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Robbo’s Top 50 2021

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Pretty good reading for Dees supporters. Altho I reckon he would have put Bont first if the Dogs won the flag.

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    Positive Lingers would have been in there too if he hadn't been concussed mid season. He was absolutely flying before then.

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    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Fritsch is too high. He wasn’t better than the other 6 Dees this year. More like 40th, maybe the 5-6th best goal kicking forward 

    Lever was better than May this year.

    Gawn not top 5 either. Somewhere between 10-20. He’s had better seasons. Paced himself this year. 

    I've never been alive for a premiership before but since I have you are definately the most negative poster.

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    Parish at 12th??? He gets the ball however his disposal is not always the best. Improve that side of his game and I would agree.

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    We have respect that he has 7 MFC players in the best 50 which when you look at the AA squad the players all 7 were there, only 5 got into the best 22.

    His 50 usually include players who dont get a mention in AA Squad.

    How you rank them is a personal preference and I always respect other peoples opinion I never rank players because I am bias towards my team.

    Draft ranking on the other hand were you have no club to cause bias is in the eye of the beholder.

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    10 hours ago, ANG13 said:

    Three of the best five players in the comp, that’s about right and that certainly helps you win games of footy. Oliver or Gawn could easily have been number one. 

    Spot on

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    14 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    The question is, how many of the other 43 would get a game at Melbourne based on our exposed form in September?

    Great point QD.

    I thought the same looking at each from 50 downwards would each player displace a Dees member.

    Still haven't found one, primarily because each part of the Dees makes up the whole.

    Who else can gut run and apply pressure like ANB for example?. Not Bailey Smith thats for sure.

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    10 hours ago, Demon_spurs said:

    No Dangerfield or Selwood, gladens my heart

    What better signal than the end of the prelim level era. 3 cats only also , 2 being defenders and the other a 34 year old forward. Surprised Guthrie didn't get a spot though.

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    I generally find this list pretty cringey, given all the criticisms above.

    I did like this line on Clayton Oliver though:

    ROBBO SAYS: Batman and Robin … nuh, it is Batman and Batman, Oliver and Petracca. 

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    1 hour ago, Wrecker46 said:

    Where is Bowey?

    He went off to Suffragette City with Major Tom and the Thin White Duke, where they were heroes, just for one day.

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    1 hour ago, In Harmes Way said:

    I generally find this list pretty cringey, given all the criticisms above.

    I did like this line on Clayton Oliver though:

    ROBBO SAYS: Batman and Robin … nuh, it is Batman and Batman, Oliver and Petracca. 

    I also like the adjective he uses for Tracc… “Swashbuckling”

    So fitting. 

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    12 hours ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    So in Robbo’s view, the sixth best player won the Brownlow and there are three Demons in front of him (plus one ineligible).

    Exactly and someone tell me how Ed Langdon missed the cut??

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    I take it Robbo is now of the view that the swap of pick 2 (Josh Kelly - 34 on list) for Tyson and Salem (27 on list) is now determined in Melbournes favour.

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    7 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

    I know it's a Melbourne forum but Fritsch at 16 is clearly the biggest outlier on that list.

     

    Kick 6 in a GF gets you premium door pass. 

    Edited by John Crow Batty

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    5 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

    Kick 6 in a GF gets you premium door pass. 

    Doesn't make him the 16th best player in the AFL. Recency bias.

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    16 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

    I know it's a Melbourne forum but Fritsch at 16 is clearly the biggest outlier on that list.

     

    I agree. However he finished second for goals in the competition this year if you include finals. Not bad for a medium forward. He’s definitely the best medium forward in the competition. 
    But he is not a top 20 player. I would have him at around the 40 mark. 

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    6 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

    Doesn't make him the 16th best player in the AFL. Recency bias.

    He obviously likes players that perform in big games

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    4 minutes ago, Axis of Bob said:

     Recency bias.

    Yep. One-third of his goals for the year were kicked in round 22 and beyond. 

    7 - 1 - 4 - 2 - 6

    Brilliant return at the business end of the season but not the 16th best player in the comp. 

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    Hopefully his list helps us with umpires confirmation bias and preferential treatment at the tribunal that we've been missing out on for years.

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    Raises lots of interesting questions, mine is how can you win the Brownlow and only rate at 6?  (Still i still wonder how Tulip never won it.) 

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    6 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    Fair call, his stats weren’t nearly as impressive as I thought they would be.

    He’s a top 50 talent for sure, he could eventually get right up with Petracca but I sense more 50/50 forward mid than Tracc who’s best probably 70/30 mid forward. But he’s been hampered by so many injuries. The Swans wisely just let him settle as a flanker this year without much midfield or designated inside 50 target time.

    When Robbo does his preseason 50 in March or whenever it is he should definitely be included. 

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    I've read the list ten times now.  No Dusty... what the?   I know he missed five matches at the end because of his injury, but that's only a couple more than Tex for his brain explosion.  

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