3 hours ago, dl4e said:

How Martin finishes in the top 10 is beyond my comprehension. Curnow as the best player is also over the top.

It seems Robbo is being both highly aggressive and highly defensive at the same time with these selections. It's rather like a stock picker investing in Lithium stocks and fossil fuels. 

8 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

Anyone who actually watches melbourne games knows Oliver is #1.

Trac is a 'sexy' player. The way he moves, the way he can score goals, he just is more eye catching.

You have to really understand the game to appreciate how good Oliver is. 90% of what he does is at such speed you miss it if you blink. He is genius with ball in hand, and if he puts a bit more scores on the board this year he will easily be recognised as number one across the competition. It's what I also believe will help him to win a Brownlow one day. If he gets even just 20 goals in a season he will win it. 

Having said all that, Trac makes Oliver better,  just as Oliver makes Trac better. They have a phenomenal sense of awareness of one another and watching them play together is beautiful. We really need to appreciate how lucky we are to have both on our team.

Would prefer to back someone that knows the game like Buckley. He has Oliver, Gawn and May in his best 5. 3/5 not bad.

I know it's predictive, but from a Melbourne perspective May is underrated.

He's the best defender in the league and lost the least percentage 1v1s in 2022.  He's not behind Darcy Moore or Stewart.  And the ESPN list has him also behind Sicily.  He's behind no-one.

He didn't include Fritsch because he criticised his perceived selfish behaviour last year.  Only one player in the league has scored more goals than Fritsch the last 2 years (Hawkins).  He's definitely a top 50 player, as evidenced by his AA40.

Interestingly, this morning on SEN Nathan Buckley listed his 5 most impactful players in the game and he had Gawn at 1 and May at 2.  Oliver was also in the top 5 along with Darcy Moore and Neale.  Even Moore's biased ex-coach had him behind May.

There's no way Oliver is behind Cripps as a footballer, but I admit I don't rate Cripps nearly as highly as many.

Anyway, it's all just opinion and I recognise my bias.

4 hours ago, JJJ said:

All you need to ask yourself is, would you trade him for anyone else in that top10? 

I'd trade him for Petracca. 😄

4 hours ago, JJJ said:

And neutral fans of the game seem to dislike his style of play/general attitude. Not sure why.

He’s the best player in the comp. All you need to ask yourself is, would you trade him for anyone else in that top10? 

If Clarry left I would burn the MCG down. 

So no I would not trade him for anyone in the top 10. I would not trade him for any player in the competition. 

Signing him for 7 years was the best thing the MFC has ever done since that time they won a flag in 2021

5 hours ago, rjay said:

We all know that Oliver is the best player in the game...Robbo still hasn't figured it out.

CURNOW??? Seriously Robbo can I have some of that Wacky Terbaccy ur smokin???

OLIVER BY FAR BEST IN THE GAME BY A FAIR MARGIN🤩

if he listed out the obvious top 10, no one would talk about it so he picks a controversial number 1 especially to get the forums going and it's working apparently

49 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

If Clarry left I would burn the MCG down. 

So no I would not trade him for anyone in the top 10. I would not trade him for any player in the competition. 

Signing him for 7 years was the best thing the MFC has ever done since that time they won a flag in 2021

Love this so much, Clarry is irreplaceable. 

Not sure how you could have Dusty, Danger and, to a lesser extent, the Bont ahead of Andrew Brayshaw… feels like the view of someone who did not enough football last year. 

 

Anyone can put anyone they want in a list of who they think will be good in the upcoming 2023 season. So sure, put Dusty in the top 10. Come October, let's see if he was in the 10 best players in the league.

But if we're talking "power rankings", i.e. who are the best players right now, Dusty's not close to the top 10. Whilst he might be top 10 for the "all time" power rankings, he's not currently one of the 10 best players in the AFL. The ESPN list @poita posted is not too bad on that front, but I wouldn't have Tom Lynch in my top 10.

Oliver and Petracca should be in most top 10s, as should Cripps, Andrew Brayshaw, Jeremy Cameron and Miller.

We're getting a lot more love from the fans than Robbo.

As part of the same article, the HS readers have Oliver at 1, Gawn at 3, Trac at 7, May at 17, and Gus at 20. 

Oliver, Petracca, Gawn & May should all be top 10

With Clarry#1

1 minute ago, Billy said:

Oliver, Petracca, Gawn & May should all be top 10

With Clarry#1

Plus FRITTATA MAN and maybe even LANGDON

3 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Trac is a 'sexy' player. The way he moves, the way he can score goals, he just is more eye catching.

 

Saw Trac on he front page of the herald sun this morning and that was the only reason I thought he was there instead of Oliver.
No offence to Trac but when we need a lift it's most often Oliver who cranks up the engine.

Meggs would argue that the AFLCA champion players award rating system has slightly more gravitas than Mr Robinson’s rambling prognostications.   So let’s not pay too much attention to him, Clarry should be no. 1.

Previous ‘Demon’ winners of AFLCA:

2022 Oliver / Miller,  2021 Oliver,  2018 Gawn and in 2006 Simon Goodwin 😉

1 hour ago, Grapeviney said:

We're getting a lot more love from the fans than Robbo.

As part of the same article, the HS readers have Oliver at 1, Gawn at 3, Trac at 7, May at 17, and Gus at 20. 

Five In top 20 ❤️💙

4 hours ago, Docs Demons said:

Would prefer to back someone that knows the game like Buckley. He has Oliver, Gawn and May in his best 5. 3/5 not bad.

Going ok - can’t fit Trac in 

No idea how Curnow can be the #1 player in the league when he isn’t even the best player at Carlton

I’m still amazed that this jive turkey is on AFL360, when Chief replaced him when he was ill, it was an absolute joy to watch, Gerard the host and the expert commentator from Chief.  Must be a hell of a lot of Winnie Blue smokers out there sending in love letters to Foxfooty to keep him relevant.  

53 minutes ago, BrisbaneDemon said:

I’m still amazed that this jive turkey is on AFL360,

Fox… Herald Sun. Their station, their paper and their man. Much to our dismay.

Im mostly surprised that anyone actually cares what ol mate Robbo actually thinks.

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by Cheap Seats
Sad i am not allowed to us $lobbo

26 minutes ago, No. 31 said:

I know that area, can't quite put my finger on it but I know it.

3 hours ago, BrisbaneDemon said:

I’m still amazed that this jive turkey is on AFL360, when Chief replaced him when he was ill, it was an absolute joy to watch, Gerard the host and the expert commentator from Chief.  Must be a hell of a lot of Winnie Blue smokers out there sending in love letters to Foxfooty to keep him relevant.  

Quit jiving me turkey you gotta zazz it.