eth-dog
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Worst afl player you've seen (and why)
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The opposition that day was sponsored by Dodge, and as part of their sponsorship package this guy played a one off game
It would have to be?
Imagine the one contest that breaks your collarbone, concusses you AND ruptures your ACL!!
TubbsFarquhar
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Which didn't last long.
I saw Folau line up on Luke McPharlin at Optus in 2013. Must have been one of those Kevin Sheedy "He'll learn the game if he plays on someone good" ideas. I think McPharlin had 8 or 9 marks before Folau had touched it. Was brutal.
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Must’ve been 2012 mate. He wasn’t here in 2013
Pretty sure he lined up on Tom Harley in a VFL game in 07 when Harley was coming back from injury. Told him he was going to end his career. He ended up with two games; Harley with two Premierships as captain lol
Solid role players? "Good ordinary footballers" who got the best out of their limited skills? Blokes whose career was curtailed by chronic injuries?
A few weird definitions of "Worst Player Ever" on here.
A few weird definitions of "Worst Player Ever" on here.
CakeEater
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Pretty sure Lucas Cook broke the record for the slowest player ever tested at the AFL Combine, I remember Emma Quale tweeted it at the time, and then Melbourne drafted him at pick 12 as a lead-up forward.
Just mind-boggling how incompetent they have been over the years.
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According to Bigfooty the correct answer is Nick Daicos
Collingwood persecution complex going strong.
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Doesn't quite fit the 50 game mark, but at 44 games Paul Chambers was the worst I saw. No idea how he got on an AFL list and no idea why we took him off Geelong. He was hopeless.
Mark Orchard was pretty rough. We shipped him back to Collingwood after 2 years on our list. Wasn't great
Mark Orchard was pretty rough. We shipped him back to Collingwood after 2 years on our list. Wasn't great
TubbsFarquhar
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Lachlan Murphy.
No other club would carry him to 100 games, but he exemplies the Crows philosophy of honest triers who come from good families but has little football ability.
No other club would carry him to 100 games, but he exemplies the Crows philosophy of honest triers who come from good families but has little football ability.
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Timeout.
You once carried a crab to a bees you know from 250 games.
Mackay is still the crows clubhouse leader.
When a horse breaks a sesamoid we usually have to put them down
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Callan Ward said in 2020 that he was never convinced Folau would make it.
Ward told Mike Sheahan that he didn't agree with Sheedy's views about Folau's AFL ability.
“He improved so much in terms of his fitness and understanding football … but he was a long way off.
“He was our worst runner by a long way, and he’d improved so much with his running.
“I know you don’t always need to be a good runner to play footy, but his game sense and awareness wasn’t there, his kicking was not too bad, but it wasn’t good.
“I just didn’t think he’d make it, to put it simply.”
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Back when he was being touted as the high profile NRL player I always thought he was the wrong target.
For mine it should’ve been Jarryd Hayne.
Who turned out to be a worse human than Folau.
Still, 13 games of AFL in his life and here we are still talking about him, 12 years later.
Certainly not in a good way, but he still generates chat.
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Scott Gumbleton.
I can only remember him with back issues, but he looked horrible everytime I saw him play.
I can only remember him with back issues, but he looked horrible everytime I saw him play.
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That ball drop was horrible.
We have had a few high pick duds over the years
I always wondered how Kayne Turner made it to 130 games. Nothing player.
Jed McEntee at the moment one of the worst to get consistent games doing absolutely nothing
Jed McEntee at the moment one of the worst to get consistent games doing absolutely nothing
Bad teams often have no depth and are forced to play crap players or young players not ready to play
