Which Players Were you Surprised Didn't Make It?

[Damon_3388]

Is Toumpas a injury issue, Melbourne issue or effort issue?

He's was always somewhat skinny and underdeveloped physically (like James Aish), but as he performed at senior SANFL level at age 16-17 (like Aish), it didn't seem to matter. Injuries never allowed him to build the body, fitness and confidence needed at AFL level.

 

[Blind Turn]

Vinod Kambli wins this thread.

 

[donnie5]

- Jack Anthony kicking 50 in his first full season, thought he was going to make it.

- Chris Yarran for Carlton, I thought he was going to be the next Andy Macloud off half back

 

[Number 10 is cursed]

Paul Bower
Kane Lucas
Chris Yarran

 

[saintal]

Tom Simpkin. Thought he was going to be a 10+ year defender for us.

 

[RickSanchez]

jedi govna

 

[dazzledavey36]

Fergus Watts

 

[Scorpus]

Lewis Johnston

 

[joop]

Ben Lennon.

That was a weird one. Top 10 pick or thereabouts? And just looked completely disinterested at AFL level.

 

[wadistance]

Always thought Beau Dowler looked solid in his draft year. Told one of my mates who went to combine to smash him. Told me Dowler was a dud. One of the two is 11 games from 200

Brendan Fewster was also a massive disappointment for me. Same as McKinley. Just never lived up to the potential.

Freddy Adu

Not enough credit here. What a beast he was (when you could get a work permit.)


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[tugga]

Scott Gumbleton. Not his fault that his body completely didn't cooperate. Had he stayed injury free, he'd still be playing today.

 

[Balony_pony16]

Dalziell had a great start to his career at the lions... got traded back home and was never seen again

 

[Duskfire]

Ryan Gamble. Thought he was going to be a great player. Had a handful of good games - seemed to be coming along - and then hit injured and then nothing.

 

[MisterMarcus]

BYRON SCHAMMER from fremantle after watvhing this game when they beat the lions back in the 3peat era i thought this guy was going to win a brownlow one day put him in my supercoach team every year for the next few years waiting for him to break out let me down everytime.

IIRC, Schammer was a poor/inconsistent kick.

I heard the story that Mark Harvey wanted to inject some genuine silk into the Freo outfit, and that "big hearted triers" like Schammer basically were no longer welcome.

 

[Coaster2012]

West Coast Eagles - Brad Smith

Kicked 109 goals in the WAFL in 2004, got drafted by WC, but in the pre season did his knee. He then came back and did his knee again, and didn't get to play and was delisted in 2006.

He then got himself right, went back to the WAFL and kicked 110 goals, the most in over 20 years, won a flag, and retired the year after never having tasted AFL.

 

[citizen-erased]

Scott Gumbleton. Not his fault that his body completely didn't cooperate. Had he stayed injury free, he'd still be playing today.

and he'd be a gun too amazing leap and set of hands.
What our spine could have been
Gumbleton - Daniher - Heppell - Hurley - Hooker.

 

[tugga]

and he'd be a gun too amazing leap and set of hands.
What our spine could have been
Gumbleton - Daniher - Heppell - Hurley - Hooker.

He was genuinely good. Just a shame for him.

 

[Captain_Bender]

Ryan Gamble. Thought he was going to be a great player. Had a handful of good games - seemed to be coming along - and then hit injured and then nothing.

I guess he was a gamble

 

[brutus76]

From Essendon:
Scott Gumbleton
Judd Lalich
Michael Symons
the 3 that come to mind.

 

[ShockersBoy11]

Alex Forster, thought he'd follow like his best mate Neale......

 

[Tbonefreo]

Then you could have had Dick, Big Cox and Sidebottom all in the same side and football would have been the winner.

Throw in another cox and a Johnson.

 

[markr]

Always thought Beau Dowler looked solid in his draft year. Told one of my mates who went to combine to smash him. Told me Dowler was a dud. One of the two is 11 games from 200

Dowler was tall and athletic, good hands, could kick it, but wasn't... bold, shall we say. Afraid of his own shadow is how some have unkindly put it on the Hawk's board, certainly he was a quieter bloke by all accounts. I've often wondered if that aspect of his personality is something that lead us to take ego-maniac Thorp in the next draft. If we could have surgically transplanted half of Thorp's ego into Dowler we might have had two good players.

 

[Tbonefreo]

Always thought Beau Dowler looked solid in his draft year. Told one of my mates who went to combine to smash him. Told me Dowler was a dud. One of the two is 11 games from 200

Brendan Fewster was also a massive disappointment for me. Same as McKinley. Just never lived up to the potential.



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Higgins?

 

[wadistance]

West Coast Eagles - Brad Smith

Kicked 109 goals in the WAFL in 2004, got drafted by WC, but in the pre season did his knee. He then came back and did his knee again, and didn't get to play and was delisted in 2006.

He then got himself right, went back to the WAFL and kicked 110 goals, the most in over 20 years, won a flag, and retired the year after never having tasted AFL.

The true full forward we never had


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[wadistance]

Higgins?

Nope


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