Career Best Games

[McLuggages]

Hi All - not sure if there's an existing thread for this but thought a good offseason topic (or what's left of it) is career best games for those on our list.

		Career best Game
1​	Lohmann, Kai	2024 GF - was also massive in the prelim, and kicked 5 vs Richmond but we'll never forget the GF
3​	Fletcher, Jaspa	2023 QF - 3 goals vs Port in a great win
4​	Ah Chee, Callum	2024 GF slightly ahead of the Prelim
8​	Ashcroft, Will	2024 GF - hard to top but was v. good in the Semi also
9​	Neale, Lachie	2022 EF - 38 touches and played like a man posessed
11​	McCarthy, Lincoln	R1 2019 vs WC - 4 goals on debut to start this era
16​	Rayner, Cameron	2023 Easter Thursday vs Collingwood - finally looked like he could tear a game apart. Was also very good 2024 vs Sydney.
18​	Coleman, Keidean	2022 vs Richmond at the G - incredible performance (30 touches) and pinpoint kicking.
23​	Cameron, Charlie	2019 Vs Geelong - 5 goals in top of the table
27​	Gardiner, Darcy	2018 vs Sydney - Played so well on Buddy
30​	Hipwood, Eric	2024 vs Dogs - 6 goals or
33​	Bailey, Zac	2022 QClash - 6 goals
40​	Payne, Jack	2023 vs Carlton at Marvel - Towelled up Charlie Curnow and was AA form

5​	Dunkley, Josh	???
6​	McCluggage, Hugh	???
7​	Berry, Jarrod	2022 Semi vs Dees - Tagged Clarry and beat him going the other way in one of our clubs best wins.
13​	Morris, Logan	???
15​	Zorko, Dayne	???
31​	Andrews, Harris	???
35​	Lester, Ryan R	???
37​	Starcevich, Brandon	???
43​	Answerth, Noah	???
46​	McInerney, Oscar	???

Happy for any feedback or suggestions?

 

[rye]

payne was 2023, not 2024.

id say dunkley's best game was the same one. quadruple double and took cripps out of the match.

starce id nominate the second gold coast game in 2023 where he towelled up rankine so hard dew complained about it in the presser.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Hi All - not sure if there's an existing thread for this but thought a good offseason topic (or what's left of it) is career best games for those on our list.

		Career best Game
1​	Lohmann, Kai	2024 GF - was also massive in the prelim, and kicked 5 vs Richmond but we'll never forget the GF
3​	Fletcher, Jaspa	2023 QF - 3 goals vs Port in a great win
4​	Ah Chee, Callum	2024 GF slightly ahead of the Prelim
8​	Ashcroft, Will	2024 GF - hard to top but was v. good in the Semi also
9​	Neale, Lachie	2022 EF - 38 touches and played like a man posessed
11​	McCarthy, Lincoln	R1 2019 vs WC - 4 goals on debut to start this era
16​	Rayner, Cameron	2023 Easter Thursday vs Collingwood - finally looked like he could tear a game apart. Was also very good 2024 vs Sydney.
18​	Coleman, Keidean	2022 vs Richmond at the G - incredible performance (30 touches) and pinpoint kicking.
23​	Cameron, Charlie	2019 Vs Geelong - 5 goals in top of the table
27​	Gardiner, Darcy	2018 vs Sydney - Played so well on Buddy
30​	Hipwood, Eric	2024 vs Dogs - 6 goals or
33​	Bailey, Zac	2022 QClash - 6 goals
40​	Payne, Jack	2024 vs Carlton at Marvel - Towelled up Charlie Curnow and was AA form

5​	Dunkley, Josh	???
6​	McCluggage, Hugh	???
7​	Berry, Jarrod	2022 Semi vs Dees - Tagged Clarry and beat him going the other way in one of our clubs best wins.
13​	Morris, Logan	???
15​	Zorko, Dayne	???
31​	Andrews, Harris	???
35​	Lester, Ryan R	???
37​	Starcevich, Brandon	???
43​	Answerth, Noah	???
46​	McInerney, Oscar	???

Happy for any feedback or suggestions?

Probably Dunkley on Cripps in that game you've mentioned for Jack Payne (which was actually 2023 by the way).

Lester and Starce probably the 2024 Grand Final.

Oscar was very good I thought in Round 5 against Melbourne last year.

Think you've done a great job with the rest. I'd probably reckon Coleman's best game was the 2023 Prelim but apart from that I'd say I agree!

 

[Nunez]

McCarthys game v GWS in 2019 is probably my career best game for him. Some crackers on your list!

 

[McLuggages]

McCarthys game v GWS in 2019 is probably my career best game for him. Some crackers on your list!

Is this the day he played midfield? I remember that!

 

[Nunez]

Is this the day he played midfield? I remember that!

Yep, just dominated every part of the ground. Top shelf.

 

[Mr Ripper]

id say dunkley's best game was the same one. quadruple double and took cripps out of the match.

One of the better games anybody's played.

 

[Tom14]

Hi All - not sure if there's an existing thread for this but thought a good offseason topic (or what's left of it) is career best games for those on our list.

		Career best Game
1​	Lohmann, Kai	2024 GF - was also massive in the prelim, and kicked 5 vs Richmond but we'll never forget the GF
3​	Fletcher, Jaspa	2023 QF - 3 goals vs Port in a great win
4​	Ah Chee, Callum	2024 GF slightly ahead of the Prelim
8​	Ashcroft, Will	2024 GF - hard to top but was v. good in the Semi also
9​	Neale, Lachie	2022 EF - 38 touches and played like a man posessed
11​	McCarthy, Lincoln	R1 2019 vs WC - 4 goals on debut to start this era
16​	Rayner, Cameron	2023 Easter Thursday vs Collingwood - finally looked like he could tear a game apart. Was also very good 2024 vs Sydney.
18​	Coleman, Keidean	2022 vs Richmond at the G - incredible performance (30 touches) and pinpoint kicking.
23​	Cameron, Charlie	2019 Vs Geelong - 5 goals in top of the table
27​	Gardiner, Darcy	2018 vs Sydney - Played so well on Buddy
30​	Hipwood, Eric	2024 vs Dogs - 6 goals or
33​	Bailey, Zac	2022 QClash - 6 goals
40​	Payne, Jack	2023 vs Carlton at Marvel - Towelled up Charlie Curnow and was AA form

5​	Dunkley, Josh	???
6​	McCluggage, Hugh	???
7​	Berry, Jarrod	2022 Semi vs Dees - Tagged Clarry and beat him going the other way in one of our clubs best wins.
13​	Morris, Logan	???
15​	Zorko, Dayne	???
31​	Andrews, Harris	???
35​	Lester, Ryan R	???
37​	Starcevich, Brandon	???
43​	Answerth, Noah	???
46​	McInerney, Oscar	???

Happy for any feedback or suggestions?

You could say this for many players but hard to go past the grand final for Stace. Harris is a bit tougher, reckon there might have been a 2018 game v essendon where he clunked a million intercept marks? Otherwise the qualifying final v the tigers in 2020 stands out too.

Zork you'd have to go with one of his many ridiculous games in 2017. Might have had 35+ and kicked 4 against the Cats in a 30+ point loss?

 

[dlanod]

Harris is a bit tougher, reckon there might have been a 2018 game v essendon where he clunked a million intercept marks? Otherwise the qualifying final v the tigers in 2020 stands out too.

The Essendon game is the one I was thinking of. Nine intercept marks and 24 disposals, and Essendon basically gave up going near him after he was eight at half time or something?

Or St Kilda in 2023 - nine intercept marks again, and nine intercept possessions by half time.

 

[Tom14]

Probably Dunkley on Cripps in that game you've mentioned for Jack Payne (which was actually 2023 by the way).

Lester and Starce probably the 2024 Grand Final.

Oscar was very good I thought in Round 5 against Melbourne last year.

Think you've done a great job with the rest. I'd probably reckon Coleman's best game was the 2023 Prelim but apart from that I'd say I agree!

As above I agree with the GF for Starce, but Lester's career best game is definitely the prelim for me. Was one of the best 2-3 players on the ground and kept Cameron pretty quiet as well.

 

[Grasshopper17]

As above I agree with the GF for Starce, but Lester's career best game is definitely the prelim for me. Was one of the best 2-3 players on the ground and kept Cameron pretty quiet as well.

Good call.

Just thinking about Andrews, there was a loss we had early in 2023 to the Bulldogs under the roof where I thought he was absolutely superb, holding back the tide on a night when our forward line did absolutely nothing and the ball kept rebounding out of there with infuriating ease.

21 disposals, 16 marks, 6 of them intercepts, but perhaps equally importantly he marshalled a defence that conceded only 10 goals and 17 scoring shots from 51 inside 50s. Normally that should be good enough for a pretty comprehensive win, but that also speaks to how bad our forward line was that night.

 

[McLuggages]

I'll add those other ones.

Best game I can remember for McCluggage is preseason 2023 vs Sydney - reckon he had 36 touches and dominated.

I'm sure he's done that in the real season - he's had 6 x 3 brownlow vote games including:
2024 vs Sydney (26 touches & 3 goals)
2023 vs Adelaide (28 & 2)
2022 vs Gws (29 & 4!?)
2022 vs StK (33 & 1)

Anyone remember them or any others?