Admiration list...an antidote to 'most disliked'

Adelaide: Ben Rutten: Came from nowhere and dominated.
Brisbane: Brown: Sheer class, love the way he plays his football. What a star.

Carlton: Koutoufides: Obviusly not at his physical peak this year but tried his guts out in a losing cause.

Collingwood: Clement; All-Australian two years in a row says it all.

Essendon: Mark Johnson: NEVER GIVES IN.

Fremantle: Matty Pavlich for not getting the hell out of there.(Agree REB)

Geelong: Gary Ablett Jnr: Classy
Hawthorn: Angelo Lekkas: To come back from where he was is as gutsy as it gets.
Kangaroos: Archer: No fear and would die for his club.

Melbourne: Mmmm, hard one. I really can't think of anyone.

Port: Wanganeen: Champion. Enough said.

Richmond: Richo!!! I love him. Whether he is playing well or playing like tripe he is ALWAYS entertaining.
St Kilda: Dal Santo: Someone once said that Gary Ayres was a smooth mover in heavy traffic, well this bloke is in that mould.

Sydney: Yeah, Roooooosssss. What a difference in class levels there is between him and the whine Port coach.

West Coast: Judd: Smooth operator who always leaves me gasping.

Western Bulldogs: Grant: For staying loyal when it would have been easy to walk.

ADEL: Nigel Smart for growing up in a football environment totally hostile to it and surviving, also Ben Hart and Andy McLeod

BRIS: Aka. When you're as good as he is you're allowed to be as annoying as he is

CARL: Kouta, the Last of the Mohecians

COLL: Scott Burns. 100% all the time and for the first half of his career a much better clubman than Buckley. Len Thompson from the old days, the Eternal Scapegoat blamed for everything except the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa

ESS: James Hird for standing up to Sheedy and surviving, Kevin Sheedy for getting the best out of James Hird. Honorable mentions to Tim Watson for a great career, for not joining the ex-player whingers in the media, and for admitting he was a crap coach, and to Dean Wallis for not letting total absence of ability stop him

FREO: Pavlich for all reasons mentioned, Paul Haselby for the same reasons

GEELONG: Mark Thompson for not playing the media games and standing up for his players, Peter Ricardi, both Gary Abletts for different reasons

HAWTHORN: Spider Everett for showing you're never too old to grow up

KANGAROOS: Glenn Archer and nthony Stevens for just about everything

MELBOURNE: Jim Stynes, Garry Lyon, the current crowd are all much of a muchness, maybe Jeff White for not swallowing the Neesham crap at Freo

PORT : Wangers for reasons mentioned, also Josh Mahoney for persisting

RICHMOND: Wayne Campbell and Matty Knights for staying sane there

ST KILDA: Rob Harvey, Nathan Burke, Stewie Loewe, Plgger(eventually), the late great Trevor Barker, also Nicky Winmar for sticking it up the Vic Park crowd and carving out a great career despite being as mad as a fart in a bottle

SYDNEY: All of them but especially Ben Matthews for standing in the Lockett 'hot spot' when the Plugmeister wanted his old number back, creating hilarious outrage among some of the more hysterical comentators

WEST COAST: Chris Judd, Glenn Jakovich, the 'pioneers' from the early days like Maiwaring and Heady and Guy McKenna

BULLDOGS: Chris Grant, Brad Johnson, Rohan mith, Scott West for surviving the 2001 forum fiasco, EJ, Demps, Doug Hawkins

Adelaide: Andrew McLeod - at his best, he was unbelievable...
Brisbane: Jono Brown, 2nd best CHF after the King I have seen
Carlton: Noone really these days. All duds.
Collingwood: Bucks and Burns.
Essendon: James Hird. Seems to win the Anzac day game every year off his own boot.
Fremantle: Matty Pavlich - love to see him in black and white. Also like Parker the fullback - has a red hot go every time
Geelong: Scarlett and Harley - in form, a tough force for any forward to beat
Hawthorn: Spida. In my favourite 5 players in the league, can do anything...
Kangaroos: Arch, Colbert, David King.
Melbourne: Nathan G Brown always has a go, liked the way Moloney did things this year.
Port: Meh. Tredrea I spose. But when bad is very bad
Richmond: Rory Hilton was always good for a laugh.
St Kilda: Robert Harvey. Champion of Champions.
Sydney: Paul Williams
West Coast: Judd, Kerr, superstars...
Western Bulldogs: Brad Johnson..Scott West. Guns!

Adelaide: Tyson Edwards, a bloke who does it with a minimum of fuss each week
Brisbane: Aker, Voss, Brown - Inspirational
Carlton: Agree with REB Teague
Collingwood: Clement, who might actually be the only intelligent player on the list
Essendon: James Hird a genuine superstar and the johnson boys who give 100%
Fremantle: Non here, all either overrated or overpaid
Geelong: Scarlett clearly the best fullback without having to belt blokes, just plays the ball nice and hard and Ling another without the hype but rarely gets beaton
Hawthorn: Agree with Benno, Spida.
Kangaroos: Archer and Colbert, 2 blokes who risk their body week in and week out
Melbourne: Moloney the bargain trade of the AFL, and No 26--cant remember his name but has always destroyed port
Port: All bar - wakelin and thurstans
Richmond: both versions of the kelleways
St Kilda: Robert Harvey
Sydney: Kirk, clearly the gutiest player in the AFL.
West Coast: Dean Cox, now an elite player, seems like a nice bloke as well
Western Bulldogs: Chris Grant very loyal servant.

Adelaide: Tyson Edwards - agree with JSA (that's sad) and Biglands - anyone who can look that much like Patrick Swazye(?) and play football deserves respect!
Brisbane: Brad and Chris Scott, Simon Black, Voss, Brown, Akermanis,Lynch, Power, McGrath, Lepptisch, Michael, Copeland, Lappin, Notting, Charman, Keating, Mclaren, Johnosn, Adcock,Pike, Hadley, Brennan, Corrie, Merrett, MacDonald, Selwood, Sherman, White, Bradshaw, Drummond, McDonald - Inspirational
Carlton: Matty Lappin
Collingwood: Clement and Scotty Burns
Essendon: James Hird a genuine superstar
Fremantle: McManus, Haselby, Parker
Geelong: Scarlett gotta love mad Mooney
Hawthorn: Spida Lekkas
Kangaroos: Archer Harvey
Melbourne: Robertson
Port: Aaron Shattock. Josh Carr for being smart enough to leave.
Richmond: Shane Morrison
St Kilda: Robert Harvey
Sydney: Craig Bolton and Paul Roos and Barry Hall
West Coast: John Worsfold, Jakovich and Kerr's display at the GF courageous
Western Bulldogs: Scotty West

LMAO Shattock, Bolton and Shane...who?? What is somewhat more surprising is that Jase said something nice about someone from Wet Toast.

regards,

REB

Adelaide-McLeod(agree with Benno) & Shaun Rehn, liked his style
Brisbane-Aker & Voss - both a cut above
Carlton-Rattan - he was Carlton personified
Collingwood-Buckley - as with Aker, a dickhead but you have to admire his skill
Essendon-Hird for obvious reasons & Lucas never stops trying
Fremantle-Haselby, champion & Sandilands for novelty value
Geelong-Milburn for similar reasons to REB
Hawthorn-Spider, again for obvious reasons
Kangaroos-Carey, he could appear on both the Admired and Disliked Lists for me. Arrogant champion.
Melbourne-Johnstone, another tosser that has sublime skills.
Port Adelaide-James, a pity that injury finally got him.
Richmond-Kellaways, hardworkers both
St Kilda-Harvey, is there anyone else on that team that comes close?
Sydney-Keneally, for the sheer joy he gets from the game.
West Coast-Dean Kemp, to my mind, the best Eagle to pull on a boot.
West Bulldogs-Johnson, never-say-die attitude

Sorry Westy but the best Eagle must be Jakovich!

regards,

REB

I can only say that you must have missed most of Kemp's games, REB.