10 Best Essendon Players of the 21st Century!

There have been no shortage of stars for Essendon since the year 2000, here are the 10 best players to have played for the Bombers in the 21st century!
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Honourable Mentions
0:46 - 10
2:08 - 9
3:03 - 8
4:23 - 7
5:34 - 6
6:35 - 5
7:43 - 4
8:40 - 3
9:36 - 2
10:34 - 1

[@SonyCamry]

Anyone else miss jobe Watson? Really miss having a big strong leader in the middle of the ground He was an absolute beast Real shame he will be tainted due to the ASADA bullshit .

[@kickupastorm2023]

Me I like 31 player

[@Les_Grossman80]

I hated Jobe at the start due to his poor disposal but who he grew into was just incredible. A Nick Reiwoldt like gas tank that just blew guys up in the last. How many times did he get over ten possies in the last quarter. I went from yelling at him to every time he touched the ball screaming "CAPTAIN AWESOME"

[@everythingessendon548]

I miss Jobe :(

[@SonyCamry]

@@Les_Grossman80 yes there were times he'd literally put the team on his back and drag us over the line

[@Les_Grossman80]

@@SonyCamry absolutely. A game against West Coast over here ( WA ) pretty sure he got 14 plus in the last and he dragged that side to a win. I think Zac is very similar but obviously better skill wise. But I don't think ( My Opinion) he's quite hit that Jobe level. Like Hird and Voss and Selwood. Just grab the game by the plums and say "Come with me farkers"

[@Drakenhax]

Hurls was under 18 All Australian Full Back. We threw him fwd because of necessities. But he was always a defender.

[@Lmclean89]

My guess before watching: 1. James Hird 2. Matthew Lloyd 3. Jobe Watson 4. Zach Merrett 5. Dustin Fletcher 6. Michael Hurley 7. Jason Johnson 8. Scott Lucas 9. Jason Winderlich 10. Brent Stanton

[@everythingessendon548]

Man Jason Winderlich coulda been a real player if his body held up

[@68doggydog]

I used to love watching Winderlich eith the ball ❤

[@Ageofredemption]

Jason Johnson was our most important player from 2001-2005

[@andrewforbes146]

Fletch was my fav player

[@andrewforbes146]

Hooker was so under rated awesome pplayer

[@guyskillen]

I wish Lloyd had won multiple premierships.

[@everythingessendon548]

I wish we could win premierships 🥲

[@guyskillen]

@@everythingessendon548 a final would be nice. To think that this club wouldn't be competitive for so long, after how this century began.

[@zingleraster9124]

Great list. Stanton worth a mention. Dishonourable mention to Matthew Knights for white anting Lloyd’s career towards the end. Flog of a coach. With that I loved Lucas’ raking left foot goals & Fletch’s barrels.

[@Les_Grossman80]

Disagree. Sure Stanton was loyal and had a huge gas tank but he was no better than Peverill and we now have his clone for 5 years but probably worse in Darcy Parish. Both turnover kings.

[@everythingessendon548]

Matthew Knights robbed Lloyd of 1000 career goals :(

[@guyskillen]

@@Les_Grossman80 blah blah blah.

[@Les_Grossman80]

@@guyskillen you have a problem with me having an opinion mate?

[@Littleyeti7]

List created by ‘Matthew Lloyd’ The AFL’s Scottie Pippen

[@kickupastorm2023]

Sadly is how it is 😔

[@kickupastorm2023]

How about Tim Weston?

[@everythingessendon548]

Just 2000s onwards, he will be in an all time best player video later on though

[@slingblade8963]

Honourable mention, Nick Kommer.

[@everythingessendon548]

A true champion

[@kickupastorm2023]

Dustin fletcher was a very good player I ain’t gonna lie tho I remember he kick a half Field goal

[@everythingessendon548]

I miss Fletcher, had another 20 years left in him

[@mattisvettelfan5]

Yeah Lloyd was special in some way underrated outside of Essendon I first got into Essendon in around 2005 and instantly was my Favourite player was lucky to meet him as a kid and had a picture his average from 2000 to 2003 was one of the highest ever about 5 Goals a game one thing that did surprise me when I realized he never Won a Crichton

[@everythingessendon548]

Yeah wild that a player that good never won a best and fairest

[@roscomcneill9370]

James hird 2003 missed 6 games through injury and only finished 3 votes behind the winner

[@everythingessendon548]

What a gun

[@Les_Grossman80]

Bro. Ramanauskas and McGrath both won the Norwich if I'm not wrong. That's three in around 20 years. Edit - my bad. Rama was runner up.

[@everythingessendon548]

Shoutout to Andy :P

[@HeavyCarts]

It is hard to win a Crichton, let alone 2 in 2 different positions. Lukas was a true champion

[@everythingessendon548]

Wish I coulda seen more of him

[@guyskillen]

@@everythingessendon548 should have mentioned Lucas kicking 7 in the last quarter 2007?

[@sweatyfootenjoyer]

Are the games numbers messed up?

[@morkusmorkus6040]

No. Its the games they played in the 2000's, not their total career games.

[@sweatyfootenjoyer]

Ohhhh I see now. Probably worth putting in brackets the career to put stats into perspective.

[@everythingessendon548]

Yeah coulda explained that better :P

[@Phophetsofterrorclanmemberljh]

W

[@everythingessendon548]

W W W

[@hookinmouthtackle8508]

No way Merrett gets in front of Watson

[@everythingessendon548]

Maybe recency bias, just think he’s been at an elite level for longee

[@HeavyCarts]

@@everythingessendon548 it is not recency bias. Merrett has years left and has achieved almost as much as Watson has already. Merrett deserves to be above Jobe.

[@kyalking1313]

No Mark Johnson you lost me my friend why?

[@everythingessendon548]

Just thought Hooker played more and earnt more accolades at a harder time for the club, Johnson was right in the mix though

[@Mark-yh4jn]

Hello thanks for All amazing awesome vlogs could I please be all your best friend ever and all your family best friend ever

[@everythingessendon548]

Cheers mate!

[@Mark-yh4jn]

Hello thanks for All amazing awesome vlogs I really love contet could you please do one of essendon bombers phiship teams 1993 and 209

[@Littleyeti7]

I get its from 2000 onwards, but Hird is always above Lloyd.

[@Capital.Bomber]

Great assessment F! We have had some real champs this century. Pity the teams as a whole haven’t risen around them. And a pity some of the comments and rhetorical questions haven't been a bit more respectful. Controversial topic where everyone may not agree, but I wish some of the trolls would give it a break! Go Bombers 2024.

[@everythingessendon548]

Hopefully the next few years gives us some more blokes to chuck on the list. Cheers mate!

[@Phophetsofterrorclanmemberljh]

Merret could come best he has like 5 moreyears could win Brownlow

[@everythingessendon548]

Hopefully:P

[@bomberhill_05]

I agree with basically all of it but as much as I loved hooker (one of my favs ever) I reckon zaharakis than hooker in terms of talent. Zaharakis was a gun off the bat but declined around 2019. Hooker was the other way around, he was a dud in his first few years and just got better

[@everythingessendon548]

Zaharakis was also huge for us in 2016 when Hooker was absent

[@jamestulk5111]

Has there been 10?

[@everythingessendon548]

Only just

[@kickupastorm2023]

When is Dyson retiring?

[@everythingessendon548]

Probably this year if I had to guess

[@john8443]

Every player in 2000 team is better than any player since bar Merrett

[@Voraten]

LLoyd Hird Fletcher Jobe Lucas Merret Tipper J Johnson Hurley Heppel

[@everythingessendon548]

Can’t believe I didn’t give Walla an honourable mention

[@psymgee]

Zaharakis doesn't even deserve an honourable mention. He had a few epic clutch moments then just years of inconcistency

[@everythingessendon548]

Was pretty great in the early 2010s, won a Crichton

[@robkirchhof133]

i'll stand up for him. All we have, pretty much, are a few happy memories over the last 24 years. he gave his best...

[@nickgianna7386]

So that Top Ten says it all why Essendon hasn't won a Final in 20 years not one is considered a Superstar Player in my opinion...

[@Les_Grossman80]

All those players are superstars. Every single one. Bit hard to chuck in any new kids as you don't know yet. People like you who "support" Essendon blow my mind.

[@DRebie]

😂😂😂 Lloyd, Lucas, Fletcher, Hird, Watson etc You obviously don’t watch enough football to understand I guess

[@Les_Grossman80]

@@DRebie I know right. I think he's confused. And Hooks and Hurls had a bunch of All Australian. The kind of supporter that has a picture of Dodoro on his wall and throws darts at it.

[@everythingessendon548]

Lloyd is crying right now