SA Footy

Jai Bedall @ Messenger Press wrote:By Port Adelaide’s standards its been a decade of disappointment but many of the players that have represented the Magpies between 2000 and 2009 will be remembered as champions at SANFL level.

Port’s team of the decade includes four Magarey Medallists - Ryan O’Connor, Tony Brown, Brett Ebert and Jeremy Clayton - and other club legends Darryl Poole, Corey Ah Chee, Mark Clayton and Clive Waterhouse.

Stephen Williams, named coach of the side for leading the Magpies in to the finals on three occasions in the period, said Jeremy Clayton was arguably the most talented of those listed.

The midfield star has won the past four best and fairests at Alberton, a club record.

``As far as pure talent goes he’s probably been the standout player in the competition (over the past five years),’’ Williams (pictured) said.

He also praised Poole and Ah Chee. ``Pooley was outstanding, he was a great player. You were guaranteed a contest at half forward with him in your side.

``And Ah Chee is probably the one guy not to play in a premiership that probably should have. He’s been the best full-back in the competition over that period by a long way.’’

The side has just eight current players Clayton, Ah Chee, Brad Murray, Steven Summerton, Daniel Elstone, Kristian De Pasquale, James Meiklejohn and Matt Lokan which reflects Port’s current position (8th) on the SANFL ladder.

There were several players who just missed out, including Bryan Beinke, Stephen Carter, Darren Mead and Brian Leys, who were all coming to the end of their careers at the start of the 2000s.

The Team:
B: Kristian De Pasquale, Corey Ah Chee, Tom Carr
HB: Mark Clayton, NIgel Fiegert, Jared Poulton
C: Daniel Elstone, Brett Ebert, Julian Wait
HF: Brad Murray, Darryl Poole, Steven Summerton
F: Paul Evans, Clive Waterhouse, Ryan O’Connor
R: James Meiklejohn, Tony Brown, Jeremy Clayton
I/C: Phil McGuiness, Matthew Lokan, Ricky O’Loughlin, Alf Steed.

Coach: Stephen Williams

tigerhutch wrote:If that team were playing now they would be unbeatable

Aerie wrote:

tigerhutch wrote:If that team were playing now they would be unbeatable

Not if they were playing other clubs "Teams of the Decade". They'd probably be mid-table like they have been for most of this century...

Big Phil wrote:Interesting point that you make, here is how the Maggies side would line up against the Centrals Team of the Decade picked a few months ago. No doubt a few tantalising match ups across the park, I can't really split the 2 sides and not sure who would win out of the 2...

Macca19 wrote:Only change id probably make was Poole out for Beinke. I think Poole did his best work last decade and he suffered a number of injuries this decade.