Your top ten saints

[White Winmar]

Watching the magnificent number 7 turn back the clock last night, I started to wonder who were the best ten saints I've ever seen. I'd be interested to know where all of you rank Lenny, as well as the rest of your favourites. Tough call to rank them in order of greatness, but please try. So no entries preceded by, "In no particular order. I've left Stewart and Baldock out of mine as I was too young to have watched them live.

1. Plugger
2. Harvey
3. Winmar
4. Riewoldt
5. Hayes
6. Burke
7. Barker
8. Loewe
9. Goddard
10. Dal Santo

[Verdun66]

1 Baldock
2 Stewart
3 Lockett
4 Harvey
5 Ditterich
6 Hayes
7 Riewoldt
8 Goddard
9 Barker
10 Winmar

Apologies to Burke, Loewe, Howell, Smith, Neale, Breen, and probably a few more.

[bergholt]

rankings not in order of greatness, but in order of "favouriteness":

1 Lenny Hayes
2 Robert Harvey
3 Max Hudghton
4 David Grant
5 Nicky Winmar
6 Sam Fisher
7 Danny Frawley
8 Stephen Milne
9 Tony Lockett
10 Stewart Loewe

others: Dal Santo, Burke, Gehrig, Everitt, Thompson, Jones

[plugger66]

I have also left out Baldock and Stewart


1 Plugger


2 Harvey
3 Rooy
4 Hayes
5 Winmar
6 Loewe
7 Burke
8 Fisher
9 Milne
10 Barker

[stevie]

My top ten from 1980 to now:

Plugger(the best player of all time in VFL/AFL IMHO)
Banger
Roo
Barks
Nicky
Buckets
Burkey
Dal
Lenny
Danny

[bigcarl]

In my time

1. Lockett
2. Harvey
3. Riewoldt
4. Hayes
5. Barker
6. Goddard
7. Winmar
8. Loewe
9. Dal Santo
10. Gehrig

[BigMart]

Harvey

Stewart
Lockett
Baldock
Riewoldt
Burke
Loewe
Hayes
R.Smith
Winmar

[plugger66]

Harvey

Stewart
Lockett
Baldock
Riewoldt
Burke
Loewe
Hayes
R.Smith
Winmar

Your older than I thought.

[gringo]

I'm too young to have strong memories of Barker he's the guy I had scanlens cards of but cant remember anything but highlight footage. I'm from the Harvey, Winmar, Plugger and Loewe era. So

On ability as opposed to output:

Plugger
Harvey
Lenny
Winmar
Riewoldt
Loewe
Goddard
Dal Santo
Milne
Burkey

[BigMart]

I love how you had to reply to mine..... Absolutely fixated.

I am a saints man, as my father is, I can read, I have studied our history, watched tapes and understand why people achieve accolades for their achievements......

Harves..... Most decorated player, games record holder, clear number one IMO....21 years, 10 of those he was our best player

Stewart..... Dual brownlow, triple B&F, close to bog in our premiership, best player in our best team
Lockett....... Close to Best player, brownlow, dual B&F, but only 180 games, then 100 in Sydney. Overall career was awesome.Problem with Tony, as good as he was, I think he could/should have been better...had 3 extraordinary years
Lockett...... Best leaders most talented player, only 119 games
Riewoldt ...... 5 B&F, captain, champion of the AFL
Burke ......... 3 B&F 4 times AA, 323 games, captain.
Loewe ........ 321 games, about 600 goals, B&F, captain, 3 AA, CHF, More contested marks than any other player in afl history
Hayes ....... Dual AA, Dual B&F, captain, norm smith
R.Smith ...... Triple B&F in a great era, brownlow medallist
Winmar....... Magician, two B&F and dual AA

Barker, Ditterich, Sam Fisher, Howell were greats

Best saint game I have seen ..... R.Harvey....... vs Bulldogs 1998 I think

[plugger66]

You do exactly the same but are to arrogant to quote. Others may not pick up the snide remarks but I do. I was just commenting because you didnt put certain players on a list because you hadnt seen then live but you put 3 on where you have only seen 5 minutes of film. And i am glad you can read. And very easy.

[stinger]

1 Baldock
2 Stewart
3 Lockett
4 Harvey
5 Ditterich
6 Hayes
7 Riewoldt
8 Goddard
9 Barker
10 Winmar

Apologies to Burke, Loewe, Howell, Smith, Neale, Breen, and probably a few more.

that's about right.......by the time their careers have finished dal santo and chips may have to be considered.....

[jonesy]

1- Lockett(best player I have ever seen)
2- Harvey
3- Hayes
4-Loewe
5-Rewoildt
6-Burke
7-Winmar
8-Goddard
9-Dal Santo
10-G Train (it's pretty hard to kick a ton..)

[matrix]

so has to be who ive seen play (live)

1. harvey
2. hayes
3. bj
4. fisher
5. roo
6. jones

from footage and watching on the tv/video etc

1. plugger
2. stewart
3. plugger
4. baldock
5. harvey
6. hayes
7. lowe
8. fisher
9. roo

[plugger66]

so has to be who ive seen play (live)

1. harvey
2. hayes
3. bj
4. fisher
5. roo
6. jones

from footage and watching on the tv/video etc

1. plugger
2. stewart
3. plugger
4. baldock
5. harvey
6. hayes
7. lowe
8. fisher
9. roo

Plugger is my hero too but is he really that good?

[gringo]

Plugger got me back into footy so yes. He was like a one man team after years in the wilderness. He was like a christmas tree with guys hanging off like baubles while he steamed in like a bull and pulled down mark after mark. He was a freak.

[matrix]

so has to be who ive seen play (live)

1. harvey
2. hayes
3. bj
4. fisher
5. roo
6. jones

from footage and watching on the tv/video etc

1. plugger
2. stewart
3. plugger
4. baldock
5. harvey
6. hayes
7. lowe
8. fisher
9. roo

Plugger is my hero too but is he really that good?

well obviously i think he is
its not a friggin exam plugger66
there actual isnt a correct or incorrect answer
its about who you think is your top ten players

granted its really hard if you do it 'of all time'
and seeing as ive seen more of plugger than i have of stewart and baldock i had plugger higher

gee i hope thats alright
i hope youre ok and i havent ruined your sunday morning

[bergholt]

well obviously i think he is
its not a friggin exam plugger66

yeah, i think the question was just whether he was good enough to be both first and third on your list...

[plugger66]

so has to be who ive seen play (live)

1. harvey
2. hayes
3. bj
4. fisher
5. roo
6. jones

from footage and watching on the tv/video etc

1. plugger
2. stewart
3. plugger
4. baldock
5. harvey
6. hayes
7. lowe
8. fisher
9. roo

Plugger is my hero too but is he really that good?

well obviously i think he is
its not a friggin exam plugger66
there actual isnt a correct or incorrect answer
its about who you think is your top ten players

granted its really hard if you do it 'of all time'
and seeing as ive seen more of plugger than i have of stewart and baldock i had plugger higher

gee i hope thats alright
i hope youre ok and i havent ruined your sunday morning

We had a good win. Please lighten up. It was a joke because you have him 1st and 3rd. And I have done my top 10 and have Plugger clearly on top.

[bigcarl]

Plugger is my hero too but is he really that good?

yep

[jonesy]

Plugger is my hero too but is he really that good?

yep

No,better

[VODM]

the other 10.......

J.McIntosh
G.Young
B.Lawrence
J.Cunningham
R.Elphingstone
G.Elliott
M.Hudgton
K.Neale
R.Murray
R.Muir

[whiskers3614]

Can't believe not one has found a spot for Spud!

[Devilhead]

Can't believe not one has found a spot for Spud!

Stevie had him 10th unless of course he was referring to Danny Craven

[bergholt]

Can't believe not one has found a spot for Spud!

i had him seventh but my rankings were more about how much i liked each player.