Who is the best current 'family' in football?

[The Nostradamus]

look at the 15th post. agree to disagree then. far superior hey. care to explain how you came to that conclusion?

By the age of 22:
Swallow had won a BnF,come runner up in another and made the AA sqaud. Adam Selwood hadn't won anything up to the age of 22

and adam is now turning 27 and is 4 years older than swallow but still hasn't achieved what swallow has in his short career

 

[zanda]

By the age of 22:
Swallow had won a BnF,come runner up in another and made the AA sqaud. Adam Selwood hadn't won anything up to the age of 22

and adam is now turning 27 and is 4 years older than swallow but still hasn't achieved what swallow has in his short career

ok then. would you agree adam selwood has had a better career than david swallow so far?

 

[The OBSTacle]

Swallows.

There's only one top line Sellwood.

 

[zanda]

Swallows.

There's only one top line Sellwood.

whats david done to be top line? brilliant talent,no question about that. hasnt backed it up with performance yet. im hoping he does become top line, because us footy funs will be in for a treat

 

[The Nostradamus]

ok then. would you agree adam selwood has had a better career than david swallow so far?

stupid question, swallow hasn't played a game. However we can compare their junior careers and david is by far the most credentialed junior ever

 

[The OBSTacle]

whats david done to be top line? brilliant talent,no question about that. hasnt backed it up with performance yet. im hoping he does become top line, because us footy funs will be in for a treat

I utilise my superior football talent spotting abilities to arrive at my conclusion.

There is no condition for games played in this thread, the only criteria is that the "family" be "current" and play "football".

 

[zanda]

stupid question, swallow hasn't played a game. However we can compare their junior careers and david is by far the most credentialed junior ever

exactly, the best current family is the selwoods. joel heaps better than andrew. adam heaps better than david

 

[The Nostradamus]

exactly, the best current family is the selwoods. joel heaps better than andrew. adam heaps better than david

lol i'll make a poll david swallow vs adam selwood and you will realise how wrong you are.

btw joel selwood is only just better than andrew and thats being generous. would love to see joel play for a shit team and see how he performs

 

[bigpapagman]

lol i'll make a poll david swallow vs adam selwood and you will realise how wrong you are.

btw joel selwood is only just better than andrew and thats being generous. would love to see joel play for a shit team and see how he performs

He'd probably get 60 kicks. Wouldn't be anyone else to pinch them from him, And he'd win the Brownlow by about 15 votes.

 

[zanda]

lol i'll make a poll david swallow vs adam selwood and you will realise how wrong you are.

btw joel selwood is only just better than andrew and thats being generous. would love to see joel play for a shit team and see how he performs

will the poll be on there careers to date or there potential? if it was on potential ild vote david swallow

 

[The Nostradamus]

will the poll be on there careers to date or there potential? if it was on potential ild vote david swallow

it would be careers up to the age of david swallow atm.

so pretty much swallows junior career vs selwoods junior career because thats all we can compare them on

 

[Schulzenfest]

David Swallow is the best player in the competition by that logic. Stupid idea for a poll.

 

[The Nostradamus]

David Swallow is the best player in the competition by that logic. Stupid idea for a poll.

fair enough. Hence i won't create that poll as it would be a landslide

 

[Schulzenfest]

Here's how you'd do it.

'Your team is playing in the 2011 Grand Final. There is one spot left on your team, and you can choose to fill it with David Swallow or Adam Selwood. Who do you choose?'

That way you're not comparing apples to oranges by comparing Swallow now with Selwood 8 years ago, or comparing Selwood's achievements to Swallow's when Swallow hasn't had a chance to achieve anything yet. You're just comparing their current football ability.

 

[zanda]

fair enough. Hence i won't create that poll as it would be a landslide

but if you want to compare joels junior career. ill take joel..

 

[The Nostradamus]

but if you want to compare joels junior career. ill take joel..

i dunno about that, david was an AIS graduate, larke medalist at 16 years of age, AA under 18 member at 16 years of age, 4th in the VFL best player of the year as a 17 year old and to cap it off he is a number 1 draft pick

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Selwoods and Riewoldts are pretty even id say.

 

[Slattery_20]

Best player in league & semi-ok-if-he-gave-a-crap-guy > Very good player & one OK player & a semi-OK player > Good player & semi-OK player > Bunch of OK players

Abletts > Selwoods > Daveys > Mortons or Jettas.

 

[Patron]

Most in the wce camp already look at scott as being better than adam now. All will by the end of the season.
Selwoods win by sheer numbers not necessarily quality.

 

[indy nile]

The Delaney's. All the way

 

[getgaff]

Sheer weight of numbers means Selwood's win but like a lot of people i wouldnt be suprised to see the Swallow's swoop on the best family award once it becomes Joel and Scott vs. Andrew and David.

Revisit in a couple of seasons time is best way to go atm

 

[willoblue]

Abletts & Selwoods are essentially one player families. the lesser brothers don't offer much to the argument.
Gary Ablett probably by himself beats (not literally of course) all of the families, but as for the most entertaining I'd love 2 c the Daveys in the same team

 

[Desmodromico]

The Sellwood brothers are currently the best. They have the most premierships between them and the Geelong Sellwood is the best of the bunch.

However, the Swallow brothers will be better than the Selwoods in the next few years. The NM Swallow is a gun and the GC Swallow will be in the top five players in the comp within a few years.

 

[Slattery_20]

The Sellwood brothers are currently the best. They have the most premierships between them and the Geelong Sellwood is the best of the bunch.

I get to 3 each for the Abletts (2 Gary, 1 Nathan) & Selwoods (2 Joel, 1 Adam).

 

[Hump 17]

Selwoods probably, but think Heath & Rhyce Shaw probably deserve a mention

Why???