Your top ten saints

[desertsaint]

Harvey
Plugger
Winmar
Max
Milne
Baker
Lenny
Burke
Lowe
Aussie
Blake
(favourites)

[AnythingsPossibleSaints]

This is on output:

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

Apologies to Winmar (went missing a bit too much in my time watching him), Fisher (could easily be in there), Spud, Aussie.

[tweedaletomanning]

1. Lockett
2. Harvey
3. Winmar
4. Barker
5. Young (George )
6. Hayes
7. Cowboy
8. Milne
9. Rooey
10. BJ.

( favourites)

[saintkellerm]

T Lockett
R Harvey
L Hayes
N Burke
N Winmar
D Grant
N Riewoldt
D Frawley
N Dal Santo
S Loewe

My favs above plus Maxy, Aussie & BJ

[hungry for a premiership]

Based on skill and game-breaking ability:


1. Lockett
2. Lockett
3. Lockett

(He's as good as any other 3 of them put together)

2. Harvey
3. Lenny
4. Riewoldt
5. Winmar
6. Dal Santo
7. Goddard
8. Burke
9. Loewe
10. Aussie Jones

[Devilhead]

In order of pure awesomeness and crowd satisfaction

1. Anthony "Skills" Evans
2. Jamie Lamb
3. Aldo Dipetta
4. Lawrence Bingham
5. Michael Blees
6. Geoff Fidler
7. Johnny Favier
8. Paul Temay
9.Glenn Middlemiss
10. Darryl Cowie

[bigcarl]

In order of pure awesomeness and crowd satisfaction

1. Anthony "Skills" Evans
2. Jamie Lamb
3. Aldo Dipetta
4. Lawrence Bingham
5. Michael Blees
6. Geoff Fidler
7. Johnny Favier
8. Paul Temay
9.Glenn Middlemiss
10. Darryl Cowie

No spot for David Windbanks?

[Devilhead]

In order of pure awesomeness and crowd satisfaction

1. Anthony "Skills" Evans
2. Jamie Lamb
3. Aldo Dipetta
4. Lawrence Bingham
5. Michael Blees
6. Geoff Fidler
7. Johnny Favier
8. Paul Temay
9.Glenn Middlemiss
10. Darryl Cowie

No spot for David Windbanks?

It's actually Winbanks however you need to play at least 3 games for the Saints to have made my cosmic list and big Tattslotto unfortunately only played 2

That said his 5 possessions, 2 marks and 1 hit out were all quality and I was mildly suprised when we didn't keep him on

But hey that was the 80's and crazy s*** happened in the 80's ...... with the emphasis squarely on s***!!!!

[Devilhead]

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

yep

No,better

Amazing to think that he notched up 100 career goals by the age of 19 years and 35 days

How many 19 year olds would be able to repeat that feat in this day and age

[Mr Magic]

In order of pure awesomeness and crowd satisfaction

1. Anthony "Skills" Evans
2. Jamie Lamb
3. Aldo Dipetta
4. Lawrence Bingham
5. Michael Blees
6. Geoff Fidler
7. Johnny Favier
8. Paul Temay
9.Glenn Middlemiss
10. Darryl Cowie

No spot for David Windbanks?

Or Discher and Kitschke?

[Mr Magic]

IMO unless you saw Baldock or Stewart live you do not have a true appreciation of how good they actually were.
No film/video I've ever seen actually captures the magic of Baldock or the sublime skills of Stewart.

Having watched them live as well as all the fabulous players who followed them my liat is as follows :-

Baldock
Plugger
Stewart
Harvey
Ditterich
Riewoldt
Barker
Winmar
Smith
Hayes

[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

realised last night that i forgot hamill. he only just misses out on the top ten in my estimation - pretty good for a guy who only played a few full seasons for us.

[prwilkinson]

I'm only putting players since about 1990:

1.) Plugger.... by a long way.... I'll never forget the crowd anytime the man even went near the ball. Was it 1992 when he kicked 132 in 17 or 18 games?



2.) Harvey
3.) Winmar
4.) Burkey
5.) Riewoldt
6.) Hayes
7.) BJ Goddard
8.) Buckets Loewe
9.) Dal Santo
10.) Austin Jones - Dashing down the wing at Waverley... I used to try and base my own game on Aussie... Could never kick the ball as well as him though.

Notable mentions for the greats before 1990: Stewart, Baldock, Barks, Big Carl... you could keep ringing them off really. The saints can put out a best of the best team to rival any of them.

[bergsone]

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.

Looks about right from my time,Baldock was a brilliant player and the old b&w footage doesnt do justice to his brilliance

G.Burns if was playing in a better era for us would be on many peoples list

[Old Mate]

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

Same era so will comment on my own memories and knowledge.

Plugger
Harvey
Roo
Hayes
Winmar
Burke
Loewe
Dal Santo
Goddard
Milne

I expect Dal Santo to overtake a few by the end of his career, possibly Goddard as well.

[stevie]

I'm only putting players since about 1990:

1.) Plugger.... by a long way.... I'll never forget the crowd anytime the man even went near the ball. Was it 1992 when he kicked 132 in 17 or 18 games?

2.) Harvey
3.) Winmar
4.) Burkey
5.) Riewoldt
6.) Hayes
7.) BJ Goddard
8.) Buckets Loewe
9.) Dal Santo
10.) Austin Jones - Dashing down the wing at Waverley... I used to try and base my own game on Aussie... Could never kick the ball as well as him though.

Notable mentions for the greats before 1990: Stewart, Baldock, Barks, Big Carl... you could keep ringing them off really. The saints can put out a best of the best team to rival any of them.

Plugger kicked 127 in 17 games in 1991. In 1992, he kicked 132 in, I think, 24 games? Not sure, but think he missed a couple that year with injury.

[older saint]

Based on what i have seen play and remember 1978 -

1. Lockett
2. Harvey
3. Roo
4. Winmar
5. Hayes
6. Barker
7. Loewe
8. Frawley
9. G.Young
10. Gerhig

[dragit]

Probably not all our 'best' players, but just my favourites from childhood on…

1. Trevor Barker
2. Silvio Foschini
3. Tony Lockett
4. Robert Harvey
5. David Grant
6. Lenny Hayes
7. Rod Owen
8. Nicky Winmar
9. Luke Ball (yes i know)
10. Sam Fisher

[Thinline]

That I've seen, can remember with sufficient clarity:

1. Harvey
2. Lockett
3. Riewoldt
4. Hayes
5. Winmar
6. Jones
7. Loewe
8. Everitt
9. Fisher
10. Goddard

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Hon mentions:

Milne, Heatley, Gehrig, Burke, Frawley, Max H, Blake, Dal, Tony Delaney.

[roxanne]

1. Tony Lockett
2. George Young
3. Robert Harvey
4. Nick Riewoldt
5. Nicky Winmar
6. Trevor Barker
7. Stewart Lowe
8. Lenny Hayes
9. Max Hudgton
10. Steven Milne
(apologies to Nathan Burke)

[borderbarry]

1. Plugger
2. Doc
3. Stewart
4. Howell
5. Harvs
6. Roo
7. Winmar
8. Hayes
9. Loewe
10. Ditterich.

[White Winmar]

1. Plugger
2. Doc
3. Stewart
4. Howell
5. Harvs
6. Roo
7. Winmar
8. Hayes
9. Loewe
10. Ditterich.

I was eagerly awaiting your contribution BB. You would've seen these guys play live on many occasions (No disrespect re age, old bean). Verdun Howell doesn't get much of a mention elsewhere, but his record, including a Brownlow, stacks up well against the others. Now if only I could find someone who's old enough to have seen Billy Mohr, Roy Cazaly and Dave McNamara play. You still out there, P66?

[plugger66]

1. Plugger
2. Doc
3. Stewart
4. Howell
5. Harvs
6. Roo
7. Winmar
8. Hayes
9. Loewe
10. Ditterich.

I was eagerly awaiting your contribution BB. You would've seen these guys play live on many occasions (No disrespect re age, old bean). Verdun Howell doesn't get much of a mention elsewhere, but his record, including a Brownlow, stacks up well against the others. Now if only I could find someone who's old enough to have seen Billy Mohr, Roy Cazaly and Dave McNamara play. You still out there, P66?

I didnt even see the Doc but Stinger was in the Boer War so i am sure he saw those guys.

[White Winmar]

Thanks for the tip P66. The added bonus is Stinger is back on the forum. If he was around during the Boer War, he might even remember our first game in the VFL!

[Moods]

Plugger
Roo
Harvey
Hayes
Loewe
Burke
Winmar
Barker
Hudghton
Goddard