All Time Fantasy Draft: AFL

[c4v3m4n]

c4v3m4n's number 7th pick in the All-Time Fantasy Draft is....

....Jim Stynes. (How has he not been picked yet?  :o )



Jim Stynes grew up playing Gaelic Football in Dublin, until he answered an ad in the paper from the Melbourne Football Club looking for talented Gaelic footballers (this became known as the "Irish Experiment").

Stunning recruiters, he was brought to Australia in 1984 where he played for Melbourne's U/19 team and the Prahan Football Club. In 1987 he debuted for Melbourne in their night premiership side. From then onwards, the rest the say in history.

His accomplishments (on field) include:

• 264 senior games and 130 goals for Melbourne from 1987 to 1998
• Out of those 264 games, 244 of them were consecutive (an AFL record)
• Brownlow Medallist (the first player from outside Australia to win it) in 1991
• Leigh Matthews Trophy (MVP as voted by the AFL Players Association) winner in 1991
• Melbourne Best and Fairest winner in 1991 and from 1995 to 1997
• All-Australian 1991 and 1993
• Is also a member of Melbourne's "Team of the Century" and is an AFL Hall of Famer member

I'm really surprised that no-one picked him earlier. Super happy with this pick.  ;D  ;D An outstanding ruckman and a great addition to my team. My team now looks like this:

FB: -----, Regan, -----
HB: -----, Whitten, ------
C: -------, -------, -------
HF: ------, Hart, Kernahan
FF: ------, Doig,--------
Followers: Stynes, Dyer, --------
I/C --------, -------, --------, --------

[Boomz]

woot my pick is still around 8) very nice pick though ;)

[c4v3m4n]

woot my pick is still around 8) very nice pick though ;)

I wanted to pick someone else, but I thought it best to lock him down now.

[Boomz]

woot my pick is still around 8) very nice pick though ;)

I wanted to pick someone else, but I thought it best to lock him down now.

Probably a good idea  ;)

[elephants]

I'm going with big P. Mckenna as my Full Forward.

191 games with 874 goals.

Pies B+F 1970
Pies leading goal kicker 1967-1974
All-Australian 1972
Coleman Medal 72,73
Hall of Fame inductee 1999

[Boomz]

Nice pick :)

[bomberboy0618]

Francis Bourke.

[AFEV]

Damn.
He was my 3rd priority though, and realistically he was never going to last another round :P

[Boomz]

Was thinking about Bourke :-X

Bob Rose 8) Surprised he lasted this long ;D

Regarded by many as the best rover of all time & one of the best collingwood players ever.

Australian Football Hall of Fame member
All-Australian 1953
Sports Life Team Of The Year 1951-52-53-54
Runner-up Brownlow Medal 1953
Collingwood best and fairest 1949, 1951-52-53
Collingwood leading goalkicker 1953
Collingwood Team of the Century (centre)
AFLPA Award for Most Courageous Player named in his honour

FB: __,__, __
HB: __,Paul Roos,__
C: __,Russell Ebert,__
HF:__,Barrie Robran, __
FF: __, Ken Farmer, __
Foll: Polly Farmer, Haydn Bunton Sr, Bob Rose

[AFEV]

I give up.
BOOMZ, you win.

[Boomz]

I give up.
BOOMZ, you win.

My backline disagrees  :-\ but i have a few defenders I think will slip :D

[roo boys!]

Dammit BBoy you stole Francis Bourke >:( :P
Now Hilly only has a couple left on his list for me.
Hilly/CM's pick:
Barry Cable


The jumper just compliments him ;D

[Boomz]

Nice pick there.

[bomberboy0618]

Did you get my pm RB?

[AFEV]

I give up.
BOOMZ, you win.

My backline disagrees  :-\ but i have a few defenders I think will slip :D

Won't be there anyway with the midfield/forward line :x
I will post my picks now :)

NOTE: First 4 picks were just hte best available, from Dench onwards you might start to notice I actually DO have a strategy :P