carntheblues wrote:
From my earliest memories Jezza, Bruce Doull and Southby, then through the 80's the mosquito fleet, Ken Hunter, Dominator and Harmes and through the 90's SOS and Macca, Kouta and Peter Dean. Really since then only Judd and Crippa stand out for me although I did get excited by a young Kennedy before we traded him.
This pretty much nails it for me except, i'll amend slightly:
Late 70s (from when I was somewhat aware): Jezza, Jezza, Jezza, Doull, Southby
80s: Hunter, Dominator, Bosustow & the whole mosquito fleet (special mention to Ashman... & Catoggio's hair). And Harmes (although the shine has come off a bit since he outed himself as a Tigers supporter...).
Early 90s: Diesel (just about the best Carlton player I have seen), Sticks, Braddles, SOS
Late 90s: Kouta, SOS, McKay
Beyond 2000: Judd, Crippa, Walsh, Weitering (+ C Curnow, McKay...

)
Special mentions:
- Dad always used to bang on about how ground-breaking Robert Walls was, and how brilliant David McKay was.
- How the hell did we go so well in 2000 with that team???
- Frank Marchesani - for winning the Grand Final sprint after Geoff Ablett had dominated in the years when we were too busy playing in GF's...
Harmes a Tiger supporter ? Yeah, I'm not sure about that. Harmsey has never come across as a enthusiastic interviewee. I think it's possible he would say anything for effect, particularly talking to someone like Jon Ralph. eg: ''the ball was in the east melb railyards''.
Although that was Sam Pang.
He has been quoted as saying ''Carlton yeah, I love the joint''. Plus I think he is active in the Spirit Of Carlton group. I reckon Jarusa would know how Harmsey's mind works. Those 2 along with a heap of SOC ex players went to WA together.
Interesting dude though.