Essendon great Matthew Lloyd has named his top five teams of the past 30 years.
Speaking on AFL.com.au, Lloyd revealed the five teams he believes will go down and be remembered as the greatest teams of the last 30 years.
Lloyd counted down from 5-1...
1. Brisbane Lions (2001-2003)
Lloyd said: "Don't underestimate how tough it is to travel every second week and go and win a premiership. They were doing it every second week and they had to go interstate for finals. They didn't finish on top in any of those three years the Brisbane Lions, but they were the best finals performers."
"I think they had better individual players than any other team in regards to you think of the full back and centre half back, Mal Michael and Justin Leppitsch and then at centre half forward and full forward, Jonathan Brown and Alastair Lynch. And i think it's the best midfield. You think of Clark Keating who was a great finals performer, but Voss, Lappin, Black, Akermanis, Power, Ashcroft, Shaun Hart who won a Norm Smith in 01."
"They were tough, but they were also skilful."
"Having Leigh Matthews at the helm who just knew what it took from his Hawthorn days and then just brought that aura about him to this group and hardened them up. They were very predictable with the way they played. They were ruthless and I'm pretty comfortable to name them as the best of the last 30 years."
