Re: A A next best 22 name a team to beat the all australian side
Glass is the best defender by a country mile in the AFL... There's more...
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The 2007 AFL All Australian Team (merged from dozens of threads)
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Re: 9 players in one All Australian Team...
Should have had half the side.
Should have had half the side.
tripple1zero
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Re: Geelong's 9 AA players is their GF win
Whoa mate! I was simply saying the selectors would look stupid, after all, 9/22 is a bit over the top. You would surely see the funny side.
I wont be laughing when my "club actually works out what the **** they are doing", I will be cheering.
Settle down buddy - I meant no disrespect.
Whoa mate! I was simply saying the selectors would look stupid, after all, 9/22 is a bit over the top. You would surely see the funny side.
I wont be laughing when my "club actually works out what the **** they are doing", I will be cheering.
Settle down buddy - I meant no disrespect.
Re: Dustin Fletcher?
I honestly struggle to work out what all the whining and moaning is about when it comes to Dustin Fletcher.
The guy started playing in the AFL and was marking the best forwards (and beating them) when he was no more than a schoolboy, and has had a brilliant career ever since.
(Actually, the only surprise to me when it comes to AA selection and Fletcher is that he's apparently only been in there twice in 15 years. Was absolutely staggered when I heard that. Unbelievable.)
Strip away all the bias coming from opposition supporters, and he's clearly been one of the finest and most consistent defenders of the last two decades. If not the finest and most consistent.
He had another very good season, and it's a good selection - albeit that they ranked at least six other defenders ahead of him. It's one of the few selections they got right imo.
I honestly struggle to work out what all the whining and moaning is about when it comes to Dustin Fletcher.
The guy started playing in the AFL and was marking the best forwards (and beating them) when he was no more than a schoolboy, and has had a brilliant career ever since.
(Actually, the only surprise to me when it comes to AA selection and Fletcher is that he's apparently only been in there twice in 15 years. Was absolutely staggered when I heard that. Unbelievable.)
Strip away all the bias coming from opposition supporters, and he's clearly been one of the finest and most consistent defenders of the last two decades. If not the finest and most consistent.
He had another very good season, and it's a good selection - albeit that they ranked at least six other defenders ahead of him. It's one of the few selections they got right imo.
Re: The 2007 AFL All Australian Team
No Ebert???
No Ebert???
raman
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Re: 9 players in one All Australian Team...
Anything that swells Geelong's head even more is fine by me.
But in any case, the AA team is obviously picked with publicity and sensation in mind. How else do you explain the Cornes' being on the wings, just so there can be news footage and still pictures of them up on the same podium.
Anything that swells Geelong's head even more is fine by me.
But in any case, the AA team is obviously picked with publicity and sensation in mind. How else do you explain the Cornes' being on the wings, just so there can be news footage and still pictures of them up on the same podium.
Re: A A next best 22 name a team to beat the all australian side
If they were all fit, would give the actual team a run for its money - though on season's performance Judd, Goodes, S Burgoyne, possibly Harvey and most certainly Watson don't deserve selection. Judd, Goodes and Harvey all played half a very very good season and not sure where you plucked Watson's name from.
Suspect the defence might be found wanting - four players who are essentially creative rebounders might be at least one too many.
And there was one bloke named in the actual AA squad who will probably win his club's best and fairest, laid more tackles than any other player, was second in clearances and in almost every game he played kept a very dangerous opponent quieter than normal while still averaging around 24 possessions himself. Would probably get a gig ahead of some of those you've named.
If they were all fit, would give the actual team a run for its money - though on season's performance Judd, Goodes, S Burgoyne, possibly Harvey and most certainly Watson don't deserve selection. Judd, Goodes and Harvey all played half a very very good season and not sure where you plucked Watson's name from.
Suspect the defence might be found wanting - four players who are essentially creative rebounders might be at least one too many.
And there was one bloke named in the actual AA squad who will probably win his club's best and fairest, laid more tackles than any other player, was second in clearances and in almost every game he played kept a very dangerous opponent quieter than normal while still averaging around 24 possessions himself. Would probably get a gig ahead of some of those you've named.
Hoffy95
Norm Smith Medallist
Re: Geelong's 9 AA players is their GF win
I would have thought a champion team made up of champion players (which is what Geelong are) would be better off than a champion team without champion players (like you suggest Collingwood is)
Hope you understand this. There's all these emoticons and crazy stuff you can add to your posts, yet there's no button to convert English to Collingwood English.
As for saying the club idolises the individual...pot.kettle.black...ever heard of Nathan Buckley? From what I see & hear, he IS Collingwood according to a lot of Pies fans...oh but he's not a champion right, because your team doesn't have champions do they?
I would have thought a champion team made up of champion players (which is what Geelong are) would be better off than a champion team without champion players (like you suggest Collingwood is)
Hope you understand this. There's all these emoticons and crazy stuff you can add to your posts, yet there's no button to convert English to Collingwood English.
As for saying the club idolises the individual...pot.kettle.black...ever heard of Nathan Buckley? From what I see & hear, he IS Collingwood according to a lot of Pies fans...oh but he's not a champion right, because your team doesn't have champions do they?
Re: The Official "Ebert WASNT Robbed" Thread
Johnson didn't even play the first 6 games because his team mates said he was fat and a bad person. Been great since but Ebert was great all season.
Johnson didn't even play the first 6 games because his team mates said he was fat and a bad person. Been great since but Ebert was great all season.
Re: The players left out of the all australian team
Lucas?
VERY happy to see Buddy in there though. One of them had to make it!!!
Lucas?
VERY happy to see Buddy in there though. One of them had to make it!!!
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Re: 9 Geelong Players in All-Oz
Oh I think the Tassie Dawks have the 2007 sillyness award wrapped up.Losing to a team that lost by 106pts six days earlier is just so silly .... but not unexpected from the Tassie Dawks.
Geelong's going to look very silly if they don't pull of the flag this year ... extra pressure?
Oh I think the Tassie Dawks have the 2007 sillyness award wrapped up.Losing to a team that lost by 106pts six days earlier is just so silly .... but not unexpected from the Tassie Dawks.
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Re: The Official "Ebert WASNT Robbed" Thread
Ebert is not in the best 22 players in the AFL.
I dont think he was robbed.
Ebert is not in the best 22 players in the AFL.
I dont think he was robbed.
Re: A A next best 22 name a team to beat the all australian side
Nigel Lappin ahead of West.
Re: Geelong's 9 AA players is their GF win
Oh im sorry, didnt you get the memo? You can only post in this thread if your team is playing finals, bye bye
Oh im sorry, didnt you get the memo? You can only post in this thread if your team is playing finals, bye bye
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Re: 9 Geelong Players in All-Oz
Why aren't you bitching about Kerr being in the side ?
He played about the same amount of H&A games [17] as Dog
Why aren't you bitching about Kerr being in the side ?
He played about the same amount of H&A games [17] as Dog
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No, I’m just disappointed
Re: Dustin Fletcher?
He doesn't get an AA guernsey because he played well in the past; it is based on this season.
His selection is nonsense.
And I keep waiting for somebody to tell who the hell that was who played on Lockett, Ablett, Kernahan, Dunstal, Richo, Longmire, Neitz, Rocca, Lynch, Tredrea & every other FF of the last 15 years. If it wasn't Fletcher then who the hell was it?
He doesn't get an AA guernsey because he played well in the past; it is based on this season.
His selection is nonsense.
Re: Geelong's 9 AA players is their GF win
Were Adelaide in the finals? What happened to them?
Oh im sorry, didnt you get the memo? You can only post in this thread if your team is playing finals, bye bye
Were Adelaide in the finals? What happened to them?
monty1104
Brownlow Medallist
Re: AA team A JOKE!
I actually think the team was pretty good. Yeah, 9 geelong players made it. But they all deserve to be there. Sure Steve Johnson only played 17 games, but he hahd the most scoring assists for the year and still kicked plenty of goals. Mooney was the best FF of the year. No doubting it. He was the focal point of a very potent attack. He kicked 55 goals and had heaps of assists too.
I actually think the team was pretty good. Yeah, 9 geelong players made it. But they all deserve to be there. Sure Steve Johnson only played 17 games, but he hahd the most scoring assists for the year and still kicked plenty of goals. Mooney was the best FF of the year. No doubting it. He was the focal point of a very potent attack. He kicked 55 goals and had heaps of assists too.
Re: Geelong's 9 AA players is their GF win
no, we are just a bunch of plodders.
If you are such a champion team of champion players, how did you only beat a team of plodders by only 16 points?
In fact how did this champion team of champions get beaten by 100 points last year by a team of plodders? Or is it that this champion team of champions were having a petulant display of insolence against their coach at the time because he wanted them to be accountable? And if this is the case, is your champion team of champions really working for each other when the going gets tough?
I would have thought a champion team made up of champion players (which is what Geelong are) would be better off than a champion team without champion players (like you suggest Collingwood is)
Hope you understand this. There's all these emoticons and crazy stuff you can add to your posts, yet there's no button to convert English to Collingwood English.
As for saying the club idolises the individual...pot.kettle.black...ever heard of Nathan Buckley? From what I see & hear, he IS Collingwood according to a lot of Pies fans...oh but he's not a champion right, because your team doesn't have champions do they?
no, we are just a bunch of plodders.
If you are such a champion team of champion players, how did you only beat a team of plodders by only 16 points?
In fact how did this champion team of champions get beaten by 100 points last year by a team of plodders? Or is it that this champion team of champions were having a petulant display of insolence against their coach at the time because he wanted them to be accountable? And if this is the case, is your champion team of champions really working for each other when the going gets tough?
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