Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVII

[MiguelM]

Of the players I've seen Ablett Senior, Buddy and possibly Goodes are the only players that get close. Peak Pavlich was pretty special, but he didn't maintain anything like his prime athletic capacity this late in his career., and Blicavs also rates a mention (but as a very different type of athlete).

Having said that peak Buddy and Danger is unlike anything else. That Danger has been the most powerful mid in the league for probably 12 years now is ridiculous. Even just comparing someone like JHF to Danger is not fair. JHF is a mortal playing the realm of the gods.

Carey & Brown (bris) were pretty good big game players physically too IMO.

 

[Vindicater]

Losing Holmes was a major blow. Lost all their drive as it was left entirely to Danger.

 

[Nicholas61]

Dunstall was the most powerful player I have seen but didn't have endurance. Just all fast twitch. At the age of 46 (also had two knee recos at the end of his career) he still ran sub 3 seconds for 20m when Hawthorn tested him at training. In 94 saw Dunstall live against McIntosh who was a champion runner and it was a contest not to be forgotten. Greg Williams told some crazy stories of Gaz Snr at early Geelong training including throwing the medicine ball several metres further than the next best and blitzing all the sprints but then declining to take part in any runs past 400 metres. Not sure I have mentioned this already but seeing Dangerfield one out at full forward occasionally took me back to that era.

 

[Darealrath]

Of the players I've seen Ablett Senior, Buddy and possibly Goodes are the only players that get close. Peak Pavlich was pretty special, but he didn't maintain anything like his prime athletic capacity this late in his career., and Blicavs also rates a mention (but as a very different type of athlete).

Having said that peak Buddy and Danger is unlike anything else. That Danger has been the most powerful mid in the league for probably 12 years now is ridiculous. Even just comparing someone like JHF to Danger is not fair. JHF is a mortal playing the realm of the gods.

West Coast version of Judd has to be in that conversation. Most explosive midfielder I've seen and had the strength to do it with blokes hanging off him.