tap in 79 wrote:
Synbad, just curious... it seems like you don't really rate Nicholls - as you believe he couldn't make it in today's game... or are you just trying to make a point about fitness levels?
What players do you rate as Carlton's top 5 players?
I would have Nicholls in my top 5 at least.
Nicholls was a great for the era he played in.
I rate him as a club champion.
My point was to dannyboy... you cant look at the past and draw a comparison with the present because the past is the past and the present is where we now live.
Dont throw what # Hird was chosen.. or Doull this and Doull that... because those years are gone..
What we have today is a draft and an underage system that pools ALL kids in the same fishbowl environment for every club to study, examine, disect, probe etc.
You wont be pulling to many champions out of your arse these days as those days are gone.
The reason why Nicholls was brought into the equation was just to parrallel that the past is the past and the way of the world changes.
As to me not rating him??I just said that three of the all time Carlton greats think he wouldnt make it into todays modern game...
The Great Nicholls and the Great Carlton could today be as obsolete as each other if we continue to look to our past and not read whats coming up in the road before us.
Might even hang the Navy Blue Jumper in the Museum next to Phar Laps testicals as a hitorical relic