Kade Simpson has been an absolute warrior for Carlton for 18 seasons.
He currently sits equal-19th on the VFL/AFL's most-games-played list with 341, with one left to play. Just six of those 341 games were finals.
He's also been unlucky to miss out on the personal recognition - it seems wrong that he has never been an All-Australian, and although he has had a career to be proud of, he ought to be included in something.
So, here is a team Kade Simpson has made it into on merit, although it took until the last handful of matches of his career to qualify.
This is the "Most Games Played" 22, throughout VFL/AFL history.
The selection criteria was pretty easy: the 22 players with the most games ever to their name.
That said, there was one tiny issue: Nick Riewoldt is equal with John Rantall with 336 games, and only one of them could make it.
While he isn't as famous as Riewoldt in 2020, Rantall's stature in the game is very significant, and I would have chosen for this side irrespectively due to team balance anyway.
However the criteria is first in, best dressed: Rantall got as high up the games-list as he did first, and Riewoldt didn't overtake him.
This is a star-studded team, and one with remarkably great balance: Simon Madden in the ruck, and a great spread of talls and smalls up both ends, as well as inside and outside midfielders.
Chris Grant was a champion at either end of the ground, but other than that, everyone in the starting 18 team are able to play in their obvious position.
The more games played, the more of a priority it was to get them onto the ground, but it wasn't the only consideration.
Craig Bradley (eighth on the list) was the unluckiest to be demoted to the bench, but the three midfielders with less games who start ahead of him include Doug Hawkins, one of the greatest wingmen of all time, while Gary Ablett Jr and Adam Goodes won four Brownlows between them.
And then there is leadership. The side is coached by Mick Malthouse, who passed Jock McHale for most games coached, even as Carlton's board were moving the pieces to end his tenure.
Sitting second on the games list, Michael Tuck was an obvious choice to lead the side, with seven premierships, including four as captain.
Matthew Pavlich and Brad Johnson were great captains for a long period of time, but Luke Hodge famously leading the Hawks to three premierships in a row was enough to earn him the role as Tuck's deputy.
Perhaps it would be more representative if the captain and the vice captain were from different sides, but with these two at the helm, you'd win a lot of premierships.
My favourite part of this team is the backline: Dustin Fletcher's barrels, Andrew McLeod's dash, Paul Roos' mullet, Bruce Doull...
They'd be impossible to outmark, once the ball hit the ground it would be promptly whisked away to safety, and any hypothetical opposition forwards would walk off the ground with a few bruises.
All in all, this would be a marvellous team for sure, but the very best thing about it would be that you wouldn't need a rebuild for a long, long time.
