Maybe we should start a Thread 'Favourite players through the ages'

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Started as "whipping boys", ended as "remember this random player?"

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I agree. Some names are being thrown out who were players that didn’t make it but weren’t “whipping boys”. I think to qualify as “whipping boy” you need to have played a minimum of 40 games - ie. enough games for supporters to turn on you.

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This removes Mitch McGovern (33), Athorn (30), Boekhurst (25), SMC (19), Doering (18), Andrew Merrington (18), Bootsma (14), Mick Martyn (13), O'Shea (11), Tarczon (11)

Maybe I set the bar a little high at 40 games, but I don’t think we should be including the likes of DVR, Jesse Smith & Caleb Tiller. They didn’t play enough games to become whipping boys.

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I think the 40 game limit is fine.
McGovern gets in because he has played more than 40 games across two teams. And b/c of his namesake of the Marsh twins variety who is an all time classic cricket whipping boy!
Someone like Boekhorst was not really a whipping boy b/c he was never really up to it.
Houlihan, Campo, Murphy, Gibbs, Stevens, Plowman are some of those who fit the bill perfectly.


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Heavs was saying that there should be an opposite applied here - blokes who became much more revered the more they didn't play seniors.

Forgot to add Luke Blackwell and his routine 40-45 touches a game in the Bullants every week to that criteria too.

Maybe there should be a separate thread about those blokes then.

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I recall when we played Collingwood after Jordan Russell went there Carlton supporters obv started booing him.
This filth supporter said to my mate, "that's a bit harsh" and she said "Don't worry, he's used to it we booed him when he played for us too".

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Hahaha, then there was that great time in TC history when he was possibly up for trade & we all got all pissy that the Hawks wouldn't give us pick 6 for him

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Your memory is better than mine

I know he baulked around someone at the Heatley end to score a goal in 1990

IIRC...weren't they both Coburg VFA boys??

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They were yep. Then not long after we picked up Ronnie DeIulio from Box Hill VFA.

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Thanks Margaret from sunbury

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