Most skillful Tiger past and present?

[tiogar]

For pure ability the best players on our list are Nathan Brown and Ben Cousins. In terms of sheer footy ability they are both nailed on All Aussies. Cotchin is the best teenager in the competition.

If you are talking about pure ability from the current list then you must include Richo and Deledio.  In terms of silky skill then it would be the 2 you mention above.  And I agree with Cotchin - he will be included in this list in another year or 2.

I take your point Smokey about ability and skill. In terms of "ability" Richo and Lids are up there. As you suggest I really meant skill rather than all round ability. I suppose I mean the ability to make you go "Wow look at that.". There it has to be Browny who is fantastic when hot and Cousins who is arguably the most gifted footy player active at any club. I mean gifted. Ablett is at least as Good but is not as Gifted if you see.

To use a soccer comparison. Browny and Cuz are like George Best or Johan Cruyff. Perhaps not the greatest players ever but pure unadulterated talent. pure wow factor.

[Mr Magic]

Cousins who is arguably the most gifted footy player active at any club. I mean gifted. Ablett is at least as Good but is not as Gifted if you see.

I'd agree if this thread was called most skillful Eagle but Cuz hasn't even pulled on a boot for us yet.
Let's hope he can reproduce some of that form before labeling him as such.

[mightytiges]

Richo's goalkicking reputation (infamously missing goals from 10m out in the past) will knock him off a skillful list in a number of supporters minds. Also KPPs aren't really considered silky skilled by foot. Mind you since he moved out to a wing last year his goalkicking seems to have become far more reliable (excluding the second Adelaide game).

[yellowandback]

Agree with most about Rioli, Knighter, Cameron by foot but Broderick was a gem by hand no better in heavy traffic....

Brodders was v good but it'd be hard to go past Flea.

Flea it is, in general he was pretty good with his fists

[DallasCrane]

When we picked up Darren Gaspar, he was the best full back in the comp.

He didn't just spoil it, he collected his own spoils then gave it off to a player that could do something with it. Some people might see that as a limited player but he did everything his position required in a highly skillful manner. 

He was awful after the knee reco and ......... well we wont go there.