- Apr 8, 2010
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Few beers deep & watching the Round 1 win against St Kilda (started the replay from half time).
Bloody hell Curtis Taylor has had an impressive run leading up to & including this game! Also nice to see Jy, Larks, TT & Jed get their hands on it. Makes me feel confident heading to Sydney next weekend. I’m glad we’re playing these guys now. I like that we have a challenging first month back.
Watching this replay, the excitement of the young guys coming through (combined with Ziebs coming off the ground early in the third quarter & injuries to Walker & then Ahern) & clawing our that win got me thinking about who current favourites are.
We’ve all grown up with favourite players, even if you’re 70 years old reading this you’d have a favourite that runs out each week.
To kill some time, I’m interested to know who you guys love out of the current squad. And if you can be bothered... why?
For me:
Favourite player for a few years now has be Ziebs. Love a player that goes f***ing at it & he won my respect with that early on.
Some very exciting kids coming through with Cam Z, TT, Larks, LDU, Jy, Bailey, WW etc. Also some guys who’ve been around for a bit or who I’ve liked at other clubs that I’m stoked we have in the trenches now.
I remember saying to some mates about ten years ago who I miss having a real key forward to go & watch & hope they kick a bag each week (or get first goal & win me some cash). For that reason I also love Browny. The Port game last year (people need to remember in the lead up we were a bit of a lost cause & they were supposedly finals bound once they’d swept us aside) was extremely satisfying given I was watching it at the game with my better half’s father & brother who are both Power supporters. 10 goals was very enjoyable.
Anyway, for me:
Top 7 favourite players:
1. Jack Ziebell
2. Jasper Pittard
3. Ben Cunnington
4. Ben Brown
5. Jy Simpkin
6. Taryn Thomas
7. Cameron Zurhaar
Rising Star (not in your top 7, but who should be there soon enough): Curtis Taylor
Fading Star (used to be in your top 7, but slipped out): Higgo. Nothing at all against him. Probably our second or third ‘best’ player & in our top four or five most important, but he’s just not a favourite of mine anymore with a few of the young hard lads bashing through.
Player you get most excited about when they have the ball in their hands: Has to be Taz Thomas now. Feel it will be for a while too.
Player you get most nervous about when they have the ball in their hands: Ziebell. In the middle. We win the clearance, but he hacks it straight to the opposition.
Who do you think our most important player right now & moving forward, who we need to hang on to: Right now Goldy & the future is Thomas.
Bloody hell Curtis Taylor has had an impressive run leading up to & including this game! Also nice to see Jy, Larks, TT & Jed get their hands on it. Makes me feel confident heading to Sydney next weekend. I’m glad we’re playing these guys now. I like that we have a challenging first month back.
Watching this replay, the excitement of the young guys coming through (combined with Ziebs coming off the ground early in the third quarter & injuries to Walker & then Ahern) & clawing our that win got me thinking about who current favourites are.
We’ve all grown up with favourite players, even if you’re 70 years old reading this you’d have a favourite that runs out each week.
To kill some time, I’m interested to know who you guys love out of the current squad. And if you can be bothered... why?
For me:
Favourite player for a few years now has be Ziebs. Love a player that goes f***ing at it & he won my respect with that early on.
Some very exciting kids coming through with Cam Z, TT, Larks, LDU, Jy, Bailey, WW etc. Also some guys who’ve been around for a bit or who I’ve liked at other clubs that I’m stoked we have in the trenches now.
I remember saying to some mates about ten years ago who I miss having a real key forward to go & watch & hope they kick a bag each week (or get first goal & win me some cash). For that reason I also love Browny. The Port game last year (people need to remember in the lead up we were a bit of a lost cause & they were supposedly finals bound once they’d swept us aside) was extremely satisfying given I was watching it at the game with my better half’s father & brother who are both Power supporters. 10 goals was very enjoyable.
Anyway, for me:
Top 7 favourite players:
1. Jack Ziebell
2. Jasper Pittard
3. Ben Cunnington
4. Ben Brown
5. Jy Simpkin
6. Taryn Thomas
7. Cameron Zurhaar
Rising Star (not in your top 7, but who should be there soon enough): Curtis Taylor
Fading Star (used to be in your top 7, but slipped out): Higgo. Nothing at all against him. Probably our second or third ‘best’ player & in our top four or five most important, but he’s just not a favourite of mine anymore with a few of the young hard lads bashing through.
Player you get most excited about when they have the ball in their hands: Has to be Taz Thomas now. Feel it will be for a while too.
Player you get most nervous about when they have the ball in their hands: Ziebell. In the middle. We win the clearance, but he hacks it straight to the opposition.
Who do you think our most important player right now & moving forward, who we need to hang on to: Right now Goldy & the future is Thomas.