Mike Sheahan's Top 50 2010

[medhurstISGOD]

The list so far:

50. Brad Sewell (Hawthorn)

49. Mark Le Cras (West Coast)

48. Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs)

47. Aaron Davey (Melbourne)

46. Bernie Vince (Adelaide)

45. Barry Hall (Western Bulldogs)

44. Paddy Ryder (Essendon)

43. Alan Didak (Collingwood)

42. Shaun Higgins (Western Bulldogs)

41. Kurt Tippett (Adelaide)

Don't know about Ryder's inclusion...

 

[KardiniaPark]

Higgins at 42. Fail again. He might get it somewhere right ONE year surely but this aint the one.

 

[Ricmel]

Don't know about Ryder's inclusion...

Hard to comment until you see who is left out.

 

[pazza]

Can't argue so far...for once.

 

[omit]

Omfg a melbourne player - wtf has sheehan lost his marbles

 

[Astro_]

Higgins at 42. Fail again. He might get it somewhere right ONE year surely but this aint the one.

Should be lower (1-41)? or not in the list at all?

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Can't argue so far...for once.

not sure you can argue full stop - it's a bloke's opinion - and unless you think he is lying to himself - his top 50 is just that!

 

[KardiniaPark]

Should be lower (1-41)? or not in the list at all?

Top 25.

 

[liz]

not sure you can argue full stop - it's a bloke's opinion - and unless you think he is lying to himself - his top 50 is just that!

Plus his pre-season list is a projection of the season to come, not an assessment of the season past. So doubly hard to claim he is wrong.

(Entirely justifiable, however, to question the whole point of the exercise.)

 

[Papa G]

I will actually have more respect for Sheehan if he puts no Port players in his list rather than a token Cornes.

 

[AG]

I will actually have more respect for Sheehan if he puts no Port players in his list rather than a token Cornes.

Boak or Gray would be worthy.

 

[blues4flag]

Top 25.

He might be by the end of the season but ain't there yet. 42 is about right.

Reckon Vince is a bit stiff. Had a brilliant 09 and could probably be 10-15 places higher.

 

[doodlefeatures]

It'll be interesting to see where he ranks 'superstar' Dale Thomas

 

[KardiniaPark]

He might be by the end of the season but ain't there yet. 42 is about right.

Reckon Vince is a bit stiff. Had a brilliant 09 and could probably be 10-15 places higher.

Doesnt he do this as a crystal ball kind of thing where he thinks they will rank at the end of the year?. I thought thats what it was, might be wrong i dont actually read anything he writes so i might be just guessing! /.

 

[Papa G]

Boak or Gray would be worthy.

But what is it based on, output, or potential output? If it is based on the former, then neither of those players have had what you'd call break out years. Here's hoping 2010 will be it, but if it is based on what they have delivered so far, you couldn't put either in the top 50.

 

[Astro_]

He might be by the end of the season but ain't there yet. 42 is about right.

Reckon Vince is a bit stiff. Had a brilliant 09 and could probably be 10-15 places higher.

This list is based how Mike thinks the players will perform for the 2010 season.

 

[Pessimistic]

lets have a competition.

How many midfielders in shehans top 49 will Brad Sewell beat head to head this year ?

Plus I cant believ e the fanfare in anouncing it - trying to give it cred is doesnt deserve ??

 

[kfleong2000]

Okay so far. Davey at 47 is probably Melbourne's sole entry.

 

[PatrickBateman]

It'll be interesting to see where the ranks 'superstar' Dale Thomas

No chance. More and more are waking up to the fact that he's nothing but an over-hyped, lazy, downhill skier.

Don't know if Hall deserves a spot TBO. Lets wait till he plays against a decent fullback, not all the puny kids who took him pre-season. Scarlett owns him so hard it's embarrassing.

 

[maryjames]

Lets see where he rates Luke Power..

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Okay so far. Davey at 47 is probably Melbourne's sole entry.

Colin Sylvia has to get a guernsey, surely. If not the list is a travesty.

 

[PatrickBateman]

Colin Sylvia has to get a guernsey, surely. If not the list is a travesty.

What? 50 / 16... you think Silvia is better than the top 3 or so at each club as an average? NO WAY, NO CHANCE!!

 

[blues4flag]

This list is based how Mike thinks the players will perform for the 2010 season.

I'm aware of that but you can hardly disregard a list just because you perceive more improvement in a player than somebody else. The very premise of this list is much more subjective than the end of season version.

I personally believe Higgins could be top 30/35 by the end of this season...if he remains injury free which is a pretty big if as he's had his injury concerns over the past couple years.

 

[markr]

But what is it based on, output, or potential output? If it is based on the former, then neither of those players have had what you'd call break out years. Here's hoping 2010 will be it, but if it is based on what they have delivered so far, you couldn't put either in the top 50.

I'm pretty excited about Boak this year. He's been promising for a while, and utterly carved it up in the Port pre-season match I saw. Just looked a class above the others around him.

 

[kfleong2000]

Sylvia did have a breakout last season, but I don't think many people can argue against the statement that Davey is more important to the Dees than Sylvia at the moment.