Watch out for the Weeeeed!! 

That is a hard one to pick. Can we pick them all? Lets have a go.

Viney, Gawn, Petrac,Hogan Brayshaw and Oliver. HMMMM!  I love them all . A nucleus of a Premiership.

Hogan now sitting 4th in the Coleman medal while averaging over 20 possessions a game.

Specialllll.

Lever, Oscar, Max, T-Mac, Jesse through the spine. Viney, Harmes, Clarry the inside mid combo and Petracca who I think can be become the best player in the competition. We have the potential right now to be the best and I mean this year, exciting times if the club and players get it right.

 

When I look at the heading and see " young stars " then I question Maxes inclusion of the list.

Jordan Lewis will end up having a hugely successful career.I'm confident of that.

I picked Viney he will make a good team great. 

Clarry will hit another level beside Viney.

I reckon when Jack had fully reestablished himself, look for Clarry to get outside more. 

That is one area we have been lacking in.

Timing really is everything. Trac is a little down atm so he hardly gets a mention.

I’d still go Oliver but this could easily be Petracca. 67 votes to 5 is not an accurate reflection of the gap between the two.

I voted Clarry, but think Max is our most valuable ATM with Tommy Mac right up there too (well he’s nine months younger than Max)

21 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

That list has a tall forward, a tall back, a ruck, and five midfielders.

And of the midfielers, no two are alike.

I can't bring myself to speculate on any given one of them being 'the best', because I'm just so thrilled to have such a  strong group coming through, and it will be the unpredictable and dynamic unit they form that gets me jumping around.

I think if Brayshaw gets a few solid games in and a pre season he will be the boy. A Daniel Kerr cross with Sam Mitchell. 

Put down your glasses, this race has already been run and won.

The chances of anyone even getting close to Oliver is remote. The kid is a dead set freak without any perceivable flaws.

The others can aspire to being merely great. 

17 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

Put down your glasses, this race has already been run and won.

The chances of anyone even getting close to Oliver is remote. The kid is a dead set freak without any perceivable flaws.

The others can aspire to being merely great. 

I don't know about that. I've heard a few keen-eyed football folks say he don't kick it much.

3 minutes ago, Chook said:

I don't know about that. I've heard a few keen-eyed football folks say he don't kick it much.

I think it is more just people looking at the stat sheet than any particularly knowledgeable assessment. They never seem to actually highlight when Clayton has obviously missed the opportunity to kick. Certainly his coach doesn’t perceive it as being a problem. 

He has brilliant hands, awareness and decision making. He is a great height for a midfielder, is strong and has good speed, particularly the all important first few steps. He is very good above his head and incredible below his knees. He has good endurance which will get better still. He is super combative and won’t take a backward step. He is a ball magnet and we know, that when he does kick, he kicks bloody well - both long and short. He has no perceivable flaws. And not that it counts towards this argument but he seems to deeply love playing for our club. 

I just can’t see any of the others getting close. 

Oliver will become one of the all time, all club greats.

No pressure though of course ?

is this been more definitive than I thought... Oliver by a mile 

Oliver is the most special player I remember in the red and blue. Not many like him in the AFL.

Hogan is a close second.

Trac and Gus and Viney will/are great, but they are not necessarily unique in what they bring. There are a few in the league who can match them, or are better than them. I don't think anyone in the AFL has better hands or vision in close than Oliver, and he is only in his 3rd season.

A disgrace that Fritsch isn't in this poll.   Burn it all down.

 

On 5/12/2018 at 6:39 AM, faultydet said:

Not sure why people think this way.

Oliver is the best handballer in the comp by some margin, and finds so many of his possessions in tight, and yet still manages to get the ball to a team mate in a position to clear the ball.

Not sure it would be possible to find a teammate as often, if he is kicking from inside a pack.

Except today, where in the middle of seriously heavy traffic he somehow notices that Hogan has a yard of space 50 metres away in the goal-square and plonks it on his head out of the pack off a step. Dead-set freak that Clarry kid.

All I can say is “watch this spot” when they publish the first list of the League’s fifty most valuable players! Expect it to be riddled with Dees for the first time since its introduction! ?

Edited June 2, 20187 yr by CBDees