Analysis Worst All-Australian selection of all time?

[JamesCroft89]

Out of all the players who have been selected for the All-Australian team, which one stands out to you as the worst?

Selections like Leon Davis

Leon Davis

Age

42

Ht

177cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.5

3star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.0

1star

K

3.6

2star

HB

1.4

2star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.4

3star

G

0.4

3star

2009, Shane Edwards

10

Shane Edwards

Age

35

Ht

182cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

3.0

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.6

1star

T

3.0

4star

CL

4.2

5star

D

8.6

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.2

3star

2018, Max Gawn

11

Max Gawn

Age

32

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

2019, Corey Enright 2016, Cyril Rioli 2012 come to mind.

For me, it's Darcy Byrne-Jones

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Darcy Byrne-jones

Age

28

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.8

4star

G

0.1

2star

D

25.0

5star

K

16.0

5star

HB

9.0

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.0

1star

D

19.8

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

9.4

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.4

3star

in 2020. There is a player who had absolutely no business being anywhere near All-Australian. Probably got selected because he had a mullet.

Just a disclaimer: this is not a troll thread. This is a thread to scrutinise past AA selections.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Had to shoe in someone from the top finishing team. They do it every year, have to squeeze in players from successful teams.

 

[sobrave]

Out of all the players who have been selected for the All-Australian team, which one stands out to you as the worst?

Selections like Leon Davis 2009, Shane Edwards 2018, Max Gawn 2019, Corey Enright 2016, Cyril Rioli 2012 come to mind.

For me, it's Darcy Byrne-Jones in 2020. There is a player who had absolutely no business being anywhere near All-Australian. Probably got selected because he had a mullet.

Just a disclaimer: this is not a troll thread. This is a thread to scrutinise past AA selections.

Shithouse premise for a thread.

He was excellent last year. He's been awful this year. You can't judge his selection on the garbage put up this year. Maybe watch some games from last year.

 

[Underarm]

Mine would be Pavlich when they stuck him at FB. That's some peak AA fudgery.

 

[Big_Birdy]

Buddy getting 2018 Captain

 

[Rowan18]

Definitely Shane Edwards

10

Shane Edwards

Age

35

Ht

182cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

3.0

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.6

1star

T

3.0

4star

CL

4.2

5star

D

8.6

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.2

3star

, one of the most anonymous players going around. Touches the ball 20+ times in a game and you hardly notice him.

 

[Andrew Mc]

Buddy getting 2018 Captain

Yeah, that was just weird. In the team, not an issue, but captain was a bit of a WTF moment.

 

[Baird]

1 goal per game Kieran Jack in the forward line in 2013 was strange

 

[PAFC_1870]

For me, it's Darcy Byrne-Jones in 2020. There is a player who had absolutely no business being anywhere near All-Australian. Probably got selected because he had a mullet.

And this is why I don't read the s**t hole that is the main board.

 

[btdg]

Out of all the players who have been selected for the All-Australian team, which one stands out to you as the worst?

Selections like Leon Davis 2009, Shane Edwards 2018, Max Gawn 2019, Corey Enright 2016, Cyril Rioli 2012 come to mind.

For me, it's Darcy Byrne-Jones in 2020. There is a player who had absolutely no business being anywhere near All-Australian. Probably got selected because he had a mullet.

Just a disclaimer: this is not a troll thread. This is a thread to scrutinise past AA selections.

I don’t think any of those are that bad tbh.

I’m totally in favour of picking players who are the best 1-2 for their position for the year. It’s not a lifetime achievement award and we don’t want it to be like the oscars where people miss 5 years in a row for good films then get rewarded for something ordinary because it is their ‘turn’. DBJ for example was the best 1-2 hbf last year. It was pretty unanimous at the time. He could never play again and that is still true.

where is gets contentious is when superstars are good, but 3-4 others at their position are better so they squeezed into a different spot ahead of the best wing or hff etc. or alternatively, when they try to reward a dominant team and just ending putting everyone including the water boy in the aa team - the year Geelong had 9 aa players was the perfect example. Probably 3-4 were the best at their position and the others were the hangers on getting an A for a group project.

 

[Righteo]

Dean Cox

Dean Cox

Age

42

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

shoehorned into a forward pocket in 2012.

 

[TigerTime88]

Definitely Shane Edwards, one of the most anonymous players going around. Touches the ball 20+ times in a game and you hardly notice him.

That is a horrible call. 20 touches from Shane Edwards are deadly. He is so effective with his possessions. Probably the best hand baller I have seen play for Richmond.

 

[Back One Out]

Jobe Watson was selected in 2012 , the year when he was juicing on Thymosin Beta 4

He was rightfully stripped of the Brownlow Medal, but he was somehow allowed to retain his AA guernsey
He should've been stripped of all his awards for that year

It's a stain on the history of the All-Australian awards that a banned drug cheat is named in the centre of the 2012 team.

 

[TJASTA]

Not selecting Jack Graham

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Jack Graham

Age

26

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.8

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

6.3

5star

G

0.4

3star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.3

2star

HB

6.5

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

0.0

1star

D

14.0

4star

K

6.0

3star

HB

8.0

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

7.0

5star

G

1.0

4star

 

[Infamy]

Definitely Shane Edwards, one of the most anonymous players going around. Touches the ball 20+ times in a game and you hardly notice him.

Anyone who thinks Shane Edwards didn't deserve AA selection knows absolutely nothing about football.

 

[James Colorado]

Anyone who thinks Shane Edwards didn't deserve AA selection knows absolutely nothing about football.

Gun player. Flies under the radar for many, but if you know football you know Shed.

 

[Back One Out]

Anyone who thinks Shane Edwards didn't deserve AA selection knows absolutely nothing about football.

Come off it, mate

Edwards was the last one they picked. The final name on the interchange bench and the biggest shock selection of the night.
I think most Richmond fans were thrilled for Sheds, but pleasantly surprised he got in.

I'm not saying Edwards wasn't deserving, but nobody would've batted an eyelid if they'd left him out and picked Elliott Yeo instead.

Yeo was the runaway winner of the premiership team's best and fairest, but not good enough for the AA selectors

 

[Numero Uno]

Dean Cox shoehorned into a forward pocket in 2012.

obsession

 

[PAFCsince1870]

And this is why I don't read the sh*t hole that is the main board.

This is exactly why we shouldn't allow threads to be made by people who've been on BigFooty for less than a week

 

[Topkent]

Joel Selwood made it one year when I remember thinking the *?
2017
Averaged 25 touches kicked 7 goals. 16 goal assists.
Apparently he was in the best handful of mids in the country
Selwood has been a gun but that one on a platter

 

[Kenny Dee]

Shane Edwards

10

Shane Edwards

Age

35

Ht

182cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

3.0

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

0.6

1star

T

3.0

4star

CL

4.2

5star

D

8.6

3star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.2

3star

is a gun, underrated.

 

[Incarnate]

To be fair DBJ is having a very average run at the moment, even by a Freo standard. But to question his selection into the 2020 AA team on his current form is quite absurd.

 

[Jakksynn]

Yeah DBJ won the B&F for the team that finished top of the ladder and made a prelim. Anyone questioning his selection in the AA team knows * all about anything, let alone AFL football.

OP your opinions are bad and you should feel bad. That is all.

 

[SBYM]

Mine would be Pavlich when they stuck him at FB. That's some peak AA fudgery.

HAHAHAHA

I'd forgotten about this.

 

[janty]

Joel Selwood made it one year when I remember thinking the fu**?
2017
Averaged 25 touches kicked 7 goals. 16 goal assists.
Apparently he was in the best handful of mids in the country
Selwood has been a gun but that one on a platter

Was his last decent year. Has done nothing but try to milk freessince then