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Good point here. In 2009 you had two of the best teams of the modern era going at it. There are a few at the front of the pack in 2023 but it feels like it will be a year where any finalist with a clean bill of health and some luck could win the flag ala 2016.

I think there are far too many areas of improvement for St Kilda to go backwards. In terms of best 22 personnel all we've lost is Fisher, and he only managed 12 games this year anyway. However we will gain Carlisle, Brown, Steele, Stevens and Nathan Freeman has been in full training without any...

I think there are far too many areas of improvement for St Kilda to go backwards. In terms of best 22 personnel all we've lost is Fisher, and he only managed 12 games this year anyway. However we will gain Carlisle, Brown, Steele, Stevens and Nathan Freeman has been in full training without any...

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I want the mic to only be heard by commentators, who can then explain the decision. I don't need to hear the umpires' constant heavy breathing and grunting, and for the umps to think they're sporting heroes.

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I don't think you can say one is better than the other overall. Pavlich plays deeper forward so he kicks more goals. Riewoldt plays further up the ground so he takes more marks, covers more ground and sets up more goals. Both players are generally ok shots at goal but are known to miss...

Milne is a very good small forward. He's kicked 59 goals this year and set up 17. You can not argue that a played who contributes almost 80 goals in 23 games has not been excellent. Raph was easily one of our better players in that final (though that isn't saying much). He cut off several...

As long as Eddie stays away from Collingwood games and they show full games on Sunday then it's 9 by a mile.

Our side this week B: Gilbert, Hudghton, R.Clarke HB: Gram, S.Fisher, Goddard C: Jones, Hayes, Dal Santo HF: Schneider, Riewoldt, Eddy F: Milne, Koschitzke, Gwilt Foll: King, Ball, Montagna Int: Armitage, Blake, Harvey, McQualter Top tier (comfortably in any AFL 22): Hudghton...

I think you're memory has gone a bit fuzzy. The first time they played in 2006 Bowden was the loose man, and the second time he played on Gehrig and helped him to 10 goals.

AFL Prospectus (champion data). Much, much more reliable than pro-stats.

Dal Santo average contested possessions each year 2003: 7.3 (37.4%) 2004: 6.7 (36.1%) 2005: 8.9 (39.4%) 2006: 8.1 (36.8%) 2007: 8.1 (38.5%) Thomas 2006: 4.8 (34.4%) 2007: 5.3 (33.8%)

Sewell, Montagna, Lockyer in that order. All very different players though.

Don't forget that Lenny is still improving after his knee reco. In 2006 he was averaging 25 touches and earned 8 Brownlow votes in 9 games. He gradually got better last year and is now just getting back into some top form. Currently averaging 23.4 touches and 8.2 tackles and I believe he is...

Richmond have to take it out. Ordinary brigade of experienced players and the kids are no better than those of teams like Adelaide, Brisbane or Collingwood (who have had far more success recently).

Franklin is the only realistic chance IMO. If he starts kicking straight and playing at his best more often then he's a strong chance, however it wouldn't surprise me if not one current AFL player ever kicks 100 again. BTW, Aaron Edwards is a 50/50 chance to kick 100 in his entire career, let...

Richmond have better depth and balance, but I would definitely take Carlton's top 10 before Richmond's. A lot of players on the Tigers team will be nothing more than GOPs, whereas Carlton have more players who have the potential to be guns (but also more who could be duds).

As a player Kerr wins pretty comfortably. Right now all I want is a St Kilda premiership and Kerr would give us a better chance of winning one. If your team has come under scrutiny for off-field problems and you want to get back in the AFL's good books then you would probably rather Ablett.

For St Kilda I'd take Boak. We desperately need pace, skill and flair and we already have far too many players with injury worries. This time last year most recruiters sounded tentative about Selwood because they weren't convinced that his knee would hold up in the long-term. He was...

Right now Kenelly shits all over the rest, but Clarke should overtake him in a couple of years. O'hAilpin and Begley are just ordinary fringe players.

Obviously players won't go out and intentionally turn the ball over, but team selection (blooding kids rather than sticking with older middle-range players), ending players' seasons to have surgery early and in some cases rotations on match-day (Fev, Scotland off) are the methods teams use to...

Got some stats on disposal efficiency, long kicks, goal assists, running bounces and goals kicked? Carrazzo is the master of huge quantities of crap. Montagna is just a quality, well-rounded midfielder. From Carlton's midfield I would have Judd, Murphy, Stevens, Scotland, Houlihan, Gibbs...

He is one month older, but Carazzo is as good as he is ever going to be. He racks up possessions but has minimal impact on the game. Against St Kilda he had 38 disposals, but not once did he run with the footy or kick it long and accurately. He constantly kicks it over the head of leading...

Goddard usually plays loose man in defence because his freakish kicking is best used setting up plays from half back. A couple of years ago we lost Penny, Hudghton, Maguire and Koschitzke and he played at full back for a couple of games and did an excellent job. Has also played some great...

A top 5 pick and a late first rounder. Something like 3 and 12, maybe with a player or third round pick added in.

Bolton's defensive work is better, Fisher's rebounding is better. Hard to say who is the better player. www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?tid1=16&pid1=1402&tid2=17&pid2=71

That was in 2003 when Cox was playing as a backup to the All-Australian ruckman Michael Gardiner. If Cox was the number one ruckman in 2003 his stats would be much better. McIntosh is a very good player, but Cox is still easily the best ruckman going around.

Right now Martin Clarke is a decent AFL player. Gibbs is a kid playing out of his depth and would be a liability in a competitive side. However, most first-year players look out of their depth at AFL level. It is just the ridiculous amount of media hype surrounding Gibbs that has created an...

He is a gun, but not quite elite. Would be in the top 20 midfielders in the comp, but not the top 20 players.