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Players that didnt live up to their hype?

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Scott Gumbleton.
Jared Brennan.
Peter Curran.
Chris Tarrant.
Clive Waterhouse.
Josh Fraser.
Dwayne Russell.
Des Headland.
Jack Watts (default)
Luke Ball.
 
My Tilly said:
Scott Gumbleton.
Jared Brennan.
Peter Curran.
Chris Tarrant.
Clive Waterhouse.
Josh Fraser.
Dwayne Russell.
Des Headland.
Jack Watts (default)
Luke Ball.
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Tarrant stiff as he became a good defender but otherwise a pretty fair list. Waterhouse will always be a folk hero at Freo regardless.
 

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Haven't read the thread at all, but here's two big ones:

Jade Gresham
Jack Billings

absolute duds. Best thing St Kilda ever did was offloading them.

That said, St Kilda's terrible coaching team probably killed those two players the day they stepped into the joint. It's not their fault.
 
Clark G said:
Strange to put Ball on this list. Very reliable inside mid for two clubs.
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I may be incorrect here but I vividly recall Luke Ball and Luke Hodge being hyped up as the best players in the draft which happened to also have the likes of Judd, Bartel, Ablett, Dal Santo, Kelly, Johnson, Montagna, Mitchell & Swan.

As you say, he did have a very solid career but never really reached the lofty heights some of his peers did. Mainly due to injury and a lack of leg speed.
 
Dilon “ im deathly afraid of any contact what’s so ever because I did a shoulder in a GF when the smallest Richmond player bumped me and it haunted me for my entire high paid “career” at the Tullamarine centre of excellence “…..Sheel.

No other player in the history of the game going back to the Yarra park violence of the 1860s has anyone successfully failed the grade at League level.

It’s a tragic story…
 
jwikked said:
Haven't read the thread at all, but here's two big ones:

Jade Gresham
Jack Billings

absolute duds. Best thing St Kilda ever did was offloading them.

That said, St Kilda's terrible coaching team probably killed those two players the day they stepped into the joint. It's not their fault.
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Gresham is the classic example of a mid size forward who has many highlights of superb snaps and pack roving goals of brilliance but doesn’t do anything else of value.

His original club eventually makes the decision to offload him during mid 20s contract negotiations because they have other potential half forwards to develop and they have lost hope in him.

Another club offers him an obscene amount of money to join their squad in the hope that a change of football environment will pay dividends and he’ll turn into a 50 goal asset.

But 3 or 4 seasons go by and he’s 28 turning 29 and he’s still the mediocre player.

Good luck to him. I hope he retires with 4 houses and a healthy stock portfolio.
 
My Tilly said:
I may be incorrect here but I vividly recall Luke Ball and Luke Hodge being hyped up as the best players in the draft which happened to also have the likes of Judd, Bartel, Ablett, Dal Santo, Kelly, Johnson, Montagna, Mitchell & Swan.

As you say, he did have a very solid career but never really reached the lofty heights some of his peers did. Mainly due to injury and a lack of leg speed.
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Hodge retired a super star of his generation.

Ball was a simple foot soldier and a very very good one at that.
 
Andyy said:
What the heck dude haha

Goddard was a gun. Cooney a brownlow medallist, whether it was a hotly contested season or not, Gibbs was a gun, McGrath is a gun in the backline IMO, Walsh is a gun, JHF is/will be. Cadman looks like he'll be sensational.

Only one of that 50-50 list is Rayner.
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Completely agree on Horne-Francis and Cadman especially, both are looking very impressive now.

Rayner's interesting, I've definitely criticised him quite a bit, but if you look at the record now - 167 games, a two-time premiership player, who has contributed some important moments in big finals two years in a row - he's probably a pass at least. If you were hoping for a top 10 player in the comp, no way, but if you were looking for a solid senior player, then it's a tick.
 

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Partridge said:
Completely agree on Horne-Francis and Cadman especially, both are looking very impressive now.

Rayner's interesting, I've definitely criticised him quite a bit, but if you look at the record now - 167 games, a two-time premiership player, who has contributed some important moments in big finals two years in a row - he's probably a pass at least. If you were hoping for a top 10 player in the comp, no way, but if you were looking for a solid senior player, then it's a tick.
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he was also worst on ground in 2 granny's. lucky not to be subbed.
 
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One I mentioned before in a similar thread is David Ugrinic, an 18-year-old star for SANFL team the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles who so impressed Geelong that the Cats selected him at pick 13 in the 1993 National Draft.

Ugrinic didn't join the Cats immediately, electing to remain in South Australia for the 1994 season. So confident were Geelong that they had a future superstar they agreed to this arrangement and continued to hold a spot for him on the Cats list as 1994 turned to 1995 and then 1996 and Ugrinic remained with the Eagles in South Australia.

However while Ugrinic made the move and joined Geelong in 1997 he failed to make his senior debut and played the entire season in the reserves. It was a similar story in 1998 when he again remained in the reserves, and this time was hampered by injuries, most football-related but one off-field when he fell over at a beach. At the end of 1998 Ugrinic departed the Cats and returned to South Australia without a single senior game to his credit and never played senior AFL football for any other team in the following years.
 

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Nathan Brown when he went to Richmond, injury played a big part but looked like he had potential to be the best player in the comp and never fulfilled that potential
 
Chip Scab1 said:
Def not better than Rayner: Worpel, Moore, McCartin, TDK, Higgins, Kelly.

Maybe: Naughton and LDU

3-5 tops.
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I'm sorry but Moore has had a much better career than Rayner, not saying Rayner hasn't had a good career.
I am not even a massive fan of Darcy Moore as a player, but I certainly think he has been a more consistent player for his position, Rayner has never had over 25 disposals in a game. he is a role-player albeit a powerful role player who can have impact.
 
Daka said:
I'm sorry but Moore has had a much better career than Rayner, not saying Rayner hasn't had a good career.
I am not even a massive fan of Darcy Moore as a player, but I certainly think he has been a more consistent player for his position, Rayner has never had over 25 disposals in a game. he is a role-player albeit a powerful role player who can have impact.
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I think Chippy's referring to Dylan Moore instead of Darcy, who went 3 years earlier.
 
Daka said:
I'm sorry but Moore has had a much better career than Rayner, not saying Rayner hasn't had a good career.
I am not even a massive fan of Darcy Moore as a player, but I certainly think he has been a more consistent player for his position, Rayner has never had over 25 disposals in a game. he is a role-player albeit a powerful role player who can have impact.
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I hear ya, but he literally was one of the most powerful players in the GF. Some serious moments.

I can't compare that to Darcy. I mean sure he's a better player, but marginally imo. Darcy was great until a few years ago, is a liability now imo.
 

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