Simon Madden

I love that.

And making, making my final list, I had Simon Madden in there, I had Tony Lockett, James Hird, Diesel-

You said no apologies.

Yeah, I-

Was that one to five or five to one?

One more.

Simon Madden was pretty good, but I'm a bit biased there.

Yeah, Gary Ablett.

And being, you know, 25 years on, it's a good chance to reflect on, on that list and what's happened since and, and, and what changes we could potentially make to that.

So for those who, who aren't familiar, the list from one to 25 are Dick Reynolds, John Coleman, James Hird, Bill Hutchison, Simon Madden, Tim Watson, Ken Fraser, Jack Clarke, Albert Thurgood, Tom Fitzmaurice, Terry Daniher, Wally Buttsworth, Reg Burgess, Bill Busbridge, Barry Davis, Keith Forbes, Graham Moss, Mark Harvey, Gavin Wanganeen, Mark Thompson, John Birt, Matthew Lloyd, Michael Long, Fred Bering, and then Harold Lambert rounded out the 25.

So an absolute star-studded list there, really comparable to the top 25 players from any c- club in the competition's history.

Absolutely.

He gets his third Coleman Medal, his fourth All-Australian nod in 2003.

He becomes Essendon's leading goal kicker of all time, I think in 2003, and, and now is at the top of that chart by a considerable margin.

It's nearly double Simon Madden in, in second place.

So how high does he, he go for you? Can, can he crack the top 10?

The ruck is Graham Polly Farmer, Dick Reynolds, and Bob Skilton.

The interchange, Peter Hudson, Kevin Bartlett, James Hird, Jason Dunstall, and Simon Madden.

Mm.

The coach-

His CV does stack up, albeit in a, uh, a shorter version.

Oh, I tell you what, it was hard, and I'm taking Madden every day of the week.

And Dan Cox, very, uh, excellent player, but have a look at Simon Madden's record, and I'm, I watched a lot of Simon Madden.

He kicked nearly 600 goals.

Luke Jackson seems to be different to everyone.

Like Max Gorn's arguably the greatest ruckman that's ever played, probably after Simon Madden.

And his tap work is brilliant, and he's probably that behind-the-play, unbelievable mark.

one of the great contested marks the game's seen.

Yeah.

Simon Madden.

I know.

Jane Kennedy.