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Opinion Which players would have been the best if not for injury?
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Barry Stoneham. Awesome player in his prime. Awful leg injuries cut him down.
Would have been interesting seeing Adam Cooney at full flight for longer than what he was able to produce after the cracked patella.
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Menzel with knees would have gone alright
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As much as Robbie Gray achieved in the AFL, take away an ACL as severe as any experienced in the league along with his testicular cancer battles, and could have been a bonafide AFL superstar.
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The Ox. Lead the lead in marks and kicked 70 plus goals in 1994. He was never the same after that first knee.
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If his hamstring could handle midfield minutes he would have been up there with GAJ.
If his hamstring could handle midfield minutes he would have been up there with GAJ.
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Dan Hannebery's worth a shout. By 2016 (when he was only 25) he'd achieved a lot. 3 AA selections and a coach's award.
Unfortunately he couldn't stay on the park afterwards.
Unfortunately he couldn't stay on the park afterwards.
Some fantastic nominations in this thread.
Kouta? He was doing things on the footy field that I'd never seen previously, and haven't seen since, before his knee injuries in 2000 and 2001, and didn't reach those levels when he returned.
Kouta? He was doing things on the footy field that I'd never seen previously, and haven't seen since, before his knee injuries in 2000 and 2001, and didn't reach those levels when he returned.
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Calm down, it’s a discussion on an a great player whose career was curtailed somewhat by injury.
Take those injuries away and I believe we’d be talking about a player with a lot more midfield time, a longer career, and probably a Brownlow and many many AA’s.
Paul Salmon easily with the trajectory he was on. From my lot Daniel Menzel, Barry Stoneham and the smoky Paul Lynch.
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Have to agree, Robbie was an incredible player. He did have injuries but managed to have a fantastic career anyway. Probably not someone I'd nominate in this list but to each their own.
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Nathan Brown was close to the best player in the game before he broke his leg, was never the same after that.
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