Who is the most unique player in the AFL?

[Rory Walkerfield]

Jeremy Howe

 

[tribey]

That was a pretty unique moment too. I'm guessing that Port the only AFL club in history to have a bloke with a dislocated kneecap kick a goal against them.

From memory Michael Long suffered one of his multiple ACL injuries kicking a setshot goal.

 

[Big Fresh]

Have to disagree with the Naitanui suggestions. While he's not as good, Ryder is a similar type of player - high leaping ruckman with sublime tapwork who has the speed and agility to run and carry but is also criticised for inconsistency. Naitanui's leaping ability is unmatched and he's quicker but in terms of strengths and style Ryder is very similar.

Westhoff is probably the best suggestion I've seen in the thread.

Nat Fyfe should also be up there - no other midfielder has such outstanding aerial ability and you wouldn't expect someone so lanky to be so good at getting contested ball.

 

[SBYM]

Bachar Houli.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Nat Fyfe should also be up there - no other midfielder has such outstanding aerial ability and you wouldn't expect someone so lanky to be so good at getting contested ball.

He is a weird one, He ultimately is a forward KPP who is excellent below his feet but has an average kick and not the body strength to hold himself to a 1 on 1 contest with defenders. While in the midfield he's coordination decision making and fitness make him pretty deadly.

 

[brisbane13]

Jeremy Howe

the man who has a mark of the week contender every week

 

[chefmeister]

Mark 'Jacko' Jackson...

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Crameri, third/fourth tall forward with the strength and marking of a KPP and the pace of a small. We made the mistake of getting him bigger when we should been getting him aerobically stronger.

 

[TommyVercetti]

Craig Bradley has him covered.

1981-2002: Port Adelaide/Carlton/SA/Australia - 501 games of senior football, with 4 games of Shield cricket for two states for shits'n'giggs.

I was talking more current day players, otherwise I would have used Barlett or Tuck. I'm pretty sure Fletcher is the only player to have played against both Fitzroy and GWS. It's also amazing considering how many players enter the competition each year some players are lucking to ever be in the system a couple years, he's been in it for twenty years.

 

[Happy Daze]

I could pick just one.



I'm not comparing the two. But in terms of feats, then high disposals is not something 'unique', and in fact Swan averages more disposals than Ablett both over his career and over the last few years.



Again, he's neck and neck with Swan, although I think Swan has pulled slightly ahead now.



In the last 3 years Dane swan has 78 goals, and Ablett 72 . . .

You said that Ablett's feats were unrepeatable in amassing disposals and goals, but it seems to me that this is clearly not the case, and in fact he's been trumped by Dane Swan.

So you're saying you'd have Ablett ahead of Dane Swan in terms of numbers? That Swan is just about the same player? I think you're in a very small minority on BF if you have that opinion.

 

[AFLOnline]

lol at people just naming there best player at their club, not sure how pendlebury, harvey or ablett are unique players as good as they are.

unique to me is sandilands, naitanui, buddy (even though spencer white is almost identical to him in every way shape and form, besides afl output)

 

[loki04]

Buckley and Swan at there best, is still a rung below Abletts best.

Buckley did what Ablett does while being heavily tagged, most weeks ablett gets free reign as a lot of coaches tend to try play off the guns these days (Buckley stupidly took it one step further and didn't man him at all).

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Nic Nat, Buddy, Daw all come to mind for their athletic capabilities.

Possibly Cloke - monster KPF who can clunk marks for fun?

GAJ is out of this world and has no peers - freakish ability.

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Nic Naitanui, a bloke that size that can move like that out of a ruck contest is few and far between. Freakish athleticism. Still has some deficiencies in his game but along with Buddy is probably the only "unique" player in the league. Anyone at or around 200cm that can move like a 180cm player is always going to be great to watch.

From my own team, Tony Liberatore was pretty unique. Smallest bloke in the league who got everything out of his physical abilities and was relentless, topped off with a Brownlow. Doubt the game will ever see anyone of his stature again.

 

[TheJaegerBomb]

Buckley did what Ablett does while being heavily tagged, most weeks ablett gets free reign as a lot of coaches tend to try play off the guns these days (Buckley stupidly took it one step further and didn't man him at all).

Wot?

 

[loki04]

Wot?

Half the sides in the AFL don't employ taggers wasn't until Buckley didn't even make any player pay any attention to him that for the rest pof the year he was tagged heavily and guess what his disposal count dropped.

 

[TheJaegerBomb]

Half the sides in the AFL don't employ taggers wasn't until Buckley didn't even make any player pay any attention to him that for the rest pof the year he was tagged heavily and guess what his disposal count dropped.

Your way, way off the mark.

 

[SizeMatters]

Probably said before but Hunt from the Suns. He is the only bloke currently in the AFL who has played in a world cup.

 

[Lucky Star]

One cannot have gradations of uniqueness; one either is or is not unique.

 

[Hodgepodge]

So you're saying you'd have Ablett ahead of Dane Swan in terms of numbers?

I'm saying Dane Swan gets more of the ball and kicks more goals, therefore Ablett can't be unique on that basis.

 

[Hodgepodge]

One cannot have gradations of uniqueness; one either is or is not unique.

Everyone is unique.

 

[WAFLfan1969]

Mike Pyke coz of his Canadian heritage

 

[RuFiO]

Harry O.
No one thinks like him.

 

[Big Fresh]

Harry O.
No one thinks like him.

Yeah his mind and soul operate on a higher level than anyone - let alone footballers or even philosophers - could even begin to comprehend.

 

[MOONEY 21]

Buddy most unique by a mile

unique...unique like an overrated flash in the pan who cant take a mark over his head or kick straight?

Seriously, hatred for the hawks aside, most over rated player in the history of the game. Wouldnt even get a game if he was playing in the 80's/90's. Weak as piss.