Tooves Greatest team

[Pittwater Legend]

A legendary team named by Tooves. Understandably there are a couple of sentimental picks in his line up as well.

Such a hard task for any Manly fan to name an all-time greatest Manly side, given the bottomless list of exceptional players we’ve had. Personally my line up could always keep chopping and changing in a short period of time due to our abundance of legends

 

[40 nil]

The team below has no foreign players & for fun, I have used nick names. I include Chez because I think he has more all round skill than other Manly halfbacks and also has longevity. Tooves couldn't be left out, so he is named at hooker. Of course, there are numerous 'notable omissions', e.g. Snake, Rowdy, Snoz, Thrower, Crusher, Jurbo and so on...

1. Wombat
2. Mongo
3. Killer
4. Bozo
5. Turbo
6. Napper
7. Chez
8. Lurch
9. Tooves
10. Iron
11. Beaver
12. Igor
13. Gifty
14. Sorry
15. Pogo
16. Cement
17. Spud

Spoiler: Decoded

1. Graham Eadie
2. Ken Irvine
3. Jamie Lyon
4. Bob Fulton
5. Tom Trbojevic
6. Cliff Lyons
7. Daly Cherry-Evans
8. John O'Neill
9. Geoff Toovey
10. Ian Roberts
11. Steve Menzies
12. Terry Randall
13. Glen Stewart
14. Des Hasler
15. John Morgan
16. David Gillepsie
17. Mark Carroll

 

[madmax]

For those of you who saw Michael O'Connor in his prime, was he an upgrade on Jamie Lyon? Killer is one of the best all-round footballers I have seen...

O'connor is nowhere near the player Jamie Lyon was! Just my opinion.........

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Tooves has shown how smart he is with those selections. Obviously he is not claiming they are all the best (though some obviously are) and the few 'cute' choices means no noses will be out of joint as he is dealing with the assignment in the light-hearted manner it deserved.

His comment that fans will be happy with plenty of cult heroes made me wonder ...

How about an all-time Manly cult hero team?

1 Bob Batty
2 Stuart Davis
3 Steve Matai
4 Tessa
5 Jorge
6 Clifford
7 Tooves
8 Bill Hamilton
9 Fred Jones
10 The Mule
11
12 Watmough
13

Not quite sure what the qualification is for this team, I guess that's for each fan to decide

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Oh yeah Beaver would have to be there too!

 

[globaleagle]

Oh yeah Beaver would have to be there too!

cult heroes.... George Rose maybe?

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

How could I forget Georgie, he'd probably have to be captain!

 

[mosto]

John 'Jughead' Jones?

 

[Woodsie]

Toovey is hallucinating ....

 

[mickqld]

Too many hits to the head Tooves. Seriously. Surely he was on the piss when he came up with that.

 

[StuBoot]

I think it was actually a 2 iron. Would have to be a hybrid these days - no one plays a 2 iron anymore.

I always thought it was "the 1-iron with ears".
Whatever club it was, it was an apt nickname.

 

[johnperi01]

O'connor is nowhere near the player Jamie Lyon was! Just my opinion.........

O’Connor played for Australia in Rugby and League. Kicked that winning goal from the sideline in Origin in the pouring rain at the SFS., as well as scoring all 18 points in another Origin win. He was very instrumental in our GF success in 87.
Was a brilliant player and exciting to watch, so don’t think he loses much in comparison to Lyon, whom I also admired as a player.