Toast Matthew Pavlich: Fremantle's Oldest Ever Player

[beetz]

Knew this would happen with Pav. I hate seeing All-time greats push out another year when in hindsight, they really shouldn't have.

It really does suck for him.

 

[Lach72]

So Ross is trying to smooth the path for him to go soon and de-emphasising the importance of playing out the season or reaching 350.
I guess Ross is also being disrespectful, then?

That wasn't the case.

He was asked about it, and just rolled along.

 

[freo_leo29]

This has been taken out of context, they asked if Lyon would be opposed to Pav retiring and he said that he wouldn't stop him from doing it. He wasn't suggesting that he should retire or that its even on the table atm

 

[Square Peg]

That wasn't the case.

He was asked about it, and just rolled along.

I know that he didn't raise it, and was just answering questions, but he is too smart to not understand about sending out smoke signals. He could have answered the question many different ways, and he can't exactly knock on Pav's door and say time to go big boy, there'd be a riot.

 

[Yato]

Stayed on this year as we needed a forward.this year. Great servant of Fremantle, the AFL and more. Let's see him to 350 and then he should retire.
I would love to see him call it a day on the derby! I think that we could see Apeness and co. with Pav in the forward line. May be an opportunity to rest Ballas, Mayne and co.....

 

[armpit]

This has been taken out of context, they asked if Lyon would be opposed to Pav retiring and he said that he wouldn't stop him from doing it. He wasn't suggesting that he should retire or that its even on the table atm

I'm sure. We mustn't forget that a lot more is being asked of pav with all his buddies out and the kids learning. He goes out there with such grace and dignity, loyalty, applied intellect. I don't know how many times I have to say it, pav knows what he's doing.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Some more stats to keep an eye on as Pav closes out his career:

CAREER GOALS
# Player Goals Clubs
1 Tony Lockett 1360 SK:1983-1994, SY:1995-2002
2 Gordon Coventry 1299 CW:1920-1937
3 Jason Dunstall 1254 HW:1985-1998
4 Doug Wade 1057 GE:1961-1972, NM:1973-1975
5 Gary Ablett 1030 HW:1982, GE:1984-1996
6 Jack Titus 970 RI:1926-1943
7 Matthew Lloyd 926 ES:1995-2009
8 Leigh Matthews 915 HW:1969-1985
9 Peter McKenna 874 CW:1965-1975, CA:1977
10 Bernie Quinlan 817 FO:1969-1977, FI:1978-1986
11 Matthew Richardson 800 RI:1993-2009
12 Kevin Bartlett 778 RI:1965-1983
13 Lance Franklin 753 HW:2005-2013, SY:2014-2016
14 Saverio Rocca 748 CW:1992-2000, KA:2001-2006
15 Barry Hall 746 SK:1996-2001, SY:2002-2009, WB:2010-2011
16 Stephen Kernahan 738 CA:1986-1997
17 Bill Mohr 735 SK:1929-1941
18 Peter Hudson 727 HW:1967-1977
19 Wayne Carey 727 KA:1989-2001, AD:2003-2004
20 Harry Vallence 722 CA:1926-1938
21 Dick Lee 707 CW:1906-1922
22 Matthew Pavlich 687 FR:2000-2016
23 Bob Pratt 681 SM:1930-1946
24 Nick Riewoldt 669 SK:2001-2016

Pav is likely to finish his career in 22nd or 23rd spot, depending on whether he can get past Dick Lee. Nick Riewoldt is near on a certainty to catch him. The next closest current player who isn't near retirement is Jack Riewoldt on 462.


CAREER GAMES
# Player Games Clubs
1 Michael Tuck 426 HW:1972-1991
2 Brent Harvey 422 NM:1996-2016
3 Kevin Bartlett 403 RI:1965-1983
4 Dustin Fletcher 400 ES:1993-2015
5 Robert Harvey 383 SK:1988-2008
6 Simon Madden 378 ES:1974-1992
7 Craig Bradley 375 CA:1986-2002
8 Adam Goodes 372 SY:1999-2015
9 Bernie Quinlan 366 FO:1969-1977, FI:1978-1986
10 Brad Johnson 364 WB:1994-2010
11 John Blakey 359 FI:1985-1992, KA:1993-2002
12 Paul Roos 356 FI:1982-1994, SY:1995-1998
13 Bruce Doull 356 CA:1969-1986
14 Doug Hawkins 350 FO:1978-1994, FI:1995
15 Matthew Pavlich 346 FR:2000-2016

Pav should pass Hawkins and end up in 14th position (assuming he doesn't get injured or retire after his 350th). Unluckily it probably won't get much coverage over East, as it'll probably coincide with Boomer playing his 427th and passing Tuck to be the overall games record holder. The other active players over 300 games are Enright (321), Dal Santo (313), N Riewoldt (309), Burgoyne (308) and Petrie (306). Bartel, S Mitchell and S Thompson are all on 296 - so if Pav misses a game he'll avoid getting bunched in with those guys' milestones.