Opinion Who is the best young gun... Daicos, Green, Gulden, Rowell or Walsh?

[Fadge]

Odd... Walsh was rated as the 2nd best player in the comp by his peers in 2021...

And 4th in the Brownlow, and 6th in the Coaches Award.

Do you honestly think he was spoken about at the same level as Bontempelli and Oliver at that stage, in the same way Daicos has been spoken about in the top 2 players in the comp (with Bontempelli) over the past 2 years?

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

And 4th in the Brownlow, and 6th in the Coaches Award.

Do you honestly think he was spoken about at the same level as Bontempelli and Oliver at that stage, in the same way Daicos has been spoken about in the top 2 players in the comp (with Bontempelli) over the past 2 years?

Do you honestly think a contest shirking half back flanker is the 2nd best player in the competition?

 

[Fadge]

Do you honestly think a contest shirking half back flanker is the 2nd best player in the competition?

Don't ask me - ask everyone who watches, comments on and writes about the game who have been saying it for the past two years.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Don't ask me - ask everyone who watches, comments on and writes about the game who have been saying it for the past two years.

Like the great minds of Tom Morris, Cam Luke, Jon Ralph, Jobe Watson, Kelli Underwood and BT? Collectively have the IQ of a toasted sandwich

 

[Fadge]

Like the great minds of Tom Morris, Cam Luke, Jon Ralph, Jobe Watson, Kelli Underwood and BT? Collectively have the IQ of a toasted sandwich

Amongst everyone else who watches, talks about or writes about the game.

Like it or not, he and Bont are currently the clear best two players in the game, and he has been since mid last year.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Bont and Gulden are the best
Nick 3rd

 

[Shane Heard]

Seymour Sam is better than all of them.

Sublime skills.

 

[3207]

Gulden
Walsh
Rowell / Green
Daicos

 

[Gavin Excell]

Not sure why Fadge laughing at suggestion Gulden ahead of Daicos
Errol is a brilliant player

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

Not sure why Fadge laughing at suggestion Gulden ahead of Daicos
Errol is a brilliant player

Because Fadge thinks Collingwood has the best list in the competition and Nick is the GOAT... He's the most one eyed Pie nut you'll ever see and anything that diminishes his beloved Nicky is seen as an act of war.

 

[Bradkli]

Currently:

1) Harry Sheezel
2) Errol Gulden
3) Nick Daicos
4) Sam Walsh

18

Sam Walsh

Age

24

Ht

184cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

25.1

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.2

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

10.8

5star

M

6.0

5star

T

3.2

5star

CL

4.8

5star

5) Tom Green

12

Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

Josh Treacy coming with a bullet!

 

[Arr0w]

Of the players mentioned in the OP, Gulden easily

Best start to a career age wise, Sheezel

 

[Better Loosen Up]

Thread needs to include Sheezel for legitimacy surely

 

[GastevsBeard]

Where is Sheezel - he belongs here - but I guess the North tax comes into it.

OP here - strong agree

Obviously had a great first year, and has gone to new heights this year

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Can’t understand the utter contempt you people have for Caleb Serong

3

Caleb Serong

Age

23

Ht

180cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

4star

CL

2.6

4star

D

13.0

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.6

5star

CL

2.6

5star

.
He’ll give the bloody Brownlow a shake this year.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Can’t understand the utter contempt you people have for Caleb Serong.
He’ll give the bloody Brownlow a shake this year.

Yes another candidate
The reality is ND is in a bunched group of very good players

 

[GastevsBeard]

Can’t understand the utter contempt you people have for Caleb Serong.
He’ll give the bloody Brownlow a shake this year.

In terms of upside I would be tempted to include Hayden Young here (same age as Green, Serong)

 

[carlton_99]

In terms of upside I would be tempted to include Hayden Young here (same age as Green, Serong)

He's a star - a top 50 player in the comp this season. I'd argue he's Fremantle's most important player

 

[Cleric]

Could well be Rankine.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

I posted a few weeks back Caleb had just notched up 42 consecutive games of 24 disposals, third highest in history. The very next game he had 23 disposals.
Yesterday against Melbourne Serong had 36 disposals and 7 clearances with 8 score involvements plus 1 goal.
The kid is an absolute gun and strong leader.
As a pure inside mid they are hard earned and vastly different to your HBF’s.

 

[Mags98]

Daicos is quite easily the objectively correct answer, the best start to a career weve ever seen. Sheezels is putting together an exceptional season himself and would probably be getting more plaudits if he played for the pies/blues etc. but the eye test would still have me picking daicos, his run and carry and the way he takes on the game has been brilliant to watch for such a young player. does get a bit of a ride from the umps though ill pay that.

Daicos
Sheez
Gulden
Serong
Walsh

 

[Iceman!]

I think i currently have Sheez, Daicos and Gulden all clear of the other names mentioned but the gap isn't huge by any means. Walsh for example could very easily force his name alongside those guys with a strong September.

 

[raffrox]

Odd... Walsh was rated as the 2nd best player in the comp by his peers in 2021...

You're right you know? Walsh is no Andy Brayshaw. Nothing wrong with a second place I guess.

 

[WalshistheGOAT]

You're right you know? Walsh is no Andy Brayshaw. Nothing wrong with a second place I guess.

Who?

 

[Shane Heard]

Not sure why Fadge laughing at suggestion Gulden ahead of Daicos
Errol is a brilliant player

Gulden is everything you want in an ideal centreman/winger who is young. Super young.

He hasn’t got the weight and upper torso strength and legs of steel yet…but he can run all day like a gazelle without blowing hard and getting zapped ..and is always attacking the football and delivers by foot with power and precision.

Nicky ..by contrast…avoids all contact and believes his value is in receiving and distributing the ball as quickly as he can before he gets hit.

I’d take 5 Guldens over 5 Nickys..any day of the week.