Top 5 Midfields 2024

[Jeremias]

Whose next after that lot?
Probably Marco Odermatt ... another legendary downhill skiier

George Hewett, who has more contested possessions than any Bomber this season, despite starting one game as sub.

 

[Shane Heard]

George Hewett, who has more contested possessions than any Bomber this season, despite starting one game as sub.

Lol ..turn it up

Good foot soldier at the very least.

 

[TheUnicorn]

Less talky
More top 5’s!

 

[Shane Heard]

Here is the centre bounce one from a week ago. (I knew of it for obvious reasons). ABC website.

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Is that the JHF factor in ports stats?

Because I have no idea what im looking at with that graph.

 

[Jeremias]

Lol ..turn it up

Good foot soldier at the very least.

At the very least, indeed.

 

[Shane Heard]

At the very least, indeed.

Yes. You can have your 3 superstar gun, highly skilled by hand and foot mids dancing around all day but you can’t win a flag without 3 or 4 other hard nut foot soldier mids/halfbacks/ utilities supporting them.

 

[Shane Heard]

Less talky
More top 5’s!

Perko

 

[SC_Power]

Is that the JHF factor in ports stats?

Because I have no idea what im looking at with that graph

Net points per game = points scored from centre bounce - points conceded from centre bounce.

At the time, Port Adelaide had moved from essentially a neutral position over last 2 years to a +3 goals per game.
Having a tap competitive ruck in Soldo/Sweet and a centre square midfield rotation of Rozee, Butters, Wines, JHF, Drew, Boak seems to have turned Port into an elite centre square team.

Note I don’t have updated stats , might see if I can find them somewhere

 

[Shane Heard]

Net points per game = points scored from centre bounce - points conceded from centre bounce.

At the time, Port Adelaide had moved from essentially a neutral position over last 2 years to a +3 goals per game.
Having a tap competitive ruck in Soldo/Sweet and a centre square midfield rotation of Rozee, Butters, Wines, JHF, Drew, Boak seems to have turned Port into an elite centre square team.

Note I don’t have updated stats , might see if I can find them somewhere

You say elite ..is that because of Lord Kenneth’s supremacy at coaching ?

 

[SC_Power]

You say elite ..is that because of Lord Kenneth’s supremacy at coaching ?

For a long time, Ken hasn’t thought we needed a tap ruckman, preferred the grindingly effective Scott Lycett to negate the opposition ruckman.
Matthew Lobbe (13/14) and Paddy Ryder (17/18) have been the only ones in the 12 year drought. We’ve had years where we rucked combinations of Peter Ladhams, or Jackson Trengove, or Jeremy Finlayson, or Justin Westhoff, or Charlie Dixon. When we’ve had midfields incl Boak, Gray, Rockliff, Wines, Hartlett, as well as the current crop.
You can call it what you want, but I wouldn’t call it “supremacy”.

 

[Shane Heard]

For a long time, Ken hasn’t thought we needed a tap ruckman, preferred the grindingly effective Scott Lycett to negate the opposition ruckman.
Matthew Lobbe (13/14) and Paddy Ryder (17/18) have been the only ones in the 12 year drought. We’ve had years where we rucked combinations of Peter Ladhams, or Jackson Trengove, or Jeremy Finlayson, or Justin Westhoff, or Charlie Dixon. When we’ve had midfields incl Boak, Gray, Rockliff, Wines, Hartlett, as well as the current crop.
You can call it what you want, but I wouldn’t call it “supremacy”.

Yeah mate I didn’t read any of that.

Try to identify sarcasm sometime in your lifetime… you Port git.

 

[SC_Power]

Yeah mate I didn’t read any of that.

Try to identify sarcasm sometime in your lifetime… you Port git.

Nah, I’m too cynical, sorry. Ken does that to a supporter.

 

[Shane Heard]

Nah, I’m too cynical, sorry. Ken does that to a supporter.

It’s ok. Unlike like other people, I understand the Port fan’s frustration in Ken.

Diamonds one week..next week coal.

It’s a brutal game.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

Walsh wasn’t in the team but Fyfe brayshaw serong and young absolutely mauled blues midfield.
Nearly doubled their clearances.
Curnow and umpire 34 saved your arse!

That’s what happens when you send 15 blokes to a stoppage and ask them to play negative chip chip for 3 hours.

Football won that day.

 

[RonnieRaven]

When is freo midfield going to get the kudos they deserve
Smashed lions blues port pies
Dees the latest victim
Oliver and trac 4 clearances each Gawn with 3
For freo
Brayshaw 8
Serong 8
Fyfe 5
Young 4
Darcy 4
Jackson 4

 

[TheUnicorn]

When is freo midfield going to get the kudos they deserve
Smashed lions blues port pies
Dees the latest victim
Oliver and trac 4 clearances each Gawn with 3
For freo
Brayshaw 8
Serong 8
Fyfe 5
Young 4
Darcy 4
Jackson 4

??? Literally everyone acknowledges Fremantle as one of the best midfields, even the media. What more kudos do you want ?

 

[deck]

Smashed pies

How do you come to that conclusion?

 

[RonnieRaven]

??? Literally everyone acknowledges Fremantle as one of the best midfields, even the media. What more kudos do you want ?

Not many mentioned freo as a top 5 midfield in this thread

 

[RonnieRaven]

How do you come to that conclusion?

No your right pies touched us up and swans all others were destroyed

 

[TheUnicorn]

Not many mentioned freo as a top 5 midfield in this thread

Not many mention anyone but their own team in here.

 

[RonnieRaven]

Not many mention anyone but their own team in here.

Eat a lemon will make you feel better

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

At full fitness Id have these as the top 5 midfields. On Freo, Serong and Brayshaw dont do enough damage with ball in hand for mine and Fyfe/Omeara are well and truly cooked. If Johnson or Erasmus kick on they'll be very very dangerous but not quite yet.

Sydney
GWS
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Collingwood

 

[RonnieRaven]

At full fitness Id have these as the top 5 midfields. On Freo, Serong and Brayshaw dont do enough damage with ball in hand for mine and Fyfe/Omeara are well and truly cooked. If Johnson or Erasmus kick on they'll be very very dangerous but not quite yet.

Sydney
GWS
Western Bulldogs
Carlton
Collingwood

The fact that you didn’t even mention young 26d 6t 4cl 4 intercepts
774 metres gained and a goal today shows your lack of knowledge or a really good midfield!

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

The fact that you didn’t even mention young 26d 6t 4cl 4 intercepts
774 metres gained and a goal today shows your lack of knowledge or a really good midfield!

No, I didn't mention Young when listing critiques of your midfield... Because he's a gun and I have nothing to critique from his game. Imo ur best player.

 

[RonnieRaven]

No, I didn't mention Young when listing critiques of your midfield... Because he's a gun and I have nothing to critique from his game. Imo ur best player.

We have two good midfields
Darcy
Brayshaw
Serong
Young

Jackson
Fyfe
Johnson
JOM

The scary thing for the rest is our first four are under 26