Scott Pendlebury - Standing in the game?

[South of the Yarra]

Pendlebury Stats

2nd most disposals in the history of the game (most likely will be number one on Friday night)
1st most handballs in the history of the game
2nd most tackles in the history of the game.
6th most Inside 50s in the history of the game
6th most Clearances in the history of the game
5th most contested possession in the history of the game
2nd most uncontested possession in the history of the game
3rd most goal assists in the history of the game

He is quickly closing in on being number one in many of these categories. For example, only needs 25 tackles to go past Selwood to have the most tackles in history.

 

[crocsta]

I see Selwood and Pendles at the same level. Both amazing players with great leadership. Just not at the Ablett Jnr, Martin, or Judd level for dominating games

 

[windyhill]

Make a mistake, commentators be like

 

[PieLebo87]

May not have the best highlight reel.
May not have the individual accolades.

He most certainly is the most consistently great player of his time.
I cannot remember him not having a good year.
Deserves 400 and I would have waited for him to get there, then began a thread.

Honestly? His highlight reel would be bloody sexy to watch. I know traditionally it’s goals and marks, but the way he moved through traffic and made opposition players in close proximity look foolish would actually be great viewing. The guy was/is a genius to watch.

 

[STRONGandBALD]

Good ordinary footballer. Longevity is the only thing going for him. When was the last time anybody was scared of Pendles ripping a game apart. Literally has zero X factor.

Trac and Oliver’s prime are way better than his and they are just foetuses.

 

[PieLebo87]

I’m

he’s just not as damaging as either.

He extracts the footy then makes excellent decisions with high efficiency. That is a highly valuable skill set, but it’s more common than players who can win the footy, burst to the outside, kick goals and hit up teammates.

Pendles is way way down for goals and goals assists and metres gained. He’s great, but rarely a match winner. That’s why he’s the rung down. I doubt there’s be a season he’d be considered top 5 player in the comp

Your definition of damaging must be distorted. There are different kinds of midfielders and the ones you like to watch doesn’t mean they’re the most damaging or only form of damaging.

You can swing that sword around and chop limps, but you can also kill someone through a thousand cuts. That’s Pendlebury’s point of difference and he did it bloody well.

Using your natural pace and brute strength to move out of traffic and away is awesome to watch, but watching someone slow time down and use his brain to part the sea of traffic is equally as damaging.

I’m using weird analogies, I know

 

[PieLebo87]

Good ordinary footballer. Longevity is the only thing going for him. When was the last time anybody was scared of Pendles ripping a game apart. Literally has zero X factor.

Trac and Oliver’s prime are way better than his and they are just foetuses.

Pendlebury is a good ordinary footballer. Wowee, now I’ve heard it all…

 

[STRONGandBALD]

Pendlebury Stats

2nd most disposals in the history of the game (most likely will be number one on Friday night)
1st most handballs in the history of the game
2nd most tackles in the history of the game.
6th most Inside 50s in the history of the game
6th most Clearances in the history of the game
5th most contested possession in the history of the game
2nd most uncontested possession in the history of the game
3rd most goal assists in the history of the game

He is quickly closing in on being number one in many of these categories. For example, only needs 25 tackles to go past Selwood to have the most tackles in history.

What’s his career goal avr like? Surely it’s not 0.5. That’s seagull territory.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Pendlebury is a good ordinary footballer. Wowee, now I’ve heard it all…

The comment is made by a Richmond supporter which says everything

 

[STRONGandBALD]

Pendlebury is a good ordinary footballer. Wowee, now I’ve heard it all…

But he is. If he was only at 200 games this thread wouldn’t even have been made. Again consistency is the only thing going for him.

Not trying to be rude but he could’ve retired 6 years ago and nobody would have noticed.

 

[STRONGandBALD]

The comment is made by a Richmond supporter which says everything

Dude they reckon Pendles is better than Selwood. Like for real.

 

[Blues177]

Pendles, fantastic player. I have always admired his great vision, composure and disposal skills.

 

[PieLebo87]

What’s his career goal avr like? Surely it’s not 0.5. That’s seagull territory.

Trent Cotchin: 301 AFL games for 140 goals. Must be seagull territory.

 

[HairyO]

May not have the best highlight reel.
May not have the individual accolades.

He most certainly is the most consistently great player of his time.
I cannot remember him not having a good year.
Deserves 400 and I would have waited for him to get there, then began a thread.

He and S Mitchell are very similar. So smooth and never flustered and seem to have all the time in the world.

Rarely ever tackled too.

Both changed roles a little over time too, with more outside leaving the grunt to the younger bulls.

Had a brilliant career.

I think Id choose Mitchell but thats obvious bias.

 

[PieLebo87]

But he is. If he was only at 200 games this thread wouldn’t even have been made. Again consistency is the only thing going for him.

Not trying to be rude but he could’ve retired 6 years ago and nobody would have noticed.

Played his 200th game in 2015. He was already a Norm Smith medalist, 5 time AA and 4 time B&F - all by 27 years of age.

Don’t reckon too many ‘good, ordinary players’ achieve that much by 27 years of age.

I know you’re not trying to be rude. You’re just doing a better job at showing you’ve got NFI about footy though.

 

[PieLebo87]

He and S Mitchell are very similar. So smooth and never flustered and seem to habe all the time in the world.

Rarely ever tackled too.

Both changed roles a little over time too, with more outside leaving the grunt to the younger bulls.

Had a brilliant career.

I think Id choose Mitchell but thats obvious bias.

What I find funny is how underrated the likes of Mitchell and Pendlebury are amongst the nuffies. They never burst out of packs and kicked goals from 50 constantly, so they mustn’t have been ‘damaging’ or ‘elite’ by the simpleton’s logic.

As I said earlier, someone like Mitchell or Pendlebury, it was death by a thousand cuts. Just as damaging as the explosive midfielders. I’ve always admired those types of midfielders equally and enjoyed watching.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

He and S Mitchell are very similar. So smooth and never flustered and seem to habe all the time in the world.

Rarely ever tackled too.

Both changed roles a little over time too, with more outside leaving the grunt to the younger bulls.

Had a brilliant career.

I think Id choose Mitchell but thats obvious bias.

Good comparison

 

[South of the Yarra]

Trent Cotchin: 301 AFL games for 140 goals. Must be seagull territory.

The funnier one is Dustin Martin who spends so much time forward only averaging 1.1 goals a game. Compare that to Daicos Snr (2.2), Bartlett (1.9) and Matthews (2.8). Hilarious stuff

 

[South of the Yarra]

What’s his career goal avr like? Surely it’s not 0.5. That’s seagull territory.

3rd most goal assists in history and you are labelling him a seagull. I am not sure you actually know what that means.

 

[Rich01]

Amazing player.
Sits with Boomer Harvey in terms of talent when he gets to the 400 club.

 

[HairyO]

What I find funny is how underrated the likes of Mitchell and Pendlebury are amongst the nuffies. They never burst out of packs and kicked goals from 50 constantly, so they mustn’t have been ‘damaging’ or ‘elite’ by the simpleton’s logic.

As I said earlier, someone like Mitchell or Pendlebury, it was death by a thousand cuts. Just as damaging as the explosive midfielders. I’ve always admired those types of midfielders equally and enjoyed watching.

Yep. Blazing away from 50 was never Mitchell's thing. Why would you when youve got Buddy, Roughy, Gunston, Cyril and Breust leading.

Both incredible playmakers too, directing traffic and watching the game from all angles while also playing their own game.

Pendles goes straight to the HOF once eligible and probably has a future as an assistant coach and potentially coach if he wants.

 

[PieLebo87]

The funnier one is Dustin Martin who spends so much time forward only averaging 1.1 goals a game. Compare that to Daicos Snr (2.2), Bartlett (1.9) and Matthews (2.8). Hilarious stuff

I should have the audacity to call Dusty a ‘good, ordinary’ player considering he played far more forward mid, yet averaged less goal assists per game as well as a lesser goal per game average than some of the best forward mids in the game before him (as you highlighted), and he averaged far less disposals per game than the likes of Pendlebury ever did, at a far less disposal efficiency mind you. Sacrilegious calling Dusty a ‘good, ordinary’ player though if that was the case…

 

[Engimal v3]

Good role player

 

[PieLebo87]

Good role player

Yeah, if his role was to be a superstar

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Dangerfield and Martin had higher peaks, but much shorter as they never played A/A+ seasons for 17 years. Both are currently cooked.

It kind a reminds me of the The Hare and the Tortoise.

With his records, Pendlebury will be remembered for the longest serving Collingwood captain, highest dispoal (most effecient too), premiership etc... but the others will fade from memory in 100 years time.