It has to be said, the potential was always there, it was just the consistency that was lacking. He's always been a reasonable player easily finding the pill, but he's taken it to another level this year. Obviously not a hard inside midfielder, but a very good outside mid.
Barring an injury...
Nathan Fyfe Pick 20 2009 Draft
Jake Carlisle Pick 24 2009 Draft
If you could turn back time now and have pick 20 again knowing how each others careers are panning out, who would you select?
Fyfe is not only the best overhead mark for his size in the AFL, but an absolute ball magnet and match...
This bloke was taken at #1 in the 2006 draft. There is absolutely no doubting his talent as he was proven in the midfield, that he can be a very decent player, one whom I rate reasonably highly for a Carlton player, but baring that one season is 2009 he hasn't set the world on fire.
Sure he...
Not sure if there is already a thread on this, but I think free agency is a great opportunity for Essendon to add to it's emerging list.
I'll start us off, St.Kilda has some very big names coming out of contract at seasons end, now I now this thread may be premature by I think someone like a...
For me, Cousins one of the greatest players of his generation, has been extremely undersold in history as one of the all time greats.
Sure Hird, Buckley and Voss get a lot of praise and rightly so as they were all champions of the game, however I believe Cousins was right up with them. Maybe it...
That's right bay, the prodigal son aka stantonLEGEND aka KingOfTheHille has returned from the shadows to reap vengeance upon you all.
Welcome your King back with open arms as he parades through the shitness of Bay13 as it has become since he left tearing the useless trolls apart as he walks. No...
Thats right flogs, the time has arrived, the prodigal son has returned with a vengeance.
The great man in just his 3rd season, will put you all to shame.
1st stop, Carlton MCG. Who will stop him? Jamison? A VFL player kicked 3 on him in a half. Bower? Thornton? :o
He will then tear the...
I grace you all with my presence once again, former Bay 13 god sL is back to enlighten you with the events that will occur on Saturday night.
Who will be able to stop the likes of Watson and Hocking in midfield? Not to mention the colossus that is Tayte Pears in the backline alongside the...
It's been three years coming, but the Messiah aka James Hird has returned to Bomberland as well as the formidable assistant Mark 'Bomber' Thompson having footed the clueless Matthew Knights out. This has left opposition sides trembling at the thought of coming up against the rampant boys from...
Premiership favourites? What a joke. :o
September 2010 is the time where the Collingwood football club will be found out for the pretenders they really are. No class, No high pressure performers, No superstars, just a bunch of show ponys who think winning a Premiership happens in August. Boy...
EDIT: 2 WEEKS With an early plea,as quoted from SEN.
My thoughts are he hHas gotten off EXTREMELY lightly.How the hell did he get one week when Baker got 12 for a very similar incident?
Will post the link when the AFL website get it up.
Hawk fans should be considering themselves very lucky...
When I first arrived on Big Footy almost 15 months ago, Bay 13 was an enigma. It was mysterious, filled with humerous and often epic threads. Former Bay Kings such as Costanza, GM_B and SweetLeftFoot were running riot whether it be through ridiculous amounts of fail or sheer brilliance.
Over...
All I can say is what goes around comes around.
I hope the puncher got him good, ****ing gutless coward and his 2 mates belting an innocent cleaner at Fed Square.
Should fit in with the rest of the Collingwood associates now with two front teeth missing.
Hope he doesnt play again this year...
The Essendon footballer club will take a stand tomorow, step out of the shadows of the champion side of the early 2000s and teach a side filled with down hill skiers a footballing lesson.
Not only will the great Hurbleton rise to the occasion and put on a master class not only up front, but...
Has any other Captain ever been as bad as Jobe? (Well bar Maxwell obcourse).
When the sniper retired last year, Jobey must have been licking his lips at the opportunity to become the new scum captain with his family ties. A simple phone call to Timmy and he was named as skipper. What a joke...
Am I watching the biggest hacks in the competition?
Is it that hard to hit a target 15/20/30 metres away?
I honestly think that I could slot into the WCE backline and have a greater disposal efficiency than the majority of these rejects.
Not only that, what is with the plethora of hack KPPs...
It's all good and well to be a good player when your team is running rampant seemingly feeling that you are the king of the world with a sense of invincibility, however once the going gets tough you have to stand up and be counted for.
Last night in the Bummers dissapointing effort the so...
Bookmark it, Essendon by 50+.
Hawthorn have no chance of stopping the Essendon juggernaut who are currently the most ferocious side in the competition.
They will be carved up throught he midfield with the silky skills of Stanton and Winderlich and destroyed up forward as Michael 'The Messiah'...
The Bay 13 AA thread - *Round 12*
Fellow flogs, it has been a substandard year on Bay 13 and as the season is now over, I see it fitting to deliver my final AA side for 2010.
There were some major movements made across the last couple of months, and posters have found themselves with...
Yes thats right, I'm calling it. Jack Riewoldt will be the best forward in the game by the end of 2012.
He has shown that in a side lacking any real penetration into the forward half as well as a minimal amount of opportunities coming forward, that he able to take contested marks and marks on...
Yes we are coming. Four wins out of the last five games, should be five if not for ridiulous umpiring decisions against Port Adelaide.
Not only do we have the Best ruck division in the AFL, Essendon's Backline, Midfield and Forward lines are a mix of youth and experience enabling us to dominate...
Steele Sidebottom, Stephen Hill and David Zaharakis are three players which are fantastic talents and going to be great players for their respective clubs all taken from the 2008 national draft from picks ranging 3-23 if I remember correctly.
All three are capable of amassing possesions, have...
Have you ever seen two young players look so good together?
Both have been fantastic so far this season showing signs that they have everything to overtake the Brown/Fevola, Roo/Kozi and Buddy/Roughy combinations by seasons end. They are knocking on the door of A grader status.
Gumbleton a...
I created this thread during the finals last year only to have it closed prematurely due to an Official flog of the Year thread being created which didnt even include a poll! Needless to say, I think it was that flog Stronzo who closed it.
Not interested in the difference between 'flogs and...
Being eaten alive by Jack Riewoldt.
5 minutes into the 2nd quarter and already has 2 goals 2 behinds against him.
Not looking very good for the so called 'best young defender'.
Maybe a spell in the 2nds.
Dustin Martin was drafted with the #3 pick in the 2009 AFL Draft behind Tom Scully and Jack Trengove.
With players such as Daniel Jackson, Ben Cousins, Trent Cotchin, Nathan Foley, Shane Tuck and Brett Deledio around him either not performing up to the expected standard or not playing at all...
Ok so whenever i ask this in a thread i get ignored so i thought i might start a thread. Maybe you guys a just all talk and no balls?
We are all hearing how the Blues will flog my mob this week. Who is willing to raise the stakes?
Anyone up for a bet that my mob will beat yours?
Or are your...
The blues have failed to beat the mighty bombers 5 times in a row now...
Yes thats right 5 times in a row.
Ratten and the rest of the petulant blues followers, you wont know what hit you when Gumbleton comes out and nails 5 on your hopeless defence.
I am Ablett.
I handball to GuzzlG who handballs back
I then handball to Whomb who handballs back
I then run 10 metres and handball to Kelvin_Sheedy who handballs back
I then kick to Ben_The_Gooner who kicks to BiPolarBear
Who gets tackled by Hodge_Podge*
I have: 3 handballs, 1 kick
AND NO...