Which teams are most reliant on their top players?

[tony__montana]

Again. Doesn’t mean they rely on them.

Really?

 

[tony__montana]

I think you'll find that most sides that have decent seasons, their core of 4-6 absolute A graders tend to play in the majority of their games.

The one exception to that is wce, who did incredibly well to be missing Gaff and Natanui as well as Darling and kennedy for extended periods during the season.

 

[Mitchell54]

Really?

Obviously they play a big part and would be sorely missed but I believe they wouldn’t fall apart missing those players.

 

[Oscarman]

Richmond/Collingwood shitfight thread #86. Almost Divvy at times.

 

[Obeanie1]

Wc midfield is their weakness. Best forward line best defense

And yet if flogged Melbourne's "gun midfield" when it counted.

Then the same midfield beat Collingwood three times and twice at the MCG.

Yeo, Shuey and Gaff would at their best be as good as any midfielder going around.

 

[Collingwoodity]

Collingwood

Collingwood are a good team full of role players; they have no top players.

 

[Collingwoodity]

You can’t seriously be comparing Elliott and Moore to natanui and gaff. Lol.

Elliott is as good as the other two, Moore is a bit blurgh atm.

 

[Collingwoodity]

Geelong are bottom 4 with or without Dangerfield

Edited for accuracy

 

[AFDogs]

I'd say we were one of the least reliant on our top players in '15 and '16. We constantly had a spread of players in our best. It was almost impossible to pick who would be the standout player when you had guys like Clay Smith stepping up one week for a prelim into Tom Boyd/JJ the next in a granny. A guy like Picken winning player of the finals, whilst Stringer basically went missing and Bont was somewhat quiet. Was a great time to be a Dogs supporter as you knew any guy picked in the best 22 had a role to play and you never knew who was going to step up and give you a BOG performance.

 

[Obeanie1]

Collingwood are a good team full of role players; they have no top players.

Grundy and then Cox. Cox is definately a role player but Grundy is a top AA talent hardest to replace.

Saying that though the quality of the mids at his feet go along way to covering his loss.

 

[Juddernaut08]

Without Cripps I could see us finishing 19th.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Without Cripps I could see us finishing 19th.

Astute observation. Sagest post I have seen on BF this year.

 

[Yoda_]

Carlton

 

[craffles]

Carlton

Obtuse bump. Here for it.

 

[boncer34]

Carlton

Have you ever heard the phrase "be the change you want to see?"