If Hawkins didn’t get injured he would have been a real chance.
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50 goals
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Another great year by the big champ.
jannissary
AAAAAAAAAAARGH!
I do agree with the first point, and honestly I’m not too certain as to how the data has been sorted but if you’re able to look through the thread itself (if you don’t have a twitter account don’t worry) he does post other teams & the Zach Merrett stat isn’t as much as an outlier compared with predominantly forward playing players (Charlie Cameron, Cam Mackenzie (hawks), Tom Hawkins and Michael Walters all have higher retention rates). I think some of the data is fairly flawed though because it similarly identified Sam Weideman has having high retention rate which highlights why it should be taken with a grain of salt, he wasn’t that inspired when he played this year.
I imagine with 2/3 of those players they’ll make more kicks than other players throughout games, so overall the averages will be harder to increase, and since Curnow is at the end of a lot of Carlton chains he’ll often likely end up either converting a goal or missing,
Here’s the one for Merrett specifically, I’m not sure about other players but there’s a lot to be said about making difficult kicks. I’ve watched a lot (even our shockers) and he’ll take risks trying to move the ball fast and hits targets no one else in our team generally would. While I think he’s likely to miss the team given how shit everyone at essendon finished the year, it’s a reminder that he’s our best player
at last, the truth
267Hacksaw
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Yeh Richmond famously not looked after...
267Hacksaw
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The 2023 fan-voted AFL All-Australian team
FB: Tom Stewart, Harris Andrews, Dan HoustonHB: Nick Daicos, Darcy Moore, James Sicily
C: Josh Daicos, Jordan Dawson, Errol Gulden
HF: Christian Petracca, Taylor Walker, Toby Greene
FF: Charlie Cameron, Charlie Curnow, Nick Larkey
Foll: Tim English, Marcus Bontempelli, Zak Butters
I/C: Connor Rozee, Jack Sinclair, Tom Liberatore, Lachie Neale
10 reporters on AFL.COM.AU picked their AA teams, and selected 39 of the 44 players!
10 players were unanimous selections - Moore, N. Daicos, Sicily, Petracca, Walker, Greene, Curnow, Bont, Gulden and Butters.
Hard to think the competition's best player Jack Sinclair wouldn't also be a lock, so can we say 11 locks?
10 players were unanimous selections - Moore, N. Daicos, Sicily, Petracca, Walker, Greene, Curnow, Bont, Gulden and Butters.
Hard to think the competition's best player Jack Sinclair wouldn't also be a lock, so can we say 11 locks?
267Hacksaw
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Yeh I would nitpick and have sinclair on field over houston. And wouldn't be surprised if Marshall makes it in
jannissary
AAAAAAAAAAARGH!
i'd take langford/merrett over neale but i'm very biased
Why are you referring to him as the competition's best player?
- Apr 24, 2022
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i like the abc's team a lot. they explain all their picks well
www.abc.net.au
for those too lazy to click
B: Sinclair - Moore - Sicily
HB: Blakey - Wilkie - N Daicos
C: Gulden - Liberatore - Dawson
HF: Petracca - Walker - Daniher
F: Cameron - Curnow - Greene
R: Marshall - Bontempelli - Butters
IC: Serong - Neale - Rozee - Coniglio
The AFL's All-Australian Team will be announced tonight. Who should make the cut?
From an initial squad off 44 players, 22 will earn the honour of being selected in the final All-Australian Team. Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson run the rule over who deserves to be in and who may miss out.
www.abc.net.au
for those too lazy to click
B: Sinclair - Moore - Sicily
HB: Blakey - Wilkie - N Daicos
C: Gulden - Liberatore - Dawson
HF: Petracca - Walker - Daniher
F: Cameron - Curnow - Greene
R: Marshall - Bontempelli - Butters
IC: Serong - Neale - Rozee - Coniglio
In defence of Gulden, a big chunk of his "ineffective" kicks are him taking ambitious options that don't always come off but are magnificent when they do, and we'll worth the risk. In particular, kicking to a dangerous spot that our cobbled-together forwardline haven't read properly. The number of times I've seen a beautiful, dangerous inside 50 to space that the intended target has simply not read, or two forwards have left for each other, is insane. It's been one of the most frustrating things to watch about us this year, even more than our final quarter fades. Gulden is not our only victim of this, but he's been the most prominent.
Give our forwardline some more time to gel properly and Gulden's effective possessions will climb alongside his already-high score involvements.
i like the abc's team a lot. they explain all their picks well
The AFL's All-Australian Team will be announced tonight. Who should make the cut?
From an initial squad off 44 players, 22 will earn the honour of being selected in the final All-Australian Team. Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson run the rule over who deserves to be in and who may miss out.
for those too lazy to click
B: Sinclair - Moore - Sicily
HB: Blakey - Wilkie - N Daicos
C: Gulden - Liberatore - Dawson
HF: Petracca - Walker - Daniher
F: Cameron - Curnow - Greene
R: Marshall - Bontempelli - Butters
IC: Serong - Neale - Rozee - Coniglio
"Caleb Serong is also strong on the inside but generally operates a little more in uncontested situations."
Are we watching the same Caleb Serong?? A top 5 contested player in the league.
- May 11, 2019
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i like the abc's team a lot. they explain all their picks well
The AFL's All-Australian Team will be announced tonight. Who should make the cut?
From an initial squad off 44 players, 22 will earn the honour of being selected in the final All-Australian Team. Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson run the rule over who deserves to be in and who may miss out.
for those too lazy to click
B: Sinclair - Moore - Sicily
HB: Blakey - Wilkie - N Daicos
C: Gulden - Liberatore - Dawson
HF: Petracca - Walker - Daniher
F: Cameron - Curnow - Greene
R: Marshall - Bontempelli - Butters
IC: Serong - Neale - Rozee - Coniglio
On the STK contingent..
Sinclair - He's known after his stellar season last year, being rated by champion data for a long time and being a strong supercoach player which appeals to the masses. Form this year is strong.
Wilkie - As good a defender as any STK player we have had over the years and we have had a number of AA defenders. Never misses a beat. Super dependable. Lovely decision making and disposal. Should be captain next year.
Marshall - He's got better as the season has progressed and his recent form is back to somewhere like the best version of himself yet over the course of the year i could and would not have him over English. Would not even contemplate it. English has had the better year.
I read it. You seem to be the only one interpreting that as saying Sinclair is the best player in the competition.
Let me know if you need me to explain it to you so you can catch up.
i like the abc's team a lot. they explain all their picks well
The AFL's All-Australian Team will be announced tonight. Who should make the cut?
From an initial squad off 44 players, 22 will earn the honour of being selected in the final All-Australian Team. Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson run the rule over who deserves to be in and who may miss out.
for those too lazy to click
B: Sinclair - Moore - Sicily
HB: Blakey - Wilkie - N Daicos
C: Gulden - Liberatore - Dawson
HF: Petracca - Walker - Daniher
F: Cameron - Curnow - Greene
R: Marshall - Bontempelli - Butters
IC: Serong - Neale - Rozee - Coniglio
It's so nice to see Blakey getting recognition. I was doubtful he'd even get in the squad, though he fully deserves it. His defensive game has come on in leaps and bounds, for a while he was basically holding our key defensive stocks together despite never having played the role before and being well under weight.
I'm not expecting him to get into final team because his year has to a large extent been a sacrificial one, and that doesn't usually get recognised. But I've been pleasantly surprised by how little controversy there's been over his squad inclusion, and that a few pundits are even selecting him for the 22.
- Oct 19, 2020
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What time is the team announced tonight?
Go Dustin.
Go Dustin.
No Dusty according to ESPN :O
That's an opinion piece isn't it
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If Josh doesn't make it this year he never will.
We should know within the hour a good deal of the team. Historically only the final team gets invited to the event so becomes pretty obvious.
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inB4
So up to the last 2 rounds of the season when you look at the top 20 of the afl coaches association player of the year , the only player that did not make the all Australian squad of 44 players is Tim Taranto
Kane cornes should resign
Kane cornes should resign
