Cranky Franky

We lost a large number of decent players from 1965 to about 1980 who all went to other Clubs. Tells a story.

Certainly had ability although disposal needed work. Very unlucky this year. Played in the preseason Community series against the dogs & copped a serious [censored] injury which needed surgery & missed a month or more. If he had stayed fit he would have been well placed to replace Nev Jetta early in the season.

Thanks Uncle QD.

Couldn't pick him ahead of Clark, Jurrah & Hogan.

Neeld is the obvious choice. Scumbag Scully the skipper.

Well if things had worked out differently all of these players could have still been at the Club in 2021. Mind you Brock is 35 & Harry L, Dunnny & Mitch Clark are all 34 so pushing it a bit but I thought it was an interesting exercise plus I'm on my 4th shiraz.

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Wrong. He played decent footy for GWS as a fwd for periods in 2014 & 2018 - check out his youtube highlights. He kicked over 35 goals for them. With Cam McCarthy, Finlayson, Jeremy Cameron, Himmelberg, Lobb & later Riccardi he had a lot of competition for a key fwd spot.

Great athlete but needs games under his belt & learn some footy "smarts" ie don't overcommit & learn how to corral opponents. Charlie Cameron really cleaned him up in that final. Hope he has some luck injury wise next year.

Dunno what happened here. I saw a couple of his Casey games & thought he was an absolute gun. Smooth, always seemed to have time, lovely disposal, quick & versatile. Something obviously went wrong - maybe he didn't listen to the coaches or had attitude problems.

Here we go again. Petty is a natural defender. Tattoo it on your forehead. He is a Defender. Tomlinson would be a much better option as a forward. He played some very good games for GWS as a marking fwd.

You are a poor judge. Tomlinson was pretty much clueless on the wing. Looked by being a failed recruit until they put him in defence.

RDB would be a gun in today's game. He would be an inside bull. An Ollie Wines clone.

I saw Tassie Johnson play and I reckon he is the fullback ahead of May. May needs to play 2 more years of good football to displace him.

Melk played some great footy for us but his form dropped off particularly in 2021. Despite this he seemed to have a charmed life & kept getting selected & this grated on supporters. If he wants to play he needs to get more touches & especially make more tackles.

Disagree. GF's should be umpired the same as any other game. Under your scenario the spoil on Ben Brown would have been play on & not paid a free. As for JJ - that was a clear mark - Jeff White took speccies like that his whole career.

Well done. Thought he had a shaky start to the year but improved and was pretty consistent. Needs to keep working hard as will have Bedford & Chandler (& maybe Laurie) snapping at his heels. I wonder whether he will eventually find his niche further up the ground or in the midfield ?

To suggest that no luck is involved in avoiding injuries sounds plain silly to me. Sure fitness & the medicos & rehab people play a role but look at Richmond they won 2 flags with barely any injuries in their AFL & VFL teams then this year they had a swag of injuries & their teams struggled.

I thought Viney & Brayshaw were struggling to make an impact in the last 3rd of the season but both came good at the right time & both had outstanding finals' series. Jack in particular has that touch of mongrel that every premiership team needs.

Anyone heard what's happening with him ? I was very impressed with the small bits I saw of him at Casey. Had pace, clean ball use & good disposal. I'll be surprised if we don't keep him on the list.

Should have been AA ahead of Bailey Dale. Had a better season, got more disposals, marks & had twice as many tackles per game. Selectors probably worried there were too many Demons in the AA team.

Yes there seemed to be some shenanigans around his concussion & his contract & retirement. Think he maybe played 2 or 3 good games for us.

I've watched him at Casey & he has been a lot better than average. In fact has played some really good footy for them. Unlucky not to get more chances this year. Just needs to improve his disposal.

He must have been tough. I recall Lou Richards on World of Sport complaining that when he played against Melbourne Noel used to rough up the Collingwood players.

Only got the 1 game v North where he got 15 touches & went ok. Will struggle as a winger as Brayshaw & Langdon have the wings sewn up.