With The Benefit Of Hindsight....

[Soren Lorenson]

With the benefit of hindsight, Hindy would never have lied about Penrith being his second team.

 

[hineyrulz]

With the benefit of hindsight, Hindy would never have lied about Penrith being his second team.

He ambushed himself.

 

[hineyrulz]

0% meat

100% Plop!

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

A mince smoothie sounds very refreshing.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Or a mince julep.

 

[Eelogical]

Or a mince julep.

It was a popular Holden colour back in the '70's.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

It was a popular Holden colour back in the '70's.

And look what's happened since they discontinued it...damn near gone broke!

 

[Eelementary]

Can Nathan Hindmarsh be considered the best ever Eel, even though he never won a Premiership?

I just watched the replay of our 2011 Golden Point loss to the Dogs, and Hindy's superhuman efforts kept us in the game, singlehandedly.

Thoughts?

 

[strider]

he is not best ever .... he is right up there though - top 10 for sure

 

[hindy111]

Can Nathan Hindmarsh be considered the best ever Eel, even though he never won a Premiership?

I just watched the replay of our 2011 Golden Point loss to the Dogs, and Hindy's superhuman efforts kept us in the game, singlehandedly.

Thoughts?

Amazing till age 24. He was never the same after that. Less dynamic but still great.
I onyl started following footy in 91. I remember Panthers winning the grand final.
Best I have seen in blue and gold? Bit controversial but I would go Jason Smith. Hayne was superior but J.Smith impact on a game and the team I felt was better

 

[Bazal]

Can Nathan Hindmarsh be considered the best ever Eel, even though he never won a Premiership?

I just watched the replay of our 2011 Golden Point loss to the Dogs, and Hindy's superhuman efforts kept us in the game, singlehandedly.

Thoughts?

Caylo >>> Hindy. Both would be in our best ever 17 though

 

[84 Baby]

I reckon Hindmarsh is the best of our non-premiership winners. I believe if he wasn’t injured 2005, we win plain and simple

 

[Eelementary]

Amazing till age 24. He was never the same after that. Less dynamic but still great.
I onyl started following footy in 91. I remember Panthers winning the grand final.
Best I have seen in blue and gold? Bit controversial but I would go Jason Smith. Hayne was superior but J.Smith impact on a game and the team I felt was better

Interesting on Hayne - his boneheaded kick on the last play in the second half of Golden Point effectively lost us that match against the Dogs.

Jarryd Hayne was a mercurial talent, but his footy brain wasn't too good, imo.

 

[Eelementary]

Nathan Hindmarsh, in my eyes, is our greatest ever.

He just would not stop - he would make 70+ tackles match, play for 90 minutes, and would keep going forever. He would chase down wingers. He would hold an opposition player up over the line.


If Hindy had the luxury of having more players like him around him, he would have won a title.

 

[84 Baby]

Amazing till age 24. He was never the same after that. Less dynamic but still great.
I onyl started following footy in 91. I remember Panthers winning the grand final.
Best I have seen in blue and gold? Bit controversial but I would go Jason Smith. Hayne was superior but J.Smith impact on a game and the team I felt was better

Just throw a normal pass Smithy!

 

[Bazal]

Nathan Hindmarsh, in my eyes, is our greatest ever.

He just would not stop - he would make 70+ tackles match, play for 90 minutes, and would keep going forever. He would chase down wingers. He would hold an opposition player up over the line.


If Hindy had the luxury of having more players like him around him, he would have won a title.

He was a machine...in defence.

If you're going to analyse his career in hindsight and be brutally honest...after his injuries earlier in the 2000s he was pretty ineffective in attack. A toiler on both sides of the footy. He also seemed unable to step up and lead the team the way a star senior player should.

He never lost us a game but I doubt he won us many either. He was usually a big contributor to a win, but a guy like Hayne could pull a win out of a loss. Could Hindy do that?

And like I said that's just being brutally honest, the bloke is still a great Eel. But greatest ever over Sterlo or Kenny for eg?

 

[hineyrulz]

He was a machine...in defence.

If you're going to analyse his career in hindsight and be brutally honest...after his injuries earlier in the 2000s he was pretty ineffective in attack. A toiler on both sides of the footy. He also seemed unable to step up and lead the team the way a star senior player should.

He never lost us a game but I doubt he won us many either. He was usually a big contributor to a win, but a guy like Hayne could pull a win out of a loss. Could Hindy do that?

And like I said that's just being brutally honest, the bloke is still a great Eel. But greatest ever over Sterlo or Kenny for eg?

He was never the same player after his knee ran into that Gumby Brett Seymour in 2005. He was probably the best forward in the world at the time. I’d say he won us a fair few games before then. After that he become the best defender in the game and just a toiler in attack.

Best Eel ever??? No but he’s in the top 3 or 4 I have seen. Sterlo,Kenny and Price are the others. Hayne rounds out the top 5 and should of probably been number 1 if he didn’t follow his dreams.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Baz has nailed it. My thoughts exactly.

 

[Bazal]

Baz has nailed it. My thoughts exactly.

No good, I've put it on YouTube

 

[Bazal]

He was never the same player after his knee ran into that Gumby Brett Seymour in 2005. He was probably the best forward in the world at the time. I’d say he won us a fair few games before then. After that he become the best defender in the game and just a toiler in attack.

Best Eel ever??? No but he’s in the top 3 or 4 I have seen. Sterlo,Kenny and Price are the others. Hayne rounds out the top 5 and should of probably been number 1 if he didn’t follow his dreams.

Given my age I saw but don't really remember Pricey, I'd have Caylo in his place, Hindy one spot lower. But yeah otherwise, somewhere in the 3-6 range for great Eels behind Sterlo and Kenny (who I did get to see at the end of their careers an remember something about) at the very least