Opinion Big bodied inside mids. Who would be in our top 5 since our last finals win in 2004?

[MattyB3150]

We all know we desperetaly need several big bodied inside mids. Surely this has to be one of our priorities in this upcoming draft. I can't believe we have not focused on this over the years.

Since our last finals win in 2004 tell me who you think would be our top 5. Jobe Watson would have to be at 1...and Jason Johnson although near his end at this time would probably still be 2nd on the list?

 

[The Dustbin]

In no particular order:

Misiti
JJ
Jobe
O’Donnell
Barry Young

 

[MattyB3150]

In no particular order:

Misiti
JJ
Jobe
O’Donnell
Barry Young

I am talking about our top 5 since 2004 when we last won a final

 

[The Dustbin]

I am talking about our top 5 since 2004 when we last won a final

Yeah sorry I’m blind.

Jobe
JJ
Heppell
Myers
Dean Dick

Apologies to Tom Hislop.

 

[Duckworth]

Michael Long? has had a pretty big body since 2004

 

[BrewSmackerVeiny]

Sam Lonergan

 

[akiva]

Can't even think of 5... So sad.

 

[MattyB3150]

Can't even think of 5... So sad.

Yeah neither can i. Some of the good teams have atleast 3-4 in their currently. No wonder we haven't won a final in such a long time. It all starts in the midfield.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Can't even think of 5... So sad.

That’s not just “big bodied” mids. We’ve actually always had weak midfields in general. Even that incredible 2000 team, the weakness was the midfield. It was workmanlike more than anything else.

I’m talking in generalities but almost all premiership teams have at least two mids who are AA standard or bloody close to it.

Aside from Jobe, we’ve basically just had Johnson, Merrett and Heppell have one each. And never at the same time.

 

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

Hocking

 

[JayJ20]

Watson...

Maybe Heppell. How have we been so inept in this area for so long?

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Reynolds and Hutchison. We’ve had a pretty average midfield since then.

 

[MattyB3150]

Watson...

Maybe Heppell. How have we been so inept in this area for so long?

Dodo has been our list manager since 1998

 

[BrewSmackerVeiny]

Hocking

He was huge, didn't rack up the numbers but he was usually effective when he had the footy.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

He was huge, didn't rack up the numbers but he was usually effective when he had the footy.

Was bloody good in 2011. Got a lot of the ball, a stack of clearances and stack of tackles. Was a beast on the inside, usually while also blanketing an opposition gun. He was just about our best/most important player after Jobe.

Other years he was mostly a good tagger, but for a while there he was a lot more.

 

[CBombers17]

Terrible.

How unlucky was Craig Bird to not squeeze another 5 seasons out of us? He even fits the height profile.

 

[SherbertLemon]

Jobe Watson
Courtney Johns
Ty Zantuck
Richard Cole
Jay Neagle

 

[BrunoV]

Tom Hislop.

Craig Bird went alright as someone we took to feel better about losing Carlisle.

Adam Cooney won a brownlow.

This thread is great as there are so many sarcastic ways to respond.

1.Francis
2. Langford
3. Steinberg
4. Laverde
5. Ridley

I'm not even sure we have had 5:

1. Watson
2. JJ (but that's really pre 2004)
3. Myers
4. Hocking
5. ??? Peveril/Stanton/Goddard ???

 

[JayJ20]

What gets me is that some teams have two or 3 quality inside mids/big bodied mids/tall mids playing at the same time. We have to go back a decade to try and put 2 together. Even some that overlapped didn't hit their peak at the same time.

Dogs: Bont, Dunkley and Macrae
Fremantle: Fyfe and Neale (before he left)
Melbourne: Oliver, Viney and Brayshaw
Adelaide: Crouch and Sloane
Geelong: Selwood, Danger and Kelly
Richmond: Martin, Prestia and Cotchin
Collingwood: Treloar, Adams and Pendlebury

Our inside mid in Heppell isn't even playing in his best position.

 

[Doss]

Yeah there are precious few unfortunately. Jobe out in front by a country mile of course, in terms of the proper big bodied mids. Hocking is underrated, in his pomp he was a very decent player.

 

[ghostdog]

Jobe
Kelly when he rotated through
Goddard same
Hocking
Heppell
Howlett
Pevers
Lonergan

 

[Yoda_]

Jobe
Heppell
...
...

Daylight

...
...

who cares really, no one of major note to even bother with post 2004

 

[fairbump_playon]

Imagine our current side but with Jobe at his peak included.

And a full forward.

 

[NAB777]

I think we need to benchmark 'big bodied'. Some of the people listed above are anything but.

 

[blitzer]

This thread highlights the need for a bigfooty title tag 'depressing'.

Hopefully Clarke and Mynott turn into something good.