Toast Retirement: Josh J Kennedy

[Forward Press]

Absolutely one of the best FF in his time. He goes into that Category with Hawkins and Riewoldt, and just a rung below the greatest ever in Franklin. WC the absolute winner of that trade with Carlton. His value to WC was worth more than Judd to Carlton.

Where does he rank in terms of Eagles greats?

Has probably overtaken Sumich in terms of best ever key position forward, and also probably ahead of Phil Matera in terms of best ever forward. Definitely in our all time 22 as KPF without question.

In the pantheon, a whole host of 90s dual premiership legends such as Worsfold, Peter Matera, Jakovich etc may still be ahead. Probably also in the rung next to or slightly below Ben Cousins and Dean Cox. Will compare favourably to Judd if only because he was with us for much longer.

 

[Engimal v3]

No room for Jack Reiwoldt?

Buddy is clear number 1 and then JK,JR & TH the next clear big three

Definitely up there with them

 

[juss]

Definitely up there with them

Yeh if you look at the CVs of each player, Franklin's sits above them, and then Kennedy, Hawkins and Riewoldt have a pretty similar feel over a long sample size, but Buddy is no doubt a rung above.

 

[Shifty1]

Top 10 at the very least, nudging top 5

Peter Matera
Dean Cox
Chris Judd
Ben Cousins
The clear top 4 for mine

Would be in contention for that 5th spot with Jakovich and probably others I'm forgetting

Just sent the same list to a mate. 5 over Jako and Kemp.

 

[Shifty1]

Has probably overtaken Sumich in terms of best ever key position forward, and also probably ahead of Phil Matera in terms of best ever forward. Definitely in our all time 22 as KPF without question.

In the pantheon, a whole host of 90s dual premiership legends such as Worsfold, Peter Matera, Jakovich etc may still be ahead. Probably also in the rung next to or slightly below Ben Cousins and Dean Cox. Will compare favourably to Judd if only because he was with us for much longer.

Sumich was my absolute favourite player as a kid and I actually stopped watching the Eagles for a while when he was dropped. JK is now my favourite ever and definitely above Suma.

 

[Percel]

Absolutely one of the best FF in his time. He goes into that Category with Hawkins and Riewoldt, and just a rung below the greatest ever in Franklin. WC the absolute winner of that trade with Carlton. His value to WC was worth more than Judd to Carlton.

Where does he rank in terms of Eagles greats?

Just Below Urch youd reckon

 

[demondavey]

Just Below Urch youd reckon

Oh mate, forget it…. Miles below. Underwater compared to Urch.

 

[demondavey]

Top 10 at the very least, nudging top 5

Peter Matera
Dean Cox
Chris Judd
Ben Cousins
The clear top 4 for mine

Would be in contention for that 5th spot with Jakovich and probably others I'm forgetting

No Worsfold? Have to have Worsfold in for Judd. Surely?

 

[kane249]

No Worsfold? Have to have Worsfold in for Judd. Surely?

Worsfold was a great leader and captain, in terms of skills though he doesn't have the say resume as the others

 

[BF Tiger]

For perspective… one of only 26 players to kick 700+ goals, four of which are still active (Kennedy, Buddy, Riewoldt, Hawkins). Jeremy Cameron

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Jeremy Cameron

Age

31

Ht

196cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.6

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

2.9

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.0

5star

is probably the only other current player who will reach this mark (520 goals, 29 yo).

Bloody great career JK.

 

[bzparkes]

No Worsfold? Have to have Worsfold in for Judd. Surely?

Worsfold's the greatest Eagle of all time, just not solely as a player.

I'd definitely have JK at number 5.

 

[Falcon3518]

Great player, better than Hawkins by a mile and just behind Jack imo. Kennedy by far was the most accurate kick of the 3, such a weapon in his prime.


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[Major Colvin]

Kennedy has been a player (i'd have thought) that most opposition supporters have enjoyed watching. I thought he was particularly important in their 2018 premiership win, kicking some goals to get them back in it after they conceded to first 5.

A great player and I think clearly the best full forward West Coast have had in their history.

 

[CakeEater]

Great Career JK.

Well liked and respected across the comp.

 

[Righteo]

Can't find a bad word to say about him, and I've tried. Class act.

 

[Wilksyy]

Fortunate to play a few games with him at lower levels. A class act then and still a class act now and my god was he a tough bastard, just fearless.

I’ll miss watching him play. All the best, JK.

 

[PhatBoy]

Top 10 at the very least, nudging top 5

Peter Matera
Dean Cox
Chris Judd
Ben Cousins
The clear top 4 for mine

Would be in contention for that 5th spot with Jakovich and probably others I'm forgetting

Not sure he’s above any of those guys but Glass is the name I always reckon gets overlooked in Eagles lists, as Cox does in AFL lists

 

[fpm84]

Great player, better than Hawkins by a mile and just behind Jack imo. Kennedy by far was the most accurate kick of the 3, such a weapon in his prime.


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[PhatBoy]

Great player, better than Hawkins by a mile and just behind Jack imo. Kennedy by far was the most accurate kick of the 3, such a weapon in his prime.


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Yeah he’s WAYYYY more accurate

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Kennedy’s way higher accuracy is 64.6 per cent, Hawkins’ is 64 per cent.

By far.

 

[PhatBoy]

Fortunate to play a few games with him at lower levels. A class act then and still a class act now and my god was he a tough bastard, just fearless.

I’ll miss watching him play. All the best, JK.

I like that he had that toughness without a hint of any visible arrogance or swagger. Not that I have anything against players with those things but even the way he would celebrate after a goal it was almost like he was sheepish about it but he certainly didn’t PLAY that way

 

[Bald]

Kennedy, Hawkins and Jack Riewoldt debate is always fun.

Reminds me of the Johnathon Brown, Matthew Pavlich

Matthew Pavlich

Age

42

Ht

192cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

11.3

4star

HB

6.3

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

2.6

4star

G

2.3

5star

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D

16.8

4star

K

12.8

5star

HB

4.0

3star

M

8.8

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

3.4

5star

and Nick Riewoldt debate.

Just appreciate them for what they are you pillocks.

 

[PhatBoy]

Kennedy, Hawkins and Jack Riewoldt debate is always fun.

Reminds me of the Johnathon Brown, Matthew Pavlich and Nick Riewoldt debate.

Just appreciate them for what they are you pillocks.

That’s more or less what most of us are doing. Obvious that Franklin is the best forward of his generation and the other three by almost any measure are pretty much equal.

(Ps: Pav/Riewoldt >>> Brown

 

[Makka]

Will be really missed. Never seen a guy on the field so happy to be playing and always getting around his team for support. Great career.

 

[Gazza Greatness]

There's been multiple great midfielders over the journey but very few great key-position forwards (like finding a needle in the proverbial haystack) but with Josh Kennedy, The Eagles certainly found one, with Josh going-on and being one of the all-time greats. Going back all that time ago when The Eagles reluctantly finalised the Judd deal with the Carlton FC, they never in their wildest dreams (or anybody else's) could have imagined of trading into the club one of the modern-day great full forwards, a 'champion player' in every sense...... happy days ahead Josh on a well earned retirement.

 

[RUNVS]

I personally rate Kennedy above Hawkins and Riewoldt. I think at his best he was a better player than them.