Toast Ben Cunnington - Retiring 2023

[YeoGabbaGabba]

A very underrated player at his peak. To go through everything that he has and come out of it the other side and play again is nothing short of admirable. Nothing but respect Cunners

 

[eaglespremiers]

A North supporter better start a Luke Shuey

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Luke Shuey

Age

33

Ht

184cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.7

5star

K

13.0

5star

HB

10.7

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

4.9

5star

CL

5.6

5star

D

18.7

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.8

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

4.3

5star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.4

4star

thread now.
In all seriousness Cunnington was the epitome of the fabled inside contested bull that we so often talk about but rarely see.
A career to be proud of and probably underappreciated when he was at the top of his game. Good to see he is getting some recognition now.

 

[Sphynx]

Increadible stat when you consider LDU is a contested beast and Swallow was a top CP winner league wide for 4-5 years.

He also retires with the current AFL record for CP's in a single game (32)...

 

[Sphynx]

His retirement speech is online.

But he said something like "I feel like I had a pretty good career for probably the worst runner in AFL history"

 

[The 747]

Underrated player, congratulations on a very good career. Would have been even better a decade or so ago.

 

[Aphrodite]

All the best Ben

 

[TheKanga]

Will be very missed I think his battle with cancer probably took away some of the hunger.

Great career and a contested ball beast.
He was huge in our finals runs 2014-2015

 

[SSSSSS]

Was a fun player to watch. One of the best don't argues in the game. Looked like he was playing backyard footy with his kids at times.

Enjoy retirement.

 

[SSSSSS]

Also looked 45 by the time he was drafted.

 

[Truckosaurus]

Between his retirement and Hurn's, the league is going to look, on average, about 20 years younger.

 

[Osho]

He was a terrif player. Get the bloody thing, distribute the bloody thing.

Sadly as the game became more run and gun, his skill set became less desirable.

 

[kreuze_missile]

All the best in your retirement Ben.

His story has some similarities to Docherty minus the ability.

 

[StillAtLarge]

One of my favourites. Super distributer, a bloody good overhead mark and always played well in big games. Will be eternally underrated but I suspect he wouldn't mind that one bit.

 

[BRider]

All the best in your retirement Ben.

His story has some similarities to Docherty minus the ability.

Sorry what?

Minus the ability?

 

[SSSSSS]

All the best in your retirement Ben.

His story has some similarities to Docherty minus the ability.

Docherty has done well to get the most out of himself.

 

[TheKanga]

 

[tiger_tough]

A great career and was massively under rated at his peak. Used to absolutely bully the Tigers every time he played us for a few years there.

 

[DEVO]

All the best Ben, loved watching you in the Royal Blue and White Stripes.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

A decent honest footballer.

 

[TerryWallet]

A great footballer.

Club champions are rare. Cunnington is one.

Well played.

 

[Liam Boy]

All the best in your retirement Ben.

His story has some similarities to Docherty minus the ability.

I wouldn't go that far, Docherty has SOME ability

Anyway, for how much people love to push the "North are the architects of their own demise" narrative with regards to the priority pick question, how much consideration should "best player got cancer and had to retire years early" go into the algorithm? Surely has to have some effect.

I'm really going to ******* miss this guy. Single biggest reason we're in such a pit right now is not having him at his best, which he was right before this happened.

 

[Engimal v3]

All the best in your retirement Ben.

His story has some similarities to Docherty minus the ability.

Docherty was much better than the general opinion of him. Was genuinely AFL level at times

 

[STRONGandBALD]

Such an underrated player. Had a great career

I’m also really happy he still retired with one nut left.

 

[bzparkes]

Great player.

Hope North bring the fire and get a win to send him off this weekend

 

[YeoGabbaGabba]

Great player.

Hope North bring the fire and get a win to send him off this weekend

I really hope North win this one for Cunners, not just for us but for him as well he deserves another state of victory one last time on an AFL field. As for us assuming this happens it would help create a great atmosphere for the last game against Adelaide as there will be no doubt of us all wanting to win that one (especially since it doesn’t affect ladder position)