I remember the commentators pointing out one game he was wearing his shorts back to front.
Quality commentary back in those days
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Worst afl player you've seen (and why)
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Quality commentary back in those days
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James Mulligan and Jordan Mcmahon for the dogs
Mcmahon may have been better at richmond but he was woeful at the dogs.
Mcmahon may have been better at richmond but he was woeful at the dogs.
Mark Athorn, universally acknowledged as the worst player ever to play in a Grand Final. He stunk it up in other games, too.
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Speaking of groupthink, whilst Nathan wasn't too flash, Ryan at Collingwood was a more than handy player. Had an excellent game in the 2002 grand final as well (so did Josh Fraser) which was as tough an armwrestle I've seen yet you still get the herd mentality parroted on that they were woeful players.
James Aish - but maybe there was method behind his abysmal efforts with the Lions. See Schache's Future
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Ryan Lonie had far better foot skills than the majority of our early 2000's side to go with an extremely penetrating left boot. Could have been a gun as far as being an attacking defender goes but I've never seen a player so scared of contact. One of the softest players to ever find themselves on an AFL list let alone play in grand finals.
Pretty sure a few of the Lions blokes voted him as the games most courageous player one year just to take the absolute piss.
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Anyone who mentions Firrito has no idea.
For North.
1. Shannon Watt. He came in to the club and was nicknamed Goose (i.e. junior 'Duck'). Problem was he couldn't kick, or use the ball effectively. So he got shunted to the backline. He was short and had beach muscles but would get monstered by big forwards. I recall Gehrig eating him up and shitting him out on more than 1 occasion. He was quick when he got going, but required 10 metres to get into stride and could not turn. Did not poll a Brownlow vote in 155 games. He reminds me of the shitful Laidley era of Sam Power and 14 taggers. I searched in youtube for his highlights; there are none, a Bruno Mars carpool karaoke video is the 4th hit.
2. Shane Clayton would run up and down the wing, get the ball and pump in his 30 metre helicopter balls while Carey looked on with disgust.
3. Robin Nahas. Gave everything, tackled like a demon but was an absolute butcher with the ball.
Jed Anderson is the worse kick of a football I have ever seen; I don't want to see him on this list.
Edit: Jed's a gun.
For North.
1. Shannon Watt. He came in to the club and was nicknamed Goose (i.e. junior 'Duck'). Problem was he couldn't kick, or use the ball effectively. So he got shunted to the backline. He was short and had beach muscles but would get monstered by big forwards. I recall Gehrig eating him up and shitting him out on more than 1 occasion. He was quick when he got going, but required 10 metres to get into stride and could not turn. Did not poll a Brownlow vote in 155 games. He reminds me of the shitful Laidley era of Sam Power and 14 taggers. I searched in youtube for his highlights; there are none, a Bruno Mars carpool karaoke video is the 4th hit.
2. Shane Clayton would run up and down the wing, get the ball and pump in his 30 metre helicopter balls while Carey looked on with disgust.
3. Robin Nahas. Gave everything, tackled like a demon but was an absolute butcher with the ball.
Jed Anderson is the worse kick of a football I have ever seen; I don't want to see him on this list.
Edit: Jed's a gun.
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For the Cats Mark Blake would be high on the list. Currently though Josh Cowan is making a strong play to usurp him as the Cats candidate.
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Quite rare that a player's post footy life is equally as horriffic as his playing footy life.
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funniest thing about that! he was one of the best players playing in the NRL, tried AFL he failed & now he is breaking records in the Union
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Ayce Cordy would have to be up theere.
greekstyler
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Surprised no one has mentioned Kepler Bradley. High first round draft pick and made an absolute mess of himself in the 2007 ANZAC day game. One of the worst individual games I've ever seen.
Stan_Darsh72
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Sweet mullett though
Quite rare that a player's post footy life is equally as horriffic as his playing footy life.
kaiserchief13
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lol Masten? True he's not great and never will be, however there are at least 50 players playing AFL currently who are worse
Side stepped Chris Judd once.
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Looks like a gun compared to some of the trash you have playing for carloltank these days!
chargers 09
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Can't remember. Sure there are whipping boys who realistically are on the cusp and just can't make it/may make it elsewhere/just don't fit the demographic at the time. (i.e. Get drafted to the premiers/a side contending and can't break into the side. Then when the window shuts they are delisted to make way for the new kids).
The true spuds get delisted after 2 years and are lucky to maybe get a handful of games.
The true spuds get delisted after 2 years and are lucky to maybe get a handful of games.
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To be fair he was a pretty awesome athlete (it runs in the family, pardon the pun). Just a shame he wasn't as good at footy.
sonnywalters
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Mitch Hannan from Melbourne. Horrendous.
Touk Miller and Jesse Joyce from Gold Coast - both very poor.
Touk Miller and Jesse Joyce from Gold Coast - both very poor.
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How one can dominate two codes and be classed as one of the worst players seen at another code
