Which player will be the "should have retired last season" player this year?

[Smoooothy]

Interested to see peoples views on this

Every year theres a player who should have retired last year but pushed through one more preseason to play this year

From a Crows POV, i have a horrible feeling Scott Thompson will fall into this category this season

Who's your pick?

 

[Quivorir]

Drew Petrie.

 

[Hawker81]

Interested to see peoples views on this

Every year theres a player who should have retired last year but pushed through one more preseason to play this year

From a Crows POV, i have a horrible feeling Scott Thompson will fall into this category this season

Who's your pick?

JPOD? Or is that he should have retired 2 years ago?

 

[Forward Press]

The obvious answer is Beau Waters.

 

[Augustine]

Ryan Crowley but for different reasons

 

[Scotland]

Matthew Priddis

 

[TedDougChris]

I'm hoping that our younger KPD's can take some of the load this season, otherwise it'll look like it should have been Dale Morris for us.

He was giving away 10+cm and 10+ kg last season and for the first time, it really showed.... At his age, you just can't afford to do this anymore.

Other than that - after losing approximately 2.3M games of experience in the off-season - it could only be M Boyd....

 

[Engimal]

It was Goodes last year, so him again.

 

[Scotland]

Dustin Fletcher

 

[Scotland]

Mitch Clark

 

[Righteo]

Ryan Crowley but for different reasons

Ryan Crowley but for the usual reasons, became a liability towards the end.

Staying on Freo I really hope McPharlin won't fit this criteria at some stage this year, out of him, Sandi and Pav though he's the most likely candidate.

 

[cinderella man]

It was Goodes last year, so him again.

Probably will be again next year.

 

[SBYM]

Bontempelli.

He could have retired one of the greats...now he'll just be remembered for his mediocre 2015.

 

[Scotland]

Who is going to be the first retiree to make you go 'shit, that guy was still playing?' Josh Carr style?

 

[billy fragos]

GAJ, will only average 29 disposals per game

 

[Squibbs]

Who is going to be the first retiree to make you go 'shit, that guy was still playing?' Josh Carr style?

I don't know why but I was shocked to find that Matt Maguire still played AFL, that was about 3 years ago.

 

[Dennis Trumpet]

Who is going to be the first retiree to make you go 'shit, that guy was still playing?' Josh Carr style?

Brent Staker. I thought he was done years ago until a couple of years ago he kicked the sealer against us for brisbane

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Hoping that it's not Hamish McIntosh. And I don't think it will be this year necessarily, but I think the end will come quickly for Tom Lonergan.

 

[ManWithNoName]

I worry it might be Winderlich.

 

[Cynic]

I don't blame any of the Hawk seniors for trying to go again but there's enough of them it would be a surprise if they all end their careers in the style they're hoping for.

 

[Syd]

James Hird

 

[Mogwai]

Chris Newman

 

[serial_thrilla]

Who is going to be the first retiree to make you go 'shit, that guy was still playing?' Josh Carr style?

There's about 22 Essendon players that I haven't seen on the field for a while...

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Who is going to be the first retiree to make you go 'shit, that guy was still playing?' Josh Carr style?

Scott McMahon?

I don't blame any of the Hawk seniors for trying to go again but there's enough of them it would be a surprise if they all end their careers in the style they're hoping for.

Looking back on the Geelong era from 2007-11, I'd say the only ones that undoubtedly got it right were Ling and Ottens. Others, like Joel Corey and Darren Milburn (who was pretty stiff to miss out on the 2011 flag) weren't too bad, while Harley, Scarlett, Hunt, Rooke, Mooney and Wojcinski all looked past it by the finish. Most (if not all) of the latter group looked as good as ever in their penultimate season though - a couple were even AAs - so it's a very fine line for the player.

 

[KnaveyBlue]

A few weeks ago I would have said Carrazzo, but he was very handy in the NAB Cup.

A serious injury to him or even Judd could still see either of them make the list though.