I'm with you Bondi Blue
Glad you got Big Nick in there twice - I would have tried for 3 times
I would have added Ashman well up the list though

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Loved Vin Waite's work
Saw him early on in the seconds at Windy Hill and knew he was the hard man needed.
His dancing teacher apparently forgot to teach him the "backward step"

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Dominator, Diesel, Buzz, Kouta...

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Wow some of you are lucky - Bert Deacon, Ken Hands just awesome. First one who's seen Horrie Clover play gets a free ..... cup of tea. Not too hot mind you...

My favourites over the years, good and ordinary:

Buzz
Doull
Dominator
Fraser Murphy
Rhys
Sticks
Luke O'Sullivan
Mil Hanna
Diesel
A McKay
KOUTA (At his best the most literally awesome AFL player I've seen)
Tony Lynn (thought he was stiff not to get more games)
Hammill (gun...oh well)
Hickmott
Houlihan (2000-01 he was a breath of fresh air)
Teague (for one year)
Walker
Fev
Waite
Thornton (as a kid much respect for taking the big jobs when undersized)
M Murphy
Judd
Hampson (glimpses of unstoppability)
Robbo (start of this year blew me away - fingers crossed he gets it all together)
Hendo (no pressure!)

Left out:
Chooka Howell
Ken Hunter
Peter Dean -one of very few who could take Brereton to the cleaners
Hyphen
Fitzy
Val Perovic
Jim Buckley
Greg Williiams

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In all seriousness, every player ho put on thay great navy blue jumper was/is a favourite of mine; however, special mentions goes to the following:
Doully (named one of my Kingswoods after him);
Southby;
Dessy English;
Jezza;
Vinny Catoggio;
Harmes;
McConville;
Wow Jones;
Woof Perovic;
Perc Jones;
Swan McKay;
A McKay;
Sticks;
The Dominator;
Mots;
Braddles;
Diesel;
Harry;
SOS;
Fitzy;
Ashman;
Fraser Brown;
Ratts;
Kouta;
Pete Dean (apart from Sticks, heart & soul of CFC);
M Murphy;
Gibbs;
Judd;
Kruze;
JR;
Hendo;
Hickmott;
and too many to mention..........

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Jimmy Buckley
George Ferry
Sergio Silvagni
Adrian Gallagher
Geoff Southby
Vin Waite
Wes Lofts
Ian Robertson
Bryan Quirk
Neil Chandler
Barry Gill
Wayne Harmes
Val Perovic
Greg Williams
Peter Dean

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From the start of the modern era:
Big Nick (wonderful player, even better leader)
Jezza and Crosswell for their sheer magic

a little later:
Doull (simply unbeatable)

a little later:
Dominator and Buzz for their sheer excitement

90s:
Ratts (surprised no one's mentioned him yet, absolutely fantastic player, hard, honest and very skilful)

With out a doubt The Buzz was my all time favorite by a long shot but of the others I used to like players like

Klomp
Austin
Crane
Harmes
Buckley
Sheldon
Cattagio
Maclure
Slav Perovic
Percy and Wow Jones
Swan Mackay

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Ang Christou
Aaron Hamill
Ryan Houlihan
Kade Simpson
Bryce Gibbs

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Sticks
Bradley
SOS
Matty Allen
Mark Porter
Whitnall
Prendergast
Thornton
Fisher
Bower
Russell
Hampson

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Interesting as I had plenty of favourites over the years.
But in hind sight, my favs would be.
Jezza
Doull
Dominator.
Diesel
Alvin
Rhys
I'm pleased to say there are a few in the current team that are ready for the list.

Pedro.

As a teenager: Kernahan.

I shook Kernahan's hand as a teenager after the 1987 flag.

I had to reach into another atmosphere to shake the great man's hand.

Sticks was massive.

I was hooked from that day on.

Bradley - Bounce, bounce, bounce goal...

The clean cut, fast, skilled and exciting Camporeale was one of my favourites between 1995 and 2000.

Showed his true form after 2002 with the rat goatie he sported..

Williams - best Carlton footballer I've seen.

Hanna - God bless you for tearing Wanganeen a new one in State of origin.

Mil always smashed Schwass and played well in SOO.

Troy Bond.

The 1995 backline - they count as one

Madden - Don't handpass it to DeIulio! Kick the goal yourself...

Dean Rice.
Fraser Brown
Justin Murphy
Koutoufides.
Whitnall
Kris Massie - smashed Lucas in one of the best against the odds wins I witnessed.

Massie should never have left Carlton.

Walker - Walks will always symbolise hope for me after we lost all our draft picks in one foul swoop.

One of my favourites for good.

Even if he leaves or is injured again.

Waite - I saw his first game for Carlton at Princes Park when he was a top up player for our seconds.

Waite rucked, played forward and kicked one of his typical running goals IIRC.

Russell
Kennedy
Yarran

There was a time when I was Ashman crazy,,,but he was my No 2 at the time. How good was his shot at goal from 55 with the torpedo? WOW,

Vin Waite was also my 2nd favourite there for a time. I considered him as our tough man....although Big Nick was bonafide tough....I did for a while consider Vinnie as the toughest.

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1980s
Bradley
Johnston
Kernahan
Naley
SOS

1990s
Dean
Kouta
Hamill
Harry
McKay
Ratten
Rice

2000s
Betts
Gibbs
Hoops
Jamison
Kreuzer
Murphy
Simpson

Joseph on the cusp, needs another year like 2009 for entry into this elite list.

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Bradley started it all
Mark Naley came and went
Brent Heaver burnt like a star for probably only 2 seasons but had a lasting effect on me, clearly!
Then the Vet - loved how he was so hard at the footy
now it's Wiggo and has been since 2002 (allowing for brief flirtations with AB).

When he goes I've got no idea who I'll switch my allegiance to. Probably Walks, maybe Simmo. But 2010 will still be Wiggo town for me.

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They shit me no end

Love all of the above but have to admire some of the lucky lucky well known unknowns that managed to play in a premiership team.

Warren McKenzie, Scott Howell, Matt Clape & Brad Pearce come to mind.

They did what the likes of Skilton, Flower & Buckley could not achieve

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Narrowing it down to ten is hard...


Perc Jones
Bruce Doull
Jezza
Southby
Ken Hunter
David Rhys-Jones
Peter Dean
Kernahan
McKay
Kruezer
Jamison
Judd

So I made it twelve...

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Ashman
Johnston
SOS
Fraser Brown (for the tackle of the century)
Ratts
Hamill (still dark)
Murphy (current fav)
Fev (I still love ya), (if you kick a bag against us ever the love is over!)
Gibbs (have to put him in)

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LIke everyone else's this is a tough gig.

But here goes in some sort of chronlogical order.

Cliff Stewart ...... Not sure why but he looked "flashy" to me
John Nicholls ...... You couldnt imagine a stronger leader
Alex Jesaulenko ....... He made the ball talk, and love blossomed
Bruce Doull ........ You never worried if the ball went near him
Vin Cattoggio ........ Was like a comet for a couple of years
Greg Towns ........ Liked his grunt
Val Perovic ......... Looked like an assasin, and played like one too
Wayne Johnston ........ Nickname said it all
Jimmy Buckley ....... They dont make 'em like him anymore, pity
Peter Bosustow ........ Worth the admission ticket alone
Ken Hunter ........ Built like a twig, played like a giant
Ken Sheldon ........ Everybody loved Bomba
Stephen Silvagni ........ How could you not admire him
Greg Williams ....... Simply sublime, with a touch of animal
Peter Dean ...... More animal, is there a theme here ?
Mil Hanna ....... Very underrated talent
Kouta ....... Took it to a new level in 2000.
Fev ...... The good, the bad and the sometime very ugly
Kreuzer ...... Club legend in the making
Speculative pick ...... One of SOS's boys

Thats my top 20.
Wow, wonder if we could poll the least favourite, that might be interesting ?

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