Who has been our best full-forward over the past 50 years?

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According to an old big footy thread:-

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/who-was-the-most-accurate-of-all-100-goal-full-forwards.471721/

Roach kicked at 66.7%. In his early days he was going at a rate of 74%.

Confirmed at footywire, along with comparison with Richo and Jack:-

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?playerStatus1=I&tid1=15&playerStatus2=I&tid2=15&type=T&pid1=2908&pid2=336&fid1=C&fid2=C

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?playerStatus1=I&tid1=15&playerStatus2=A&tid2=15&type=A&pid1=2908&pid2=1731&fid1=C&fid2=C

Disco - 66.7% accuracy, with an average of 3.0 goals 1.5 points per game.
Richo - 59.0% accuracy, with an average of 2.8 goals 2.0 points per game.
Jack - 62.8% accuracy, with an average of 2.4 goals 1.4 points per game.

Thanks, Dooks..
Good one.
There's the answer?

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Disco kicked about half his career goals from 66 games between 79-81.
288 to be exact at an average of 4.3 per game
Contrasted with 313 in 134 games at 2.3 per game.
He kicked more than 50 goals in a season just 5 times in his career, Jack is at 6 from 9 full seasons and Richo is at 8 times.

[Yeahright]

Let's be thankful there's an argument to be had unlike the other thread where Tyrone is a stuffing choice

[JP Tiger]

Roach was excellent overhead & a superb kick for goal, but his physicality was poor - played like Bambi at times.  Richo was outstanding overhead but awful with set shots, he played like a bear with a headache - closest player to Godzilla I have seen.  Jack is very strong overhead, reliable from a set shot, reads the ball brilliantly in the air & on the ground .... oh ... this could go on for days!
 
Lets just say that each player had/has his pros & cons.
 
But I think Jack is the most complete player out of them all ....   

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What are Mark Jackson's stats? 

[Hard Roar Tiger]

What are Mark Jackson's stats? 

Not sure, perhaps we could ask Mike Sheahan

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Yeh look, I'd check myself but doubt I could find them.

[🏅Dooks]

What are Mark Jackson's stats? 

Most similar to Roach's

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So, he's in the top 3 !

What an individual.

[lamington]

I find Jack's set shot kicking hasn't been as reliable in 2016. Apparently due to that finger which affected his ball drop. I hope it is just a case of the finger because you used to be able to bet your house on him to nail set set shots

[Hard Roar Tiger]

I find Jack's set shot kicking hasn't been as reliable in 2016. Apparently due to that finger which affected his ball drop. I hope it is just a case of the finger because you used to be able to bet your house on him to nail set set shots

SEN interview he seemed to be fairly certain that it was impacting his ball drop. The worry with Jack is the volume of work he's missed due to various surgeries. Hopefully it doesn't impact his 2917

[Yeahright]

I find Jack's set shot kicking hasn't been as reliable in 2016. Apparently due to that finger which affected his ball drop. I hope it is just a case of the finger because you used to be able to bet your house on him to nail set set shots

SEN interview he seemed to be fairly certain that it was impacting his ball drop. The worry with Jack is the volume of work he's missed due to various surgeries. Hopefully it doesn't impact his 2917

I think he has more to worry about in 2917 than his amount of surgeries

[Willy]

 

Games record broken by a lazy thousand odd years!

Eat poo Boomer!

[tdy]

I dont think you can take total goals kicked as a yard stick because footy became so much more defensive and all round footballers are required these days. So even if jack is better around the ground than disco its just the age they play in.  I find it very hard to pick still.

At least i cant remember jack kicking out on the full from 15m out set shot. Did Roach ever?