All time "favourite" Saints 22

[Con Gorozidis]

I thought it might be fun to pick your favourite all-time-saints 22.
And by favourite I mean favourite - not best. You might have loved a player because of his hair, the way they ran or you just thought they had a funny name. Anything. they could have been hopeless but you had a softspot for them for any old reason or maybe no good reason at all. Maybe they did something off-field or because you knew them for primary school. It doesnt matter what you like them for. If you like em , you like em!

Ill have first crack:

J Dunne M Hudghton R Jeffrey
D Grant R Elphinstone S Fisher
N Winmar G Burns G Cunningham
D Kickett S Leowe A Hammil
F Gherig T Lockett B Duperouzel

Rucks
C Ditterich L Hayes T Antrobus

Int:
A Jones, D Greig, R Muir, C Devonport

[Life Long Saint]

David Grant - Max Hudghton - Trevor Barker
Tim Pekin - Cowboy Neale - Peter McConville
Nicky Winmar - Greg Burns - Geoff Cunningham
George Young - Stuart Leowe - Aaron Hammil
Brett Bowey - Tony Lockett - Silvio Foschini

Rucks
Jeff Sarau - Lenny Hayes - Robert Harvey

Int:
Aussie Jones, Ken Sheldon, Simon O'Donnell, Paul Callery

[Con Gorozidis]

thats awesome. i forgot some of those guys u had in. i loved foshi.
t barker and harves. sheesh. just awesome.

[Life Long Saint]

Funny thing is that I HATED Silvio when he was a swan!!! Really HATED!!!
But I thought his celebrations were just great with the Saints!

And I was really disappointed that O'Donnell chose cricket but I soon forgave him when he was making runs and taking wickets for the Aussies.

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

B: M HUDGHTON J SHANAHAN J PECKETT
HB: T BARKER S FISHER D GRANT
C: A JONES L HAYES N DAL SANTO
HF: B GODDARD S LOEWE N RIEWOLDT
F: F GEHRIG T LOCKETT N WINMAR
R: P EVERITT R HARVEY N BURKE
I: D FRAWLEY J SMITH M GARDINER S GILBERT

[Con Gorozidis]

Funny thing is that I HATED Silvio when he was a swan!!! Really HATED!!!
But I thought his celebrations were just great with the Saints!

And I was really disappointed that O'Donnell chose cricket but I soon forgave him when he was making runs and taking wickets for the Aussies.

i just remembered phil narkle. deserved a spot for his crash helmet and nickname. I cant find any online but I definitely remember when he wore the massive crash helmet with saints colours.

i felt the same about foshi - hated him at the swans. loved him at the saints. great celebrations.

[poatina]

V Howell M Hudghton N Bourke

T Barker B Lawrence D Grant

N Winmar I Stewart G Cunningham

F Gehrig D Baldock C Neale

S Loewe T Lockett A Jesaulenko

C Ditterich L Hayes R Harvey

Int N Reiwoldt M Dwyer G Young


bit cheeky claiming Jezza , but I do like to stir up the Bluebaggers by referring to that " ex - St Kilda champion "

[gringo]

Peckett for every position

[saint66au]

Oooh nice thread..as the Coodabeens would say..from the backline..

B: Dunne, Hudghton, Judson

HB: Elphinstone, R.Morris, Goddard,

C; Cunningham, Hayes, Burke

HF: Breen, Riewoldt, Winmar

F: Milne, Lockett, Barker

R: Ditterich, Harvey, Gellie

I/C Frawley, Burns, Gehrig, Loewe

THe positions arent 100% correct but if its good enough for the AA side its good enough for me

[StevieSaint]

Justin Peckett Jamie Shanahan Jason Cripps

Aussie Jones Darryl Wakelin Brendon Goddard

Nicky Winmar Nathan Burke Gavin Mitchell

Jason Trianidis Stewart Loewe Rod Keogh

Fraser Gherig Tony Lockett Craig O'Brien

Spider Everitt Robert Harvey Nathan Burke

Bench- Jason Heatley Tony Brown Steven Sziller Raphael Clarke

[saintcrazy]

Can I add a couple of fave players? OK I will anyway!

Lazar Vidovic
Frank Coghlan

honorable mentions to Dean Greig, Gilbert McAdam and Spud.

Obviously not in chronological order!

[Bernard Shakey]

I thought it might be fun to pick your favourite all-time-saints 22.
And by favourite I mean favourite - not best. You might have loved a player because of his hair, the way they ran or you just thought they had a funny name. Anything. they could have been hopeless but you had a softspot for them for any old reason or maybe no good reason at all. Maybe they did something off-field or because you knew them for primary school. It doesnt matter what you like them for. If you like em , you like em!

Ill have first crack:

J Dunne M Hudghton R Jeffrey
D Grant R Elphinstone S Fisher
N Winmar G Burns G Cunningham
D Kickett S Leowe A Hammil
F Gherig T Lockett B Duperouzel

Rucks
C Ditterich L Hayes T Antrobus

Int:
A Jones, D Greig, R Muir, C Devonport

For some reason I thought you you were a "baby boomer". Obviously not.

[Dr Spaceman]

Not gonna bother putting a team together as no doubt I'll then realise I've left out several guys who simply must be there.

For me, apart from the obvious ones who would be in everyone's lists, George Young must be there and Cowboy Neal must be there.

And a little out of left field would be Gary Lofts. Just loved watching him back in the early days.

[RW&B]

Peckett for every position

Similar thoughts. Mine:

Hayes Hudghton Hayes
Hayes Hayes Hayes
Hayes Hayes Hayes
Hayes Hayes Hayes
Hayes Hayes Hayes

Hayes Hayes Hayes

[IluvHarvey]

John Peter - Budge is my favourite number 22

[Bernard Shakey]

John Peter - Budge is my favourite number 22

Keith Peter-Budge is a beter footballer.

[Enrico_Misso]

I obviously missed the rule that said exclude all players from our first 80 years including Premiership players, Brownlow medalists, multiple club champions/goalkickers etc.

[saints66]

It's a tread on 'favourite players' not 'best players' Sure, young posters are going to post 'favouite players' from modern days not best players, brownlow medalists, premiership players etc etc from the dark days. In fact all posters will post their 'favourite players' not just premiership players, club champions, brownlow medalists etc etc.

Stop trying to force posters to make their favourite players to be the same old sterotype best St Kilda players

[saints66]

In fact my favorite players are Lance Oswald, Billy Stephenson, Trevor Barker, George Young and Harold Bray but I am not upset when other contributors say Silvo Facino, Tony Lockett and Lenny Hayes.

It's a personal opinion NOT YOUR OPINION!

[avid]

I LOVE doing this!!!

B: Cowboy Neale Barry Lawrence Trevor Barker

HB: Aussie Jones Matt Maguire Joffa Cunningham

C: Mad Dog Muir Robert Harvey Val Perovic

HF: Barry Pascoe Darrel Baldock Nicky Winmar

F: Stewie Loewe George Young Russell Reynolds

R: Carl Ditterich John McIntosh Paul Callery

I: Jason Cripps Alex Jesaulenko Lazar Vidovic WOW Jones

E: Lenny Hayes Nathan Burke Nick Dal Santo

I LOVE THIS TEAM !!!!!

Yes, I cheated -- I had to include some emergencies.

And Yes, my all time favourite 22 was Russell Reynolds.

[Verdun66]

Not the best...but 'favourites'.....


B: Brian Sierakowski Verdun Howell Nathan Burke

HB: Robert Elphinstone Trevor Barker Joffa Cunningham

C: Robert Muir Greg Burns Aussie Jones

HF: Ian Cooper Darrel Baldock Nicky Winmar

F: Stewie Loewe Tony Lockett George Young

R: Carl Ditterich John McIntosh Robert Harvey

I: Trevor Barker Cowboy Neale Lenny Hayes Brendon Goddard

E: Rod Owen Stuart Trott Allan Davis Barry Pascoe


Not a bad side though!

[didzee]

J.Dunne D.Frawley M.Hudghton
R.Elphinstone D.Grant T.Barker
N.Winmar G.Burns G.Cunningham
B.Goddard S.Loewe N.Riewoldt
F.Gehrig T.Lockett S.Milne

J.Sarau L.Hayes R.Harvey

B.Duperouzel N.Burke G.Young F.Coghlan

Emerg. Mick Dwyer S.Baker J.Koschitzke

[awesome_days]

From about 1994 onwards - and heavily skewed toward post 2000 as thats where my best memories are (1985 born if that helps)

B: Baker Hughton SFisher
HB: AJones Maguire Goddard
C: Winmar Burke Montagna
HF: Riewoldt Loewe Hamill
F: Milne Lockett McAdam
R: Everitt Harvey Dal Santo

Int: Sziller Koschitzke Schneider Peckett

Just a few reasons for the bench....
Kosi & Schneids I played juniors against in cricket and footy
Sziller was the first sticker I got out of an AFL cards pack and had pride of place on my hand made wooden pencil case in primary school
& Everyone loves FANKIE

[bergholt]

Some great players here, and Daniel Wulf. Always had a soft spot for the kid:

FB: Pekin | Hudghton | Baker
HB: Greig | Grant | Goddard
C: Winmar | Hayes | Jones
HF: Wulf | Loewe | Hamill
FF: Milne | Lockett | McAdam
R: Harvey | Dal Santo | Cripps

[Royston]

B: Burke (3) Frawley (24/2) Max (8)

HB: Barker (25/1) Goddard (18) Aussie (29/5)

C: Coghlan (15) Burns (11) Cunningham (25/5)

HF: Winmar (7) Reiwoldt (12) G Young (27)

F: Milne (44) Lockett (14/4) G Packham (39)

R: Sarau (31) Harvey (35) Hayes (7)

IC: Gorozides (32) Hamill (2) Rocket Owen (27) Lofts (16/2)

Some of the numbers may be incorrect, just going off my hazy memory