Tenace v Stanton v Butler v Raines

Which midfielder/flanker would you take?

  • Kane Tenace

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Brent Stanton

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Sam Butler

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Andrew Raines

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Any 2003 draftee bar Tenace who is a hack

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    0

Silvagnis

TheBrownDog
Suspended
Joined
Sep 27, 2004
Posts
60,595
Likes
15,389
Location
Dr Geoffrey Edelsten's jacuzzi
AFL Club
Carlton
Thread starter #1
Tenace v Stanton v Butler v Raines.

Which medium midfielder/flanker would you take from this quartet drafted in the 2003 draft?

Stanton is one of the hardest working young midfielders in the competition, Raines was one of the favourites for the rising star award last year and Butler is a premiership player despite having a lot of injuries to date.

Tenace is fast but he can't kick and they passed on a lot of good players so they could draft this pretty average footballer. The Cats could have drafted young gun suchs as Mundy, Butler, Stanton and Waters instead of Tenace. But the Cats like drafting unaccountable types such as Djerrkurra, Varcoe, Selwood, Kelly, Johnson and Gardiner just to add skill or pace to an average midfield and side.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Val Venis

Senior List
Joined
Jan 10, 2007
Posts
278
Likes
0
Location
Perth
AFL Club
Carlton
#2
Tenace should not be in this poll, Makes the others look bad

Butler, managed to get a regular game in a Premiership midfield.. None of those other 3 could do that
 

Rockford

Norm Smith Medallist
Joined
Aug 22, 2006
Posts
8,913
Likes
3,080
Location
Halls Head
AFL Club
Geelong
#5
Tenace v Stanton v Butler v Raines.

Which medium midfielder/flanker would you take from this quartet drafted in the 2003 draft?

Stanton is one of the hardest working young midfielders in the competition, Raines was one of the favourites for the rising star award last year and Butler is a premiership player despite having a lot of injuries to date.

Tenace is fast but he can't kick and they passed on a lot of good players so they could draft this pretty average footballer. The Cats could have drafted young gun suchs as Mundy, Butler, Stanton and Waters instead of Tenace. But the Cats like drafting unaccountable types such as Djerrkurra, Varcoe, Selwood, Kelly, Johnson and Gardiner just to add skill or pace to an average midfield and side.
Wow, we're going back a way to look at the 2003 draft. But I can see why as a Blues supporter you'd prefer not to focus on the present or the future. I'd have preferred Raines I guess, Tenace (injuries aside) hasn't really risen to his potential, I'll judge his time with the Cats when it's over.

The Cats like adding skill or pace when drafting? Wow, I can see what is wrong with that plan. We should've followed Carlton's example, finish bottom in consecutive seasons so we can take whoever is rated at the time as the number 1 pick.
 

bunsen burner

Hall of Famer
Joined
Sep 12, 2001
Posts
32,664
Likes
1,427
Location
Sydney
AFL Club
West Coast
#6
Raines>>Butler>>>Stanton>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Shannon Burns>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Henneman>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rowan Jones>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Auskick kids>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tenace
 
Joined
Sep 26, 2004
Posts
34,477
Likes
25,135
AFL Club
Carlton
Other Teams
MUFC, LAL, PSG
Moderator #7
1. Raines
2. Stanton
3. Butler
4. Tenace

Raines is the standout from that group IMO. Stanton and Butler are close, could nearly swap them around.

Tenace is ATM a fair way behind them all.
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

Silvagnis

TheBrownDog
Suspended
Joined
Sep 27, 2004
Posts
60,595
Likes
15,389
Location
Dr Geoffrey Edelsten's jacuzzi
AFL Club
Carlton
Thread starter #12
The Cats like adding skill or pace when drafting? Wow, I can see what is wrong with that plan.
Maybe you should have drafted Sellar who has more talent and potential than Joel Selwood, but Cats fans are probably happy with Nathan Ablett since they think one game makes a career. Sellar may have been a bad choice since you already have Cam Mooney and Thompson has failed to handle Cam and Johnson.
We should've followed Carlton's example, finish bottom in consecutive seasons so we can take whoever is rated at the time as the number 1 pick.
A smart club keeps their picks or acquire more by offloading players approaching their use by date, Geelong package them with Moloney and trade them for Ottens.
 

grantyc77

Team Captain
Joined
May 9, 2006
Posts
558
Likes
0
Location
Puckapunyal
AFL Club
Geelong
#16
Im actually a stanton fan, i havent seen that much of Raines play, but from what i have seen he certainly has a future in the game.

Stanton
Raines
Butler
And dare i say it Tenace, cant believe we had a chance to take Mundy and we took this hack, worst blunder of the draft.
 

dave_27

Norm Smith Medallist
Joined
Apr 9, 2003
Posts
9,325
Likes
158
Location
Melbourne
AFL Club
Essendon
Other Teams
Essendon
#20
I wouldnt be swapping Stanton for any of those players mentioned atm, he's had 2 very good seasons in a row.

Im not sold on Raines yet until he backs up his form this year, reminds of Andrew Welsh circa 2003.
 

weagles_fan

Brownlow Medallist
Joined
Mar 7, 2005
Posts
11,593
Likes
22
Location
Melbourne
AFL Club
West Coast
Other Teams
Ajax,Stuttgart,Bayern,Eagles,Braves
#21
Butler still very underated. Played in the WC premiership team last year and racked up consistent possessions throughout the finals series. Almost on par with Waters.
 

Bestbird

Norm Smith Medallist
Joined
Nov 18, 2004
Posts
5,463
Likes
629
Location
Perth
AFL Club
West Coast
Other Teams
Swan Districts
#22
Not a bad poll

Butler missed the first 12 or so games due to injury yet managed to force his way into the team

Not a bad effort for a young bloke but Stanton and Raines played well for the whole season so rightly should be rated higher
 

SUPASTARR

All Australian
Joined
Nov 2, 2006
Posts
629
Likes
34
Location
Vic
AFL Club
Geelong
Other Teams
Orlando
#25
Maybe you should have drafted Sellar who has more talent and potential than Joel Selwood, but Cats fans are probably happy with Nathan Ablett since they think one game makes a career. Sellar may have been a bad choice since you already have Cam Mooney and Thompson has failed to handle Cam and Johnson.

A smart club keeps their picks or acquire more by offloading players approaching their use by date, Geelong package them with Moloney and trade them for Ottens.
U idiot Flint! Why start a thread and just pot Geelong. Big call on Selwood too. How can you say that? Bit early I reckon. 1 NAB Cup game between them and already making judgementsAll the guys you mention would easily get a game at the blues. Look in your own backyard before you start canning our blokes. :)
 
Top Bottom