Gary Ablett

[Milanista28]

Gaz has said in multiple interviews this year that he thinks it's time the suns played finals, Now IMO they will miss out again. Is it another wasted year for Gary?

He's the best player in the comp for mine but i feel he's irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and for me that's very sad.

While he's improved and gotten better at the suns he's wasted his career, I'm resigned to the fact the best player of my generation will never play on the MCG in front of 75k plus again.

Do you agree has he wasted his career?

 

[Power Raid]

Gary Ablett Snr wasted his career by retiring broke

Gary Ablett Jnr has loads of money and leaves behind a legacy of building a new team which will have a strong history in years to come

 

[Percel]

#PrayforGary

 

[nohairandfair]

Gaz has said in multiple interviews this year that he thinks it's time the suns played finals, Now IMO they will miss out again. Is it another wasted year for Gary?

He's the best player in the comp for mine but i feel he's irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and for me that's very sad.

While he's improved and gotten better at the suns he's wasted his career, I'm resigned to the fact the best player of my generation will never play on the MCG in front of 75k plus again.

Do you agree has he wasted his career?

His years at Geelong certainly weren't wasted .... 2 premiership medallions is nothing to be sneezed at.

 

[Elite Master]

Another all time great in Wayne Carey also has 2 premiership medallions, that's a pretty fair career for anyone.

 

[Milanista28]

Gary Ablett Snr wasted his career by retiring broke

Gary Ablett Jnr has loads of money and leaves behind a legacy of building a new team which will have a strong history in years to come

Built them to what exactly? His legacy at gold coast isn't something to write home about IMO.

 

[Kram]

He can make himself feel better by going for a swim in his pit full of money.

 

[Power Raid]

Built them to what exactly? His legacy at gold coast isn't something to write home about IMO.

don't you recall the Hawk's early days? it takes time to build something great

 

[Righteo]

Would love it if every Freo player "wasted" their careers with 2 premierships. In summary, hell no. In the twilight of his career and has done it all, leading GC to a finals win or more would simply be a bonus for him now.

 

[JUBJUB]

Jr after he retires

 

[isamedthegiants]

Another all time great in Wayne Carey also has 2 premiership medallions, that's a pretty fair career for anyone.

Mitch Morton has one.

He's halfway to being an all time great?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Gaz has said in multiple interviews this year that he thinks it's time the suns played finals, Now IMO they will miss out again. Is it another wasted year for Gary?

He's the best player in the comp for mine but i feel he's irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and for me that's very sad.

While he's improved and gotten better at the suns he's wasted his career, I'm resigned to the fact the best player of my generation will never play on the MCG in front of 75k plus again.

Do you agree has he wasted his career?

2 Premierships
2 Brownlows
5 MVP's
8 All Australian's
5 Best & Fairests
Foundation captain of a new AFL club
Universally regarded as one of the greatest players the game has seen

Not bad for a wasted career.

 

[DaVillaBlues]

Built them to what exactly? His legacy at gold coast isn't something to write home about IMO.

His legacy in footy will be much more positive and significant than James Hird's ...

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

His legacy in footy will be much more positive and significant than James Hird's ...

Must've missed James Hird being relevant to this thread.

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

In regards to the OP, I think it is a wasted year, but not just for gary, for the Suns as a club. Right now, the Giants have streaked past them. I know injuries have cruelled them, but they haven't built their list as well as the Giants have.

I think it would be a great end to gary's career if he was able to be there for the Suns first finals game, first finals win.

I think it will be a sad regret in some ways, barring the cash he's gotten, if he can't take the Suns to a finals series

 

[Ian Dunross]

The discussion about his inability to over come a shoulder injury nearly a full 2 years since the initial injury is worth having imo.

I thought in this day and age, shoulder recos weren't career limiting...

 

[Milanista28]

I suppose when half the posts in this thread are talking about money shows what he and fans hold as important.

 

[Milanista28]

2 Premierships
2 Brownlows
5 MVP's
8 All Australian's
5 Best & Fairests
Foundation captain of a new AFL club
Universally regarded as one of the greatest players the game has seen

Not bad for a wasted career.

What's his finals stats the last 6 years. And win loss % the last 6 years. Since 2011 he's been a background player. Great for supercoach though.

 

[Kickin Goals]

2 Premierships
2 Brownlows
5 MVP's
8 All Australian's
5 Best & Fairests
Foundation captain of a new AFL club
Universally regarded as one of the greatest players the game has seen

Not bad for a wasted career.

He really does need to have a good hard look at himself.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

He hasn't wasted his career, just the last five years of it.

But overall, he has more individual accolades, money, and premiership medals than most AFL players.

 

[ManWithNoName]

What's his finals stats the last 6 years. And win loss % the last 6 years. Since 2011 he's been a background player. Great for supercoach though.

You say background player. I say 2013 Brownlow Medallist.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

What's his finals stats the last 6 years. And win loss % the last 6 years. Since 2011 he's been a background player. Great for supercoach though.

Who gives a s**t about those things when Ablett can earn a lot of money and do something very historic at a new club.

A premiership medal might look good but that will never pay for a loaf of bread or petrol in his car

 

[Kickin Goals]

The man has pretty much single handedly carried a bunch of piss heads for the last five years, won a Charlie while the rest of his team were snorting Charlie. He has done pretty well if you ask me.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Who gives a s**t about those things when Ablett can earn a lot of money and do something very historic at a new club.

A premiership medal might look good but that will never pay for a loaf of bread or petrol in his car

What, oversee a rampant party-boy drugs culture and see them go from being beaten by Geelong by 150 points in 2011 to being beaten by Geelong by 120 points 5 years later. Certainly is historic. It hasn't been the fairy tale GAJ or the AFL envisaged. They haven't climbed up the ladder to become contenders, with GAJ being the champion captain leading the charge. They're a failure, and GAJ has been at the helm. Great player but what a dismal, disappointing five years it has been under his watch.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

The man has pretty much single handedly carried a bunch of piss heads for the last five years, won a Charlie while the rest of his team were snorting Charlie. He has done pretty well if you ask me.

Sounds like a waste of his time and talent.