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I imagine your ladder predictor for the Eagles has 22 L's.
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I imagine your ladder predictor for the Eagles has 22 L's.
swooshacummings
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A high draft pick but hardly a class player. Most would remember Banfield as the workhorse he was.
Banfield was grunt
As I just stated in another post the year we came stone motherless last (2010 I think) was the same year that GWS and Gold Coast (the year before) came into the competition and were given the bulk of the best players available in that draft, which meant we were consequently penalised as our first pick was not where (in a normal year) it should have been.
He was seen as Dwayne Lamb's replacement, if I remember correctly. And never was there a gruntier player than Dwayne.
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If that's the case then I don't want to see him this year, shut him down and focus on getting him fit for next season
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Hutchings isn't even half the player Banfield was
Eaglespur
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Two highly necessary attributes to play footy at the elite level...
swooshacummings
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You compared him to Banfield as a workhorse the team needs, he isn't, he's a depth player who should only be in the side when injuries hit because he's nowhere near as good as some of our other past players who were considered workhorses.
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Collingwood really aren't that good. A majority of their midfield butcher the ball and they have an immobile forward line. (God, please keep Cloke and White in)
We will win.
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swooshacummings
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Watching Collingwood the other night, I feel that they are just a team of midfielders. Not worried about their forward line at all, just about whether our midfield can compete with theirs which I am 50/50 on at the G.
Also it sounds weird coming from an Eagles fan I guess, but Grundy is an awkward ungainly ruckman who gets a lot of weird free kicks imo so hopefully I don't rage too much.
Also it sounds weird coming from an Eagles fan I guess, but Grundy is an awkward ungainly ruckman who gets a lot of weird free kicks imo so hopefully I don't rage too much.
swooshacummings
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Better than watching redden fall over his boot laces.
You want to drop Hurn. You obviously don't watch games!
Eaglespur
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Do you think Hurn is un-droppable ? And in fantastic form?
I'd say if he wasn't captain we would be having more of a hard look at his performance.
You obviously didn't watch yesterday. Was absolutely horrible, and noobs like you would see this if he didn't have any mates in that category.
Eaglespur
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What do you think his current role in the team is ?
Certainly can't be locking down an opponent and negating them . It'd have to be to use his ability to cut teams open by foot, lead by example and get inside 50s/scoring opportunities from him . I'd say he's failing (along with most of the side) at this atm.
I'm not advocating us dropping Hurn i think there's many inline first. Just can't be immune to being scrutinized due to being captain.
Well live he was in the Nick Maxwell/Goddard category of blaming others and pointing when he was often the one out of position himself. Piss poor demeanor for a captain. Add in horrific turnovers and skill errors, and constant slipping over and then 'absolutely horrible' looks kind. Looks like Tarzan plays like Jane. Not much better than Josh Hunt at the moment and that says something.
perhaps two things Hutch will not achieve.
Drew Banfield was the number one pick in the 1992 AFL Draft. Banfield was recruited to the West Coast Eagles, where he became one of their best clubmen and hardest-working defenders and utility players. He won the Eagles' Club Champion Award in 1996, as well as playing in the Eagles' 1994 premiership side. He was not the flashiest of players, but his hard-working attributes and constant presence in the team for over a decade qualifies him as a more than worthy number one draft pick. In 2006 the West Coast Eagles were celebrating their 20th anniversary, and a best team from the club's history was chosen. Consideration was based on playing 100 games for the West Coast Eagles, career longevity, finishes in the Club Champion Award, impact and other individual accolades. Drew Banfield was named on the interchange bench in this side and will go down as one of the Eagles' greats.
In 2006, Banfield was struggling for selection and fought his way into the side in Round 9, but remained on the fringes of selection throughout the season. He missed out on the semi-final against the Bulldogs but was recalled for the preliminary final against Adelaide, and retained for the Grand Final against Sydney due to his experience. It was his second AFL premiership, twelve years after his first. On Friday the 6th of October 2006, Banfield announced his retirement from AFL football at the West Coast Eagles Club Champion awards, having played 265 games.
- See more at: http://australianfootball.com/players/player/drew+banfield/13248#sthash.eYXRdicU.dpuf
