Analysis Top five midfielders in the game right now

[JustaBattler]

Really enjoy watching Parish middle finger everyone who has knocked him as a fail for years - he is playing awesome football atm. Just goes to show different talented kids develop at different rates and may or may not succeed depending on how they are used by different coaches.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Parish has been great, but has he been tagged once?? You are comparing him to midfielders that have to cope with a tag every single week.

Doesn't matter, it's not his fault if he's not tagged, he's killing it. He was huge against Geelong.

 

[Belnakor]

Ah, coaches votes. The be all and end all of any player debate…

Cripps got 5/5 from one coach on the weekend. Tells you how much value they have.

 

[faible]

Cannot remember a more impressive first 50 games from a young Carlton player.

Cripps 2nd and 3rd years were pretty good, especially the third, he was the leading clearance winner in the league and second only to Josh Kennedy for contested disposals.

Walsh has started out better, but Cripps 3rd year would be ahead of Walsh's IMO.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Cripps 2nd and 3rd years were pretty good, especially the third, he was the leading clearance winner in the league and second only to Josh Kennedy for contested disposals.

Walsh has started out better, but Cripps 3rd year would be ahead of Walsh's IMO.

True but Cripps first season in the league was hindered by injury

 

[conrad_437]

Cripps got 5/5 from one coach on the weekend. Tells you how much value they have.

I laugh when I see someone say "the coaches think X player is better than Y". Inconsistencies always occur, just like the Brownlow and any other award. Surely Dan Hannebry wasn't the best player of 2015...

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Isn't it amazing that Parish is probably in the top 5 right now? 4 months ago no-one rated this dude but now he is absolutely elite.

Makes you question what are the Bombers nutritional staff feeding them down at Windy Hill?

I can't be mad at this.

 

[Bipolar Bear]

haha bullshit.

Darcy Parish and Christian Petracca AFL Stats Comparison

Darcy Parish and Christian Petracca AFL Stats Comparison.

www.footywire.com

Parish 59 clangers from 481 disposals at 73.2% DE. 25 goals + goal assists. 116 score involvements. TOG 1219
Petracca 86 clangers from 423 disposals at 60.5% DE. 23 goals + goal assists. 117 score involvements. TOG 1345

Petracca has more clangers, worse DE, more turnovers, less intercepts, less clearances, less contested possessions, less goal & goal assists and 1 more score involvement from 126 more minutes of game time.

If only Petracca was damaging.

 

[1970crow]

Sloane is up their in terms of salary. So he must be pretty good.

 

[00Stinger]

I laugh when I see someone say "the coaches think X player is better than Y". Inconsistencies always occur, just like the Brownlow and any other award. Surely Dan Hannebry wasn't the best player of 2015...

Bad example

He was in the top 5 in every award that year



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[00Stinger]

If only Petracca was damaging.

Too many turnovers and too low DE to be damaging apparently

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[conrad_437]

Bad example

He was in the top 5 in every award that year



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Bad example

He was in the top 5 in every award that year



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Fyfe and Dangerfield were far and away the best of 2015, followed by a group of Priddis, Mitchell, Pendlebury and Hannebery.

Like I said, it's ridiculous to use coaches votes as the be-all and end-all in a debate, especially in the sentence "the coaches think X player is better than Y. You can guarantee if the above players were lined up for all 18 coaches to order, Hannebery was far from the first selected.

And contrary to old mates point, there is no way in hell "the coaches" are taking Parish over Petracca.

 

[ExYarraValley]

Too many turnovers and too low DE to be damaging apparently

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His forward 50 entries are horrendous.

 

[ExYarraValley]

His forward 50 entries are horrendous.

Laugh all you want he's going at something like 11%.

 

[Veer Right]

Lets get real, if we are combining last year and this years form then it's Trac all day, every day. If we are going only on this year it's Parish all day, every day.

Now if dees supporters find the truth hurtful, that's on them and they need to find a way to cope with reality. Beyond blue would be a good start.

 

[Vindicater]

In no order

Bont
Oliver
Petracca
Parish
Walsh

 

[che09]

I'd go
Bont
Oliver
Petracca
Parish
Wines

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

First time in his career Parish has been tagged, until he can learn to impact games whilst being tagged he shouldn’t be anywhere near this discussion.

 

[danster168]

Agree. People putting Parish ahead of the likes of Oliver are kidding themselves. Parish has never been tagged in his whole career! Oliver deals with it every 2nd week! A pathetic game by parish tonight. Hopeless. Got beaten by Schoenberg. lol.

 

[Jazny]

Bont and Greenwood.

 

[craffles]

Neale
Bont
Oliver
Boak
Merrett

One season doesn't maketh a top 5 player

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Lets get real, if we are combining last year and this years form then it's Trac all day, every day. If we are going only on this year it's Parish all day, every day.

Now if dees supporters find the truth hurtful, that's on them and they need to find a way to cope with reality. Beyond blue would be a good start.

If there’s a fan base that needs Petracca-related therapy it’s not the Dees.

Trac is better forward anyway, wasted as a full time mid.

 

[5ammy]

For this season alone I'd say:

Bont....
Daylight

Macrae
Oliver
Steele
Wines / Boak

 

[Heavy B]

A hex on anyone who doesn’t have Cunnington in their top 5
Absolute Beast

 

[Rod Stroker]

LOL!

Cunnington was the highest ranked mid
In a losing team
Against the leagues best midfield
Playing in the worst side in the comp

Criminally underrated. Having a monster year.