Opinion Neale v Bont v Pendlebury v Cripps

[Chronz]

Dirtymop fred. He secretly loves Pendles even more than his false god, the one they call 'Dusty'.

1. Pendles
2. Neale
3. Bont
4. Cripps

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Bont
Cripps
Neale
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Pendles

 

[Fadge]

Got to acknowledge the recency bias in this poll and thread discussion....

Cripps has just won his second Brownlow in three years
Bont has just won his second consecutive AFLPA MVP
Neale has just won the Gary Ayres Award after winning last year's Brownlow

Meanwhile, Pendles is 36, and still getting his fair share of love.

 

[Lunchtime]

As I said, consistently very good for a very long time. Ceiling lower than those other blokes
Youre not changing my mind on this

Yep. Pendles is a very good player but his impact isn't as high as other players.

 

[Lunchtime]

In other words....

'I've got no case...'

What's the problem? Don't like it when someone else has a different opinion to you? You do realise that not everyone sings from the same songsheet as you and God help us if anyone dare not have a Collingwood player up the pecking order when they are ranked/assessed.

It's not surprising that a lot on here think you have a bad feel for the game and also poor at assessing ranking players.

 

[Lunchtime]

Of course you have.

It hard to accept you've been proven (very) wrong....

Or it's a case of someone having a different opinion, which is something you consistently have a problem with. It's a reflection on you as a person that you're really not that good to debate with.

 

[PhatBoy]

Pendlebury was, along with Swan and to some extent Travis Cloke, the driving force of a team who went 34-4 and 3 of those losses were to one side, and he did it averaging 30 touches and just under a goal, the sort of output that only Bontempelli has ever beaten goal-wise (never disposal wise).

Neale and Cripps have never been able to maintain it for more than a season and the other major areas like contested possessions etc are all marginal.

Claims like ‘Pendlebury didn’t ever have a high enough peak’ are revisionist.

 

[Lunchtime]

Pendlebury was, along with Swan and to some extent Travis Cloke, the driving force of a team who went 34-4 and 3 of those losses were to one side, and he did it averaging 30 touches and just under a goal, the sort of output that only Bontempelli has ever beaten goal-wise (never disposal wise).

Neale and Cripps have never been able to maintain it for more than a season and the other major areas like contested possessions etc are all marginal.

Claims like ‘Pendlebury didn’t ever have a high enough peak’ are revisionist.

The 2010 & 2011 seasons? He kicked 41 goals from 51 games and averaged 28 disposals per game. Not quite 30...but who cares.

 

[eaglespremiers]

1. Cripps
2. Pendlebury
3. Bontempelli
4. Neale

Although I expect Bontempelli to end his career in the 2nd position when it's all said and done.