Worst afl player you've seen (and why)

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Big straughnie is now a legitimate nomination after last week. Wouldn't get another AFL game you'd think
 

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MJG14 said:
Really hope you're trolling as this is a ridiculous nomination.

He kicked 50 goals in 2015 and 40 goals in 2016. Very accurate kick for goal as well. Yes, he has declined in the last couple of seasons but he was a very solid forward for the Dogs. Should be nowhere near this thread.
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Full credit to Tory Dickson - didn't have the natural gifts of most AFL footballers, but found something he was good at, very much did it the hard way and managed to make an eight-year career out of one to two goals a week. Didn't have a fraction of the talent of a guy like Stringer but made it work.
 
Dean kent
 
Xavier Richards. Might be the worst footballer to play in a Grand Final.

Decided to throw his name out there as trade bait following that game because he couldn't manage his money well enough to afford living in Sydney. Nobody was interested and then the Swans didn't want him back either. Delisted.
 
footyfan1978 said:
Israel Folou or whatever his name is, is hands down the worst player by far I seen play in a game at league level.
He really had no idea what he was doing. Beyond a joke how bad he was.
Good for him he went back to a sport he actually can play at an elite level.
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Six years on and nobody can beat this nomination from the first page.

It’s the only answer. If you ever saw Folau actually play for the Giants you’d know what a bizarre farce it was. There’s been no worse footballer at the elite level, he barely knew the rules seemingly.
 
The Cryptkeeper said:
Simon Taylor, ex-Hawthorn ruckman was a joke of a footballer.
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I remember seeing him in a few games....he couldn't play to save his life, but was almost always giving away dumb and cheap free kicks, and having temper tantrum brain explosions.

Was literally a net negative player who hurt his team more than helped it.
 
Harris Andrews
 
Who was that Richmond player who kissed his scrawny biceps before running onto the field on his debut? I can't even remember if he was bad or not but he deserves to be on the list just for that.
 
Blackhawk42 said:
Xavier Richards. Might be the worst footballer to play in a Grand Final.

Decided to throw his name out there as trade bait following that game because he couldn't manage his money well enough to afford living in Sydney. Nobody was interested and then the Swans didn't want him back either. Delisted.
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Sounds like an epic fail.
 

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Bunk Moreland said:
Six years on and nobody can beat this nomination from the first page.

It’s the only answer. If you ever saw Folau actually play for the Giants you’d know what a bizarre farce it was. There’s been no worse footballer at the elite level, he barely knew the rules seemingly.
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Falou and Karmichael are exceptions though. That's like saying Conor McGregor is the worst professional boxer of all time.
 
My personal favourite is Paul Bower

He would often run, intercept, mark and play on - only to turn the ball over in the corridor, have it kicked over his head to his direct opponent and result in an opposition goal. Or better yet, get pinged for holding the ball in the most ridiculous ways. Somehow managed to play 70 unremarkable games in the Navy Blue. Amazing little write up found elsewhere on BigFooty about a moment in one of his last games below:
If you watch a replay of the Blues v Dogs game from round 17 you can actually see the moment where Bower's career in navy blue ends.

He went back with the flight, got a bit worried, flinched, the ball bounced off his head and into the arms of Grant, who slotted the Dogs' 6th and began a run of three goals.
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Which I also managed to find on YouTube here, it’s ultimate squibbery


And this is a great highlight of just how vacant he could be on the field:
 
Raphael Clarke had some handy games, but majority of his seasons whenever the ball was near him you wanted to close your eyes out of pity, never really felt trustworthy at the level and didn't convince as a footballer.
 
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Is there a special section for ruckmen, who only get a game because they are 6-8+, and can put their arms up? Because we've had some doozies.

Andrew Browne comes to mind. He was about 6-8 (at least), and once had 95 hitouts in a VFL match (that's right, 95). In the seniors, he had plenty of hit-outs as well, and at least 2 or 3 of them went in the direction of his team-mates (maybe).

When he ran through the banner at the start of the game. the little kids doing it that day had to slow down and wait for him.
 
Kayne Turner, gets 10 disposals and most of them are forgettable, no height or speed, no footy IQ, no AFL traits other than the fact that he 'tries hard'


Oh and he's also in the leadership group and has been described as 'first picked' by Jack Ziebell

FML.
 

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