Preview David Mundy - 300 games (New, improved 350 game recipe)

[Scotland]

Lifted from the Freo Facebook page - evidence that he has flown a long way under the radar - top 8 in AFL history for disposals, contested possessions and tackles...yet only one All Australian and even that was on the interchange bench.

EDIT: these stats were posted as per the Freo page, but they are a little misleading. Having checked the AFL stats page, the all time rankings are of those players still playing. He’s Top 25 of the AFL era in disposals, CPs and tackles, but top 8 of current players. Still impressive, but a good example of massaging stats to suit a narrative.

6326 – His career disposal total is the most for any player based in WA and eighth in all-time in the AFL.

2641 – His contested possessions are the most in club history and ranks him seventh all-time in the AFL.

1135 – His career tackles is 337 more than any other Fremantle player and ranks eighth in the all-time tackle count in the AFL.

For accuracy:

Scott West sits in 8th spot for career disposals with 8,222.
Matt Priddis is 7th for contested possessions with 3,177.
Scott Thompson is 8th for tackles with 1,410.

Mundy is still awesome but not as statistically awesome as the Freo Facebook page makes out.

 

[Quokka]

A couple of goals late in the third when the game was absolutely in the balance and Freo a little behind, 48m on the run and then the 55m set shot, showing again that if Fremantle has to kick the goal then you really want to get the ball to Mundy.

 

[its free real estate]

He turned the game Saturday night.

A 30 second burst of play when he cleaned up Mitch Wallis at half back and then received a handball kicking a running goal from 50m completely turned the game on its head.

Yeah that was the highlight of the game.

Have there been many better 300th games? Ron The Bear

 

[BarbieITFC]

For accuracy:

Scott West sits in 8th spot for career disposals with 8,222.
Matt Priddis is 7th for contested possessions with 3,177.
Scott Thompson is 8th for tackles with 1,410.

Mundy is still awesome but not as statistically awesome as the Freo Facebook page makes out.

Thank you for clarifying something I’d already clarified - very helpful if you.

 

[demondavey]

OP can get stuffed with those 2 videos. And on easter sunday, of all days!

Well done Mundy on the milestone. He can take pride in the fact, for a year or two in his prime, he was almost as good as Deledio.

Ha! Reckon he is better

 

[demondavey]

Absolute gun. And a traditional footballer also. Smarts, skills, strength and just understands the game. Not like the modern players of today.

 

[JimDocker]

This weekend in a great bit of synchronicity, David Mundy plays his 300th game against the Bulldogs, the team that coughed up pick 19 for Steven Koops, amd lobbed him in our laps...good to get a trade win for a change.

Often unheralded and shaded by Fyfe, Pav and Sandilands this fella is an absolute Rolls Royce of a footballer. Never made all Australian but has been a bloody marvellous footballer anyway.

In the granny we lost he almost turned the game our way by himself. And who could forget the two Mundy v Richmond games.




Congrats on a great career that is still being played at an elite level, being fantastic again today against GWS.

I was at that second game Lachlan. Was sitting with a girl you know well and her husband, a Richmond supporter We enjoyed it more than him !

 

[Lach72]

Still doing it.
Absolute beast today with 35 quality possessions bringing Brayshaw and Serong with him.

never retire

 

[wal]

I guess it is finally settled, Mundy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Delidio

 

[Lach72]

This weekend in a great bit of synchronicity, David Mundy plays his 300th game against the Bulldogs, the team that coughed up pick 19 for Steven Koops, amd lobbed him in our laps...good to get a trade win for a change.

Often unheralded and shaded by Fyfe, Pav and Sandilands this fella is an absolute Rolls Royce of a footballer. Never made all Australian but has been a bloody marvellous footballer anyway.

In the granny we lost he almost turned the game our way by himself. And who could forget the two Mundy v Richmond games.




Congrats on a great career that is still being played at an elite level, being fantastic again today against GWS.

here we are again…

David Mundy— 3 Hundy…and fiddy

the man is the Grange of footballers…having an All Australian year at age 36.

he turns 36 today.
I was quite sceptical of him early…he seemed laconic…I didn’t realise it was him actually bending time and space.

thanks for your loyalty to this often basket case of a club.

Your 3rd quarter in the GF gave Hawthorn real cause for brown shorts….

legend

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

That dickhead Brad Hardie said a couple of days ago that Mundy should retire straight away the derby. Absolute douche.

 

[Astro35]

Respect. Great footballer. Even better person.

 

[Osho]

Frickin Top Notch.

 

[Alesana]

here we are again…

David Mundy— 3 Hundy…and fiddy

the man is the Grange of footballers…having an All Australian year at age 36.

he turns 36 today.
I was quite sceptical of him early…he seemed laconic…I didn’t realise it was him actually bending time and space.

thanks for your loyalty to this often basket case of a club.

Your 3rd quarter in the GF gave Hawthorn real cause for brown shorts….

legend

What did he say that was laconic?

 

[Cotchins Hair Piece]

I really wish people would use laconic correctly, I’m thinking they mean lackadaisical..

 

[SSSSSS]

Carve his face on the Freo Mount Rushmore.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Carve his face on the Freo Mount Rushmore.

Currently Mundy Fyfe pav Sandilands

 

[Rich01]

Fantastic career. Hopefully we see a couple more years out of him as well.

 

[SSSSSS]

Currently Mundy Fyfe pav Sandilands

Bell and McPharlin bit stiff to miss out.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Bell and McPharlin bit stiff to miss out.

Of course, if you didn’t have any stiff omissions we’d look like gold coasts team of the decade

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Signed on for 1 more year*

*at least

 

[showemhowtorock]

Lifted from the Freo Facebook page - evidence that he has flown a long way under the radar - top 8 in AFL history for disposals, contested possessions and tackles...yet only one All Australian and even that was on the interchange bench.

EDIT: these stats were posted as per the Freo page, but they are a little misleading. Having checked the AFL stats page, the all time rankings are of those players still playing. He’s Top 25 of the AFL era in disposals, CPs and tackles, but top 8 of current players. Still impressive, but a good example of massaging stats to suit a narrative.

6326 – His career disposal total is the most for any player based in WA and eighth in all-time in the AFL.

2641 – His contested possessions are the most in club history and ranks him seventh all-time in the AFL.

1135 – His career tackles is 337 more than any other Fremantle player and ranks eighth in the all-time tackle count in the AFL.

299 – Mundy’s current games total is the most by any player wearing the no.16 in AFL history.

124 – The number of consecutive games Mundy played after making his debut in 2005 (round six against Melbourne). In 2009 became the eighth player in AFL history to reach the 100-game milestone without missing a game.

wonder where he sits on these tallys now?

 

[BarbieITFC]

wonder where he sits on these tallys now?

Well...

- Total disposals: 7423 - 3rd highest of current players (behind Pendles and Selwood), 16th highest of all time

- Tackles: 1334 - 6th highest of current players, 14th on the all time list

- Clearances: 1367 - 5th highest of current players, 11th all time

- Contested possessions: 3164 - 5th highest of current players, 10th all time


I'm a stats nerd - but two other Freo related stats that stood out:

- Jesse Hogan has the fifth highest average marks per game of all current players and is the only forward in the Top 5 for average marks per game - noting though this is all marks rather than contested marks (he's not in the Top 20 for contested marks - Lobb and Tabs are) - what could have been!!

- Joel Hamling has the sixth highest average number of one-percenters per game of all time - think about that before we consign him to the bin - he's alongside Rance and Harris Andrews in this respect