Former St Kilda captain Danny Frawley has revealed his top five football pests on Melbourne radio station SEN on Tuesday morning.
Frawley listed current day players as well as some he played against himself, in a list of players who were sure to make opposition fans' blood boil.
The defender played 157 games for the Bulldogs between 1974-1983, before going on to coach Footscray for five seasons between 1990-1994, and was named as the All-Australian coach in 1992.
“Was possibly the League’s most struck player during his playing days and often turned up at the tribunal as the aggrieved party. This was likely due to the use of the squirrel grip that he managed to often hide from the umpires but not the fans," Frawley said.
“He got hit a little bit because behind the scenes he’d give the plums a little squeeze which a lot of players weren’t too happy with.”
A Brownlow Medal in 1990 and a member of the Western Bulldogs' Team of the Century shows just how good Tony Liberatore was.
The small midfielder played 283 games for the Dogs over 17 seasons at the club, and was one of the best tacklers the game has ever seen.
"He was a ripper but just one of those players," Frawley said.
The two-time All-Australian wasn't without off-field controversy throughout his career, but no one could deny his on-field talent, even if he got under the skin of many opponents.
Milne kicked 574 goals from 275 games in 13 seasons with St Kilda, but might only be remembered for the way the ball bounced in the 2010 drawn Grand Final.
“He was just a serial pest, wasn’t he?" Frawley said.
He's the only current player on the list, but many would suggest he could even be higher.
Ballantyne has been a constant pest over his 143-game career with Fremantle, and has gotten several players in trouble since making his debut in 2008.
At just 29 years of age, there's may be plenty more niggle in Ballantyne yet.
The number one pest in all of football according to Frawley.
Collingwood's premiership captain and the Norm Smith Medallist in 1990, Shaw played 313 games for the Pies and is in the club's Hall of Fame and Team of the Century.
“The Monty Python film is what I think of Shawy, the Holy Grail. No arms and no legs, but he’ll bite your kneecaps off," Frawley said.
“There’s a shot in the Saints’ museum of Shawy hanging onto his left leg and Plugger (Tony Lockett) is still running and he kicks a goal while Shawy is like a little Rottweiler on his leg.
“In 1992, before the game, I’m going ‘Don’t worry about Shawy’s antics, just play the ball.’ I could see the big fellow (Lockett), he had the cash registers in his eyes, he just wanted to get him and just crush his skull.
“We get to the first bounce and walking in, Shawy’s gone ‘Oh Spud, look at the muscles on you!’. I’m think ‘Just toss the coin and get out of there.’
“It was my call. He’s into me and all I’m listening to is him at me: ‘Oh look at you, what have you been on?’ I’ve seen the coin land and he says ‘I’m inside your head. I’ve got you Frawley, you’re done.’
“The umpire tosses it up again, it went in the mud face down so he had to toss it again, we’ve actually grabbed each other.
“I said ‘Boys, whatever I said about Shawy, first time he gets to the ball we have to grab him.’
“He was an absolute beauty.”