Scott Pendlebury vs Joel Selwood?

[Daz]

Pendlebury is an outrageous footballer. Clearly the 2nd best player in the game at the moment.

 

[Bobby_]

You muppets were saying that last year.

and he almost signed so what happens when Adelaide's premiership aspirations go haywire and those 3 years are up end of 2015?
I mean 2012 turned out to be nothing, 2013 turned into a big pile of doo-doo and 2014 will see your cross town rivals pick up the slack.

 

[Harold Larwood]

and he almost signed so what happens when Adelaide's premiership aspirations go haywire and those 3 years are up end of 2015?
I mean 2012 turned out to be nothing, 2013 turned into a big pile of doo-doo and 2014 will see your cross town rivals pick up the slack.

Lol one comment about Selwood's penchant for ducking and you're spouting this crap. Clearly I've hit a nerve so obviously you agree that Selwood is a serial ducker. Good for you.

 

[Bobby_]

Lol one comment about Selwood's penchant for ducking and you're spouting this crap. Clearly I've hit a nerve so obviously you agree that Selwood is a serial ducker. Good for you.

not at all mate, I just find it funny that your only way of determining a players worth is by the free kick differential and that somehow the player voted most courageous in the league by his peers should be put down because he shrugs his shoulders drawing free kicks.

All the best in 2014

 

[Harold Larwood]

not at all mate, I just find it funny that your only way of determining a players worth is by the free kick differential and that somehow the player voted most courageous in the league by his peers should be put down because he shrugs his shoulders drawing free kicks.

All the best in 2014

He's a good player but ducking for frees is one of the biggest problems we face in the game today, and he's the worst offender in the league. He'll be a better and more respected player if he can eradicate that from his game.

 

[Bobby_]

He's a good player but ducking for frees is one of the biggest problems we face in the game today, and he's the worst offender in the league. He'll be a better and more respected player if he can eradicate that from his game.

one of the biggest problems?
lol are you mad man
It's a free kick, how stupid are you sheep, like seriously, players need to attack the hips. They don't though, they continue to tackle players at around their upper chest

why isn't Hill as low to the ground as possible and attacking the hips where all the momentum is coming from?

How many times does Selwood get pinned for tackling players too high? hardly never because he's one of the best exponents of the tackle in the league and executes it perfectly.
Same can be said for Kelly, they actually tackle and shift all their momentum to ground bringing down the opponents with them

look at how low down Selwood goes when getting ready to tackle players, does it all the time and rarely seen giving away head high frees.

You muppets (I'll use the word you used before) just detest the bloke for achieving too much too soon is all

 

[Andronicus]

You muppets (I'll use the word you used before) just detest the bloke for achieving too much too soon is all

Yeah. That and the ducking.


Actually, it's really just the ducking.

 

[Harold Larwood]

one of the biggest problems?
lol are you mad man
It's a free kick, how stupid are you sheep, like seriously, players need to attack the hips. They don't though, they continue to tackle players at around their upper chest

why isn't Hill as low to the ground as possible and attacking the hips where all the momentum is coming from?

How many times does Selwood get pinned for tackling players too high? hardly never because he's one of the best exponents of the tackle in the league and executes it perfectly.
Same can be said for Kelly, they actually tackle and shift all their momentum to ground bringing down the opponents with them

look at how low down Selwood goes when getting ready to tackle players, does it all the time and rarely seen giving away head high frees.

You muppets (I'll use the word you used before) just detest the bloke for achieving too much too soon is all

 

[The Bomb]

Where is the both option.

 

[eth-dog]

Voted Pendles but it's close. We have Heppell who's fast becoming a Pendlebury clone, he's just a pure footballer (Pendlebury).

 

[eaglespremiers]

Pendlebury for me.
The question is whether his disposal and decision-making is more important than Selwood's toughness and determination.
Most would argue that Pendlebury has the best disposal in the league for a midfielder.
Just because the ump's tend to turn a blind eye to his performances, doesn't mean they should diminish in the slightest.

 

[Bulldog1954]

Both are obviously guns, anyone saying either by a huge distance is a hipster dufus Pendles for me though, second best mid in the game and has been for a while

 

[Jade]

Pendlebury every day of the week, and twice on any day football is played.

 

[Freeman9]

Pendlebury.

The second best player in the AFL behind Ablett.

 

[Collingwoodity]

Selwood goes where other blokes wont.

Selwood, hes done it time and again in big games, lifts his team like few others in the comp can.
Pendelbury looks fine when his team is up and about seems to go missing a bit more than Selwood does i feel.

Selwood > Pendlebury.

If either of you had the ability to turn your anti-collingwood hate off you would see that these comments are non-sensical reasons for asserting Selwood as the better player.

 

[#BeNavy]

Tough decision but I'd say Selwood.

I reckon Selwood's ability to impact games is more noticeable than Pendlebury's. So often I feel Selwood has lifted his team over the line. A few games against the Hawks, the round 3 or 4 game against the Swans this year and several other this year have stood out to me. Maybe it's because he's the one getting down and dirty and consistently winning the hard ball. I also think he's the best leader in the comp.

Clearly would be a win-win either way.

 

[Bobby_]

Pendlebury for me.
The question is whether his disposal and decision-making is more important than Selwood's toughness and determination.
Most would argue that Pendlebury has the best disposal in the league for a midfielder.
Just because the ump's tend to turn a blind eye to his performances, doesn't mean they should diminish in the slightest.

Both are actually two of the best users of the footy in the competition.
Over the past 7 years, Pendlebury's disposal efficiency has been 76.8% & 2 clangers per game while Joel's is 74.5% & 2.5 clangers per game...those numbers are very high for players who average as many touches as they do per game whilst also dealing with taggers almost every game.

In fact, of all the midfielders who played over 20+ games for 2013, only Pendlebury, Selwood, Simpson, S.Gibson and Adcock had the best disposal efficiency (77% or higher). While Adcock and Simpson played a bit more across half back flank than the others.

 

[Freeman9]

Over the past 7 years, Pendlebury's disposal efficiency has been 76.8% & 2 clangers per game while Joel's is 74.5% & 2.5 clangers per game

Disposal efficiency is misleading. Better to compare kick to handball ratio and then weigh up how clean they are.

 

[wormy]

Pendlebury by a mile

 

[Adam H]

If either of you had the ability to turn your anti-collingwood hate off you would see that these comments are non-sensical reasons for asserting Selwood as the better player.

Why would that be?

 

[timtamWB]

In fact, of all the midfielders who played over 20+ games for 2013, only Pendlebury, Selwood, Simpson, S.Gibson and Adcock had the best disposal efficiency (77% or higher). While Adcock and Simpson played a bit more across half back flank than the others.

One of these is not like the others. Would not have picked Gibson to be there at all!

 

[Richo83]

Yeah, Pendlebury doesn't perform in the big games. Except for the fact that he has a Norm Smith, you know, that award they give to the best player in the grand final. And the fact that in the past 8 matches, he averages 30.62 touches and 7.12 clearances. On the contrary, some of Pendlebury's best games have been in finals, his game against West Coast in 2011 was amazing, 38 touches, six tackles and seven inside 50s.

 

[Richo83]

Both are actually two of the best users of the footy in the competition.
Over the past 7 years, Pendlebury's disposal efficiency has been 76.8% & 2 clangers per game while Joel's is 74.5% & 2.5 clangers per game...those numbers are very high for players who average as many touches as they do per game whilst also dealing with taggers almost every game.

In fact, of all the midfielders who played over 20+ games for 2013, only Pendlebury, Selwood, Simpson, S.Gibson and Adcock had the best disposal efficiency (77% or higher). While Adcock and Simpson played a bit more across half back flank than the others.

DE% is a misleading stat. I think Selwood is a very good disposer of the ball, but he lacks the class and vision that Pendlebury has IMO.

 

[Andronicus]

The funny thing is, I genuinely tried to vote selwood, but as I approached, something slipped, my shoulders dropped, and somehow my hand went higher than I intended and I clicked on pendles.

True story.

 

[HolyWars]

I'd take Selwood.