Best player in each AFL team

[redden whites]

From a hawks man ..Franklin is not in the top 8 yet ,Calm down everyone he was playing in the b's mid way thru last year.But in saying that I'm sure glad he is ours!

[Down&Out]

redden whites if god built prospect oval on the 7th day why didn't he at least put the goal posts in properly??

[Zorro]

I noticed a few people have put Lance Franklin for their best player at Hawthorn. I disagree (time to kick start some debate).

Don't get me wrong - Lance is going to be a superstar, no doubt. But is he really the best player on the current Hawthorn list?
He is beginning to show glimpses of his brilliance, and he would certainly be in the top 10 on their list - but wouldn't the likes of Hodge & Mitchell be considered more important to the side, for now at least? Thats IMO anyway.

I totally agree blink. Franklin will MAYBE be Hawthorn's best by the end of the year if he stays fit and continues improving. But there is no way he could be rated above the likes of Hodge just yet. There is no doubt he is probably the most IMPORTANT player to Hawthorns chances of making the 8 but he wouldn't be their best, not yet.

No spot for Zac Dawson?

[Stevie_K]

Adelaide: Simon Goodwin
Brisbane: Johnathon Brown
Carlton: Brendon Fevola
Collingwood: James Clement
Essendon: Tough one, don't think it's Lucas. I'm actually going to say Matty Lloyd
Fremantle: Matty Pavlich
Geelong: Cameron Ling
Hawthorn: Luke Hodge
Kangaroos: Daniel Wells (more of a forecast for this year)
Melbourne: Cameron Bruce
Port: S. Burgoyne
Richmond: Joel Bowden
St Kilda: Nick Del Santo - Mention to Sammy Fisher, he is a gun!
Swans: Adam Goodes
Western Bulldogs: Scott West
West Coast: Chris Judd

[sydney-dog]

At Present

Adelaide: Simon Goodwin
Brisbane: Jonathon Brown
Carlton: Brendan Fevola
Collingwood: Buckley (WHEN FIT)
Essendon: Lucas - On the past two years
Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich
Geelong: Gary Ablett Jnr
Hawthorn: Sam Mitchell / Hodge - can't split, but Franklin is closing the gap Fast
Kangaroos: Daniel Wells
Melbourne: Davey
Port Adelaide: Shaun Burgoyne / Tredders can't split
Richmond: Nathan Brown
St Kilda: Lenny Hayes (when fit)
Sydney: Barry Hall
West Coast: Chris Judd
Western Bulldogs: Brad Johnson, but Griffen is closing

[Adelaide Hawk]

From a hawks man ..Franklin is not in the top 8 yet ,Calm down everyone he was playing in the b's mid way thru last year.But in saying that I'm sure glad he is ours!

And as a Hawks fan, I agree. Too many pepole are getting carried away with Buddy ATM, and he has a lot of hard work to do to gain star status. Having said that, a lot pf people jumped the gun with Judd, and HE turned out okay

[Adelaide Hawk]

For what it's worth, here's mine:

AdelaideL Simon Goodwon
Brisbane Lions: Simon Black (J.Brown very close)
Carlton: Marc Murphy
Collingwood: Nathan Buckley or James Clement
Essendon: Matthew Lloyd (James Hird when he's at his best)
Fremantle: Matthew Pavlich
Geelong: Paul Chapman
Hawthorn: Luke Hodge
Kangaroos: Brent Harvey
Melbourne: Cameron Bruce
Port Adelaide: Shaun Burgoyne
Richmond: Joel Bowden
St.Kilda: Nick Riewoldt
Sydney: Ryan O'Keefe
West Coast: Ben Cousins or Chris Judd
Western Bulldogs: Brad Johnson

[Hafey]

Adelaide - Andrew Mcleod
Brisbane - John Brown
Carlton-Brendan Fevola
Collingwood-Alan Didak
Essendon-James Hird
Fremantle-Matthew Pavolich
Geelong-Gary Abblett
Hawthorn-Luke Hodge
Kangaroos-Adam Simpson
Melbourne-David Neitz
Port Adelaide-Warren Tredrea
Richmond-Matthew Richardson
St Kilda-Nick Reiwoldt
Sydney-Barry Hall
West Coast-Chris Judd
Western Bulldogs-Brad Johnson

Any one of these guys will win you a game off there own boot

[Rik E Boy]

I guess whenever you are evaluating the best from other clubs, you tend to rate what your own club needs and also by how much that player hurt your team the last time you played them. For mine, this was Franklin on both occasions. Looking back over my list you can see just how many forwards are in there.

As for Hawthorn's best, it would have been Crawford up until very recently.

regards,

REB