2020 Draft Day Wash Up - Thoughts on our picks

We're talking about Shannon Grant here and not Jarrod Grant right? Cause I'm thinking a few of you have them mixed up.
 

Passmore

Brownlow Medallist
May 22, 2001
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We're talking about Shannon Grant here and not Jarrod Grant right? Cause I'm thinking a few of you have them mixed up.

Grant was a gun. Schwass was better, but Grant was still a gun.
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
5,673
10,063
AFL Club
North Melbourne
We're talking about Shannon Grant here and not Jarrod Grant right? Cause I'm thinking a few of you have them mixed up.

I don't think you watched Schwass enough then I assume.
 
I don't think you watched Schwass enough then I assume.

Nothing to do with Schwass, he's an all time great of the club. I watched him plenty and agree he was a better player than Grant.

But suggestions Grant was scared on the field and not a real North person are preposterous. He was a top player in his own right.
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
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North Melbourne
Nothing to do with Schwass, he's an all time great of the club. I watched him plenty and agree he was a better player than Grant.

But suggestions Grant was scared on the field and not a real North person are preposterous. He was a top player in his own right.

Who said Grant wasn't a North person?

That claim is preposterous.
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
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North Melbourne
He certainly became a campaigner off the field. But that really has nothing to do with rating his footballing ability. He was a star.

Not sure I'd say star.

I'm not even sure I'd have him above Cunnington, or even Wells at his best.
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
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243 games 323 goals All Australian Premiership Player Norm Smith Medalist Syd Barker Medalist. That he was a star is not debatable.

No thanks. I'd take Cunnington instead.

And Ben is no star.
 

Passmore

Brownlow Medallist
May 22, 2001
23,596
75,872
The Gasometer Wing
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North Melbourne
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Norf
No thanks. I'd take Cunnington instead.

And Ben is no star.

What has Cunnington got to do with Shannon Grant’s football career?
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
5,673
10,063
AFL Club
North Melbourne
What has Cunnington got to do with Shannon Grant’s football career?

Because you are claiming Grant was a star.

He wasn't. Massive exaggeration.
 
Who said Grant wasn't a North person?

That claim is preposterous.

Wasn't you. Someone else said that. I apologise I pinned that on you.

Passmore has summed it up with those stats, there's no denying how good he was. If a 20 year old Shannon Grant was on the market this trade period, every club would have been clamouring for his signature.
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
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10,063
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North Melbourne
Carey was a star.

McKernan (at best) a star.

Schwass a star.

Boomer a star.

Grant has nothing on those guys.
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
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North Melbourne
If a 20 year old Shannon Grant was on the market this trade period, every club would have been clamouring for his signature.

I'd prefer Carey.
 

ChoppyGun

Norm Smith Medallist
Jul 19, 2020
5,673
10,063
AFL Club
North Melbourne
Everyone would prefer Carey, that has nothing to do with the conversation. He didn't con his way through 300 AFL games, he was a legitimate star player.

Atley's played over 200 so I wouldn't use games played as a guide to ability.

Grant was a very handy footballer. Josh Kennedy for Sydney might get to 300 too.
 
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