Past #10: Ben Cunnington - will retire from the AFL after * game - 238 games/95+ goals/2x Syd Barker Medalist/Shinboner - thanks for everything Cunners

[sutcliffe's hotel]

If looks could kill he would slaughter the opposition with his death stare. Thankfully he does it with skill & grunt.

 

[Mr Reliable]

Because his first instinct is to handball he's starting to get Pendlebury time and space from his opponents.

 

[Ghostwriter]

Maybe an amnesty thread is in order here as well. -

Only flogs make amnesty threads.

 

[Chron]

Saw him at training in January, he did exactly what he did then tonight, will only better! Onya Cunners!

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Our midfield is going to be ****ing ridiculous.....

 

[Kimbo]

Commanding performance.

 

[Glory Days]

I thought he was very very good tonight. He created space for our runners, uses his body to give himself time and 9 times out of ten chooses the best option to dish off a handball. His tackling work was what most impressed me.

Resting Jack on the HFF is also a good option for us, he reminds me of how Arch used to play when switched to the forward line.

 

[Juryduty]

He was amazing tonight, truly has arrived. Well done Cunners

 

[roo beleaver]

I wanna boof him!

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

 

[ThePezDispenser]

Makes everyone around him look stupid.

Another great game!

 

[utility]

When the game was hot he dominated. Best game so far, coming along nicely. Certainly looks like he has the feel for the pace of senior footy now.

 

[Elite Master]

I'm going to put up my hand and admit that I couldn't see him making it in the AFL landscape. He has always had creative hands, but I thought he was never reactive enough. Man was I wrong, like I said previously, with tonight's effort, I can actuelly see why Brad Scott rates him as our best midfielder going forward. He's been great in the last few weeks, but tonight was the break out permanence of his career.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

He's going to get a lot better than many can fathom at the present time.

 

[Joshen]

As an aside note (not that we should be complaining) that holding the ball decision against him was appalling. He seems to get a couple against him every week (some very dubious in my opinion). The best part about it is that he has still a mountain of improvement left in him.

 

[R00StaR]

Beast...never doubted him. He certainly has stepped it up of late and clearly was massive holding the Pies up tonight. Damn i love watching our boys..... all of them!

 

[Chron]

Brad did say he posseses skills unlike any midfielder at the club, on tonights game he was bang on.

 

[Zondor]

And imagine we had Kane Cornes and Shane Tuck. :stern look

PS I still luvs yah mate.

 

[Hard_to_Beat]

And imagine we had Kane Cornes and Shane Tuck. :stern look

We would have played finals in 2010 and 2011.

 

[the big lebowski]

I wish umps would give him a break. He gets one bullshit holding the ball a week.

 

[GreatBradScott]

We would have played finals in 2010 and 2011.

Ahh Tef, your best is top-class, your worst is meh.

Cunners has lifted. I feel he understands that he knows how hard he has to work to play at senior level.


To one of Tef's better concepts, the unbeatable Meat Grinder.

 

[Elite Master]

We would have played finals in 2010 and 2011.

You know you're probably right. We very well could have played finals with those extra senior bodies in either or both of those years, but to be honest I think in hindsight we are in better stead now having not done that. Scott was thinking long term, and amazingly its coming together quicker then even he expected.

 

[Zondor]

We would have played finals in 2010 and 2011.

There is nothing like having a touch of arrogance.

 

[tazaa]

machine! absolute machine

 

[Stan Darsh]

I love Cunners so much. He is going to make everyone around him look so much better in years to come, just a joy to watch.