Dane Swan vs Scott Pendlebury

[Helfarch]

Swan destroying Ling every time was delicious.

 

[Refrigerator]

at his peak i would take swan.. swan was unstoppable.. whereas pendles not as much. i just have a preference for quick flashy players who can break the lines.. swan was the best at it.. so swan 51% over pendles 49%.

Gotta agree with this. I think Swan led Collingwood's metres gained from 2009-2013. Swan might not have the most brilliant disposal, but he busted lines and took the ball right up the ground before he let it loose. That's the stuff that hurts other teams.

 

[robertg22]

Pendlebury is a better kick
Pendlebury is a better handball
Pendlebury has far more awareness to the point of almost never being caught, even in traffic
Pendlebury is a better kick for goal
Pendlebury has better disposal efficiency
Pendlebury is a better mark
Pendlebury has a better looking better half
Pendlebury has far more impact more often in more games

Swan is.....faster?

Pendlebury is better than Swan in just about every measurable metric of our game. To suggest Swan is better is borderline lunacy.



Factually incorrect. In fact, I believe they've both kicked 4 in a match playing from the midfield. As in, without being rested forward. Pendlebury has done it to Geelong so many times over the years I've lost count.

Swan is better one on one, Swan is a better contested mark, and Swan kicks more goals.

Have never found Pendles to be that great of a set shot (not that Swanny is). Swan was also the AFLPA MVP a few years back, Pendles hasn't won that.

I still picked Pendles though!

 

[robertg22]

Swan destroying Ling every time was delicious.

Not in the 2011 GF..

 

[tommyv49]

Pendlebury by the length of a bees dick could easily be a tie though. Throw bucks in there and it would be interesting to see who wins.

 

[ottoman]

At his prime Swan. He was unstoppable. Special. Unique.

Pendles on the other hand is just your run of the mill freak who does stuff which is astonishing. I don't think the ability to manipulate time is that impressive. I am sure if Einstein were alive he could explain how it is done.

 

[robbos13]

swanny in his prime years and our number 1 in the guts was taking the hardest tag and still coming out on top. weekly. and huge force to get the premiership.

pendles has only really been our number 1 in the guts for a year or 2 now and i wouldnt say he dominates as much as swan did doing the same job ( in a different way)

so at this stage its still swan for me. time being on pendles side and seeing how he copes being number 1 may change this be the end of his career.

 

[gtrain23]

Jordan vs jordan.
rediculous questions.
close thread to many heads will explode

 

[xxxWillxxx]

I say pendlebury, because he had swan to learn from

 

[Stifler's mom]

Swan destroying Ling every time was delicious.

Not every time.

 

[FireKrakouer]

Voted Pendlebury due to his consistency. Some pro-Swan comments have swayed me a bit. Very close call, but I felt voting "can't decide" would be a cop out.

 

[Palmer Stoat]

Pendlebury is a better kick
Pendlebury is a better handball
Pendlebury has far more awareness to the point of almost never being caught, even in traffic
Pendlebury is a better kick for goal
Pendlebury has better disposal efficiency
Pendlebury is a better mark
Pendlebury has a better looking better half
Pendlebury has far more impact more often in more games

Swan is.....faster?

Pendlebury is better than Swan in just about every measurable metric of our game. To suggest Swan is better is borderline lunacy.



Factually incorrect. In fact, I believe they've both kicked 4 in a match playing from the midfield. As in, without being rested forward. Pendlebury has done it to Geelong so many times over the years I've lost count.

Baffles me that someone can watch them play 200+ games each and think that Pendles is a better mark.

Swan is faster.
Swan is a better mark.
Swan is a more prolific goalkicker.
Swan more versatile of the two, IMO.

Advantage Pendles in all other areas.

I would give the advantage to Pendles, but only by a whisker. To suggest that there's a vast chasm between the two is the real 'lunacy'.

 

[Knightmare]

Pendlebury is the better player and will go down as having the better career. The captaincy and leadership qualities help and can be considered the tiebreaker. But the fact that Pendlebury can still get pretty similar numbers and use it so much better by both hand and foot while also playing the better two way game. He gets the points from me.

Fair to say since Buckley, Pendlebury and Swan have certainly been the best since and both superstars in their own rights.

 

[ThisIsJake]

I consider Pendlebury to the best and most consistent player in the competition between 2010-2015. To this day I consider him more valuable than any other player in the comp.

Swans 2010 however was the best individual season i've seen in football.

It is obvious to all football fans that Swan should have won the brownlow in 2010. The umps overcorrected the next year and he finished on 33 votes in a year that Pendlebury was better. We should have 2 brownlow medalists and it really sucks that they managed to screw that up.

Pendles takes the cake in my opinion, I would not trade him for Fyfe, Buddy, Bont or anyone even at 27. He will be an A++ player until he is 35 in the same way Sam Mitchell hasn't dropped off.

Swan is and will be known as one of Collingwoods best ever players, but Pendles I think will be our very best ever by the end of his career.

 

[Pie eyed]

 

[Krueger]

At the moment Dane Swan no doubt. Pendlebury has not reached Swans level at his peak but has a few years left so who knows.

 

[DrDavoren]

Pendles has worked out how to do the Selwood. Swan hasn't shown he can do that in a game yet.


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And there is your answer why Swanny is better he doesn't need to resort to ducking to get cheap frees.

 

[FireKrakouer]

And there is your answer why Swanny is better he doesn't need to resort to ducking to get cheap frees.

Saw someone accuse Pendles of this on the main board, I just assumed the haters were being haters. But if pies fans are saying it there must be some truth. Does he do this often? I haven't noticed it, must be the rose coloured glasses. Would be disappointed, as I always bag flogs like Lindsay Thomas and Stevie J (and Selwood... and every Geelong player) for doing it.

 

[DrDavoren]

Saw someone accuse Pendles of this on the main board, I just assumed the haters were being haters. But if pies fans are saying it there must be some truth. Does he do this often? I haven't noticed it, must be the rose coloured glasses. Would be disappointed, as I always bag flogs like Lindsay Thomas and Stevie J (and Selwood... and every Geelong player) for doing it.

Can't remember the game think it was Carlton game but he did two or three in the one game. It was pretty disappointing, but certain media commentators are now changing their tune and saying "well they are playing to the rules".

Unfortunately for me I still cringe whenever I see it as I have hated watching Duckwood do it for years and is a real blight on the game.

I must also admit they were targeting Pendles in the particular game early on and he did get a few legitimate high tackles too.

Also first to put my hand up and say that I used to think Pendles was a soft player but have enjoyed the last few years as his attack on the ball has really come to the fore.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Baffles me that someone can watch them play 200+ games each and think that Pendles is a better mark.

Swan is faster.
Swan is a better mark.
Swan is a more prolific goalkicker.
Swan more versatile of the two, IMO.

Advantage Pendles in all other areas.

I would give the advantage to Pendles, but only by a whisker. To suggest that there's a vast chasm between the two is the real 'lunacy'.

I checked the stats going back to 2007. Yes, Swan has kicked more goals, but Swan in that period since 07 has also spent far more time in the forward line than Pendles. Funny enough, Pendlebury kicked way more goals than Swan in 2007 which was that season Swanny was leading the Brownlow halfway through. Found that strange.

I think the goal count by the end of Pendlebury's career will either be about the same as Swan's or more anyway. Pendles is 191cm. He'll play his twilight years as an old school full forward and kick a lot of goals.

 

[loki04]

Pendlebury by the length of a bees dick could easily be a tie though. Throw bucks in there and it would be interesting to see who wins.

No contest with Bucks included. Buckley on another level to both.

 

[Gone Critical]

Close and getting closer. What a blast to watch these 2

Swanny gets the nod for me. He has been to the very top and dominated the competition as clearly the best player of the season. He has had seasons which any of the top mids in history would be proud to claim.

Pendles has always been just short of that mark, he has contended but not stood out like Swanny has.

 

[Bugglz]

Long live Swandelbury


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[Tarkyn_24]

I think the real question is who is the better player, Sam Iles or Ryan Cook?

 

[Green Eggs]

They both play second fiddle to Tony Armstrong.

In all seriousness, as a young Collingwood fan I always loved Swanny. In the theatre that is Melbourne, I'd love seeing some of our players out and about and for him, I loved the fact that he just loved to play footy as a normal bloke without the hustle and bustle.

Playing wise? Pendlebury is on another level and he is so naturally gifted with that real x-factor (he has skills and strengths that are unique for AFL)

I think Swan will be the more decorated player, but I think Pendlebury will be the one more revered through history as something special.