Gary Ablett Sr was an absolute genius. He was hard, freakish, could kick a ball 50m either side of his body, punch a torp 60m into the breeze on the run (and it is rumoured he did this on the left, but I never saw that), leap higher than any ruckman of any era, outmuscle the strongest full backs and take one-arm speccies, run into a congested pack and come out with the ball, deliver a bump so hard that it could puncture the lungs of bearded giants, outsprint (in the 1980s at least) 90% of the competition, snap a goal from over his shoulder (again either side) from any pocket.... what else, need I go on? There is evidence of all of this.... look at the highlights. The guy simply was the most talented player going around, he was a footballing superman! This does not mean he was the best full forward, or the best wing, or the greatest half forward.... he transcended positions to a great extent and that in itself is his greatest attribute. To argue that any other player had these abilities is fruitless. I haven't seen 150 years of football, so sure I don't know, and yes there are better players in individual aspects.... but simply put: Ablett Sr was the package. Add to this, he played in a fairly tough era where umpire intervention was minimal - eg. defenders were allowed to scrag and chop - and you may come to an appreciation of the guy's abilities. If you really want to compare him to modern day stars, well then there is no comparison. Franklin can't take a pack mark nor use the other side of his body and to tell the truth doesn't put his head over it that much, Riewoldt has no distance on his kicks and just doesn't have awareness, Brown is bloody good at his best but again although having the courage and Careyesque stature, the freakish side of his game is not there. Pavlich at the very top of his game can do some pretty special things, and is actually quite similar to Ablett Sr as a package - it's just that he is about 80% of that full package! Comparing to stars of yesteryear, Mr Football was a tough as guts CHB but rarely went elsewhere, Leigh Matthews was just round ball tough, but certainly didn't have the skills of Ablett Sr (although he more than made up for it with his tenacity), Coleman didn't play the game long enough. I won't go on too long.... never really saw these players anyways. Ablett Sr without a doubt is the most talented footballer, certainly that I have seen. Again, he just had the whole package, abilities in every conceivable area. It does not mean he was the most valuable player to a team, but Captain Farking Obvious would have to agree that there has not been another player since who consistently displays these all-round abilities.
youve got no argument from me finally someone with an abundance of knowlege and brains carey is still at the start line when abletts crossing the finish line thats how big the gap is to any other player in history that includs matthews farmer whitten jezza skilton barassi colman and any other name ya wanna throw up
Kinda like asking you to pick a favourite child. Ablett is the best footballer I've seen in my lifetime (I'm 53) his final series in 1989 was the greatest three weeks I've ever seen one player put together, he was an unbelievably skilled footballer. Wayne Carey is that close to Ablett it's a whisker in it. Watching North on a Friday night was compulsory viewing in the 1990's, King Carey ruled in those days. Two absolute guns who were the pre-eminent players of their generation. Highlights package of these two would go for two weeks. The goal Ablett kicked against West Coast where he scoops it up at full speed was one of the great under appreciated goals of all time in my opinion. In the same game he balked right and left Michael Brennan grasping thin air and kicked it from 50 on his left. I will never forget those two goals as an Eagles fan.
@@danielboeren7715 how ? abblet could not play away from the goal square carey was far more complete in many aspects of the game and around the ground give me a break
@@Megalosmalakas1977 shows how much you know as ablett only played 3 years of his career at full forward and he stared on the wing then half forward clearly the superior player just look at his highlights package way better than careys and way longer i aint gonna argue cos everyone is entitled to there opinion! so please save your oxygen
Defenders playing on Ablett would just drop their heads after he'd kicked 5 or more on them and they realised there was simply nothing they could do about it. That usually happened before half time. It was hugely entertaining to watch. The ground would be abuzz.
Carey overall was the best player ever to play Aussie rules he could turn a game in a matter of minutes when all seemed lost, how he never won a Brownlow has both me and thousands amazed you didn't have to be a North Melbourne supporter to be amazed at the talent this man had and what a joy he was to watch play.
Ablett, 24 less games than Wayne Carey, yet kicked 300 more goals, that stat alone should tell you, but all the same, having not seen a lot of these Carey highlights he was a marvel here, great to watch...two champions...go the Catters!
not an argument i wanted to see not everthing is about goals mate peter hudson kicked 727 in only 130 and had a greater average of 5.64 per game abletts average is only 4.15 so your making ablett look shit by saying this cos hudson is not better than ablett
Great to see both these players, both were great. Todays football doesn't have these types of power players with enormous skills, just guys who can run fast.
Jon Burrows, some people just don’t let go, that was 20 odd years ago, you need to move on pal, clearly everyone else has otherwise you wouldn’t see his head on the tv or hear him on the radio..... Yeah I get that might be a little hypocritical so what 😂
ABLETT WAS A BETTER PLAYER . 1.MARKING- FAIRLY EVEN, 2.PACE - ABLETT, 3.KICKING -ABLETT BOTH SIDES 4.GOAL KICKING-ABLETT 5.LEADERSHIP -CAREY 6.FREAKISH ABILITY-ABLETT 7.STATS- ABLETT 8.MEDALS- CAREY 9.STATE OF ORIGIN PERFORMANCE -ABLETT. ABLETT COULD PLAY IN THE MIDDLE , WING, FORWRD .CAREY HF OR FF ONLY. ABLETT IS IN TEAM OF THE CENTURY ALSO.
I just replied to the positions Ablett played and you don't even have an answer to your previous comment cause you talk shit ! Your theory about positions can be proved wrong by facts . As for Mike Sheehan , his opinion doesn't count as many other experts rate Ablett the best . So really your points are of no substance , now fuck off , and go somewhere else to play .
+shaxxxa No more time waisting on you , your too fucked up , your points have no truth to them . Ive waisted enough time on you , your too dumb , good luck with your life your going to need it
your wrong ya tosser you know nothing ablett started on the wing then half forward then full forward for the last 4 years of his career and medals mean nothing brownlows b&f' alpha awards leigh mattews trophy generally go to midfielders that a known fact more ppl use to pay just to watch abelett more than any other player in history his highlight reel is longer and better than any other the game has seen his the only player in history to get 10 goals or more 6 times in a season and there sides lost no other players feats will ever match what he achieved on the footy field not even jnr who i rate 2nd best ever
ya wrong ablett played wing for a fair chunk of his career and only played full forward for the last 3 years of his career he played mostly half forward and is by far the greatest player the game has ever seen with daylight second and no one will ever convince me otherwise debate over i cant play any other players highlight reel longer than gary ablett's and no other player has bought a crowd through a gate more than he end of fucking story
what a silly argument one player doesnt win ya a premiership ya flog where is whayne carey's 3 coleman medals with dunstall and locket playing at the same time where is careys norm smith playing in a losing side he didnt even win one playing in a winning side ablett is better than carey even more than he is better than matthews your football knowledge is terrible
Too much to take into consideration to make them 1 and 2. The days of pagans paddock where Carey would be against two defenders and still muscle them out and kick a bag of goals. Then the freakishness off God. He could kick snap dribble a goal from anywhere in the 50. Either way they’re both going down in history as two of the best to strap on boots and play the game. Also throw in the mix Dunstall, Locket and Boomer. Anyways it was a good highlight package. I enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
Look Ye I've been watching footy my whole life and Gary ablt snr and Carey r the best footballers I've ever seen in my life and I hope someday I can be like either one of them or Matty Lyoid he was also a freak bc at the moment I'm kicking at least three goals I'm my league and I'm only thirteen
Don Derply silvagni kept him goalless in 95 grand final. Silvagni conceded one goal that entire finals series. He played on Carey, Ablett and some other bloke. The other guy that I can’t remember kicked 1 on him.
in finals ? i think you need your head check and do more research on careys finals performances you do realize north played in 7 preliminary finals in a row do you ???? your so clules delete your comment goose
The reality is ablett had the single greatest finals series ever. 1989. Highest level of football ever played. Ok series in 92. Then two below pars in 94 & 95. Carey was solid across all his without being as brilliant as abletts 89 but not having the lows of abletts 94 & 95. Probably a draw in the end.
By reading the comments below it just proves that some never saw Gary Ablett Snr play. To say Ablett was a full forward majority of his career where Carey could play all over the ground is utter nonsense. Also many "champion" players never won a premiership medal.
I dont think winning games and premierships has alot to do with why they are being compared..if that was the case there is nothing you need to watch..this is about pure football ability and its very very close..id say ablett just..just
Carey because not only was he was a great player, but he was also a great leader and played well when it counted, but for sheer ability and freakishness there has never been a player than Ablett Sr.It's a disgrace that neither ever won a Brownlow.
I usually look into these at depth and really break it down, but there is no point in this one, Gary Ablett Snr wins most of the stats, I like so many view the Duck (Carey) as the best ever but if you are being honest you tend to have to look again at Gary Ablett Snr, both could win you a game, Carey in my opinion played the harder position, Ablett more often than not played full forward our out of a pocket had Billy and Stoneham up the ground, the Duck at Centre Half Forward had to be play up the field more and had to take more marks running back into the pack, he could use space to lose his opponent more easily than Gary Ablett Snr, I guess the only way I can separate them is to look at who did what in games that mattered most, Gary Ablett Snr was a big stage player, not many players boast kicking 9 in a losing GF, the Duck if we are honest had some big games too, but he also had a pretty big flop where he helped the Crows win the flag in 1998. If I was buying a player for my team and these two were the same money I would go with Gary Ablett Snr
carey is better than ablett if u want freakish and a player that makes your jaw drop with his ability u take ablett u want the best u take carey leigh matthews said careys the best player he has seen and he knows more about football than anyone the amount of times north needed a lift and carey provided it was amazing his 2 finals in 94 against hawthorn and geelong on a injured calf where the stuff of legend for the best part of a decade norths entire game plan was get the ball kick it long to carey and no player or team could stop him on a regular basis jackovick did beat carey a bit but theres also games when carey dominated jackovich and its always harder for a chf to impact a game careys the best ive seen
Great White7 Gary Ablett had 17 Possessions and kicked 3 goals from the HFF in the 1992 Grand Final, that's not going missing, that's a good game. Ablett's' best returns in Grand Finals are 9 Goals and Norm Smith Medal, and 3 goals and 17 possessions. Carey best returns are 1 & 2 goals. Gary Ablett also holds the record for the most amount of goals kicked in a finals series, 27. Gary Ablett has a much better finals record than Wayne Carey.
Great White7 Yeah and Justin Madden has won a Grand Final and Gary Ablett hasn't, does that make him a better player just because he's won a Grand Final? Ridiculous logic. Winning a Grand Final is a team effort, Wayne Carey played in a better team then Gary Ablett. Gary Ablett played better in finals, was way more talented! and was a better player than Wayne Carey.
+AFFTL You cant say Ablett is better than Carey when Abletts "team" is 0-4 from Grand Finals, while Careys is 2-1. If Ablett was as good as you think he was, his "team" would have won at least TWO grand finals, if not 3-4.
North Supporter so slightly biased. For me, Carey was a more complete player and better at his best, but Ablett was able to do freakish things and probably had a longer sustained career of brilliance. Between 93 and 96, Carey was basically untouchable. If anyone pays any credence to the whole "Carey had a better team around him", watch the 95 preliminary final (still the best game I've ever seen) where Ablett does very little apart from kick the final goal, but Carey single handedly keeps North in it. Again though, Carey was never the same after doing his shoulder in 97.
ablett does little more than kick the final goal one of the most silliest comments ive ever used to describe him where do ppl come up with this rubbish oh my head fucking hurts from all this crap
that your you question 93 ablett average 8 goals a game kicked 10 or more in 6 losing sides but carey was still better not all them goals are just marks then goaling alot were freakish powerfull plays if you think carey had more strength than ablett your sadly mistaken
I'm a north fan and it was the 94 preliminary final and to say Carey was never the same after 97 is complete rubbish Carey's best year was 98 and 99 he kicked 80 goals including back to back games of 9 v Geelong then followed it up with 10 against essendon
Daniel Boeren, watch the game his is talking about, Mick Martin destroyed Ablett that day, he had no influence, he lucked out when a shanked kick from Tudor landed in his lap..
Ablett was a great mark but that is where it ends. Carey could mark, defend, ruck, rove, crumb and win a game off his own boot. Carey is the Greatest of all time!
hahaha you have no idea you can ask any one that played on both players they will tell you ablett is the most powerful player they've played on and he was a way better mark kick oppersite foot kick longer kick could jump higher run faster recover quicker keep his feet better learn the game before you make silly statments
Ablett could more things on a football field than any player ever. Carey influenced the results of games most strongly and most often, although now I think Gary Junior has that mantle.
+AFFTL This. Abletts record in SOA and finals is excellent. The myth is that Carey won North their flags single handed when in reality he did very little in either premiership and got towelled up by Peter Caven in 1998.
ya cant get any bigger than the 89 finals series 27 goals from a half forward (still a record) and 9 in a losing grand final (also a record) unfortunatly 1 players doesnt make a team
That state of origin is a stupid point to bring up when you consider one is playing for Victoria and the other is from Wagga who would of have to have played for the Allies, hardly an awe inspiring concept. For your facts they changed the rules for state eligibility because of Carey taking Victoria apart when he played for S.A. In 1992. Also I'd rate Carey's 94 final series on par with abletts 89 when you consider that he played pretty much on one leg.
wrong he started wing then moved to half forward and the last 3 years full forward he ever played a few games at half back as he was faster than anybody else
And you're also wrong as he played on the half forward flank so if you're going to pot everyone that has a difference of opinion to yourself at least get your facts extremely straight.
I love both players,and don't like comparing both champions,but sorry have to disagree with Carey most consistent,he was very consistent but Gary Ablett kicked 100 goals 2 years in a row,kicked over 1060 goals, pretty dam good IMO
can argue that snr is now ok and on the right path we all make mistakes carey on the otherhand is still a flog and needs his big head taken off the tv maybe we should get him and glen archer to meet in a dark alley i want front row seats
Yep and Carey would smash Archer. Best boxer at North at the time and Archer new this thus why he flinched when Carey ( playing for Adelaide ) raised his fist in that infamous match. Again Daniel you have no idea in what you're saying.
Wayne Carey is a 2 time Grand Final Flop. In 1996 he only kicked 1 goal and didn't play well, and in 1998 he played shit, and just like the line from the Song goes "On Grand Final day all the experts had a lot to say, how they couldn't combat Carey's strength and class, Peter Caven kicked the Roo Boy's Arse".
+Nebula plays Minecraft Yeah and he only kicked 2 goals and had 19 possessions. Didn't star, average game. Gary Ablett was a far better big game player, far better record.
In 1992 he kicked 3 goals and had 17 possessions from the Half-forward-flank and the Wing. Including taking a One-Handed One-Out Mark, and went back and drilled the goal from 55 meters out, when the game was on the line. That's a good game. Your facts are wrong.
@J G Why are you here if afl isn't your thing? No-one's stopping you from watching soccer-so off you go and watch it. And remember not to blink during the game-you might miss all the scoring!
1030 goals and Ablett only played about 3-4 seasons at key forward - shouldn't have compared these two as if they were equals. They don't call him God for nothing.
As a cats supporter that 1994 prelim final was possibly the best game I've ever been to. Yes the Cats won because Ablett marked after the siren, but main reason was Carey was pretty much uncontrollable most of the game and the win was so unexpected. Two almost perfect players, two imperfect people. I don't think anyone can be a perfect person AND a perfect player.
@J G You say soccer is "massive in over 240 countries", but right now there's just 195 countries in the entire world! Just 195. If you can't even get that easily-found fact close to right, why would anyone take seriously anything else you've written?
who's better? WHO CARES!!!!......i'm just thank full i was able to watch these two incredible players perform as they did back in the day. Watching today's football is beyond LAME! I cant even watch it anymore.........the AFL has screwed up a great game.
Ablett's goal at 2:15 against the Pies where he fights off Kelly, busts through a tackle and puts it through post high in the wet is one of the best goals I've ever seen.
ask greg williams whos the most powerful players his ever seen its ablett, they donne a training drill throwing 8kg medicine ball ablett threw it 4 metres further than anyone and that includes damian bourke who was twice the size of him he was a freak
I'm not a fan of either team and both are different styles of players. But in my opinion Ablett was the better of the two players, more agile, a high flyer, and tremendous when the chips are down.
Think Albert had the edge on and off the field....ablett murdered a teen girl in a hotel room compared to Carey who was "only" a womanizing sociopath that's gone through life only worrying about number 1
The greatest forward of all time vs one that wouldnt make a lot of people top 10. No debate here. Nothing against Carey he was amazing. But there's an undeniable gap between how good they were. Ablett's lack of accolades are almost a kick in the face to how incredible he was. Should of been a premiership player, brownlow medalist and half a dozen more best and fairests. 10 goals in a losing game for 0 brownlow votes. It will be a great day when only midfielders arent considered for the brownlow cause its just in my opinion rigged to all shit.
ablett had the agility power and skills on the deck but he was also an incredible mark. how do you beat that one on one. need a freak athlete to do it.
Ablett for me. Having said that there were some amazing Carey highlights. I was at the 89 Granny, my Cats lost that day to a deserving Hawthorn but for me it was Ablett above both teams. Remarkable
Gary just, played wing and half forward for first 10 years then went to full forward and kick 100+ 3 years in a row. Carey and Ablett best 2 players I've seen though.
Gary Ablett Sr was an absolute genius. He was hard, freakish, could kick a ball 50m either side of his body, punch a torp 60m into the breeze on the run (and it is rumoured he did this on the left, but I never saw that), leap higher than any ruckman of any era, outmuscle the strongest full backs and take one-arm speccies, run into a congested pack and come out with the ball, deliver a bump so hard that it could puncture the lungs of bearded giants, outsprint (in the 1980s at least) 90% of the competition, snap a goal from over his shoulder (again either side) from any pocket.... what else, need I go on?
There is evidence of all of this.... look at the highlights. The guy simply was the most talented player going around, he was a footballing superman!
This does not mean he was the best full forward, or the best wing, or the greatest half forward.... he transcended positions to a great extent and that in itself is his greatest attribute. To argue that any other player had these abilities is fruitless. I haven't seen 150 years of football, so sure I don't know, and yes there are better players in individual aspects.... but simply put: Ablett Sr was the package.
Add to this, he played in a fairly tough era where umpire intervention was minimal - eg. defenders were allowed to scrag and chop - and you may come to an appreciation of the guy's abilities.
If you really want to compare him to modern day stars, well then there is no comparison. Franklin can't take a pack mark nor use the other side of his body and to tell the truth doesn't put his head over it that much, Riewoldt has no distance on his kicks and just doesn't have awareness, Brown is bloody good at his best but again although having the courage and Careyesque stature, the freakish side of his game is not there. Pavlich at the very top of his game can do some pretty special things, and is actually quite similar to Ablett Sr as a package - it's just that he is about 80% of that full package!
Comparing to stars of yesteryear, Mr Football was a tough as guts CHB but rarely went elsewhere, Leigh Matthews was just round ball tough, but certainly didn't have the skills of Ablett Sr (although he more than made up for it with his tenacity), Coleman didn't play the game long enough. I won't go on too long.... never really saw these players anyways.
Ablett Sr without a doubt is the most talented footballer, certainly that I have seen. Again, he just had the whole package, abilities in every conceivable area. It does not mean he was the most valuable player to a team, but Captain Farking Obvious would have to agree that there has not been another player since who consistently displays these all-round abilities.
youve got no argument from me finally someone with an abundance of knowlege and brains carey is still at the start line when abletts crossing the finish line thats how big the gap is to any other player in history that includs matthews farmer whitten jezza skilton barassi colman and any other name ya wanna throw up
BigRamifications he's why I go for Geelong
BigRamifications . Ablet would be the first player picked in any team in any era
My mans writin an essay
Yep, I agree with that
Even opposing supporters would watch Geelong games just to see Ablett play
Kinda like asking you to pick a favourite child. Ablett is the best footballer I've seen in my lifetime (I'm 53) his final series in 1989 was the greatest three weeks I've ever seen one player put together, he was an unbelievably skilled footballer. Wayne Carey is that close to Ablett it's a whisker in it. Watching North on a Friday night was compulsory viewing in the 1990's, King Carey ruled in those days. Two absolute guns who were the pre-eminent players of their generation. Highlights package of these two would go for two weeks. The goal Ablett kicked against West Coast where he scoops it up at full speed was one of the great under appreciated goals of all time in my opinion. In the same game he balked right and left Michael Brennan grasping thin air and kicked it from 50 on his left. I will never forget those two goals as an Eagles fan.
Gazza was the best. Played as a half forward and moved full forward when he was in his 30s. Kicked a ton in 14 games. Gazza drew a crowd.
probably Carey as an all round player but for sheer brilliance and freakish ability no one ever came close to Ablett.
ablett had him covered in every aspect of the game make no mistake about it
Daniel Boeren is clearly delusional
@@danielboeren7715 how ? abblet could not play away from the goal square carey was far more complete in many aspects of the game and around the ground give me a break
@@Megalosmalakas1977 shows how much you know as ablett only played 3 years of his career at full forward and he stared on the wing then half forward clearly the superior player just look at his highlights package way better than careys and way longer i aint gonna argue cos everyone is entitled to there opinion! so please save your oxygen
Ablett was coked off his head
Tough one - I'd say Ablett made me go "WOW" a few times more often tho...
Ablett could do things no one else can do. He was unbelievable.
damn straight
Absolutely brilliant, both of em. As an Adelaide Crows fan I am left in tears
Literally in tears?
Why ?
Defenders playing on Ablett would just drop their heads after he'd kicked 5 or more on them and they realised there was simply nothing they could do about it. That usually happened before half time. It was hugely entertaining to watch. The ground would be abuzz.
Carey overall was the best player ever to play Aussie rules he could turn a game in a matter of minutes when all seemed lost, how he never won a Brownlow has both me and thousands amazed you didn't have to be a North Melbourne supporter to be amazed at the talent this man had and what a joy he was to watch play.
Ablett, 24 less games than Wayne Carey, yet kicked 300 more goals, that stat alone should tell you, but all the same, having not seen a lot of these Carey highlights he was a marvel here, great to watch...two champions...go the Catters!
not an argument i wanted to see not everthing is about goals mate peter hudson kicked 727 in only 130 and had a greater average of 5.64 per game abletts average is only 4.15 so your making ablett look shit by saying this cos hudson is not better than ablett
abblett is a full forward you idiot
Carey was a great player but Ablett is in a ball park of his own!
Carey and Ablett 90’s superstars!
I love the story about Gaz telling Ricky Nixon he wanted to join the NFL as a 36yo after he'd retired.
Carey for me
SNR Handsdown.!!
Great to see both these players, both were great. Todays football doesn't have these types of power players with enormous skills, just guys who can run fast.
Ablett every day of the week
You mean he was on drugs, every day of the week?
@@lunch2102 And Carey glassing females.
Jon Burrows, some people just don’t let go, that was 20 odd years ago, you need to move on pal, clearly everyone else has otherwise you wouldn’t see his head on the tv or hear him on the radio.....
Yeah I get that might be a little hypocritical so what 😂
ABLETT WAS A BETTER PLAYER . 1.MARKING- FAIRLY EVEN, 2.PACE - ABLETT, 3.KICKING -ABLETT BOTH SIDES 4.GOAL KICKING-ABLETT 5.LEADERSHIP -CAREY
6.FREAKISH ABILITY-ABLETT 7.STATS- ABLETT 8.MEDALS- CAREY 9.STATE OF ORIGIN PERFORMANCE -ABLETT. ABLETT COULD PLAY IN THE MIDDLE , WING, FORWRD .CAREY HF OR FF ONLY. ABLETT IS IN TEAM OF THE CENTURY ALSO.
You have no fucking idea what your talking about.. That is the worst logic ever. Carey played all over the ground while Ablett never left the forward.
I just replied to the positions Ablett played and you don't even have an answer to your previous comment cause you talk shit ! Your theory about positions can be proved wrong by facts . As for Mike Sheehan , his opinion doesn't count as many other experts rate Ablett the best . So really your points are of no substance , now fuck off , and go somewhere else to play .
+shaxxxa No more time waisting on you , your too fucked up , your points have no truth to them . Ive waisted enough time on you , your too dumb , good luck with your life your going to need it
Who gives a fucking shit what Mike Sheahan proclaims? Ablett clearly far greater than Carey as a player, man on man.
your wrong ya tosser you know nothing ablett started on the wing then half forward then full forward for the last 4 years of his career and medals mean nothing brownlows b&f' alpha awards leigh mattews trophy generally go to midfielders that a known fact more ppl use to pay just to watch abelett more than any other player in history his highlight reel is longer and better than any other the game has seen his the only player in history to get 10 goals or more 6 times in a season and there sides lost no other players feats will ever match what he achieved on the footy field not even jnr who i rate 2nd best ever
Gary Ablett clearly is the greatest player of all time!
+AFFTL Careyyyyyyyyyy is better 2 premiership
AFFTL besides E.J Whitten
So Who Is? Clearly you seen them all Time Traveler?
ya wrong ablett played wing for a fair chunk of his career and only played full forward for the last 3 years of his career he played mostly half forward and is by far the greatest player the game has ever seen with daylight second and no one will ever convince me otherwise debate over i cant play any other players highlight reel longer than gary ablett's and no other player has bought a crowd through a gate more than he end of fucking story
what a silly argument one player doesnt win ya a premiership ya flog where is whayne carey's 3 coleman medals with dunstall and locket playing at the same time where is careys norm smith playing in a losing side he didnt even win one playing in a winning side ablett is better than carey even more than he is better than matthews your football knowledge is terrible
Too much to take into consideration to make them 1 and 2.
The days of pagans paddock where Carey would be against two defenders and still muscle them out and kick a bag of goals.
Then the freakishness off God. He could kick snap dribble a goal from anywhere in the 50.
Either way they’re both going down in history as two of the best to strap on boots and play the game.
Also throw in the mix Dunstall, Locket and Boomer.
Anyways it was a good highlight package. I enjoyed the trip down memory lane.
Coaches would want Carey, for the leadership factor. One on one, Ablett would win, he just has a little bit more of everything else.
Look Ye I've been watching footy my whole life and Gary ablt snr and Carey r the best footballers I've ever seen in my life and I hope someday I can be like either one of them or Matty Lyoid he was also a freak bc at the moment I'm kicking at least three goals I'm my league and I'm only thirteen
Each game
I kicked 13 goals in a final and I’m 13 too
Could have found better Carey highlights. He took a lot of spectacular marks like Ablett, in particular in his earlier years.
There both as good i canrt choose
Gary Ablett was the greatest player of all time. End of story....
ablett is the greatest by so far a length there is no possible comparison you could ever find to get close
Carey had a tendancy to go missing in big games and Grand Finals, Ablett might be the best big game performer of all time
Don Derply silvagni kept him goalless in 95 grand final. Silvagni conceded one goal that entire finals series. He played on Carey, Ablett and some other bloke. The other guy that I can’t remember kicked 1 on him.
Ducked into the bathroom maybe..
in finals ? i think you need your head check and do more research on careys finals performances you do realize north played in 7 preliminary finals in a row do you ???? your so clules delete your comment goose
The reality is ablett had the single greatest finals series ever. 1989. Highest level of football ever played. Ok series in 92. Then two below pars in 94 & 95. Carey was solid across all his without being as brilliant as abletts 89 but not having the lows of abletts 94 & 95. Probably a draw in the end.
The only thing Wayne could do better than gary was grow hair
By reading the comments below it just proves that some never saw Gary Ablett Snr play. To say Ablett was a full forward majority of his career where Carey could play all over the ground is utter nonsense. Also many "champion" players never won a premiership medal.
ablett loved the goal square carey loved the footy oval
@@Megalosmalakas1977 You know zero about sport let alone what Ablett and Carey did on the footy field.
Ablett
Carey he stands out in games that he needs to
I dont think winning games and premierships has alot to do with why they are being compared..if that was the case there is nothing you need to watch..this is about pure football ability and its very very close..id say ablett just..just
what did ablett do in the 89 final series idiot 27 (still a record now) and 9 in a losing grand final yeah but he did nothing in big games
As Rex Hunt used to yell out: Aaaaaabbbbletttttttttttt!!!!!!
Carey because not only was he was a great player, but he was also a great leader and played well when it counted, but for sheer ability and freakishness there has never been a player than Ablett Sr.It's a disgrace that neither ever won a Brownlow.
Lol a great leader doesn't go and fuck a team mates wife
I usually look into these at depth and really break it down, but there is no point in this one, Gary Ablett Snr wins most of the stats, I like so many view the Duck (Carey) as the best ever but if you are being honest you tend to have to look again at Gary Ablett Snr, both could win you a game, Carey in my opinion played the harder position, Ablett more often than not played full forward our out of a pocket had Billy and Stoneham up the ground, the Duck at Centre Half Forward had to be play up the field more and had to take more marks running back into the pack, he could use space to lose his opponent more easily than Gary Ablett Snr, I guess the only way I can separate them is to look at who did what in games that mattered most, Gary Ablett Snr was a big stage player, not many players boast kicking 9 in a losing GF, the Duck if we are honest had some big games too, but he also had a pretty big flop where he helped the Crows win the flag in 1998. If I was buying a player for my team and these two were the same money I would go with Gary Ablett Snr
carey is the greatest ever
@@Megalosmalakas1977 At glassing females and being a tough guy in Miami. Banned from the whole state of Florida.
carey is better than ablett if u want freakish and a player that makes your jaw drop with his ability u take ablett u want the best u take carey leigh matthews said careys the best player he has seen and he knows more about football than anyone the amount of times north needed a lift and carey provided it was amazing his 2 finals in 94 against hawthorn and geelong on a injured calf where the stuff of legend for the best part of a decade norths entire game plan was get the ball kick it long to carey and no player or team could stop him on a regular basis jackovick did beat carey a bit but theres also games when carey dominated jackovich and its always harder for a chf to impact a game careys the best ive seen
fool ablett is the most natrally gifted football ever to roam a field everyone know his more freakish than carey
Daniel Boeren is a douche
Duck is the best player ever to walk the earth
what would you know your a woman with an opinion it doesnt count
Ablett more of a freak but Carey the best player I ever saw
If G Ablett senior was playing now.....by golly he'd probably be on 3 million a year.
This isn’t a debate.
Ablett>>>>>>>>>>who ever you like.
Yep Ablett had 4 chances in Grand Finals and went missing in 3 of them. Its the defining factor overall IMO.
Great White7 Gary Ablett had 17 Possessions and kicked 3 goals from the HFF in the 1992 Grand Final, that's not going missing, that's a good game. Ablett's' best returns in Grand Finals are 9 Goals and Norm Smith Medal, and 3 goals and 17 possessions. Carey best returns are 1 & 2 goals. Gary Ablett also holds the record for the most amount of goals kicked in a finals series, 27. Gary Ablett has a much better finals record than Wayne Carey.
And yet he never won a grand final.
Great White7 Yeah and Justin Madden has won a Grand Final and Gary Ablett hasn't, does that make him a better player just because he's won a Grand Final? Ridiculous logic. Winning a Grand Final is a team effort, Wayne Carey played in a better team then Gary Ablett. Gary Ablett played better in finals, was way more talented! and was a better player than Wayne Carey.
+AFFTL You cant say Ablett is better than Carey when Abletts "team" is 0-4 from Grand Finals, while Careys is 2-1. If Ablett was as good as you think he was, his "team" would have won at least TWO grand finals, if not 3-4.
lol
whayne carey aint even in the argument as best ever
All else being equal (which it’s not) Carey was a grub for doing what he did, it’s about off the field antics as well.
Have you heard of alisha Horan
@@crutches111 Ablett was retired, what he did as a private person post career is his business. Not the same thing!
I would pick Carey first if I was picking a side.
Ablett easily
North Supporter so slightly biased. For me, Carey was a more complete player and better at his best, but Ablett was able to do freakish things and probably had a longer sustained career of brilliance. Between 93 and 96, Carey was basically untouchable. If anyone pays any credence to the whole "Carey had a better team around him", watch the 95 preliminary final (still the best game I've ever seen) where Ablett does very little apart from kick the final goal, but Carey single handedly keeps North in it. Again though, Carey was never the same after doing his shoulder in 97.
ablett does little more than kick the final goal one of the most silliest comments ive ever used to describe him where do ppl come up with this rubbish oh my head fucking hurts from all this crap
that your you question 93 ablett average 8 goals a game kicked 10 or more in 6 losing sides but carey was still better not all them goals are just marks then goaling alot were freakish powerfull plays if you think carey had more strength than ablett your sadly mistaken
I'm a north fan and it was the 94 preliminary final and to say Carey was never the same after 97 is complete rubbish Carey's best year was 98 and 99 he kicked 80 goals including back to back games of 9 v Geelong then followed it up with 10 against essendon
Daniel Boeren, watch the game his is talking about, Mick Martin destroyed Ablett that day, he had no influence, he lucked out when a shanked kick from Tudor landed in his lap..
Carey
Carey was good. Ablett was spectacular. Peter
I would pay to watch Ablett but not Carey
There’s only ever one player nicknamed god.
Ablett was a great mark but that is where it ends. Carey could mark, defend, ruck, rove, crumb and win a game off his own boot. Carey is the Greatest of all time!
Have you been following Aussie Rules since the 93 when Carey became a complete player? I bet yes!
anus your a bogan mate...everyone knows who was around in that time he was THE GREATEST
+smoo thy. lol..... you don't like facts huh.... go north
+Sebastian Leonardo Keep smoking your pot.
hahaha you have no idea you can ask any one that played on both players they will tell you ablett is the most powerful player they've played on and he was a way better mark kick oppersite foot kick longer kick could jump higher run faster recover quicker keep his feet better learn the game before you make silly statments
Carey the best player of all time obviously 🙄
cobs haha lol
Ablett could more things on a football field than any player ever. Carey influenced the results of games most strongly and most often, although now I think Gary Junior has that mantle.
ablett easy
Gary Ablett stood up in big games more. He was a better Finals & State of Origin player than Wayne Carey. One of the things that sets them apart.
AFFTL Wrong
Leon Powe Not according to their records.
+AFFTL This. Abletts record in SOA and finals is excellent. The myth is that Carey won North their flags single handed when in reality he did very little in either premiership and got towelled up by Peter Caven in 1998.
ya cant get any bigger than the 89 finals series 27 goals from a half forward (still a record) and 9 in a losing grand final (also a record) unfortunatly 1 players doesnt make a team
That state of origin is a stupid point to bring up when you consider one is playing for Victoria and the other is from Wagga who would of have to have played for the Allies, hardly an awe inspiring concept. For your facts they changed the rules for state eligibility because of Carey taking Victoria apart when he played for S.A. In 1992. Also I'd rate Carey's 94 final series on par with abletts 89 when you consider that he played pretty much on one leg.
nicknames say it all God trumps King
Ablett didn't have 8 All-Australians.
Neither did Matthews.
@@jonburrows9816 Matthews had 8 best and fairests. Ablett had 1.
@@Whoknowsuknow Then go watch your Matthews highlights, goals from 15 meters out.
@@jonburrows9816 Try and calm down. I'm just pointing out that the AAs are wrong.
Equally talented , equally flawed .
ablett by far....he kicked over 1000 goals...and played half forward...for 4years also...not even close...
wrong he started wing then moved to half forward and the last 3 years full forward he ever played a few games at half back as he was faster than anybody else
And you're also wrong as he played on the half forward flank so if you're going to pot everyone that has a difference of opinion to yourself at least get your facts extremely straight.
Daniel Boeren is a douche
Yaaaaabletttt
Ablett nowhere near Carey. Ablett did freakish stuff, Carey more consistently brilliant. Ablett more forward, Carey up and down ground...
Danny Ferrara Gazza played only a few of his later years up forward. Check out his efforts in an early state game.
hahahah carey more consistant hahahah this is the funniest one yet did carey ever average 8 goals a game for an entire season
I love both players,and don't like comparing both champions,but sorry have to disagree with Carey most consistent,he was very consistent but Gary Ablett kicked 100 goals 2 years in a row,kicked over 1060 goals, pretty dam good IMO
Daniel Boeren Carey was a centre half forward tho
Ablett started on a wing and half forward flank.
No comparison. Carey's the most over-rated player I've ever seen or heard of. A very good player, but not in the same league as Ablett.
Ablett is better and it’s not even close
Both forgettable human beings
can argue that snr is now ok and on the right path we all make mistakes carey on the otherhand is still a flog and needs his big head taken off the tv maybe we should get him and glen archer to meet in a dark alley i want front row seats
Yep and Carey would smash Archer. Best boxer at North at the time and Archer new this thus why he flinched when Carey ( playing for Adelaide ) raised his fist in that infamous match. Again Daniel you have no idea in what you're saying.
Daniel Boeren, you like seeing guys in dark alleys?
Wayne Carey is a 2 time Grand Final Flop. In 1996 he only kicked 1 goal and didn't play well, and in 1998 he played shit, and just like the line from the Song goes "On Grand Final day all the experts had a lot to say, how they couldn't combat Carey's strength and class, Peter Caven kicked the Roo Boy's Arse".
He played the 1999
+Nebula plays Minecraft Yeah and he only kicked 2 goals and had 19 possessions. Didn't star, average game. Gary Ablett was a far better big game player, far better record.
95?
In 1992 he kicked 3 goals and had 17 possessions from the Half-forward-flank and the Wing. Including taking a One-Handed One-Out Mark, and went back and drilled the goal from 55 meters out, when the game was on the line. That's a good game. Your facts are wrong.
Aust Opinion, full back of the century was who?? Who did Carey kick 2 goals on in 99?
The ball would just do weird, amazing, physics defying things when Ablett was near. I never saw that before him and I haven't seen it since.
Ablett was just insane.
@J G Why are you here if afl isn't your thing? No-one's stopping you from watching soccer-so off you go and watch it. And remember not to blink during the game-you might miss all the scoring!
And that’s not even talking about his afl career
1030 goals and Ablett only played about 3-4 seasons at key forward - shouldn't have compared these two as if they were equals. They don't call him God for nothing.
Moot point. We're just lucky to have seen them both play in the same generation.
As a cats supporter that 1994 prelim final was possibly the best game I've ever been to. Yes the Cats won because Ablett marked after the siren, but main reason was Carey was pretty much uncontrollable most of the game and the win was so unexpected. Two almost perfect players, two imperfect people. I don't think anyone can be a perfect person AND a perfect player.
Gary ablett...best ive seen
Ablett was the best player of the the Sport has ever seen, it was a joy growing up and seeing AFL at its best early 1990s
@J G Strange rant in an AFL thread.
@J G It's called 'Football'.
@J G dream on buddy soccer is for pussies, soccer In Australia is behind afl and cricket
Hard to believe somebody who is illiterate
@J G You say soccer is "massive in over 240 countries", but right now there's just 195 countries in the entire world! Just 195. If you can't even get that easily-found fact close to right, why would anyone take seriously anything else you've written?
who's better? WHO CARES!!!!......i'm just thank full i was able to watch these two incredible players perform as they did back in the day. Watching today's football is beyond LAME! I cant even watch it anymore.........the AFL has screwed up a great game.
Ablett snr was more versatile, more freakish, faster, stronger etc. Ablett snr i believe was the greatest of all time
carey played the hardest position on the ground abblett was a receiver was to scared to leave the goal square
@@Megalosmalakas1977 You've obviously never seen Gary Ablett Snr in action with a comment like that.
Ablett's goal at 2:15 against the Pies where he fights off Kelly, busts through a tackle and puts it through post high in the wet is one of the best goals I've ever seen.
ask greg williams whos the most powerful players his ever seen its ablett, they donne a training drill throwing 8kg medicine ball ablett threw it 4 metres further than anyone and that includes damian bourke who was twice the size of him he was a freak
Dam straight 😉
Not even a question. Never mention Carey in same sentence as Ablett! Ablett is the GOAT.
I don’t compare them, they both did amazing things!
Ablett would be a wuss and wear sticky gloves to play in the wet....Carey NEVER used gloves...
Carey was a magnificent footballer but GOD was another level and there will never be any better
I'm not a fan of either team and both are different styles of players. But in my opinion Ablett was the better of the two players, more agile, a high flyer, and tremendous when the chips are down.
Think Albert had the edge on and off the field....ablett murdered a teen girl in a hotel room compared to Carey who was "only" a womanizing sociopath that's gone through life only worrying about number 1
Carey from the boundary, left foot checkside.... magnificent
The greatest forward of all time vs one that wouldnt make a lot of people top 10. No debate here. Nothing against Carey he was amazing. But there's an undeniable gap between how good they were. Ablett's lack of accolades are almost a kick in the face to how incredible he was. Should of been a premiership player, brownlow medalist and half a dozen more best and fairests. 10 goals in a losing game for 0 brownlow votes. It will be a great day when only midfielders arent considered for the brownlow cause its just in my opinion rigged to all shit.
Carey is the only player to hold the GOLD premiership cup
his also the only player to walk around sleeping with his so called friends mrs
@@danielboeren7715 na I reckon thats happened a fair few times
Daniel Boeren is clearly delusional
K Monster, there has only been 1 gold AFL Premiership Cup 1996, 100th anniversary AFL/VFL
@@danielboeren7715 At least he didn't have young girls die from heroin in his hotel ya fcuking Bellend
Gary's nickname 'God', Carey's nickname 'Duck' lol
Carey also goes by King
Also goes by God spelt backwards
MrRealityCheck88 is clearly a dickhead
MrRealityCheck88 the king u mean
Gary's Nick bame should be coke and carey should be goat. Carey by far better forward
Gazza was the best , played half his career up the ground and kicked over 1000 goals.
ablett had the agility power and skills on the deck but he was also an incredible mark. how do you beat that one on one. need a freak athlete to do it.
Ablett for me. Having said that there were some amazing Carey highlights. I was at the 89 Granny, my Cats lost that day to a deserving Hawthorn but for me it was Ablett above both teams. Remarkable
King Carey!
Ablett was a freak but the Duck is the 🐐
Gary Ablett Snr 4me is the Gr8test VFL/AFL Player of All Time ⏲️
Don't believe that Cary deserves even 2nd Spot .
I didn’t even watch the clip because there is no comparison. Carey was great but he wasn’t half the player Ablett was
Having not watched either of these blokes while they were playing as they were before my time, i gotta say, I enjoyed Carey's highlights more
lol you obvious watched someone elses highlights other than ablett cos his highlights package is about 10 times the length of carey's
Gary Ablett is the GOAT, just not this one
Gary is better he did things no player could do consistently he wasn't called GOD for nothing
Person - "Do you choose Ablett or Carey ?"
Me - "Yes"
Ablett
Snr
Ablett full forward only 5 yrs played wing half forward and kicks 300+ more goals lol goat 🐐
Ablett was the best
Abletts highlights are unreal Greatest ever
the King
Gary just, played wing and half forward for first 10 years then went to full forward and kick 100+ 3 years in a row. Carey and Ablett best 2 players I've seen though.
carey isnt even in the top 10 players of all time while ablett is number one followed by jnr matthews farmer