View Full Version : Paul Bower vs Josh Kennedy
gandaal
13 Apr 2008, 20:57
When the Judd trade was being organised West Coast had a choice between two WA boys of a similar age to be their target as part of the trad: Josh Kennedy, the former number 4 pick, and Paul Bower, the former top 20 pick. They obviously chose Kennedy as their pick for the trade but at the time many Carlton supporters believed they made the wrong choice.
Six months on and Kennedy is playing his games in the WAFL while West Coast are struggling to kick a winning score. Paul Bower today played on Travis "Better than Franklin" Cloke all game and kept him to 9 possessions and 1 goal while collecting 20 possies going the other way.
So if you were given the choice between the two as part of the trade who would you have picked? Would you still go with the top 5 draft pick key forward, or would you go with the defender with runs on the board?
Guns_Braddy
13 Apr 2008, 21:19
IMO I think Josh has more potential than Bower, and the Weagles need to build their forward line.
Have to say Bower at this stage. A fantastic talent. :)
Shaymuhz
14 Apr 2008, 02:18
given the eagles need to rebuild their forwardline now that they cant just rely on their midfield, i would say kennedy
Both are as shit as each other.:o:o:o:)
Lynch takes a mark
14 Apr 2008, 11:58
We have some really good defenders coming through (Spangher/Schofield/Brown/Mackenzie) but very few quality forwards so Kennedy was definitely the right choice.
We have some really good defenders coming through (Spangher/Schofield/Brown/Mackenzie) but very few quality forwards so Kennedy was definitely the right choice.
Your list is in strife. Why on Earth are you playing ordinaries like Lynch and Hansen ahead of Josh Kennedy. Makes no sense. :)
thank god we took kennedy, he'll be a good player for us. i cannot understand the people saying "kennedy should be playing, so it was a waste of a trade!". seriously the bloke is 20 years old playing in a very hard position, competing with premiership players. he'll get his go (most likely this week).
all i can say is we dont need a bower type player. we already have 1 staker, we dont need another. i'll take our wealth of young defenders over bower. with spangher, schoey and mackenzie i think we'd have been fools to take a KPP backman (who hasnt done anything) over a KPP forward (who hasnt done anything either) when you consider our main deficiency. our forward line.
to bower, west coast says no. we dont want your sub-par defenders.
Lynch takes a mark
14 Apr 2008, 13:44
Your list is in strife. Why on Earth are you playing ordinaries like Lynch and Hansen ahead of Josh Kennedy. Makes no sense. :)
Absolutely agree Parrot, after the big clean out of drug infested players at the club over the summer it's now up to the likes of Masten, Kennedy, Ebert, Selwood, McNamara & Spangher to show the way and rebuild the club.
Kennedy almost won the game off his own boot against Peel Thunder on the weekend. Very physical in his approach, HUGE leap that was proven at draft camp to be better than Ryder's and praise from his new coach about how much potential he has (like a bull at a gate is how Worsfold described him)
It was the most a West Coast forward has shown in a match at any level since Scott Cummings was playing.
He is like a talented version of Travis Cloke
I'm sure the Blues fan's will miss watching his occasionally frustrating development but that is replaced by the leadership that Chris Judd is starting to show.
Both sides will be long term winners out of the trade but I get the feeling the edge may be in Carlton's side right at the moment.
:rolleyes: ;)
well obviously anything for chris judd isnt really going to compensate completely. the bloke is a deadset legend. we did all we could though, we were in quite a shitty position in trading him.
Absolutely agree Parrot, after the big clean out of drug infested players at the club over the summer it's now up to the likes of Masten, Kennedy, Ebert, Selwood, McNamara & Spangher to show the way and rebuild the club.
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The Weagles massive ladder fall was no surprise to me, because of the massive post-Judd talent gap, but to their credit they didn't trade away their draft picks, and got some quality. BUT there are many players still in your starting 22, whose capabilities were over-stated by the success that Judd and to a lesser extent Cousins delivered. JW needs to continue the process and boot and if possible trade these types at years end. I put Hansen, Lynch, Seaby, Rosa, Braun, A. Selwood, Stenglein, Fletcher, and Staker in that category. :)