Barry Hall or Laurie Nash?

**Alibi Monday** · 11th April 2007, 03:04 AM

Looking ahead to the year 2103. When it comes to Sydney Team of the Last 200 Years - these 2 names look like they might be fighting it out for CHF. Most of us can only speculate just how good LN was, but from all reports he was a master. Then again BH has been a supreme performer for the club over the last 3 years with rarely a poor game. Anyone who can be in the top 5 players in the league at CHF for the past 3 years makes them a goliath of the game.

Thoughts? Would be great to hear some views from the elder RWO fans.

**Plugger46** · 11th April 2007, 12:08 PM

My late Grandfather said Nash was the best player he'd seen. That's enough for me.

**ScottH** · 11th April 2007, 12:10 PM

From what I've read, Nash had an ego bigger than any, but he also had the skill to back it up.

Nash for me.

***NMWBloods*** · 11th April 2007, 12:14 PM

Nash by a mile.

**stellation** · 11th April 2007, 12:19 PM

How many of the folks saying Nash actually saw him play?

**stellation** · 11th April 2007, 12:21 PM

I did like this quote about him from here

His rivalry with team mate Bob Pratt, with whom he competed for a place in the record books, yielded 199 goals for the Swans in 1934. When Pratt was asked years later how they had played together, he recalled that Nash had passed to him once "but it was a mistake".

**Old Royboy** · 11th April 2007, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by stellation

How many of the folks saying Nash actually saw him play?

I suspect none of us. At least my sources are reasonably close (my Dad plus countless Sundays in the 60's watching WOS) - Richards, Dyer, Andrews, Smallhorn (who all played against him) & co all reckoned that Nash was an out and out superstar.

My fav Nash quote was when he was asked who the best footballer he had ever seen was. His reply: "I look at him every morning when I shave"

**hammo** · 11th April 2007, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by stellation

I did like this quote about him from here

And Nash was a deadly goalkicker. If he had been played permanently as full forward he would have outshone all full forwards of my time, including myself. His performance in kicking 18 goals for Victoria against South Australia was the dandiest I have ever witnessed.

It's a shame he's not around for the Swans today!

Based on that extract Nash would outshine Hall by the proverbial country mile, but Baz would be in the team on the flank for sure.

**Tuco** · 11th April 2007, 01:55 PM

Did a wiki on him - turns out he was only 175cm tall! That's something like 20cm shorter than Hall. Can anyone confirm that? If so it's pretty hard to directly compare the two especially when you factor in the weight difference, I'd have thought.

I have a feeling by the time Barry retires we won't have trouble squeezing him in with the all time greats for Syd/South Melbourne, though.