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5 hours ago, MT64 said:

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.

He was the best clearance player in the league once he went in to the midfield full time and a semi regular goal kicker. He’s not a great kick but has excellent quick hands. And when it comes to kicking from the high volume inside mids it’s Bont and Merrett, daylight, Petracca’s risk/reward kicks, more daylight then everyone else. 12 might even be a bit low!

 
7 minutes ago, grazman said:

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.  

There’s a case that Dusty was probably somewhere in the 40’s as he had 3-4 dominant Dusty games from his 16 or so, but there were a lot of games where he looked underdone and did very little defensively. 
 

2.2 tackles, 66% efficiency, 5.3 turnovers from 23 touches, there’s some stats to point out he wasn’t anywhere near his best 

When players like Dusty and Dangerfield don't play the whole season or play at a standard just below their best, the Journalist forget how good they are compared to players who play 22 to 26 games in the season.

The perfect example is the player of the final series was decided on Macrea's 4 games v's Petracca's 3 Games which is like handing out the Brownlow after the Grand Final with the finals included. 

 
1 hour ago, Grapeviney said:

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. 

the list is not 50 best players. It’s best players for the year, where he has acknowledged finals performances get a greater weighting. 

6 goals in a granny, 59 goals for the year, and key cog in a successful fwd line = warranted 16th spot. 

Line up a schoolyard pick and Gawn goes top 5 on this years performances. Easy. 
 

Fritsch gets a caning on here anyway so I’m not surprised people don’t rate him at 16. 60 goals for a forward pocket, some key forwards don’t even get a sniff at that these days. Every coach will kill for that. 
 

Dusty wasn’t great even when he was playing. Missed with the kidney, Hibberd didn’t let him touch it and missed the next game so there’s another 2 he was absent. 
 

Decent list from the buffoon. 
 

And this Brownlow mindset has got to go, it means [censored] all. 


2 hours ago, grazman said:

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.  

I assume from Dustin Martin's omission that this list is of the best 50 performers in 2021 rather than 50 best players in the competition now. That's fine...but I still think Martin should have made the top 50.

And I obviously missed too many Sydney games. Was Buddy really that good this year? I appreciate he made the All-Australian squad, but I didn't think he was a particularly impactful player.

1 hour ago, Deestroy All said:

Line up a schoolyard pick and Gawn goes top 5 on this years performances. Easy. 
 

Fritsch gets a caning on here anyway so I’m not surprised people don’t rate him at 16. 60 goals for a forward pocket, some key forwards don’t even get a sniff at that these days. Every coach will kill for that. 
 

Dusty wasn’t great even when he was playing. Missed with the kidney, Hibberd didn’t let him touch it and missed the next game so there’s another 2 he was absent. 
 

Decent list from the buffoon. 
 

And this Brownlow mindset has got to go, it means [censored] all. 

Premium 3rd tall forwards rarely get the recognition they deserve. Luke Breust never gets the kudos for kicking 440 goals. Even Robert Flower when he played exclusively forward in a role similar to Fritsch in his final season is mostly remembered for his role as a great winger. Topping our goal kicking in the breakout 87 season is not often mentioned. 

6 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

Kick 6 in a GF gets you premium door pass. 

To ANY DISCO/NIGHTCLUB IN MELBOURNE!!!!! If they were actually open!😵

 

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