Natural Footballers

[Caged Panther]

Whatever you think of Phil Gould you can't deny his coached some great players over the years so it was very interesting to hear him say a few years ago that Greg Alexander is the most natural footballer his ever seen.

So who's the most natural league player you've seen, not necessarily the best, although they may have been, but the most natural?

 

[Mr Saab]

cliff lyons

 

[League Freak™]

Yeah, Lyons is hard to go past.

 

[innsaneink]

Brett Kenny.

 

[The Colonel]

Brett Kenny..... had a talent few have had past or present.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

past... wally
present.. matty bowen

 

[Kiwi]

I would say Lyons, Kenny and Peter Jackson

 

[The Camden Leisure Pirate]

What I have seen of him John Sutton looks the goods.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Brett Kenny.

Never looked like he was putting any effort into it.

 

[Kingytek]

Benji&SBW of the new school

 

[The Colonel]

past... wally

Wally wasn't really a natural footballer. He worked hard at what he did. The fact he was a play or two ahead of where everyone else was made him a different player.

 

[The Engineers Room]

Brett Kenny
followed by
Peter Sterling

 

[The Engineers Room]

Also, the fact is that in the 80's and before there were many more footballers than athletes. Now there are more athletes. So the older players are more likely to figure in that list.

 

[innsaneink]

Brett Kenny.

Never looked like he was putting any effort into it.

Haha...yeah, everytime I saw him walking back after scoring or having a major hand in a try and getting all the pats on the back etc, his expression was like, "Whats all the fuss about?"
Very cool.

 

[fourplay]

Benji Marshall and SBW.

 

[The Colonel]

Haha...yeah, everytime I saw him walking back after scoring or having a major hand in a try and getting all the pats on the back etc, his expression was like, "Whats all the fuss about?"
Very cool.

So true....

 

[Stagger eel]

Brett Kenny

when Peter Sterling first saw him, he described him has "snotty nosed little school kid" with his scruffy hair, shirt out and socks down and he came as a replacement in the under 23's in the late 70's and Sterlo playingin the same team apparently rolled his eyes in despair, thinking what the hell's going on here???

he virtually carved up in his first touch and won the game for Parra...the rest is history.

 

[Stagger eel]

if anyone has ever seen his 2 tries in the 1981 grand final, will understand how beautifully balanced he was on his feet, but the incredible thing about those 2 tries he's trademark swerve and step weren't even on show.

 

[Eskimo Sharkie]

Bob Fulton
Tommy Bishop
Ray Price
Steve Rogers
Wally Lewis
Andrew Johns
Mal Meninga
Brad Fittler
Alan Langer

Depends on what you mean by 'natural'.

 

[Edwahu]

Laurie Daley.