues Team |
Pretty good side but they’ll struggle to win without the Fogdog… |
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| Author: | Crusader [ Thu Jul 04, 2024 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: All time Best Blues Team |
Eddie Betts is a champion… but he’s Adelaide’s champion. @#$%&! Malthouse. |
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| Author: | DesEnglish [ Thu Jul 04, 2024 12:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: All time Best Blues Team |
It needs Bosustow! |
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| Author: | bluehammer [ Thu Jul 04, 2024 2:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | All time Best Blues Team |
It's all opinion but the best 22 I've seen play... Basically 84 onwards... B - Dean - Silvagni - Simpson HB - Doull - Weitering - Hunter C - Bradley - Williams - Koutoufides HF - Johnston - Kernahan - Lappin F - Curnow - Fevola - Betts Foll - Madden - Cripps - Judd Int - Ratten - Scotland - Docherty - A McKay Murphy and Lance unlucky but it's a 22 I'd back against most. |
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| Author: | kingkerna [ Thu Jul 04, 2024 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: All time Best Blues Team |
Being kind to Doc there |
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