Patrick Dangerfield - potential GOAT?

[Tarkyn_24]

Irrepressible last night. Absolute champion

 

[The_Eagles]

That final will be seared in our memories, he’s been elite for 13-14 seasons

Ablett Franklin Ablett Carey Matthews
Lockett Dunstall

Are the top 7 in my view, he could get to 8 if he just keeps on keeping on

 

[AlcoaCat]

Nowhere, as he's one of the most hated footballers of all time. Hated not because he's a good player but because he's a ****wit.

I really don't get this. What makes him a fuxkwit? I can understand people not liking Bailey Smith (known dickhead) and Chris Scott (arrogant), but Danger? He's clever, reps the players well, has a decent sense of humour. I liked him a lot even when he was at the Crows.

 

[AlcoaCat]

Nowhere, as he's one of the most hated footballers of all time. Hated not because he's a good player but because he's a ****wit.

I really don't get this. What makes him a fuxkwit? I can understand people not liking Bailey Smith (known dickhead) and Chris Scott (arrogant), but Danger? He's clever, reps the players well, has a decent sense of humour. I liked him a lot even when he was at the Crows.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Only final Dusty has played greater than that was the GF against Geelong.

Incorrect.

 

[The_Eagles]

Top 7 I feel are almost cemented - Ablett Ablett Carey Matthews Lockett Dunstall Franklin

He could get to 8 if he just keeps going a couple more seasons and the elite longevity is just unarguable

 

[STPer18]

Won't catch Ablett Jnr but the best of the 21st century rest. Still the apex predator.

The apex predator still doing it at 35 years old.

 

[Lunchtime]

By far his best final performance and better than what Shuey produced to win the Norm Smith imo

From memory Shuey had a bloody good game too.

 

[Lingsface]

If you put a ball in the middle of the ground and had to pick a player to get it for your life, he would be hard to overlook.
One of the modern legends.
Ablett, Franklin, Judd, Martin and Dangerfield.
Top 5 of this century.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

It is beyond clear that he will be in the hall of fame, could danger reach legend status

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Incorrect.

Agreed, Dusty NEVER played a game as good as Danger's last night

 

[Conan Troutman]

Is this true? I know stats like Contested Possessions and Goal Assists haven't been around all that long but add this one to his world record of 6 goal assists in the 2022 GF.

This stat was shown on the telecast post-game too.

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Ok now do the same for Selwood?

16 complete seasons he missed the finals once. 355 games all for the Cats.

245 games as Captain
2 elimination finals
1 semi final
12 Preliminary finals
6 Grand Finals

He pulled so many games out of the fire for us, either as the match winner or the ignition source.

Love Danger and he had one of the all time great performances last night. But as a Cat I simply can’t have him higher then someone like Selwood.

But you are certainly welcome to your own opinion.

Selwood in his prime had prime Ablett, Scarlett, Bartel, Chapman, Johnson, Enright, Milburn, Egan, Taylor, Harley, Corey, Ling, Mooney, Hawkins, Ottens, Kelly, Rooke, Mackie, Duncan, Blicavs etc etc

Danger had prime Selwood, Hawkins, Cameron, Blicavs, Cam Guthrie, Stewart, Stanley, Atkins, Stengle, Miers, Z Guthrie, Bailey Smith, Holmes, Mannagh, Jack Henry.

Dunno about you but I'd want to be playing with that first list.

Selwood had been getting crushed for a few years until Danger came to lend a hand. I loved Selwood but Danger is just a bigger faster version.

 

[Shane Heard]

Dusty was a very neat looking kick of the footy, I would agree with that point. So was Ablett Jr. He really placed the ball on his foot on the run.

Great contested midfielders who could kick well above the norm? Luke Hodge is the first other player that comes to mind, Darren Jarman the next, and probably Andrew McCloud after that. There are actually a lot more than you think. Aside from James Hird and Nat Fyfe, I can't think of too many other great players who couldn't kick well.

Sam Mitchell became a great kick off both feet, often playing exclusively as a contested mid. Michael Voss was a fairly incredible kick of the footy too, and he was certainly at least on a par with Danger as a contested player.

There's no shame in Dangerfield not having been a good kick for much of his career.

It took a bit of time, but he's cleaned it up a lot since coming to Geelong.

Guy is a monster at a lot of other things, didn't need to be a good kick to be effective early on. Just like Isaac Smith improved out of sight as a contested player late in his career, but hadn't really needed to have that in his game on the back of his high level run and kicking.

Akka was brilliant on both feet ..same as Voss

Superb footskills

 

[STPer18]

 

[Bunnings]

Go to the “polls board”, the greater BigFooty campaigners voted him less of a player than anyone they can think of, I think Lewis Roberts Thompson got more votes head to head against Danger in one thread.

 

[iameviljez]

If you put a ball in the middle of the ground and had to pick a player to get it for your life, he would be hard to overlook.
One of the modern legends.
Ablett, Franklin, Judd, Martin and Dangerfield.
Top 5 of this century.

It's not Fyfe's fault, but I feel like he went past Fyfe last night - simply on the back of longevity, and finals performances (knowing of course that Fyfe didn't get as good a crack at finals).

 

[Wojcinski]

Coaches and players alike all say preliminary finals are the hardest games to win so that's a pretty GOAT-like stat

 

[The_Eagles]

It's not Fyfe's fault, but I feel like he went past Fyfe last night - simply on the back of longevity, and finals performances (knowing of course that Fyfe didn't get as good a crack at finals).

Fyfe was better 2011, 13, 14, 15, 19
Dangerfields definitely gone past him but both obviously champions

 

[iameviljez]

Fyfe was better 2011, 13, 14, 15, 19
Dangerfields definitely gone past him but both obviously champions

I generally agree. I think you take Fyfe in the first half of his career, but Dangerfield after that.

 

[iameviljez]

Coaches and players alike all say preliminary finals are the hardest games to win so that's a pretty GOAT-like stat

I think they say more so that it's the real banana skin game.

 

[Cherki]

Did Pendles cost his team a crack at another premiership? How selfish of him to play with a niggle. This bloke has been cooked for a while but he left Collingwood without the option to bring on a sub late in the game. Clearly going for individual accolades over team achievements.

Always thought he was overrated. A slow, one dimensional inside mid with no tricks besides “slowing down time with the ball”, which is essentially a made up skill manufactured by the commentary box.

Never won a Brownlow despite being under the umpire’s noses and playing for a club that the umpires favour on a weekly basis, so don’t consider him one of the premier midfielders of the past twenty years. Couldn’t achieve what Matty Priddis did and now he has tainted one of the most overrated careers in the history of the club.

Scott Pendlebury

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Scott Pendlebury

Age

38

Ht

191cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

26.5

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

13.3

5star

M

4.1

4star

T

4.9

5star

CL

4.9

5star

D

25.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

12.9

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

CL

3.6

4star

D

12.4

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

4.8

4star

M

5.8

5star

T

2.6

4star

- the great overrated (and now extremely selfish) plodder.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Coaches and players alike all say preliminary finals are the hardest games to win so that's a pretty GOAT-like stat

Just checked.

50% of teams who play in prelims win. Same as with any other type of game.

So yeah nup.

 

[Wojcinski]

Just checked.

50% of teams who play in prelims win. Same as with any other type of game.

So yeah nup.

One of your dumber posts MR, well done

 

[Seeds]

I generally agree. I think you take Fyfe in the first half of his career, but Dangerfield after that.

Dangerfields best season was 2016. It was in the first half of his career. His 2015 season and second half of 2014 was pretty awesome as well.