Poll. Who is currently the best player in the league?

[Gavin Excell]

Oliver will have been out for 8 weeks when he returns but I don't think he was the best player in the league before he was injured.
Bolton was called the best player in the league late last year and he's had a great year and been a matchwinner.
English is the best ruckman at the moment and takes marks around the ground.
Anderson has played some big games and is high up in the coaches votes.

Wot?
Who said Bolton was best player?

Jeezus

 

[Fadge]

Wot?
Who said Bolton was best player?

Jeezus

Don't you remember?

Dusty handed the baton to him.

* In the eyes of those who only watch Richmond games...

 

[Zevon]

All bias aside, I think it's a bit premature to install Nick Daicos as the number 1 player in the competition.

So based on a combination of medium term and current performance, my ranking is as follows:
1. The Bont
2. Clayton Oliver
3. Christian Petracca
4. Lachie Neale
5. Nick Daicos
6. Toby Greene
7. Jeremy Cameron
8. Charlie Curnow
9. Tom Stewart
10. Connor Rozee
11. Darcy Moore
12. Zac Butters
13. Zac Merrett
14. Jordan De Goey
15. Jordan Dawson
16. James Sicily

I think there's a bit of a gap to the rest, who are a combination of emerging stars and stars struggling to find their best form/injured - Miller, Cripps, Walsh, Steele, Rankine, Serong, Brayshaw, Anderson, etc...

Great post I reckon. Having Daicos behind those top 4 is reasonable given they’ve had longer to build a body of work than he has, but with the way his footy is trending it looks highly likely he goes past them if we revisit this in a couple of years

 

[Gavin Excell]

Don't you remember?

Dusty handed the baton to him.

* In the eyes of those who only watch Richmond games...

With Noah Balta 2nd best

 

[Fadge]

With Noah Balta 2nd best

Taranto up there as well (and that is fact if you listen to Richmond supporters).

 

[Some Idiot]

We should probably hold off on declaring Daicos the best until he puts together a larger body of work. Guys like Petracca, Oliver and Bont have put together multiple seasons at a high level.

I voted Daicos anyway and Bont.

 

[00Stinger]

Oliver will have been out for 8 weeks when he returns but I don't think he was the best player in the league before he was injured.
Bolton was called the best player in the league late last year and he's had a great year and been a matchwinner.
English is the best ruckman at the moment and takes marks around the ground.
Anderson has played some big games and is high up in the coaches votes.

Oliver has won the last 2 AFLCA awards

Bolton was never called the best player in the league

English lol. I don't even know what to say

Anderson isn't even in the top 10 in the coaches votes

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[Gavin Excell]

Oliver has won the last 2 AFLCA awards

Bolton was never called the best player in the league

English lol. I don't even know what to say

Anderson isn't even in the top 10 in the coaches votes

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Gawn is prob top 10 when he isn't carrying Grundy.
Which would give Melb an amazing 3 players top 10

 

[Young Redleg]

The fact that Oliver has been omitted and players like English, Dawson and Anderson have been included makes me want to laugh.

 

[danster168]

Greene
Butters
J Cameron
Neale
Bont
Taranto

Daylight

De Goey

More Daylight

Jaicos
Tarrant (retired)
Naicos

Lol. No Oliver. wot da hell.

 

[Fadge]

The fact that Oliver has been omitted and players like English, Dawson and Anderson have been included makes me want to laugh.

Lol. No Oliver. wot da hell.

God bless Richmond supporters...

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

The fact that Oliver has been omitted and players like English, Dawson and Anderson have been included makes me want to laugh.

Oliver is not the best player in the league and is currently injured and not playing for two months. Who would you include then if you take those out?

 

[My Tilly]

Greene is the most valuable but if you want the most consistent, a midfielder who racks up 30 touches a week (some of them meaningless), then Bontempelli, Daicos or Rozee are your best.

Petracca keeps kicking goals, he's right beside Greene.

 

[Palmer Stoat]

1. Marcus Bontempelli
2. Nick Daicos
3. Christian Petracca
4. James Sicily
5. Clayton Oliver
6. Toby Greene
7. Zak Butters
8. Zach Merrett
9. Jeremy Cameron
10. Jordan Dawson

Rozee, Moore, May, Dunkley, Neale, Miller and Lynch in the discussion

For me, you could put that top three in any order and it'd be reasonable.

 

[jasonrampage2010]

Prob petracca

 

[danster168]

Oliver is, and always will be, better than Petracca. That's why he's won 4 BnF's and Petracca only 1. And he was on track for a 5th before his injury.

 

[juss]

Daicos is in the best form, but with a larger body of work behind him and slightly left field, I'll throw Petracca as my vote. Think he has a few different strings to his bow.

 

[JyeDye]

It's Bont. Daicos not far behind him, Petracca inconsistent but when in form he's up there.

 

[00Stinger]

It's Bont. Daicos not far behind him, Petracca inconsistent but when in form he's up there.

Petracca inconsistent?



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[JyeDye]

Petracca inconsistent?



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His goal kicking definitely is. It's what takes him from a damn good player to best player in the game.

 

[Trav 20]

Petracca inconsistent but when in form he's up there.

Receiving coaches votes in 14 of 17 games suggests otherwise.

 

[Conception]

I would say the Bont at the moment. Can do it all and is a matchwinner.

Thanks for the multi-choice poll OP! I voted everyone except for Daicos and Bolton!

 

[Conception]

Guys, you have it all wrong.

I think they true best player in the AFL right now is Tim Taranto

14

Tim Taranto

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.3

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

9.5

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

4.1

5star

D

17.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.0

4star

CL

5.5

5star

D

15.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

4.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

. Dustin Martin and Shai Bolton

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Shai Bolton

Age

25

Ht

176cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

9.2

4star

HB

3.5

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.0

1star

might be close runners up.

One thing is for sure, the best player in the AFL must be a Richmond player.

 

[Daka]

I think Bontempelli is because he plays harder role than Daicos.

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

I think Bontempelli is because he plays harder role than Daicos.

They play the same role