Favourite Port Adelaide Player?

[legsman]

David Poole was an absolute champ! hard nosed no nonsense footballer! Grew a pony tail just 2 be like him!

Darryl Poole?

[on the rails]

David Poole was an absolute champ! hard nosed no nonsense footballer! Grew a pony tail just 2 be like him!

Darryl Poole?

Glad someone else thought the same! Whilst he might be his favourtie Port players hardly a champ which is a term bandied around too often without merit!

[Long live SAnFL]

Doreen Smith

[PPLions]

Bro Dayman

[GWW]

Doreen Smith

I remember him, thats the bloke who won about 7 or 8 premierships.

[Dog_ger]

3a - Bubbles Obst
3 - Scott Hodges
2 - John Cahill
1 - Russel Ebert (4 magaries)

[CENTURION]

Doreen Smith

I remember him, thats the bloke who won about 7 or 8 premierships.

Just because a Remora attaches to a shark, doesn't make it as feared as the shark.

[GWW]

Not sure of the relevance of that post, but Smith as CHF played a key role in a lot of those premierships. Very under-rated player at SANFL level.

Struggled at AFL level admittedly, but played a big part in Port's sucess throughout his SANFL careeer.

[CENTURION]

it's pretty deep. The analogy means, just because he played in a great side, doesn't mean he was a great player.

[GWW]

A player can't fluke playing as Centre Half Forward in that many premierships.

He wasn't an absolute champion, but was a key part of the Port side of his era, and was seen as an option for the Crows when they entered the AFL.

A lof of the criticisms of Smith seemed to come from his days with the Crows in their early days.

The overwhelming majority of Port supporters really rated his contribribution for the club from the mid 80's.

[CENTURION]

he didn't fluke it, he just wasn't a great player.

[GWW]

I was pretty happy to have him in my side, I never said he was "great", but he was certainly unfairly maligned, which is the point I'm making.

Definitely made a signifcant contribition to Port's success.

[dedja]

He wasn't called Doreen by fluke either ...

[GWW]

I was pretty happy to have him in my side compared to someone like Allan Bartlett

[Hondo]

Smith played SOO v Victoria in 1989

[GWW]

He did, although that game was a nightmare for all involved

[Macca19]

A player can't fluke playing as Centre Half Forward in that many premierships.

He wasn't an absolute champion, but was a key part of the Port side of his era, and was seen as an option for the Crows when they entered the AFL.

A lof of the criticisms of Smith seemed to come from his days with the Crows in their early days.

The overwhelming majority of Port supporters really rated his contribribution for the club from the mid 80's.

340 games, 450 goals, 7 premierships. If you had an 18yo CHF coming through and be told that would be his career you'd take that every day of the week without thinking.

Probably the most underrated footballer in SANFL history imo. Copped shit from opponents. Copped shit from his own supporters. So he wasnt a hard arse, big deal. What he was, was a very athletic, consistent, big game CHF who structurally was as important as any other Port player of that era.

[Failed Creation]

A player can't fluke playing as Centre Half Forward in that many premierships.

He wasn't an absolute champion, but was a key part of the Port side of his era, and was seen as an option for the Crows when they entered the AFL.

A lof of the criticisms of Smith seemed to come from his days with the Crows in their early days.

The overwhelming majority of Port supporters really rated his contribribution for the club from the mid 80's.

340 games, 450 goals, 7 premierships. If you had an 18yo CHF coming through and be told that would be his career you'd take that every day of the week without thinking.

Probably the most underrated footballer in SANFL history imo. Copped shit from opponents. Copped shit from his own supporters. So he wasnt a hard arse, big deal. What he was, was a very athletic, consistent, big game CHF who structurally was as important as any other Port player of that era.

Well said! Not to mention, Smithy was our focal point in the brief period between the retirement of Tim Evans and the emergence of Scott Hodges.

[JK]

Tony Giles

[NO-MERCY]

A player can't fluke playing as Centre Half Forward in that many premierships.

He wasn't an absolute champion, but was a key part of the Port side of his era, and was seen as an option for the Crows when they entered the AFL.

A lof of the criticisms of Smith seemed to come from his days with the Crows in their early days.

The overwhelming majority of Port supporters really rated his contribribution for the club from the mid 80's.

340 games, 450 goals, 7 premierships. If you had an 18yo CHF coming through and be told that would be his career you'd take that every day of the week without thinking.

Probably the most underrated footballer in SANFL history imo. Copped shit from opponents. Copped shit from his own supporters. So he wasnt a hard arse, big deal. What he was, was a very athletic, consistent, big game CHF who structurally was as important as any other Port player of that era.