Which Players Were you Surprised Didn't Make It?

[Cevap_Roll]

Liam McBean

 

[bradrowe#32]

Gavin Urqhuart. Thought he'd be better than Scott Pendlebury.

 

[Lsta062]

I thought Liam McBean would make it. With the amount of goals he could kick per game at VFL level, I really thought he'd make it. Alas, it did not end up that way.

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

I thought Jordan Gysberts would be an All-Australian played. I was very wrong.

 

[Isaac Cumming No 1]

I thought Jake Barrett would be our best midfielder for a while in 2015. Picking up 40 disposal and +10 tackles in the NEAFL, really looked like the goods. Getting the odd game at the Lions as a defensive forward.

 

[BEEG]

Ryan Lonie

I still think of he gets drafted today he would play 200 games had speed and great skills just got labelled with the soft tag and never recovered.

Just had a look played 123 games which is pretty good.

 

[Wil79]

Ryan Lonie

I still think of he gets drafted today he would play 200 games had speed and great skills just got labelled with the soft tag and never recovered.

Just had a look played 123 games which is pretty good.

Similar to Isaac Smith? Don't reckon he would've played so many games if he'd played 15 years or so ago

 

[Established1870]

Steven Salopek, Andrew Moore and Brett Eddy were three Port players who should've done more for us. Salopek and Moore should've been stars of the game but we ruined them and Eddy should've been a 2 goal a game 3rd tall but Ken held him back because Jackson Trengove was apparently a better option.

Outside Port, can't go past a certain Shane Yarran. Definitely had the tools to succeed for Freo. Patton from GWS is another one but that's injuries ruining what he should've been.

 

[BEEG]

Tyson Lane would come to a Pizza shop 3 times a week and order a family pizza just didn't give a shit.

The owner was a mad Collingwood supporter and would hate serving him always tried to get him to eat right.

 

[BEEG]

Similar to Isaac Smith? Don't reckon he would've played so many games if he'd played 15 years or so ago

Isaac would have been more athletic, Lonie the better kick.

 

[nahnah]

Cruize Garlett and Kieran Harper from North, always played well when i watched

 

[Thistle]

Viv Michie is one I thought would have a solid career, Harley Balic too.

 

[energyquant]

Nathan Ablett - won a flag playing at full forward for his hometown team alongside his older brother.... and then quit. What a waste!

 

[beta_condition]

Isaac would have been more athletic, Lonie the better kick.

Longer kick wouldn't say better.


I thought Steven Greene would be a player, had an amazing first year with quite a few highlights but was never able to match his debut season let alone improve.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Footscray had a promising defender named Brian Harris. He seemed to disappear almost overnight!

 

[TheKanga]

Kieran Harper for North.

 

[Jpw22511]

Josh Drummond for the lions was a great kick but ****ing injuries

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Tyson Lane would come to a Pizza shop 3 times a week and order a family pizza just didn't give a shit.

The owner was a mad Collingwood supporter and would hate serving him always tried to get him to eat right.

His coaching career was the epitome of ‘not giving a shit’

 

[TheKanga]

Cruize Garlett and Kieran Harper from North, always played well when i watched

Harper had injuries which held him back at AFL level.

 

[Lex22]

Bit of a left field one but Andrew Hooper who made his debut for us in a final against Sydney and kicked a goal. Little bloke who had a ripping year in the VFL before this in his first season.

I never envisioned he’d be a star or anything but generally thought he’d at least be handy and just looked like a good little player and another cheeky find off the rookie list. Pretty well disappeared and was off the list 2 years later after playing another 5 games

 

[Chrizzt]

Luke Tapscott. Kid looked like he had all the tools to make it.

 

[living_in_syd]

I thought Liam McBean would make it. With the amount of goals he could kick per game at VFL level, I really thought he'd make it. Alas, it did not end up that way.

Yeh same. Looks like he put on a bit of size now finally.

 

[OniAu]

Sean Rusling , the few games he played looked the goods!

Had huge wraps on him from the pies.

Kicked 5 goals in 2007 final series, only ever played 17 games

 

[Rowan18]

Ben McKinley. Kicked a lot of goals at times but wasn't wanted for some reason

He started playing regular games just as forward pressure became important. Woosh got sick of him because he was too immobile to lay enough tackles and pressure up front. Ash Hansen had a similar problem. JK was also a young forward on the list in 08/09 who could fulfil what the coach wanted, so he pushed mckinley out to North Melbourne.

I reckon if he'd started 5 years earlier he would've been the star forward the eagles were crying out for in the mid 2000s, unfortunately the game changed by the time he arrived.

 

[Blueyboy74]

Gavin Urqhuart. Thought he'd be better than Scott Pendlebury.

Didn't Dermie say once that ex-Collingwood & Richmond & Bulldogs player Aaron James was going to be better than Wayne Carey?