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AFLW 2024 - Round 9 - Indigenous Round - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
No, that's not my ****ing point. I said that he looks likely to break into that group, not that he was already there.Your point still stands... that Walsh is already mixing it with the likes of Riewoldt and Hodge? Get a life.
And why isn’t my point about McGrath worth comment. This time 2017 he was in the same boat as Walsh is now, and yet somehow he’s not on your list of players destined to be all time greats.
Even Whitfield has done nothing. Going into a grand final I’d rather take Deledio, Goddard or Cooney at their peak.
Walsh is nowhere near breaking into any group of champions. You think that a comparison between Sam Walsh and Andy McGrath is ridiculous, but a comparison between Sam Walsh and Luke Hodge is good. Listen to yourself, you sound like an idiot.No, that's not my ******* point. I said that he looks likely to break into that group, not that he was already there.
Walsh has shown far more promise in his one season than McGrath has in 3. Comparing the two just because they're both number 1 picks and rising star winners is just ridiculous. Walsh is streets ahead.
You need to watch Whitfield more, he is comfortably better than any of those 3! Don't judge him on his GF performance when his whole team went missing. He is elite.
Oh FFS, my point is I think Walsh has the ability to break into that elite category at some point in his career. It's not that ****en hard to understand!Walsh is nowhere near breaking into any group of champions. You think that a comparison between Sam Walsh and Andy McGrath is ridiculous, but a comparison between Sam Walsh and Luke Hodge is good. Listen to yourself, you sound like an idiot.
So in the end, we are agreeing that while Walsh has done pretty much nothing, he has a lot of potential.Oh FFS, my point is I think Walsh has the ability to break into that elite category at some point in his career. It's not that fu**en hard to understand!
Great, now you're at the point you would have been if you bothered to ****ing read my initial post properly in the first place!So in the end, we are agreeing that while Walsh has done pretty much nothing, he has a lot of potential.
The extraordinary recency bias in your comments makes me wonder if you watched football 2000-2010. Cooney, Goddard and Deledio were some of the better players during that time. While they all petered out towards the end of their career due to injury or playing in terrible sides, at one point or another they were all probably top 5-10 players in the comp. If you're wondering how many players had great, wonderfully promising first years but never got to that level, the answer is: a lot.
Really don't know what to tell you mate.Great, now you're at the point you would have been if you bothered to ******* read my initial post properly in the first place!
I really can't understand why you've taken so much issue with my inference that Walsh will become elite? I doubt I'm alone in thinking that. He had a bloody good first season, showed more promise than most in their first in a long time. Maybe he won't, time will tell. It's perfectly fine for you to simply disagree. No need to chuck a shit over it.
Not sure what alternate reality you were watching but those 3 have never been top 10 players in the comp! They were all good players, as were some of the other number 1 picks, but they were never THAT good.
What an odd comment to make, especially after the part you highlighted, I explicitly mention they were good players. I just don't rate them higher than Whitfield.you just don't remember them as being good.
Jaeger hasn't made that jump due to a serious knee injury, Oliver is well on his way, Cameron is already elite and Heppell and Hogan's first years were no where near as good as Walsh's. None of them are first picks either (bar Jaeger in a mini draft) so not really relevant to this thread.As for 'showed more promise than most in their first in a long time'; it's not really that rare: see Jaeger O'Meara, Clayton Oliver, Jeremy Cameron, Jesse Hogan, Dyson Heppell. All had really good years at 18-19. The follow through is actually the rare part.
Enough, you're not even reading.What an odd comment to make, especially after the part you highlighted, I explicitly mention they were good players. I just don't rate them higher than Whitfield.
Jaeger hasn't made that jump due to a serious knee injury, Oliver is well on his way, Cameron is already elite and Heppell and Hogan's first years were no where near as good as Walsh's. None of them are first picks either (bar Jaeger in a mini draft) so not really relevant to this thread.
Yeh, I'm the one not even reading, ok bud.Enough, you're not even reading.
I'm sure Sam Walsh will be good, but odds are that your post about him being on his way to join the all-time greats is something you'll cringe at in about 12 months when the next hot thing rolls around.
Agree that it's highly subjective. Certain clubs wouldn't hesitate to pay Pick 1 for some players, while others would balk at the suggestion. There's a few on the list like Gawn and Brown who I would say are conditionally worth Pick 1. Geelong would definitely pay Pick 1 for Gawn, but a number of clubs wouldn't. The Pies would probably pay Pick 1 for Brown, but not for Gawn.Probably one of the most subjective, ill-defined questions I've read on here.
Who a bottom side would trade pick 1 for is vastly different to what other teams would trade it for, with the range opening up significantly the better placed that team is.
Given struggling clubs always end up with pick 1, you'd think said player would want to be an absolute out and out star and be no older than 25. Even then, the needs of Carlton 2018 would be different to Gold Coast 2019 etc etc. You'd think based on this, the Martins, Fyfes and Dangerfields would probably not be considered. That's not saying they aren't bloody stars, just wouldn't make much sense for those clubs (see Ablett and Gold Coast).
If you're going to give pick 1 to a club like 2019 Western Bulldogs, their range would open up significantly. Almost anyone who is having an impact short-medium term and is an A grader would be considered.
Give it to 2019 GWS? They could trade it for literally anyone that going to have a impact over their fortunes in the short term because they are right there.
Lets have a look at the number 1 pick from 2000 onwards , with the player who should have been number 1 instead.
2000: Nick Riewoldt…..Excellent choice
2001: Luke Hodge.....Maybe Judd for some but hard to argue with 4 flags & 2 NS; Ablett junior as a F/S also.
2002: Brendan Goddard....Right choice, not a great draft.
2003: Adam Cooney....Right Choice....Another average Draft.
3 of the next 4 are the Blues; & while they didn't blow them, there was clearly better.
2004: Brett Deledio…..Obviously Buddy at 5 should have went number 1
2005: Marc Murphy....Pendlebury at 5 the clear choice.
2006: Bryce Gibbs....Selwood at 7 you'd reckon.
2007: Matt Kreuzer....Dangerfield at 10, Rance at 18.
Might be a good idea for the Demons to avoid Pick 1 wherever possible in future.
2008: Jack Watts.....Yikes, Howler ....20 players in front of him.
2009: Tom Scully....Martin @ 3, Nat Fyfe at 20....What more can you say?
Couldn't say with clarity that any of these were the right choice in hindsight. Maybe Whitfield.
2010: David Swallow….Gaff 4, Prestia 9, Lynch 11 all better.
2011: Jono Patton....Cogs 2, Wingard 6, Greene 11, Mitchell 21 all better.
2012: Lachie Whitfield….Possibly Macrae 6, Grundy 18.
2013 Tom Boyd....Kelly 2, Bont 4, Cripps 13, Merrett 26.
2014: Paddy McCartin….DeGoey 5, Heeney 18.
2015: Jacob Weitering ....Oliver 4, Dunkley 25.
2016: Andy McGrath....Taranto 2, McCluggage 3 & at least 10 others all better.
Still up in the air & too early to call.
2017: Cam Rayner....Stephenson 6, Naughton 9, Kelly 23, Ryan 26, Worpel 45.
2018: Sam Walsh....Early days but looking good.
2019: Matt Rowell ?....My early prediction is Brodie Kemp.
Conclusion.....Pick 1 is absolutely no guarantee of being the best player...Though the best usually go by pick 7.
So the Bulldogs have Jamarra wrapped up as an academy player and he’s touted as no1 material. Lucky bastards!Jamarra Ugle-Hagen
And he has Aaron Naughton on speed-dial. Mentioned in an interview last year he called Naughts to talk about how to play when the opposition are double-teaming you.So the Bulldogs have Jamarra wrapped up as an academy player and he’s touted as no1 material. Lucky bastards!
The same person giving up pick 1 for Gawn.Lol who the hell is giving up pick 1 for Ben Brown?
24 on the list, there are 12 i would take ahead of mccluggage in a heart beat, then it would be out of neale, gawn or mccluggage for spot 13. so yes i would take mccluggage ahead of almost half but not more than halfWhere's McCluggage? Would take him over more than half that list.
David Mundy 2003.
So the Bulldogs have Jamarra wrapped up as an academy player and he’s touted as no1 material. Lucky bastards!
Lets have a look at the number 1 pick from 2000 onwards , with the player who should have been number 1 instead.
2000: Nick Riewoldt…..Excellent choice
2001: Luke Hodge.....Maybe Judd for some but hard to argue with 4 flags & 2 NS; Ablett junior as a F/S also.
2002: Brendan Goddard....Right choice, not a great draft.
2003: Adam Cooney....Right Choice....Another average Draft.
3 of the next 4 are the Blues; & while they didn't blow them, there was clearly better.
2004: Brett Deledio…..Obviously Buddy at 5 should have went number 1
2005: Marc Murphy....Pendlebury at 5 the clear choice.
2006: Bryce Gibbs....Selwood at 7 you'd reckon.
2007: Matt Kreuzer....Dangerfield at 10, Rance at 18.
Might be a good idea for the Demons to avoid Pick 1 wherever possible in future.
2008: Jack Watts.....Yikes, Howler ....20 players in front of him.
2009: Tom Scully....Martin @ 3, Nat Fyfe at 20....What more can you say?
Couldn't say with clarity that any of these were the right choice in hindsight. Maybe Whitfield.
2010: David Swallow….Gaff 4, Prestia 9, Lynch 11 all better.
2011: Jono Patton....Cogs 2, Wingard 6, Greene 11, Mitchell 21 all better.
2012: Lachie Whitfield….Possibly Macrae 6, Grundy 18.
2013 Tom Boyd....Kelly 2, Bont 4, Cripps 13, Merrett 26.
2014: Paddy McCartin….DeGoey 5, Heeney 18.
2015: Jacob Weitering ....Oliver 4, Dunkley 25.
2016: Andy McGrath....Taranto 2, McCluggage 3 & at least 10 others all better.
Still up in the air & too early to call.
2017: Cam Rayner....Stephenson 6, Naughton 9, Kelly 23, Ryan 26, Worpel 45.
2018: Sam Walsh....Early days but looking good.
2019: Matt Rowell ?....My early prediction is Brodie Kemp.
Conclusion.....Pick 1 is absolutely no guarantee of being the best player...Though the best usually go by pick 7.
Jamarra Ugle-Hagen