Giants Trample Blues - Post Match

[cimm1979]

Who?

You can say they were all pretty good players, but I doubt any of them would have been picked up by the WCE. Many of them had deficiencies, but they all played a part.

The key to '95 was A graders and superstars at the peak of their powers playing consistently and the B graders doing everything right every week.

It also highlights the quality of our recruiting and the importance of getting guys 100% committed to the cause.

Remember 2 years before we had two recycled players, Athorn and Powell who just did fuck all.

Matthew Hogg recycled
Milham Hanna good but not good enough to displace anyone at WC.
Dean Rice delisted recycled after 2 knee reco's
Earl Spalding recycled and had some ordinary seasons
Matt Clape  delisted recycled
Brad Pearce  delisted recycled
Camporeale outside downhill skier
Adrian Whitehead might have got a gig with WCE
Glenn Manton  delisted recycled

[Thryleon]

Camporeale was a gun.

Footy has changed now.  St.Kilda were the last side that had a few a graders and lots of b and c graders and even the odd d grader who came close to a flag.  The rest have had solid teams that have had one or two standout players and blokes that could play a role in any team In the competition Making up the rest.

[madbluboy]

Mil Hanna? LMAO he was a gun.

[cimm1979]

Mil Hanna? LMAO he was a gun.

There's 9 names there.

I nominated Hanna as a good player, but probably would not have got a run in that WCE line -up.

Which still leaves 8 that would not have, I'll even give you Whitehead as a maybe, still leaves 7.

The point  was making, but you can't grasp MBB, is that saying player X, Y or Z wouldn't get a game with the Hawks, doesn't mean you cant compete.

As with the spuds that the Saints had and still made two GF's

......and Thy, Campo was not a MM type player, would not have got a run in the 94 eagles.
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[PassIt2Carrots]

Sorry CIMM but Campo was not a downhill skier, star player mate, perhaps not in 1995 though which was his first year? the rest I agree with to a certain extent. Clape got ditched from the Eagles anyway. Manton was below average.

[BluePhantom]

Why can't Jones be more like a Brad Pearce type player, lead away from the main forward, Bolt or Hendo? Seems logical?  :o

[Gointocarlton]

Sorry CIMM but Campo was not a downhill skier, star player mate, perhaps not in 1995 though which was his first year? the rest I agree with to a certain extent. Clape got ditched from the Eagles anyway. Manton was below average.

Campo developed into a weapon, at his peak was one was of the top five mids in the comp. Pin point delivery and never took a back ward step. Abit harsh on Manton I reckon carrots, went on to hold his own at FB when SOS retired. Dunno about below average IMO.

[PassIt2Carrots]

One my fave aspects of Campo's game was his hunger to hunt and chase down the ball carrier. I remember one game against Richmond in 2000 round 22 where they were playing finals and he did it to them twice, both times then swooping on the loose ball and kicking the goal. At his best he was awesome.

@BP

Pearce was a star footballer mate. Five goals in a prelim and then a GF plus a lethal left foot. He too was unstoppable at his best. Injury ruined him.

[Thryleon]

That 1995 team was chock full of talent. Carlton was a strong team in 1995, and had many people putting in sterling performances for at least that season, if not the 2 prior.  If not for a shock loss in 1994, and the heartbreak against the baby bombers in 1993, that would (and possibly should) have been a 3 peat.

I reckon that side is being under rated a bit, but thats my opinion.