I don't know about being in our best ever team just yet, but without him I don't think we would have won as many games as we have in the period his been with the club.
Sorry, but this is a ludicrous post. The only thing I agree with is your own assessment that you are "no great historian of the game". If the question is whether he is one of the 22 most talented players to play in the red and white then you might have a point. Hell, he's probably already one of the 22 most talented players to ever pull on footy boots, across all clubs, across the history of the game. He has a sublime talent. But all-time teams for a club are about sustained, quality service to the club. Buddy has played 1.5 excellent seasons and 1 mediocre season for the Swans. He isn't even in consideration for our best ever 22 for another three seasons. At the moment, as someone else has suggested, he is still well behind the Wiz as a full forward (and dozens of other players I could reel off who aren't in our all-time team).
My opinion is objective truth in its purest form
In order to qualify for the list, players must have taken to the field for at least 75 games for the South Melbourne / Sydney Swans Football Club and have either held a leadership role, won a club award, Brownlow medal, All-Australian or state selection.
Roosey played enough games to qualify. Maybe not enough great games. 75 games, to me, seemed a l little unusual. Not 50? not 100? (which would have been no good, or Lockett wouldn't have qualified ...). & must have either held a leadership role, won a club award, Brownlow medal, All-Australian or state selection? That culls a lot. Lucky for future teams, a third of the side is in the leadership group these days ....
A better question is who would now be contenders to break into that team, taking the last 13 years into account. Goodes would be a lock. Other contenders?
I'd say Micky O, BBBH, Jude Bolton, Ted, ROK, off the top of my head. Any others? We have lots of current greats too of course but I'm not considering them yet.
Today's a draft of your epitaph
Similarly Wiz would seem to be behind Pratt as a high marking forward.
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