Frustrating players

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

We've all got them at our clubs. If you had a magic wand and could wave it on one player at your club to pull their finger out and play to their potential, week in, week out, who would you choose?
For my club:
1. Zaharakis - gun, but should be elite.
2. Dempsey - should be better than he is.. Needs the commitment of someone like Jobe or Heppell.

A few names I'll throw up from other clubs... D.Thomas, C.Yarran, T.Cloke, Waite, J.Riewoldt, Natanui, Sylvia, Higgins, Watts. Ryder too, but he was much, much more consistent last year. Hartlett? Sidebottom? Ziebell? Jetta?

 

[manboob]

Stevie J - cause he'd have two Brownlows if he stopped whacking blokes.

 

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

Stevie J - cause he'd have two Brownlows if he stopped whacking blokes.]

Hard to think of many at the top clubs like Geelong, Hawks or Swans. If they aren't consistent they aren't playing. Varcoe could possibly have been one- Collingwood's problem now!

 

[Struggle]

J.Grant

 

[MAAAATTDAAAAMON]

J.Grant

Good nomination. At least Higgins is gone... Poor ol North have got him and Waite.

 

[Couttsy]

Schoenmakers.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Half the Fremantle list.

Stephen Hill has all the talent in the world but his brother has all the gall and arrogance. If Stephen had half of Brad's confidence, he would be the incredible player he should be. 'til then, he is a bit disappointing for his beautiful skills. He goes missing too often, doesn't really hit contests hard, and can't win games off his own boot like he should. He's too good of a guy for his own good, I think.

Oh, and big boys with pea hearts... Zac Clarke...

 

[Dan]

Jacobs

 

[TheHoneyBadger]

Jarrad Grant. All the talent in the world (and a bloody difficult match-up), but just doesn't want it enough.

He's training well, and he's performed well at AFL level with reasonable consistency before, but he hasn't ever come close to fulfilling his potential. If he can, he'll be a real weapon in the forward line, and our 2000-2009 draft record will look marginally less abysmal.

 

[helter skelter]

Shuey, Masten, Sheppard, Wellingham - all have very good attributes and are past the stage where you can blame their inconsistency on youth.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Schoenmakers.

I don't think the magic wand would help, he's already playing at his potential week in week out.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Jacobs

I reckon Basti for us. Talented but just looks too laconic like he doesn't want it hard enough.

 

[AlibiMonday]

Sam Reid

 

[Ambrosia]

Melksham from the dons. Has plenty of talent but just doesn't put it together regularly.

 

[12Chill]

Arryn Siposs.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Jarrad Waite.

 

[TN25]

Rhys Stanley, but he's gone now

 

[GetInMyVanBerlo]

David Mackay

 

[Schraderbrau]

Sidebottom is Collingwood's most frustrating player. It's tough to get too down on Cloke when you know that he's always trying his guts out for the team. You just have to accept that he's profoundly limited by his kicking and take all the other positives he brings.

 

[MrFujiMoto]

Schoenmakers. VERY talented natural footballer but has all the aggression of a wet sock. Looks like Tarzan, can play like Jane.

 

[wcesam]

Half the Fremantle list.

Stephen Hill has all the talent in the world but his brother has all the gall and arrogance. If Stephen had half of Brad's confidence, he would be the incredible player he should be. 'til then, he is a bit disappointing for his beautiful skills. He goes missing too often, doesn't really hit contests hard, and can't win games off his own boot like he should. He's too good of a guy for his own good, I think.

Oh, and big boys with pea hearts... Zac Clarke...

To be fair Brad is in a much better position. Icing on the cake in a great midfield. Stephen has much more responsibility and cops way more attention - he would run rampant at Hawthorn.

 

[MrFujiMoto]

To be fair Brad is in a much better position. Icing on the cake in a great midfield. Stephen has much more responsibility and cops way more attention - he would run rampant at Hawthorn.

Yes, yes he would.

I think the OP is right in the fact that Brad has more get up and go about him though.

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

Schoenmakers. VERY talented natural footballer but has all the aggression of a wet sock. Looks like Tarzan, can play like Jane.

To be fair he looks more like Jane to begin with

 

[MrFujiMoto]

To be fair he looks more like Jane to begin with

Maybe if Jane was a Russian weight lifter or Chinese swimmer from the 90s

 

[iBeng]

Sam Reid

What are Sydney expecting of him, considering hes being played out of position thanks to Franklin/Tippett?