Best 17 of Your Vintage?

Discussion in 'The Cesspit: Rugby League Discussion' started by Alex, May 21, 2013.

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  1. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

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    Maroon_Faithful, May 21, 2013
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  2. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Folau was just too dangerous not to make rep sides, he was one of the exceptions to forgiving his shitness in defence. But that's why I always bagged Brisbane for playing him in the centres.

    Pretty much on par in my books.
     
    Boobidy, May 21, 2013
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  3. Mr Fourex MR Fourex

    Huge potential......yours could be accepted though as a reasonable argument

    Rejected.
     
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    Mr Fourex, May 21, 2013
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  4. Mr Fourex MR Fourex

    Hard to split them.....
     
    Mr Fourex, May 21, 2013
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  5. Cribbage RG Cribb

    We know you do. Especially in defence. You just love wingers rushing in and making the big defensive play. :clown:
     
    Cribbage, May 21, 2013
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  6. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    @ Gemmell. Folau was the best aerial player I've probably ever seen. And he was a great ball runner. Very strong, very hard to tackle.

    If truth be told though, I think Inglis is the best winger I've ever seen. He didn't play there long obviously because people think, and I tend to agree, he is too good to be on the wing in attack. He was better even than Tahu and Sing in their prime.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, May 21, 2013
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  7. Ged GEC King

    Lazo retired in 99 so I was 11. Carne was a few years before that but as a massive Broncos fan, I used to love Carne. I used to practice cross field kicks in the back yard as a little kid where I was Carne and my brother would be Alfie. Probably half the reason he got in my side.
     
    Ged, May 21, 2013
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  8. Ged GEC King

    It's much like selecting Fittler at lock. Neither did it much during the time when I watched footy but they were both too good to leave out and it was a convenient way of getting them into the side.
     
    Ged, May 21, 2013
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  9. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Yeah I sort of figured it was a compromise, and one, if I'm totally honest, I did myself consider. I would suggest though that Fittler did actually play quite a bit of club footy and Origin at lock through the late 90's i.e. through my, and I assume, your, developmental phase.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, May 21, 2013
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  10. Ged GEC King

    I was pretty much just a mad keen Broncos supported until about 2000 so I honestly didn't watch many players from other teams closely until after that point, other than origin. Through this Fittler and Daley got in but aside from them, there's a lot of players in my side from that early part of watching footy that only really got in due to their Bronco connection (Renouf, Carne, Lazo). Those are the five players that played most of their careers in the 90's. I was close to putting Alfie in there and using Johns as the reserve hooker but the more I see of footage of Alf, the less I actually rate him.
     
    Ged, May 21, 2013
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  11. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Well it just depends on what you value more. In terms of rep footy, Langer was superior but at club level Johns is almost without peer. The act of harmonising the two is a difficult but enlightening one.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, May 21, 2013
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  12. morgieb MC Burridge

    Dear god, that's older than my mother :laugh:

    Expect a lot of age insults now.
     
    morgieb, May 21, 2013
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  13. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Yeah. A disclosure of that information, had I previously known it, I would've dissuaded. :p
     
    Maroon_Faithful, May 21, 2013
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  14. Freddy MJ Johns

    1. Darren Lockyer
    2. Wendell Sailor
    3. Ryan Girdler
    4. Jamie Lyon
    5. Greg Inglis
    6. Brad Fittler
    7. Andrew Johns
    8. Shane Webcke
    9. Cam Smith
    10. Petero Civoniceva
    11. Sonny Bill Williams
    12. Gorden Tallis
    13. Paul Gallen

    14. Craig Wing
    15. Steve Price
    16. Ben Kennedy
    17. Steve Menzies
     
    Freddy, May 21, 2013
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  15. Mr Fourex MR Fourex

    At least that'll mix it up a bit for the usual monosyllabic plebs and their worn out QLD'r jibes
     
    Mr Fourex, May 21, 2013
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  16. Farhat AM Farhat

    Farhat, May 21, 2013
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  17. Alec AD Funkotron

    Ah, the one year when Grothe wasn't a shit player.
     
    Alec, May 21, 2013
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  18. Farhat AM Farhat

    Grothe was the bomb. He was just never into playing rugby league. Of only he could stay on his wing. Reddy helped him alot.
     
    Farhat, May 22, 2013
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  19. Alec AD Funkotron

    Is he still part of that shitty band he was in back then?
     
    Alec, May 22, 2013
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  20. Boobidy BJ Gemmell

    Inglis would be the best I've seen on the wing too, but I agree, he is too good to play there, but the difference is, he is actually good elsewhere. Folau was shithouse in the centres.
    Shinobi. Indeed he is.
     
    Boobidy, May 22, 2013
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