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Fletcher vs Gilham

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Easy question, who is the better defender?

My mate thinks Fletcher is an overrated hack who can only kick 70m and wouldn't get a game at the hawks.
 
Easy question, who is the better defender?

My mate thinks Fletcher is an overrated hack who can only kick 70m and wouldn't get a game at the hawks.

Not only would Fletcher get a game at the hawks he would EASILY be the best tall defender there.

He is a champion in pretty much everybodies books, certainly not an overated hack.
 
It's kind of hard to tell...when was the last time Fletcher played as a defender? :p

Gilham is generally under-rated, even by some Hawthorn fans, and for mine Fletcher has been over-rated for years.

Fletcher still the better defender though. Gilham is really only a makeshift KPD...does the job, but for a while Fletcher was THE dominant defender in the game. He may have lost pace and stamina - but his strength, awareness, positioning and REACH haven't changed. He's also one defender Gilham doesn't have the advantage in disposal skills either.
 

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Some good points made.

This mate of mine also said Murphy was better than Fletcher. Thought it was absoltely ludacris.
 
In terms of impact upon team, Gilham is a bigger loss to the hawks then Fletcher is, Essendon still have Pears/Hooker who are capable of filling in the defensive slots, We only have a few Young CHF who can fill in for his position
 
In terms of impact upon team, Gilham is a bigger loss to the hawks then Fletcher is, Essendon still have Pears/Hooker who are capable of filling in the defensive slots, We only have a few Young CHF who can fill in for his position

Apart from Friday night, we have traditionally lost games by big margins when Fletch hasn't played.

I think i remember reading a stat a few years ago saying that we won only high 30% of games when Fletcher isn't out there.

Right now were probably in the best situation we've had in years to cover his absence.
 

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