The big Fev has proven to be our best kick in quite a while, but it's hard to say without having seen them all...

Stick was a pretty darn good kick, i still don't know why his kicking was affected towards the later years...Perhaps an injury he kept quite..

Hamill was super reliable with goals that had to be kicked. (Runs for cover)

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If I had to have a bloke spinning backwards out of a pack from 50 Johno would be my man.

Brad Pearce post '95 frustrated the bejaysus out of me. Put him 20 m out straight in front set shot and he'd spray it, put him 45 out, on the boundary, surrounded by defenders and he'd get it through the middle.

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Fev for me.
If he marks it anywhere within 60, angle or not, I feel confident he'll kick it.
Cant say the same for many others.

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Unless someone jogs my memory to the contrary, Fev's the best I've seen in the Navy Blue.

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I feel the same although its more the 40-60 range for me. I get nervous on the ones closer.

Dom played mostly in the centre, and was a devastating player in four Premierships....11 years for 209 games and 283 goals.

Injuries to his back, knees, hip and ankles failed to stop him boring in for the hard ball and to kick the match winning goals when they were needed.....one of the first players picked in Carlton's Team of the Century; and the best running kick for goal I've ever seen at Carlton.

Same.

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Actually.....Parkin had the Duke undergo extensive computerised research into the reasons for his inaccuracy.

In his last couple of seasons; Spalding became a pretty reliable kick for goal; albeit from not far out!

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Johnno springs to mind.
Always felt comfortable when Diesel was within range.
But could you go past Rodney Gult from 15m out?
Regards Pedro.

Harry "Soapy Vallence was a very good kick for goal.
One of our best.
It was a different footy in thsoe days also. Not as streamlined as now.

Kenny Hunter wasnt bad. They used to throw him down to full forward when we were struggling, and he usually kicked a few.
Whether he qualifies as one of our best is another story.

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Ratts, Braddles and Diesel all were absolute professionals. Diesel used to fire up when booed (typically by opposition fans) so sometimes we joined in! Never missed then

Harry Madden was a metronome whenever he got the chance in his later years.

Carrazzo!

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Obviously my memories of standing with dad in the 70's and 80's at PP and sitting in the kitchen listening to Johnno spray another opportunity at goal are flawed. This thread is about accuracy not how good he looked goaling on the run. Yes he used to dob them on the run but not with any consistent accuracy. I imagine his goals v points stats are a bit difficult to bring up and probably wouldn't amount to much anyway.

I don't recall talking about how good Dom looked....but seeing you mentioned it....he DID look great as he would wheel around onto that left foot and unleash a torpedo towards goal and immediately turn to run back to the centre with his fists raised in triumph, without ever having to check whether it had gone through or not; such was his confidence about his accuracy on the run.

I recall that Collingwood offered him an absolute fortune to switch camps....they said he was the player standing between them and a Flag.....he refused to leave Carlton.

To quote from "Carlton- The 100 Greatest"....."Johnston was the near perfect Centreman....and there have been few finer sights in football than Johnston streaming from the centre and unloading with a magnificent long, left foot punt kick"

Since 1992

(Minimum 20 goals kicked)

Ranked in 'accuracy':

Player Gm Goals Pts ACCURACY
French, Barnaby 71 20 4 5.00
Hotton, Trent 61 36 13 2.77
Madden, Justin 92 41 20 2.05
Clape, Matt 58 48 24 2.00
Dean, Peter 101 20 10 2.00
White, Adam 44 21 11 1.91
Hickmott, Adrian 134 107 59 1.81
Betts, Eddie 40 39 22 1.77
Heaver, Brent 62 100 57 1.75
Hamill, Aaron 92 114 65 1.75
Gleeson, Adrian 54 60 35 1.71
Williams, Greg 93 87 52 1.67
Cook, James 25 35 21 1.67
Fisher, Bradley 51 54 33 1.64
Manton, Glenn 157 30 19 1.58
De Luca, Adrian 46 22 14 1.57
Lappin, Matthew 178 200 128 1.56
Kernahan, Stephen 93 292 190 1.54
Whitnall, Lance 201 329 222 1.48
Scotland, Heath 63 25 17 1.47
Fevola, Brendan 123 328 228 1.44
McKernan, Corey 41 60 42 1.43
Fletcher, Simon 84 30 21 1.43
Houlihan, Ryan 136 86 61 1.41
Welsh, Rohan 28 31 22 1.41
OSullivan, Luke 24 21 15 1.40
Beaumont, Simon 152 89 64 1.39
Camporeale, Scott 233 200 147 1.36
Pearce, Brad 77 151 113 1.34
Hulme, Darren 110 56 42 1.33
Davies, Justin 41 20 15 1.33
Rice, Dean 118 42 32 1.31
Allan, Matthew 140 72 55 1.31
Bradley, Craig 217 134 103 1.30
Murphy, Justin 115 105 82 1.28
Alvin, Tom 44 28 22 1.27
Koutoufides, Anthony 261 220 173 1.27
Ratten, Brett 215 111 88 1.26
Silvagni, Stephen 194 111 90 1.23
Waite, Jarrad 63 72 60 1.20
Brown, Fraser 134 85 71 1.20
Spalding, Earl 80 86 72 1.19
Mitchell, Barry 38 25 22 1.14
Simpson, Kade 43 21 19 1.11
Franchina, Anthony 105 26 24 1.08
De Iulio, Ron 85 42 39 1.08
Hogg, Matthew 97 32 30 1.07
Hanna, Mil 82 36 36 1.00
Bond, Troy 36 26 26 1.00
Stevens, Nick 62 30 34 0.88
Sexton, Michael 165 21 26 0.81
Whitehead, Adrian 63 22 28 0.79
McKay, Andrew 244 28 40 0.70

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I'll bow to your sentiments. Difficult to genuinely question anything about such a well loved legend. His first 15 minutes in the 82 GF alone were enough to seal his greatness for me. We have no-one today (yet) who can drag the team up to such levels of determination and courage. What a role model for the young blokes he would be. Wish he'd stop chubbing around for Ninthmond the way he does though.