some excellent and well thought out posts by btdg. The only things i would point out is that of Essendons midfielders only mcveigh and welsh will be past their prime in 3 years, you would think Watson, Winderlich and Stanton would be around the same level, (possibly winderlich improving if he...
Re: 2. Ricky Dyson
That's definitely true, as a sidenote though Selwood was in Geelongs top 3 players, so he didn't do too well in holding the other person out of the game either.
Re: 2. Ricky Dyson
Disposal efficiency is one of the most flawed stats in football.
A 60 metre bullet pass that get's dropped by an incompetent teammate is inefficient whilst a hospital handball or a behind kicked while alone in the goal square is efficient.
He had a bad game, as a...
3 - Stanton
2 - Hooker
1 - Reimers
Reimers was excellent, just didn't get it enough whenever he had the ball something happened and his tackling was also a standout.
Gumbleton had a bad game but being his first match since his debut season that's to be expected.
Though Neagle had those...
It takes all of 2 seconds to look it up if you don't have the mental capacity to remember things like Tayte Pears soundly beating Fevola. You should probably try it.
Hurley showed more in one half than any key forward on Carlton's list has in their career. Lloyd and Lucas weren't really playing that well, with Velvet only kicking 15 goals in his last 9 games and Lucas really not doing much all season. I'm pretty sure Essendon will be fine.
I realise this isn't a serious thread but anyway
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?tid1=6&pid1=1645&tid2=20&pid2=302&type=A&fid1=O&fid2=O
Jay Neagle Brendan Fevola
21yr 10mth Age Turned 21 in 2002
191cm...
Nice backpedal but the PP rule was the only one that stopped Essendon getting Selwood. You have no idea of what order Carlton rated Gumby/Hansen/Thorp/Boak/Leunberger/Selwood. I'm pretty sure they didn't change anything that would rule out Gibbs being a F/S anyway. He needed to play 200 games...
Being so wrong should really be a bannable offence. If you can't remember wikipedia is just a short click away.
In the 2005 draft Murphy rejected the father son bid of brisbane and elected to go in the national draft and was then picked by Carlton.
In the 2006 draft Gibbs was ruled...
Reimers
All the tools - Vision, Evasion, Awareness, footskills, marking and goalkicking.
when/if he can consistently put them all together he will/could be Essendon's best player. Unfortunately he rarely seems to be abvle to do all of them in the same match.
Next to Hurley I'd rate Henderson the most likely of becoming at least a servicable CHF.
I think considering what they would have been prepared to accept for Fevola, Carlton have done very well.
If I was a football writer I would write a controversial story about how I think this is an elaborate plan to not trade Fevola, Not make Greg Swann be shown to be a liar and to improve Carlton's image. imagine how many papers it would sell and alternatively could actually lead to Fev hopefully...
Re: Fevola betting
This is the real reason he has been put up for trade. EVeryone 'knows' he will be at Carlton next year so punters will put heaps of money for Fev at Carlton only for the administration to pull a swifty and actually trade him whilst laughing all the way to the bank.
THose...
Davey is a far 'smarter' footballer than prismall, has better vision, evasive skills and can run down any opponent. He is only 2 years old than Prismall and has just had a season better than any Prismall will have. If Essendon could do a straight swap between the two I'd be laughing all the way...
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