Tom Green vs Sam Walsh
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Not another one...
Agree. 2 out and out superstars, there is nothing to debate here
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Green. But if push come to shove I'd happily take both.
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Would be hard to see what your vote would be….
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I think the same, we need the run of Walsh but Greens hands and first ball winning ability is second to none.
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Both elite. Walsh is Carlton's best player. I'd take Green though because we need an inside bull extraction machine now that Cunners is gone, and Green is the best at it.
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very close call
I would take Green for one reason only - strength in the contest
It is a scarce trait that gives Green an x-factor that few players possess ... Trac / Cripps / Dusty... pretty swish company
Could easily argue Walsh compensates with work rate though
I would take Green for one reason only - strength in the contest
It is a scarce trait that gives Green an x-factor that few players possess ... Trac / Cripps / Dusty... pretty swish company
Could easily argue Walsh compensates with work rate though
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Also add a poll.
Also add a poll.
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Surprised ur not here to tell us we're better without Walsh, Mckay, Cripps, Weitering and Curnow because we won a game one time without some of them.Yeh because varying opinions is not on at all
Nah, have always maintained you are a better forward line without McKay. Whatever else you have to say, is merely exaggerated nonsense.
Walsh is the better footballer. His inside game is nearly as solid as Green but it's more so his outside game which gives him the advantage between these two footballers.
Both guns and any team would give up over's to have them running around for you.
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Walsh some how is still unfairly criticized IMO.
His last final was unbelievable, he was so clean and his run was unstoppable.
Green is a gun playing ahead of his time for the role he plays.
Both scream future captain.
His last final was unbelievable, he was so clean and his run was unstoppable.
Green is a gun playing ahead of his time for the role he plays.
Both scream future captain.
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As long as one of them helps puts an end to the pestilent pack of black and white wearing dunderheads this week or next, they'll have my support no matter the hair colour.This ....
.... mind you, Green is a ginger legend and Walshy is a soft flog
So tough to split them, because each team has a like for like replacement with the other.
Green plays the roles Cripps plays, Walsh plays the role Kelly plays.
Yet both have had blocks in their career where they’ve had to do both because of injuries in the midfield and have shown they can adapt.
Walsh’s inside work is underrated and Green has started to add an outside spread to his game this year, in a similar way that Clayton Oliver did.
Love them both as players.
If I try to rationalise it, and ask myself would I trade Walsh for Green, the answer would be no.
But at the same time, if I was at GWS, I wouldn’t trade Green for Walsh.
As the rest of the midfield make up of each team is so reliant on the skill sets of each one.
So that’s pretty much as many words as I can think of to say… I can’t decide.
Green plays the roles Cripps plays, Walsh plays the role Kelly plays.
Yet both have had blocks in their career where they’ve had to do both because of injuries in the midfield and have shown they can adapt.
Walsh’s inside work is underrated and Green has started to add an outside spread to his game this year, in a similar way that Clayton Oliver did.
Love them both as players.
If I try to rationalise it, and ask myself would I trade Walsh for Green, the answer would be no.
But at the same time, if I was at GWS, I wouldn’t trade Green for Walsh.
As the rest of the midfield make up of each team is so reliant on the skill sets of each one.
So that’s pretty much as many words as I can think of to say… I can’t decide.
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Don't know what kind of ground Green covers, but Walsh regularly covers 16+km.
That's not a dig at Green, because they're not like for like players.
Something that hasn't really been mentioned is that Walsh had 43 pressure acts against the Dees. Not sure what the record is since they've been counted, but that's insane. Can't recall seeing more than mid to high 20's.
