05-02-2019, 11:55 PM
(05-02-2019, 07:15 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:Agreed LP....how many spuds have we picked up from Geelong over the decades? Apart from Hickmott who was superb for us, I can't think of many others that have done much...Michael Mansfield, David Clarke, Billie Smedts and now Darcy Lang to name a few..
Some short memories here - how about a couple of midfielders called Carrazzo and Williams? Two premierships out of Mario Bortolotto (plus snotting David Cloke in 82 religiously following Parko's instructions that if they started a fight deck the guy closest to you). Got 54 games out of Mansfield, even if many were ordinary, 24 out of the underused Laidler even 36 out of Justin Murphy after his return from the cattery. David Clarke Snr only played 9 games for us but averaged better than 2 goals a game and was instrumental in getting us over the line in the '82 prelim only to be dropped for the granny.
Not to mention the McShane brothers both captaining the Blues in the early days and 77 games from Jim Flynn including the 1906/7/8 premierships.
We've had a few good'uns from there.
Just don't mention the names O'Reilly or Smedts - but in recent years they and perhaps David Claarke junior are the only real busts we've had from Geelong, although Lang is looking that way unless he can rediscover his ability to give a continental.