To those who turned it around this year

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Now that the astonishing discovery has been made that the world does not actually revolve around Adam Goodes, let's celebrate those players who have turned it around this year after being written off by many as duds or otherwise.

From my club: Sharrod Wellingham, Brad Sheppard, Josh Hill and Jamie Cripps

All four of these players were being written off by fans last year due to a myriad of reasons. Wellers was lazy, Shep was not good enough and Cripps was a dud.

Fast forward to now and Sheps and Wellers are one of the best defensive combos in the league, Jamie Cripps is one of the best tackling and pressuring forwards in the league and Josh Hill has kicked a lot of goals for a small forward.

Who from your club deserves a toast for turning it around in 2015? Let's toast them.

 

[Koze]

Shaun Grigg. Would be Carlton's best player.

 

[NathanMX]

David Armitage, super fit ball magnet this year.

Josh Bruce, from back to front, literally.

 

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[saintkildaman]

Dylan Roberton. Struggled in the VFL last year and even Alan Richardson said he didn't look like an AFL footballer. Now he is a lock in our side and would be top 5 best and fairest.

 

[AdamE89]

None of them, but honourable mentions go to Chris Dawes, for proving to me that he can actually get worse.

 

[CrowAboutIt]

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[buddy2fernando]

Schoey is showing a bit of promise this year however still a way to go before he cements his spot

 

[JohnnyFontane90]

andrejs everitt

 

[Cmarsh]

Tom Scully is having a very good season

 

[Moist Biscuit]

Tommy Sheridan.

 

[hutchy31]

Despite being a ball magnet and a great servant to the club, many dogs fans (myself included) thought it was time for Matthew Boyd and his iffy disposal from midfield to be gradually phased out.

New coach decides he's actually a half back - what a revelation. Great season and maybe even in the AA conversation.

 

[Damon_3388]

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The obligatory.

 

[Donakebab]

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[Bulldog1954]

Higgins at North.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Wellingham is the biggest for us - I was convinced he was not going to cut it at WCE.

THAT SAID...he's not quite what we paid for these days - we got him to add polish to the midfield but he's playing his best footy in the back half. Hopefully he stays true to form once he gets another contract because he was a big disappointment in 2013-14.

 

[Milux]

Mitch 'Raging Bull' Robinson. Not the classiest of players but gives 100%. But i think his biggest turnaround has been off field. Got a young family and is loving it up here. Probably be in our top 5 bnf this year.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Hulk Hogan's certainly turned it around this week, good use of the gif

 

[BITW]

and Jamie Cripps

Cripps was a dud.

To be fair to Cripps, his 2014 wasn't awful. Right now, he's only one goal behind his 2014 tally, having played three less games. His average stats, bar tackles, (3.8 to 6.2) are relatively similar.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

scott thompson would be 2nd-5th in our bnf and missed games. his body is a temple, although he was mismanaged last season with injury so lots of us wrote him off

 

[carnthedons]

I believe some hawks supporters turned around at the Essendon game

 

[carnthedons]

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[Brad Goodman]

Glad to see Nathan Brown back to his best, although granted his prior struggles were more to do with his body failing him than any major form issues.

 

[Hodge1]

Been impressed with what I've seen of Travis Varcoe.
Never really rated him but has added some nice traits to the Pies.

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Ryan Schoenmakers as a forward has turned things around. Still hardly the second coming of carey, but he's been solid as the second tall, freeing up Gunston, Roughead, etc.

Excellent shot at goal, his 1%s have been great and overall has been doing a really solid job overall.