Who is the most unique player in the AFL?

[ioppolo]

Jared Brennan

 

[chefmeister]

As far as unique names go - Ilija Grgic

 

[Sanecow]

Terrible thread.

People often fail to recognize, for example, that unique is just that, unique. There are no degrees of uniqueness. Either something is unique, or it’s not. There’s no “in between.”

http://www.grammar.com/only-one-state-e-g-unique/

Mods, feel free to close the thread.

 

[SBYM]

Johannes has Bradley covered. He's in another universe.

hahahahahahah!!

Very well played, sir.

 

[SBYM]

Harry O.
No one thinks like him.

I thought it was coz he's the only player who has spent a week's wages on a thinking chair...

 

[DopeMaster]

Jonathon Marsh.

Daylight.

Everybody else.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

Hanley
Cyril
Nic Nat

Hands down.

 

[Giant Pete]

I would love to see Fletcher and Mckenzie in a running race. At any stage of his career. Mckenzie is lightning fast once he picks up speed.

Wonder how quick he'll be when he's 38?

 

[jaitachi]

all good players r unique in their own right

 

[Sydswans0512]

Aliir Aliir

 

[Arc1]

None of them are a shadow of Jacko. The only VFL/AFL footballer with his own music video, about... being an individual. Footy's been dull the last 20 years.

 

[van peebles]

Maxwell
cant kick
cant mark
cant handpass
very slow
but boy o boy what a leader
wish we had him
truly unique

 

[Balance]

Nic Nat by a long way. No one has even come close to looking like him, playing like him and having the same abilities.

 

[Goosecat]

Certainly Nic Nat at the moment.
Mind you those of us here in WA have seen something similar before. His name was Stephen Michael. Dual Sandover medalist, Simpson medalist, Tassie medalist ( best player in Australia, state of origin 1983), 17 time state of origin player, 3 times as captain, 1983 all australian captain, 5 time B/F for Sth Freo. Knocked back $80,000 a year offer in the early 80s from Geelong to play VFL (big dollars back then). High leaping, fast running ruckman, way ahead of his time, as good at his feat and in the air as Nic/Nat and many say the best player ever to not play VFL.

 

[JPod_31]

Daw

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

Certainly Nic Nat at the moment.
Mind you those of us here in WA have seen something similar before. His name was Stephen Michael. Dual Sandover medalist, Simpson medalist, Tassie medalist ( best player in Australia, state of origin 1983), 17 time state of origin player, 3 times as captain, 1983 all australian captain, 5 time B/F for Sth Freo. Knocked back $80,000 a year offer in the early 80s from Geelong to play VFL (big dollars back then). High leaping, fast running ruckman, way ahead of his time, as good at his feat and in the air as Nic/Nat and many say the best player ever to not play VFL.

So he's not unique then - strange...

 

[gandaal]

Sandilands by a vertical mile

You win the thread.

 

[Vdubs]

all good players r unique in their own right

I agree

 

[ROCKY ROAD]

Roughead.

- Rucks at centre bounces.
- Ruck rover and wins clearances at centre bounces too.
- Very capable in the back half of the ground.
- Sells hotdogs in the grandstands at half-time.

Does it all.

Oh yeah, won the Coleman Medal for good measure too.

Yeah he won a Coleman, that definitely makes him unique.

 

[Powerstufff]

I don't know, Didak firing bullets out of a moving car with a known criminal while plastered, was a pretty unique plaster ...

Nah, more an anachronistic plaster. Back in the 1920s-1940s heyday of Melbourne gangster John Wren such actions were probably a condition for sponsorship at Collingwood.

 

[Lord Eddard]

Goodes.

I don't think anyone will ever win a Brownlow as a ruckman, midfielder, led his team in goals as a forward in multiple seasons and even play a year down back. Name someone in history who's done all that.

 

[38Rockliff38]

Brenan

 

[Hot Pocket]

Lawrence Angwin and Karl Norman were pretty unique to show up to training on pingers.

 

[TheJaegerBomb]

Wonder how quick he'll be when he's 38?

No idea but I specifically said at any stage of Fletchers career so who cares.

 

[barracoutta]

Im gonna put dusty Martin forward, I don't think I've seen any player give a don't argue like he does consistently. Yeah he has his flaws but is still unique as the OP is about