Heeney or Bontempelli

[Sando22]

Bont just but both a scary good and will be unreal for their respective sides. Good poll.

 

[conrad_437]

Thought Heeney was overrated during the year, has seriously proved me wrong in this finals series. Love the way he plays. Him and Bontempelli will be the best players in the league and will win multiple awards between them.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Bont for mine, quite comfortably as well, no knock on Heeny though.

 

[mic59]

Bontempelli; while Heeney has shown that he is skilful and particularly in the finals, he does not take charge of a game in the way that Bontempelli does. Although I have seen both go missing for long periods of games, Bontempelli often has minimal disposals at half time and Heeney has played a few games this season where he has only had single figure disposals.
I have seen it mentioned that Heeney has more upside as he is younger but there is only 6 months between them and I he is also in the position of having more experience around him.
Heeney only has 37 games. Ask me again after 2017.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Thought this was interesting. Identical stats after 6 rounds

 

[RobbyRoy]

What I find most interesting about that is most would say Heeney has had an excellent start to the year and Bontempelli a slow one. The sky is the limit for Heeney but Bonts still has him covered for now.

 

[scaryness]

Want to say Heeney, but went with Bont.

 

[Jade]

Want to say Heeney, but went with Bont.

You'd be hard pressed to be disappointed with either...

 

[Blackhawk42]

Bont is an elite player (despite statistics, much like Cyril). A genuine match winner and has been since his first season.
Heeny won't be elite in my mind until he cleans up that bloody kicking. Anyone who has owned him in Supercoach would know how frustrating his hack sky balls and unforced wormburners can be.
Athletically Heeny is superior, but for sheer consistency across the board as a football i'd be taking the Bont.

 

[adammania9]

Heeney is class but Bont is clearly better at this point in time

 

[HARKER]

Unfair to be pitted up against Bontempelli here, as Heeney is a gun.....but it has to be Marcus.

 

[My Tilly]

The Bont in a canter.

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Heeney has been ripping it up so far this pre season but i believe the Bont will explode this year with Libba back with Dunkley as the extractors to allow bont to take his game even better then his first few years.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

I couldn’t find a good thread to post this so it looks like I’m bumping this.

Crazy how identical their stats are this season, essentially the same player. Thanks to WheeloRatings for their website. I think I’m on it daily, I recommend it to everyone.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Home and Away Season - Bont
For Finals - Heeney quite comfortably

 

[outabounds]

Over the journey-Bont. Right now - Heeney.

 

[Foxman98]

Home and Away Season - Bont
For Finals - Heeney quite comfortably

How did you work that out?

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Bont and it still isn't close.

Heeney has had 1 or 2 great years.

Bont has had 6

Their CV are worlds apart and they are basically the same age.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

How did you work that out?

I think Heeney's last few finals appearances have been extraordinary good, The Bont's not so much.

Heeney's generally always been a decent big game player.

 

[Foxman98]

I think Heeney's last few finals appearances have been extraordinary good, The Bont's not so much.

Heeney's generally always been a decent big game player.

Last 3 finals for both before this years games where yes Heeney had a good game and Bont "bad":

Heeney
16 disposals no goals EF 2023
11 disposals 1 goal GF 2022
16 disposals 1 goal PF 2022

Bont
30 disposals 2 goals EF 2022
25 disposals 3 goals GF 2021
20 disposals 2 goals PF 2021

Couldn't be more wrong if you tried Heeney had been notorious for going missing in finals, Bonts "bad" game was 18 disposals and a goal which was still better then anything Heeney had produced in his previous 3 finals

 

[HirdsTheWord]

I think Heeney's last few finals appearances have been extraordinary good, The Bont's not so much.

Heeney's generally always been a decent big game player.

that is incredibly wrong my man.

if you are Tasmania, and the AFL say to you can have Heeney or Bont, you are picking Bont all day.

 

[Foxman98]

I think Heeney's last few finals appearances have been extraordinary good, The Bont's not so much.

Heeney's generally always been a decent big game player.

Another huge GF performance by the Heen dog Elmer always performs on the biggest stage

 

[The King!]

Love Heeney, but Bonts been doing top of the league elite stuff year on year and is the better player by a fair way in that regard