Rate the midfields.

[Bulldogs Roar]

As the title suggest, try and rate each clubs midfields going into the 2009 season on a scale of 1-10. Can base it on what ever you want, i.e. experience, stats, ability, potential, but maybe give an indication of what basis you have used.

Try and keep it as civilized and unbaised as possible.

 

[robertg22]

If you're not prepared to do it yourself why start a thread?

 

[Bulldogs Roar]

If you're not prepared to do it yourself why start a thread?

Reason I started it was I needed to prove a point to a mate of mine regarding a few midfields and I though by accessing the opinion of others it would be a way of getting an unbaised opinion.

 

[The Big League]

unbiased you say? well then:

1.) Collingwood
2.) Geelong
3.) Hawthorn
16.) Carlton.

 

[skzm]

Reason I started it was I needed to prove a point to a mate of mine regarding a few midfields and I though by accessing the opinion of others it would be a way of getting an unbaised opinion.

That you could make a thread with no serious replies?

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Geelong
Carlton
Richmond

My top 3 midfields right now.

 

[Neville Bartos]

1. Geelong
a fair margin
2. Hawthorn
3. Western Bulldogs
4. Carlton (looks good on paper, but is far from the best yet)
5. Richmond (see Carlton)
6. St Kilda
7. Port Adelaide

 

[Bulldogs Roar]

Geelong - 9.5
Hawks - 9.5
Dogs - 8.5
St Kilda - 8
Brisbane - 8
Carlton - 7.5
Port - 7.5
Adelaide - 7
Richmond - 7
Sydney - 6.5
Nth Melb - 6.5
West Coast - 6.5
Collingwood - 6.5
Freo - 6
Essendon - 6
Melb - 5.5

 

[Axle17]

1) Geelong
2) Hawthorn
3) St Kilda
4) Bulldogs
5) Collingwood

 

[The Donners]

Midfield Rankings

1. Geelong - Ablett, Ling, Corey, Sellwood, Bartel.
2. Hawthorn - Mitchell, Lewis, Bateman, Sewell, Hodge.
3. Port Adelaide - S Burgoyne, K Cornes, Pearce, Rodan, Salopek.
4. Richmond - Delidio, Cousins, Tuck, Cotchin, Foley.
5. St. Kilda - Ball, Hayes, Montagna, Goddard, Dal Santo.
6. Western Bulldogs - Cooney, Griffen, Cross, Giansiracusa, Boyd.
7. Brisbane - Black, Power, Johnstone, Rischitelli, Sherman.
8. Sydney - Bolton, Kirk, Goodes, McVeigh, Buchanan.
9. Carlton - Judd, Gibbs, Murphy, Simpson, Stevens.
10. Adelaide - Thompson, Van Berlo, Edwards, McCleod, Goodwin.
11. North Melbourne - Harvey, Harris, Simpson, Wells, Rawlings.
12. Collingwood - Pendlebury, O'Bree, Thomas, Swan, Davis.
13. Essendon - McVeigh, Prismall, Lovett, Watson, Dempsey.
14. West Coast - Priddis, Embley, Fletcher, Kerr, Rosa.
15. Melbourne - McLean, McDonald, Jones, Green, Bruce.
16. Fremantle - Palmer, Hasleby, Schammer, Headland, Dodd.

I gave it a go. I'm sure there'll be disagreements. I ranked them on how balanced the midfield and the workload that was carried between 5 midfielders of each team.

 

[WeninRome]

Midfield Rankings

1. Geelong - Ablett, Ling, Corey, Sellwood, Bartel.
2. Hawthorn - Mitchell, Lewis, Bateman, Sewell, Hodge.
3. Port Adelaide - S Burgoyne, K Cornes, Pearce, Rodan, Salopek.
4. Richmond - Delidio, Cousins, Tuck, Cotchin, Foley.
5. St. Kilda - Ball, Hayes, Montagna, Goddard, Dal Santo.
6. Western Bulldogs - Cooney, Griffen, Cross, Giansiracusa, Boyd.
7. Brisbane - Black, Power, Johnstone, Rischitelli, Sherman.
8. Sydney - Bolton, Kirk, Goodes, McVeigh, Buchanan.
9. Carlton - Judd, Gibbs, Murphy, Simpson, Stevens, Walker, Grigg
10. Adelaide - Thompson, Van Berlo, Edwards, McCleod, Goodwin.
11. North Melbourne - Harvey, Harris, Simpson, Wells, Rawlings.
12. Essendon - McVeigh, Prismall, Lovett, Watson, Dempsey.
13. Collingwood - Pendlebury, O'Bree, Johnson, Swan, Davis.
14. West Coast - Priddis, Embley, Fletcher, Kerr, Rosa.
15. Melbourne - McLean, McDonald, Jones, Green, Bruce.
16. Fremantle - Palmer, Hasleby, Schammer, Headland, Dodd.

I gave it a go. I'm sure there'll be disagreements. I ranked them on how balanced the midfield and the workload that was carried between 5 midfielders of each team.

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[Campbell's Chunky]

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lol, grigg is a steaming pile of shit.

 

[Cohzee]

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Doesn't make it look any better.

 

[The Donners]

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I'm not challenging their position on the field, just pick 1 of the 3 and I will update my rankings. Only 5 midfielders per team.

 

[Animosity1989]

1. Geelong 9.5/10
2. Hawthorn 8.5/10
3. Port Adelaide 8/10
4. Western Bulldogs 8/10
5. St. Kilda 8/10
6. Sydney 8/10
7. Adelaide 7.5/10
8. Brisbane 7/10
9. Richmond 7/10
10. Carlton 6.5/10
11. North Melbourne 6.5/10
12. Collingwood 6/10
13. West Coast 6/10
14. Fremantle 5/10
15. Essendon 3/10
16. Melbourne 3/10

 

[Beckers]

Geelong
Carlton
Richmond

My top 3 midfields right now.

Is there anyone in the Richmond midfield who could hit the side of a barn with a drop punt??

 

[Trojan82]

Midfield Rankings

1. Geelong - Ablett, Ling, Corey, Sellwood, Bartel.
2. Hawthorn - Mitchell, Lewis, Bateman, Sewell, Hodge.
3. Port Adelaide - S Burgoyne, K Cornes, Pearce, Rodan, Salopek.
4. Richmond - Delidio, Cousins, Tuck, Cotchin, Foley.
5. St. Kilda - Ball, Hayes, Montagna, Goddard, Dal Santo.
6. Western Bulldogs - Cooney, Griffen, Cross, Giansiracusa, Boyd.
7. Brisbane - Black, Power, Johnstone, Rischitelli, Sherman.
8. Sydney - Bolton, Kirk, Goodes, McVeigh, Buchanan.
9. Carlton - Judd, Gibbs, Murphy, Simpson, Carrazzo.
10. Adelaide - Thompson, Van Berlo, Edwards, McCleod, Goodwin.
11. North Melbourne - Harvey, Harris, Simpson, Wells, Rawlings.
12. Essendon - McVeigh, Prismall, Lovett, Watson, Dempsey.
13. Collingwood - Pendlebury, O'Bree, Johnson, Swan, Davis.
14. West Coast - Priddis, Embley, Fletcher, Kerr, Rosa.
15. Melbourne - McLean, McDonald, Jones, Green, Bruce.
16. Fremantle - Palmer, Hasleby, Schammer, Headland, Dodd.

I gave it a go. I'm sure there'll be disagreements. I ranked them on how balanced the midfield and the workload that was carried between 5 midfielders of each team.

Unfortunately it seems you can now add in Stokes to the Geelong midfield. I know you said only 5 but he has been tearing it up this preseason.

Probably swap Thomas for Johnson in Collingwoods top 5 midfielders.

 

[Trojan82]

Is there anyone in the Richmond midfield who could hit the side of a barn with a drop punt??

Deledio.

 

[Animosity1989]

lol, grigg is a steaming pile of shit.

as is Walker

 

[yebiga]

Geelong 10
Hawthorn 9.5
Bulldogs 9.5
Carlton 9
Brisbane 8.5
Collingwood 8.5
Pt Adelaide 8.5
St Kilda 8
Richmond 8
Adelaide 8
Sydney 8
Westcoast 8
North 7
Essendon 7
Fremantle 6
Melbourne 4

 

[The Donners]

Is there anyone in the Richmond midfield who could hit the side of a barn with a drop punt??

Deledio.

Cousins.

 

[mi_hrvati]

1. Geelong 10/10
=2. Bulldogs 8.5/10
=2. Port 8.5/10
=2. Hawthorn 8.5/10
=5. Brisbane 7/10
=5. Richmond 7/10
=5. Adelaide 7/10
=5. Sydney 7.10
=9. Collingwood 6.5/10
=9. Carlton 6.5/10
=11. North 6/10
=11. St Kilda 6/10
13. West Coast 6/10
14. Essendon 5.5/10
15. Fremantle 4.5/10
16. Melbourne 3.5/10

Reason there are so many = is that i feel these sides midfields are very close and i couldnt split them in terms of ability. In saying that the teams mentioned as = have very different abilities such as sydney are a ball winning midfield compared to richmonds more running based side.

 

[phantom13]

Cousins.

Cotchin has neat skills but isn't quite used to the pace of the game yet and from all i have seen Foley has excellent skills especially at top pace, Tuck should stick to handballing though!

 

[swifty]

Midfield Rankings

1. Geelong - Ablett, Ling, Corey, Sellwood, Bartel.
2. Hawthorn - Mitchell, Lewis, Bateman, Sewell, Hodge.
3. Port Adelaide - S Burgoyne, K Cornes, Pearce, Rodan, Salopek.
4. Richmond - Delidio, Cousins, Tuck, Cotchin, Foley.
5. St. Kilda - Ball, Hayes, Montagna, Goddard, Dal Santo.
6. Western Bulldogs - Cooney, Griffen, Cross, Giansiracusa, Boyd.
7. Brisbane - Black, Power, Johnstone, Rischitelli, Sherman.
8. Sydney - Bolton, Kirk, Goodes, McVeigh, Buchanan.
9. Carlton - Judd, Gibbs, Murphy, Simpson, Stevens.
10. Adelaide - Thompson, Van Berlo, Edwards, McCleod, Goodwin.
11. North Melbourne - Harvey, Harris, Simpson, Wells, Rawlings.
12. Collingwood - Pendlebury, O'Bree, Thomas, Swan, Davis.
13. Essendon - McVeigh, Stanton, Watson, Prismall, Welsh
14. West Coast - Priddis, Embley, Fletcher, Kerr, Rosa.
15. Melbourne - McLean, McDonald, Jones, Green, Bruce.
16. Fremantle - Palmer, Hasleby, Schammer, Headland, Dodd.

I gave it a go. I'm sure there'll be disagreements. I ranked them on how balanced the midfield and the workload that was carried between 5 midfielders of each team.

Thats more like essendons MF
How can you have dempsey in the midfield as our best?

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

The problem is, with so many rotations, often the strength of your midfield is determined by how effective your second ruckman and midfielders 6 - 8 are.

Hawks starting midfield is: Campbell and Sewell, Mitchell, Lewis, Bateman and Young.

Our second string is something like: Taylor/Renouf and Hodge, Dew, Ellis, Osborne and Rioli.