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Believe it or not, I'm also distantly related to Boonie (but not Richo alas).

Cop killer!

I have been reluctant to post much about Mansell for the reason that I am more than somewhat biased given that I am also Palawa. Even more, I am probably distantly related to him as we (probably) share an ancestor, a man by the name of Mannalargenna. Mannalargenna was the leader of the Ben...

And yet the core around which they were built were drafted. Looking at the 2017 team, for instance, the core of JR8, Rance, Cotchin, Dusty, Edwards, Grimes and Vlastuin were all drafted. Also drafted were useful role players in Lambert, Ellis, Castagna, Butler, Astbury, Broad, Rioli, Graham, and...

There's a probem imo in the AT part of GOAT. I don't think it's meaningful to compare players of different eras beacause the stats are meaningless. There are so many variables. Players in the past weren't professional. The population size from which they were selected was smaller. So, to give an...

All I can say to West Coast supporters upset about Harley being ineligible for the Rising Star is that I remember a player from my team who was considered a Monty for the award in his debut year but was ineligible due to a one week suspension. It was, btw, the only suspension he has received in...

Because you played us before we lost half our players to injury, in the one game of the last two years when Lynch was playing - and playing well. He re-injured himself in that game, of course, but not before he'd kicked three goals.

As an aside, and I apologise in advance for being a history nuffy, but I couldn't help but notice that Jack, with his current haircut, bears an uncanny resemblance to a bloke who starred for Macedon back in the day.

I don't know how to respond to the graciousness of Swans fans in this threasd. A part of me (a bad part of me) sees it as a passive aggressive insult. I find myself trying to find reasons to hate the Swans (not a problem with Carlton or Collingwood). All I can come up with is the game I took my...

What has clarified butter got to do with holding the ball?

Funnily, it's the white farm boy rather one of the brothers who dines off a lizard.

Is Nick Riviera available?

Well that's sort of the point of pairing it with the stat for goals kicked per match. A player who averages a goal a match is unlikely to not be habving an impact with their disposals.

Two answers to that. The first, rather mudane one, is that I wasn't arguing that we had a moral victory, simply correcting an obvious error in a post regarding the effect of some injuries.. The second one, more in the spirit of your post, is that I'm unsurprised that you are a little uncertain...

This is wrong. Not only did we lose two key defenders against a forward line with two gun tall forwards, we also effectively lost our best performing tall forward by having to play him back. So we did, in a sense, "lose Balta". We lost Prestia as well, and even if you argue (as I know you...

He did it 3 times - just added to the list. Thanks.

Because, as I admitted in my opening post, the list is incomplete. I even added another post thanking posters for suggesting players and asking specifically for suggestions regarding West Australian players.

Thanks for all your suggestions. and to the other posters who've given names thanks as well. I was sincere when I said that I didn't want this to be a dick-measuring debate. Thankfully, despite the efforts of a few it's mainly been a decent discussion and I've learned a lot about players from...

8 actually. Don't go discounting a Cats player!;)

I haven't included Skilton for the same reason I haven't included Barassi (see my original post).

He's done it twice. I've changed that. Missed him because of the methodology I followed (he averaged less than 20 last year).

A big miss by me. 13 seasons! Now fixed.

This is not intended to be a dick-measuring thread, though it will probably degenerate into one. In amongst all of that stuff, hopefully some interesting debate can be had. I've always rated this particular statistic as clearly it favours goal-kicking mids but also understand that it also...

Not a fair comment about 2012. He tended to do a lot of short kicks and handballs back and forth in his early period as captain. This was evident in 2013 after he injured his knee and lost all power in his kicking. It also fits in with what he's recently said about feeling that he had to lead by...

Liking the work of Thomson Dow. Could be another example of the supposedly inferior younger brother who late blooms to surpass his better rated sibling (like Grimes). The other revelation was a commentary from one of the radio people at SEN: "really smart play from Noah Balta". Love the Balta...

Very confusing listening to the radio when there are 3 Riolis on the ground.

Hopefully Trent passes by your house one day and accidentally bumps you while you're trying to pick up some litter on your nature strip. You will of course be the winner as he will proceed to mow your lawn and clean the leaves out of your guttering as that's the kind of bloke he is.