Bombertalk

Heard this on the radio last week and thought it would be a good topic.

With so many great players retiring this year and getting a lap around the G this year, how would you rank them?

Keep in mind this list is made even more difficult by the fact that Michael Voss is going to get a lap around the G on Grand Final day because he retired in the off-season last year.

So including Voss, the list of (elite) players getting a lap this year are (alphabetical):

Archer / Buckley / Grant / Harvey (likely), Hird, Koutoufides, Neitz, Ricciuto and Voss.

One wonders whether so many great players would have ever retired in one year?

So here’s the exercise, rank those players from 1 to 9. And if anyone decides to put Hird anywhere but No 1, good luck…

My list:

1. Hird
2. Harvey
3. Voss
4. Ricciuto
5. Archer
6. Buckley
7. Koutoufides
8. Grant
9. Neitz

Anyone else want to have a crack?

very similar

1. Hird
2. Harvey
3. Voss
4. Archer
5. Roo
6. Buckley
7. Koutoufides
8. Grant
9. Neitz

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Harvey
4. Buckley
5. Ricciuto
6. Archer
7. Koutoufides
8. Grant
9. Neitz

Pretty similar, though I might rank Kouta a bit higher. I remember him carving us up a few times in the mid to late 90s.

1. Hird
2. Harvey
3. Voss
4. Koutoufides
5. Buckley
6. Ricciuto
7. Archer
8. Grant
9. Neitz

1. Eeek! I can't split Hird and Voss. Hird the more gifted, Voss the more imposing. Maybe Jim in a playoff because he wears the black and red.
3. Buckley
4. Ricciuto
5. Harvey
6. Archer
7. Kouta
8. Grant
9. Neitz

1. Jimbob
2. Voss
3. Ricciuto
4. Koutifidimidiatrikos
5. Harvey
6. Archer
7. Buckley
8. Grant
9. Neitz

Harvey would be higher up the list if he had ever used his enormous skill to impact on his teams performance, but he's a top player with a massive engine. Buckley would not, because I hate the pea-hearted pack skirter.

Archer is high on the list because he's gutsy, but let's be honest, out of that very impressive list, he's the battler.

Neitz should be on a different list.

1. Hird - because I'm biased
2. Voss - Pure class and guts
3. Ricciuto - Pure guts and a shit load of skill
4. Buckley - Possibly underrated because of our hate of the filth but he's done enough in my eyes to rate right up there with the best
5. Harvey - 2 Brownlows but not the game breaker of the above
6. Archer - still getting it done right to the end
7. Koutoufides - one of the most gifted on the list, injuries slowed him a lot
8. Grant - great player over a long period but not really a game winner
9. Neitz - On the list because he's retiring and played a lot of football but not in the same league as the others...missed too many captain's goals over the years to be a true champion

jimmyc1985 wrote:1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Harvey
4. Buckley
5. Ricciuto
6. Archer
7. Koutoufides
8. Grant
9. Neitz

Ditto, except I'd swap Archer with Buckley.

So tough to pick No.1, it's pretty much impossible.

1. Hird
1. Voss
3. Harvey
4. Archer
5. Riccutio
6. Buckley
7. Grant
8. Kouta
9. Daylight
10. Neitz

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Harvey
4. Arch
5. Bucks
6. Riccutio
7. Grant
8. Neitz
9. Kouta

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Harvey
4. Riccutio
5. Bucks
6. Kouta
7. Grant
8. Neitz

1. Hird
2. Voss





3. Harvey
4. Roo
5. Archer
6. Buckley
7. Kouta

8. Grant
9. Neitz

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Rucciuto
4. Archer
5. Harvey
6. Buckley
7. Neitz
8. Grant
9. Koutoufides

I'm going to be rudely blunt. I don't think Neitz deserves to be on the list.

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Roo
4. Arch
5. Harvey
6. Koutoufides
7. Grant
8. Buckley
9. Neitz

1. Hird
2. Voss

Daylight

3. Buckley
4. Roo
5. Harvey
6. Archer
7. Grant
8. Kouta
9. Neitz

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Harvey
4. Buckley
5. Riccuito
6. Kouta
7. Archer
8. Grant
9. Neitz

1. Hird. Class, esoteric, skill and composure.
2. Voss. Class, grunt.

3. Harvey. Enduralasts!
4. Riccuito. Sublime.
5. Grant. Underestimated by this thread.

6. Buckley. Was a tosser from the day he was drafted.
Can play however.
7. Kouta. ravaged by injury...coodabeen.

8. Archer. Tough, but I've always thought he's a bit of an on field wanker.
Starring at the umpires with a dirty look...pulleasse!

9. Neitz. Wrong list.

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Harvey (Sensational player IMHO)
4. Ricciuto
5. Buckley
6. Kouta
7. Archer
8. Grant
9. Neitz

1. Hird
2. Voss
3. Buckley
4. Harvey
5. Archer
6. Kouta
7. Riccuito
8. Grant
9. Darcy
10. Neitz

So Neitz has called it quits for sure??? or is it just speculation?