actually don't mind nicky winmar and rob harveythenumber9 wrote:Tony lockett
St Kilda's greatest player
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you are both right. early in his career he played in some of the biggest dud teams in history.kalsaint wrote:Not sure I agree with Lockett as no.1 due to "being in a dud team". Tony received plenty of excellent clear passage from legends like Nicky Winwar. and had a marvellous CHF working as a distraction for much of his time at St. Kilda.Bernard Shakey wrote:Plugger, because he did it week in week out in a dud team. He would have been even better in a better team.
we finished bottom or very close to it in his first four years in the game.
we came up ... a bit ... in 1987 on the back of lockett's 117 goals and the recruitment of winmar.
later the teams improved .... but even then once you got past loewe, winmar, harvey, burke and frawley we struggled for depth
loewe ended up in the top 10 st kilda players i've seen, but early on he was ughhh ... merely a big kid with huge hands.
he is a testament to what hard work and guts can bring because apart from his marking, imo, he wasn't a natural footballer.
his kicking early on was a bit of a joke and when he took one of those big marks he clearly didn't know what to do with it. yet by the mid to late 90s he was one of the best in the business.
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a ruckman I think.johnpeterbudgefanclub wrote:Who the hell is he fireman?? I know he is a poster on here but a player? Name rings a bell actually. Was he a ruckman?
played one game for us ... a loss in 1985 against carlton at princess park.
wore No. 50.
I'm guessing he didn't set the world on fire.
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Harvey for me. (And that is with a limited knowledge of any other player)
Has there ever been a past player who has racked up as many games as Harvey and remained a top 5 player week in and week out?? I'd find it hard to believe there was one - not that it should ever detract from the clubs greats but for sure, we're watching a living legend at work at present! Go Harvs!!!
Has there ever been a past player who has racked up as many games as Harvey and remained a top 5 player week in and week out?? I'd find it hard to believe there was one - not that it should ever detract from the clubs greats but for sure, we're watching a living legend at work at present! Go Harvs!!!
When they created LENNY HAYES (in the shadow of Harvs) they forgot to break the mold (again)- hence the Supremely Incredible Jack Steven!!