Which was/Is Better?

[#1 Tigers Fan]

Who do you think has/had a better midfeild?

West Coast Eagles now or Brisbane Lions 2 Years Ago

West Coast top 4:
Judd
Cousins
Kerr
Emberly

Brisbane top for 2 years ago:
Voss
Black
Akermanis
Lappin

 

[Benno_900]

Tough one, these are in their prime and I think Stenglein is the eagles' 4th best:

Judd > Voss
Cousins = Lappin
Kerr < Black
Stenglein < Akermanis
Any one of Embley/Fletcher/Braun/Water/Selwood/Butler < Power

So the lions for me.

 

[ICanDressMyself]

Lions easy.

Chuck in Power as well.

 

[Gets!]

Lions by the length of the Torrens.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Judd, Cousins, Kerr > Voss, Black, Lappin

Voss, Black, Lappin, Akermanis, Power > Judd, Cousins, Kerr, Embley, Stenglein

Judd, Cousins, Kerr, Embley, Stenglein, Braun, Fletcher, Butler, Selwood etc > Voss, Black, Lappin, Akermanis, Power, Hart, Copeland, McRae, etc

 

[WC6320]

If you include the ruckmen in a midfield than WCE

 

[Snuka]

Hard to judge and silly to make any statements like 'by a mile' or 'easily'. WC prob fitter and faster than the Brisbane ever was. Cousins probably the hardest running and fittest of them all, Aker arguably the best goal kicker.

And Cerpin taxt (cool name btw, whatever it means)...i think your pretty right, but McRae never played in the midfield. Pike was often on a wing so maybe closer, but it shows we never had that sort of amazing midfield depth that the Eagles have now...reason being probably that the Lions had a pretty good forward line.

*edit, actually Headland was in the top 4 or 5 at the club if only for one and half years.

 

[Warwick]

Judd, Cousins, Kerr > Voss, Black, Lappin

Disagree.

Voss, Black, Lappin, Akermanis, Power > Judd, Cousins, Kerr, Embley, Stenglein

Agree.

Judd, Cousins, Kerr, Embley, Stenglein, Braun, Fletcher, Butler, Selwood etc > Voss, Black, Lappin, Akermanis, Power, Hart, Copeland, McRae, etc

Agree. But throw in Hadley and Brad Scott for the lions who had an outstanding 04.

I still think our 02 midfield was our best ever. Headland was one of the best players in the comp in the second half of the year and took the number 1 tag. Voss and Black won the hard ball and dished off to Power, Headland and Akermanis, Lappin was the man to rebound out of defensive 50, Hart and Copeland were the main taggers, Scott played close but won a lot of the footy, and Pike and Aker could push forward and kick goals.

 

[mad-saint-guy]

If the Lions midfield were in their prime now West Coast's would still be better. If West Coast's midfield were also in their prime from 2001-2003 the Lions would have smashed them.

These days it doesn't matter if you are as weak and soft as piss as long as you can find the ball, run all day and use it well.