Past #10: Ben Cunnington - will retire from the AFL after * game - 238 games/95+ goals/2x Syd Barker Medalist/Shinboner - thanks for everything Cunners

[Passmore]

20 uncontested?!

I reckon half of them are actually contested, but he makes them look un contested by his sheer dominance.

 

[Passmore]

Wonder if the journo’s still reckon he is trade bait?!

******* idiots.

And if they do, what is his trade value now?

 

[Snake_Baker]

I'm glad he pulled up when he had clear intentions of killing Hoskin-Elliot.

 

[tazaa]

He's taking the piss with some of the fend offs isnt he? Surely?

 

[SMaturin]

I respectfully demand a video reel of every possession.

 

[Horizons_00]

 

[Benno_900]

Absolute animal.

I think the ump was so surprised the single time he got tackled that he swallowed his whistle to pay HTB.

That was the most outrageous interpretation of 'prior opportunity' that I have ever seen.

 

[Shermanator]

AA x 100

 

[DrZaius]

20 uncontested?!

Delist :stern look

 

[Snake_Baker]

Trade this useless prick.... we used what number 5 pick on him? FFS

 

[Snake_Baker]

He is not a gun, never will be a gun. Far to limited an athlete to be even considered a great midfileder in the modern game.

 

[Snake_Baker]

If he doesn't improve next year he should be on the trade table

 

[Snake_Baker]

His official Trade Bait NOW with Goldstein Atley Mcmillian

 

[Snake_Baker]

Good trade bait

 

[Snake_Baker]

Trading Cunnington would definitely be the easy way out, but it just makes sense to me to replace him with Ahern.

 

[Themanbun]

Everyone talking about his hands, and they were amazing, but how great was it to see him slice open the play with his kicking last night?

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Everyone talking about his hands, and they were amazing, but how great was it to see him slice open the play with his kicking last night?

His kicking has always been incredibly underrated

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Absolute animal.

I think the ump was so surprised the single time he got tackled that he swallowed his whistle to pay HTB.

That was the most outrageous interpretation of 'prior opportunity' that I have ever seen.

Yep that’s exactly what went through my head aswell.

 

[Mixed Results]

I'm not advocating trading him for draft picks, but using him as currency to bring in a Josh Kelly/Tim Taranto type of midfielder would make us a much better side.

I still believe that a team will never win a premiership with a midfield built around Ben Cunnington. The style of play we saw yesterday is the only way we can ever carry a midfield led by Ben Cunnington, as without surrounding him with a team full of maniacs we'll be exposed too much defensively. It's also a style of play that means we can't afford to inject any class into the middle unless they come with an equal amount of grunt, which should make us wonder how it would hold up in September when having genuine match winners is absolutely necessary. We also saw against GWS how the style doesn't even hold up against sides with enough composure.

When we're forced into playing Kyron Hayden over Paul Ahern, it means there's a fundamental problem with the way we've built our side.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

He is our classiest and most skilled player.

 

[spongebucket]

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Those long handballs are a thing of beauty

 

[Snake_Baker]

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He's off the charts.

The Sam Mitchell of handball.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

His one in the last was astonishing

 

[susurrar]

had much more time and space than usual and was able to show off his kicking skills which has long been the most underrated part of his game even by his biggest fans. can weight them and vary the flight beautifully. i feel this is part of his game he himself has never had enough confidence in for some reason.

and what about the handballs.

up there with wells and boomer as our cleanest and most creative ball user in recent memory. they still dont get it though. even last night toward the end of the game they were describing him as a "scrapper"