Players you thought were going to be guns but ended up being duds...

[BEEG]

Tom Davidson

Pies had massive raps on him but he just kept doing his knee's shame really would of loved to see what he could have done


Chad Rintoul

Had a ripper start to the season and looked great got a massive knock to the head and couldnt get rid of the chronic migranes


Jarrod Molloy

Was looking like a future leader champion for us untill he got injured couldnt get over his injuries and finished up

Andrew Williams

Was playing great football untill a massive knock to the head where he just never recoverd fully it seemed

 

[year of the cat]

Not a dud, but circa 1980 Stephen Reynoldsen was going to be an out and out superstar. Ended up a serviceable player but never reached the heights that he promised as a youngster.

 

[Johnson#26]

Any player drafted in the top 40, quite frankly.

 

[OnceWeWereKings]

and please explain how Gibbs is already a star?

Should'nt you be getting the crapped kicked out of you at schoolies somewhere ?

Oh thats right.....


No-one to go with.

 

[Crow-mo]

It is not trolling, it is an opinion.

a poorly informed, somewhat stupid opinion. you'd be better off admitting to trolling, than trying to convince people you knew so little of the game.

Tom Hawkins has been the most overrated (overweight) useless player i have ever seen

obviously not been watching long then. I actually think Tommahawk is the second coming of Aaron James, and have said so many times - however, you have demonstrated no insight into the player at all.

Gibbs is thember 1 draft pick tagger in the game I will give him that.

ask your dad about Drew Banfield, though if he is your gene donor I can't vouch for what he might say.

And leunberger is a brittle beanstalk who can't handle the physical contest

more insight from inside a fortune cookie.

stop being a clown.

 

[AsIfYouCare]

Not sure but i reckon he would have been one of the only jew's to play senior AFL football? AJAX boy, hugely talented.

Ezra Poyas at Richmond was Jewish, as was St Kilda premiership player Ian Synman. Synman played despite 1966 Grand Final day being Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish religion.

IANAJ

 

[Richo83]

Fiona has been delisted

Didn't know that, just further illustrates what a waste of talent he was, number three draft picks shouldn't be delisted. Richmond hasn't had much luck with top ten picks.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

Ezra Poyas at Richmond was Jewish, as was St Kilda premiership player Ian Synman. Synman played despite 1966 Grand Final day being Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish religion.

IANAJ

Another Saints player,Mordi Bromberg, was also Jewish. Also came from AJAX.

 

[Thrust]

Some guy who was awesome but then he got an injury or had a bad attitude and so didn't stay awesome or become awesomer and in no way is my judgement wrong, how could I have known.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Surely people have better things to do with there time than continually start Daniel Wells threads all day.

 

[Blue Dimension]

Cupido definately. Thought he'd be a star and just turned into a nothing player. Very disappointing.

 

[Lockyer24]

At least Sylvia improved this year

Improved enough to get a game. Pop the champers

 

[jezaroo]

Not sure but i reckon he would have been one of the only jew's to play senior AFL football? AJAX boy, hugely talented.

What about Ezra Bray, he was hyped more then the enterprise

 

[slugger]

What about Ezra Bray, he was hyped more then the enterprise

I don't think he was Jewish. I thought he was aboriginal.

There were the Ritterman twins at Melbourne too...Henry and Michael.

Oops...got sidetracked

 

[RPetterd15]

Improved enough to get a game. Pop the champers

Sylvia is no star but he shouldn't be called a dud.
And Fraser may seem to be a dud now but he was pretty good a few years ago.

 

[ShinSplints]

St. Bernies! Played a bit off footy against him in the Herald Sheild and ACC. Tore us to pieces, still we weren't that good.

David Spriggs - Brilliant debut season but just couldn't cut it later on as Sydney found out.

In spriggs defence he was 1st emergency for the 2005 grand final. Sydney had the best run of NO injuries in the history of the game... so in effect spriggs couldve shouldve had a medal.

Xavier Clarke - thinking back to 2003, 2004 he showed great potential remember the high marks he always took??? One day he run through the centre took a specky against the run of play darted 3 carlton players and smashed a goal from 55m it was brilliant - i think that was 2004 im not sure. check it out.

 

[PumpyChowdown]

Surprised no one has mentioned Des Headland yet. Number 1 draft pick, slow start, but started to really dominate when the Lions were at their best. I thought that the move to Freo would release him and he'd win a few Brownlows. Alas....nothing. Very disappointing.

 

[crudbucket]

An old school example is Frank Marchesani... He was coaxed into moving across to Carlton after being Recruit of the Year for Fitzroy in 1980. For whatever reason, he barely fired a shot at Carlton, barely played 50 (mostly unmemorable) games for the Blues over the following 5 years before being delisted.

Heh heh, "coaxed" ...

 

[Docker Clint]

Dominic Fotia. Really thought he'd go OK in the AFL.

 

[Helix]

Richard Hadley.

 

[bradrowe#32]

I thought Julian Rowe would be a really good player for Collingwood. I saw him play a VFL game at Dandenong and he was excellent. He debuted shortly after and he handled it well. Unfortunately, he just never made it. He wasn't overly quick and his skills let him down.

Craig Jacotine was another one. He just never took the big step.

 

[motr]

I was sold on Rowe, too. Glad to see I wasn't the only one.

 

[Bomber32]

Dean Rioli,had talent to burn.

Very harsh. Dean Rioli may not have been a gun player, but he definitely was not a dud.

 

[WA ROO]

Very harsh. Dean Rioli may not have been a gun player, but he definitely was not a dud.

With the talent he had,yes he was.
Ate his career away,sad really

 

[G.O.B]

With the talent he had,yes he was.
Ate his career away,sad really

Every player drafted by Collingwood from about '93 right through to 2004 with very few exceptions.