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I'd have Burns ahead of Stokes. Was just a better player.Not as nonsensical as his repeated efforts to sneak Burns into the discussion.
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I'd have Burns ahead of Stokes. Was just a better player.Not as nonsensical as his repeated efforts to sneak Burns into the discussion.
Massive conincidense. Johnson and Chapman drove that. Most underated players at geelong in the past twenty years. Stokes was useful. Byrnes was useful in a handful of games. But numerous players would be useful and more than that over the past twenty years if they were playing alongside Johnson, Chapman and Mooney with the best midfield in the game delivering the ball to them. You can't put stokes and byrnes ahead of riccardi, motlop and even ronnie burns. They were better players who would of contributed more in the 2007-11 era then stokes and byrnes did.Our golden era small forwards are being hugely underrated in this thread. We were the best attacking team in the comp by a mile and had the best forwardline in the comp by a mile across 2007-11. Varcoe and Stokes were a bit part of that. Not a coincidence.
It depends on how you rate them. Longevity and overall contribution to the club or their abilities when fit. I prefer to do a team based on the later so Menzel makes my team. He wouldn't make it if we did it on the former. But the former would just be filled with players who played 10 years so would be kind of boring.I'd say the nomination of Menzel in the starting 18 is also up there - I'm a massive Menzel fan & wear his number, but 4 x ACLs ruined his career and we never got to see him at his best. What we saw from him back in 2011 was a tease of what was to come but we really didn't get to see the next step - then when he finally overcome his injuries & made it back onto the field for a sustained period, there was something missing and he not a sustained impact across the season.
Saying no to Stokes & Mackie but yes to Menzel doesn't really add up
Milburn better than Rooke but Milburn was not a star. Bloody good player. Not a star.Milburn is WAY in front of Rooke. By a street. Rooke’s mystique and legacy is growing exponentially year on year. He was a Jack Dyer would say, “a good, ordinary player”. Milburn was a star.
Edit: And Mackie gets in too.
People have forgotton 2013. He was bordering on star. Didn't get there ofcourse but was definately well on the path before he hurt his knee late in that season. Motlop has had plenty of games where he was best on ground. Stokes would not have a single best on ground in his whole career. THere is a clear difference in their abilities. Motlops career has been cut massively short by injuries that gradually took away his pace and evasive ability beginning with that knee injury back in late 2013. He was grease lightening early in his career.I think you are confusing Motlop with Menzel...
I'm not denigrating his ability. I'm just not overinflating it. Stewart is clearly ahead already.This is so silly.
I can understand selecting Stewart over Mackie - I did so myself - but to denigrate Mackie's overall ability and his contribution to the club demonstrates a failure to recognise excellence when you see it. He's not someone I'll put down as an all-time great like Enright but let's not get this twisted: Mackie was a gun. One of the best attacking half-backs in the comp for a long time, and defensively the times when he was beaten were few and far between. How often did his direct opponent rip him to shreds? It barely happened. Sure, he wasn't Enright-level in his impenetrability, but his defensive record was still pretty darn good. He also had the added bonus of being able to play on many different types of player. At a push he could even take the talls - I recall he took Buddy a couple of times and did a more than decent job.
Also Mackie's AA wasn't lucky. It was overdue.
Sholl more in the ninties team then post 2000 team. Played a few years in the 2000's but his form had waned at that point. Underrated player that he is. We are missing that geniune great small back pocket from this team though. It is the one weakness of the defence. Wojo, Hunt, sanderson are the candidates but none stand out like the other 5 selected in the defence. Sanderson being the closest. I went J.Kelly because of his brief stint down their in 2009 where he was awesome but obviously was more important up the ground so his stint wasn't long. Couldn't find anywhere else to fit Kelly either.WTF?
Still played some great games. I like your style!! & your whole take on the thing.Sholl more in the ninties team. Played a few years in the 2000's but his form had waned at that point.
yeah bit mixed on budda as 21st century I need to adhere to better criteria and not put anyone who started late 80's early 90's in the team, which would rule out ricco as well as his best footy was 90'sStill played some great games. I like your style!! & your whole take on the thing.
But according to your take, Sholl has to make it, and Hocking does too.
Unless the century starts at 2001 not 2000, I dunno how it works.
True it depends on how you regard fitness vs aging. Thinking Hocking and Sholl were more impacted by age related injuries and wear and tear than just geniune unlucky injuries. Hocking definately does not make it on his 2001. His 2000 was also well below his peak but still solid. Think he sneaks into the b team midfield based on 2000. Sholl is harder to remember if he still had one great season in 2000 or not. His last seasons were definately well below his peak but I can't remember 2000 properly. His stats suggest he may still well have been pretty good so maybe he is in contention on that one season alone.Still played some great games. I like your style!! & your whole take on the thing.
But according to your take, Sholl has to make it, and Hocking does too.
Unless the century starts at 2001 not 2000, I dunno how it works.
Yeah that's fair enough. I actually think Ricco was good enough to make it on 2000's alone. Easily.yeah bit mixed on budda as 21st century I need to adhere to better criteria and not put anyone who started late 80's early 90's in the team, which would rule out ricco as well as his best footy was 90's
I thought Buddha's start to 2000 was off its nut.True it depends on how you regard fitness. Hocking definately not on his 2001. His 2000 was also well below his peak but still solid. Think he sneaks into the b team midfield based on 2000. Sholl is harder to remember if he still had one great season in 2000 or not. His last seasons were definately well below his peak but I can't remember 2000 properly. His stats suggest he may still well have been pretty good so maybe he is in contention on that one season alone.
Riccardi played 6 years in the 2000's and was still at the peak in the first couple of them. If you rule out a 6 year player then you are ruling out an awful lot of players including Dangerfield.yeah bit mixed on budda as 21st century I need to adhere to better criteria and not put anyone who started late 80's early 90's in the team, which would rule out ricco as well as his best footy was 90's
Motlop had a couple of good seasons (13’, 15’) but there is a reason we let him go to port. In 2013 he played 24 games, you said he was borderline AA before injury, that’s not quite true.People have forgotton 2013. He was bordering on star. Didn't get there ofcourse but was definately well on the path before he hurt his knee late in that season. Motlop has had plenty of games where he was best on ground. Stokes would not have a single best on ground in his whole career. THere is a clear difference in their abilities. Motlops career has been cut massively short by injuries that gradually took away his pace and evasive ability beginning with that knee injury back in late 2013. He was grease lightening early in his career.
I forgot the ding a ling thought I was missing a mid couldn't think
Nah, Mr Consistency his numbers off half back are incredible and that in a side full of super stars.Mackie overrated around here.
Round 13, 2014 against the Saints would probably be it:Stokes would not have a single best on ground in his whole career.
He was severly hampered by his knee in his last 6 weeks of 2013. Think it was the West Coast game where he injured himself. In the previous 3 weeks he averaged 25 touches and 3 goals a game. Was on fire. But he played though the end of the season although there was a few games he had to sit out the game on the pine. He played on just as Dangefield was hampered by a broken rib for 5 weeks two season ago and Selwood hampered by a swollen hand for half a season not long ago. They play on but they aren't near fit. It cost him All Australian.Motlop had a couple of good seasons (13’, 15’) but there is a reason we let him go to port. In 2013 he played 24 games, you said he was borderline AA before injury, that’s not quite true.
He was a young player looking like being a star that just never got there. This was not due to injuries but more of a mental thing IMO. Port wouldn’t have gone after him if his injuries were that bad.
You’ve argued pretty well, I wouldn’t have him in this team personally but the more I think about it I can’t really knock you for picking him. He certainly had more potential than Stokes.
Consistent yes (save for 2010) but not as good as stewart.Nah, Mr Consistency his numbers off half back are incredible and that in a side full of super stars.
I stand corrected he has 1.Round 13, 2014 against the Saints would probably be it:
AFL Match Statistics : Geelong defeats St Kilda at GMHBA Stadium Round 13 Sunday, 15th June 2014
Geelong defeats St Kilda at GMHBA Stadium Round 13 Sunday, 15th June 2014 AFL match statisticswww.footywire.com
Stewart may well overtake Mackie but on performance x longevity Mackie should be in before him.