SA Footy

Here's one to get us going on a different tack. Since you've started watching the SANFL who is the player on an opposition team you've most liked/respected from each decade. In other words what player would you have most liked to see in your club's guernsey.

Since I first started watching the SANFL in 1977 the players I have most respected from other clubs are:

70s Paul Bagshaw (I never saw the best of Robran, apologies to Russell)
80s Greg Whittlesea (hard to pick as soon as they were any good off to the VFL they'd go apologies to Aish and Jarman)
90s Tim Ginevar - won Port the 94 GF (always rated to S Lee & McIntosh)
00s D Squire

I'd be interested to see who other poster's think were the better players at opposition clubs.

To the Port supporters what are the chances of you picking Cornesy???

My current favourite opposition player would be Brett Backwell followed closely by Daniel Schell and the Gowens brothers.

As for other eras:
80s Grenville Dietrich when he lined up for Torrens, also like Rudi Mandemaker, Scruff Hanna and Phil Lounder
90s Rick Macgowan and Gary McIntosh.

I think Malcolm Blight. I remember the year he won the magarey and did a lap in the finals (GF?). Everyone clapped him - no-one rubbished him which was unusual. The fact he went on to win a Brownlow backs this up - although Robran may well have been good enough to win a Brownlow if he had ever crossed the border.

'70s - Russell Ebert

'80s - John Platten

'90s - Richard (?) Ambrose

'00s - Marco Bello

Pseudo wrote:''90s - Richard (?) Ambrose

Can it be your favourite player if you're not sure of their name?

70's - Ebert
80's - Paul Weston
90's - Goddam Scott bloody Hodges
00's - either Gowans

If they dont wear a Port Adelaide jumper (either variety),I dont like them,let alone think of them as my favourite.The rest of them I only pity.

70's - Malcolm Blight
80 - Andrew Jarman
90's - Brodie Atkinson, Damien Squire

topsywaldron wrote:Can it be your favourite player if you're not sure of their name?

Mate, sometimes I have trouble remembering the first names of blokes at my own club, let alone the opposition...

Best, MVP, Fairest, Most Gifted, etc, etc in any era - Barrie Robran then daylight second.
MVP Current - Gowans

Booney wrote:If they dont wear a Port Adelaide jumper (either variety),I dont like them,let alone think of them as my favourite.The rest of them I only pity.

Spoken like a true bigot - I mean Port supporter. Have you ever thought that without an opposition there would be no Port Adelaide and no sport at all?

doggies4eva wrote:Have you ever thought that without an opposition there would be no Port Adelaide and no sport at all?

Not true. There would always be some disaffected players who would PO to start up their own club, ie Port Natives/West Torrens. Now that we got that cleared up...

Alan Stringer.

Des Foster didn't play for us, can I include him?

D. Jarman
P. Motley
D. Hynes
A. Obst
S. Williams
T. Viney
Gowans x 2
Steinberner
A. Jakovich
J. Platten

Almost forgot Michael Aish.

Never forget the '87 Qualifying Final when he played with a broken hand.

Sat in the goalsquare and kicked five goals - ultimately the difference on the day.

As that trashbag Anna Nicole Smith would say: 'Freakin' genius!'

Gowans boys probably. They seem to be the heart of centrals.

Magpiespower wrote:Almost forgot Michael Aish.

Never forget the '87 Qualifying Final when he played with a broken hand.

Sat in the goalsquare and kicked five goals - ultimately the difference on the day.

As that trashbag Anna Nicole Smith would say: 'Freakin' genius!'

Remember the game pretty well MP, you guys had beaten us the week before in the final Minor Round match and were leading till about midway through the 3rd quarter when we rallied, Geoff Phelps made a pretty average blunder, Payney goaled and we were off .. Thought Macca's effort in the last quarter of the game into the wind (which had dimished somewhat) was the key factor ..

Wedgie wrote:
As for other eras:
80s Grenville Dietrich when he lined up for Torrens,

Ditto

Andrew Jarman when he went to the legs.

Squire and Atkinson after they went to Sturt.

Liked the way Macca used to play.

These days I don't mind Daniel Schell.

John Paynter at Sturt, great skills.

Paul Thomas....id love to have him in my team

well, at sturt we need tall CHF types so id also through in a passador or someone of similar ilk

doggies4eva wrote:

Booney wrote:If they dont wear a Port Adelaide jumper (either variety),I dont like them,let alone think of them as my favourite.The rest of them I only pity.

Spoken like a true bigot - I mean Port supporter. Have you ever thought that without an opposition there would be no Port Adelaide and no sport at all?

I was stating that I dont have a favourite player who currently wears another jumper,I do respect some opponents and would,if the chance arose, like to have them in my team,but,until then,I dont see why I have to have a "favourite".