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bennymacca wrote:maybe i overreacted a little with the selwood post haha

I do think he is slightly overrated. Maybe its just all that ducking stuff that pisses me off.

did have a few beers in my hotel room after a long day of work.

im blaming it on that

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bennymacca wrote:maybe i overreacted a little with the selwood post haha

I do think he is slightly overrated. Maybe its just all that ducking stuff that pisses me off.

did have a few beers in my hotel room after a long day of work.

im blaming it on that


Alone in a hotel room after a few beers and a long day at work and you pick SA Footy to look at?

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Booney wrote:
bennymacca wrote:maybe i overreacted a little with the selwood post haha

I do think he is slightly overrated. Maybe its just all that ducking stuff that pisses me off.

did have a few beers in my hotel room after a long day of work.

im blaming it on that


Alone in a hotel room after a few beers and a long day at work and you pick SA Footy to look at?

Madness.


Well it is a wank fest in here sometimes so...
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MW wrote:
Booney wrote:
bennymacca wrote:maybe i overreacted a little with the selwood post haha
I do think he is slightly overrated. Maybe its just all that ducking stuff that pisses me off.
did have a few beers in my hotel room after a long day of work.
im blaming it on that

Alone in a hotel room after a few beers and a long day at work and you pick SA Footy to look at?
Madness.

Well it is a wank fest in here sometimes so...


Metaphorically speaking doesn't come* into hotels with me.
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Booney wrote:
bennymacca wrote:maybe i overreacted a little with the selwood post haha

I do think he is slightly overrated. Maybe its just all that ducking stuff that pisses me off.

did have a few beers in my hotel room after a long day of work.

im blaming it on that


Alone in a hotel room after a few beers and a long day at work and you pick SA Footy to look at?

Madness.


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Pretty spot on for the swans I reckon

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Booney wrote:
bennymacca wrote:maybe i overreacted a little with the selwood post haha

I do think he is slightly overrated. Maybe its just all that ducking stuff that pisses me off.

did have a few beers in my hotel room after a long day of work.

im blaming it on that


Alone in a hotel room after a few beers and a long day at work and you pick SA Footy to look at?

Madness.

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Crows looks about right. I would have Jacobs and Tom Lynch in the borderline category too though.

You could probably argue lynch is the best at his role in the afl
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This is the list we ended up with.

Booney wrote:Bold added
Adelaide - Betts, Sloane, Laird ( Walker, Lynch, Talia, Jacobs, M.Crouch )
Brisbane - Zorko ( Beams )
Carlton - Cripps ( Murphy )
Collingwood - Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Treloar ( Grundy )
Essendon - Hurley, Daniher ( Merrett, McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Neale
Gold Coast - Lynch ( May )
GWS - Greene, Scully, Shiel, Kelly ( Whitfield, Coniglio, Patton )
Geelong - Dangerfield, Selwood, Ablett, Taylor ( Duncan, Tuohy )
Hawthorn - Roughead, Mitchell, Burgoyne ( Burton )
Melbourne - Gawn, Oliver, Viney ( Petracca, Hogan )
North Melbourne - Brown, Cunnington ( Higgins, Tarrant )
Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )
Richmond - Martin, Cotchin, Rance ( Houli, Prestia, Riewoldt, Caddy )
St Kilda - Ross ( Steven, Carlisle )
Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )
West Coast - McGovern, Naitanui, Kennedy ( Shuey )
Western Bulldogs - Bontempelli ( Wood )


The ones in BOLD below are the ones we had as A Graders in our list.


The SEN list of A graders :
Adelaide
A-Graders: Rory Sloane, Eddie Betts, Matt Crouch, Daniel Talia, Bryce Gibbs
Borderline: Taylor Walker, Rory Laird, Brodie Smith

BRISBANE
A-Graders: Dayne Beams, Dayne Zorko
Borderline: Nil

CARLTON
A-Graders: Marc Murphy, Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty, Matthew Kreuzer
Borderline – Nil

COLLINGWOOD
A-Graders: Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom
Borderline: Adam Treloar, Jeremy Howe

ESSENDON
A-Graders: Joe Daniher, Zach Merrett, Michael Hurley
Borderline: Dyson Heppell

FREMANTLE
A-Graders: Nat Fyfe, Lachie Neale
Borderline: Brad Hill, Stephen Hill

GEELONG
A-Graders: Gary Ablett, Patrick Dangerfield, Joel Selwood
Borderline: Mitch Duncan

GOLD COAST
A-Graders: Tom Lynch, Steven May
Borderline: Nil

GWS
A-Graders: Dylan Shiel, Phil Davis, Josh Kelly, Toby Greene
Borderline: Callan Ward, Stephen Coniglio, Nick Haynes, Jon Patton, Lachie Whitfield

Hawthorn
A-Graders: Tom Mitchell, Cyril Rioli
Borderline: Ryan Burton

Melbourne
A-Graders: Jack Viney, Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Michael Hibberd
Borderline: Jake Lever, Jesse Hogan, Christian Petracca

North Melbourne
A-Graders: Ben Brown, Shaun Higgins, Robbie Tarrant
Borderline: Jack Ziebell, Ben Cunnington

PORT ADELAIDE
A-Graders: Robbie Gray, Paddy Ryder
Borderline: Chad Wingard, Ollie Wines, Charlie Dixon

RICHMOND
A-Graders: Alex Rance, Trent Cotchin, Dustin Martin
Borderline: Jack Riewoldt, Nick Vlastuin, Bachar Houli

ST KILDA
A-Graders: Jack Steven
Borderline: Jake Carlise, Seb Ross, Jack Billings

SYDNEY
A-Graders: Lance Franklin, Josh Kennedy, Dane Rampe, Luke Parker, Dan Hannebery
Borderline: Isaac Heeney, Callum Mills

WEST COAST
A-Graders: Josh Kennedy, Luke Shuey, Nic Naitanui, Jeremy McGovern
Borderline: Ellott Yeo

WESTERN BULLDOGS
A-Graders: Marcus Bontempelli, Jack Macrae
Borderline: Jason Johannisen, Luke Dahlhaus
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bennymacca wrote:Crows looks about right. I would have Jacobs and Tom Lynch in the borderline category too though.

You could probably argue lynch is the best at his role in the afl


Jacobs is an out and out A grader IMO.
Lynch only a B+
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amber_fluid wrote:
bennymacca wrote:Crows looks about right. I would have Jacobs and Tom Lynch in the borderline category too though.

You could probably argue lynch is the best at his role in the afl


Jacobs is an out and out A grader IMO.
Lynch only a B+

And tex isn’t borderline. C+ at best



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woodublieve12 wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
bennymacca wrote:Crows looks about right. I would have Jacobs and Tom Lynch in the borderline category too though.

You could probably argue lynch is the best at his role in the afl


Jacobs is an out and out A grader IMO.
Lynch only a B+

And tex isn’t borderline. C+ at best



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I reckon Tex would have been a C+ student at school.
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amber_fluid wrote:
woodublieve12 wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
bennymacca wrote:Crows looks about right. I would have Jacobs and Tom Lynch in the borderline category too though.

You could probably argue lynch is the best at his role in the afl


Jacobs is an out and out A grader IMO.
Lynch only a B+

And tex isn’t borderline. C+ at best



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I reckon Tex would have been a C+ student at school.

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Spargo wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:
woodublieve12 wrote:
amber_fluid wrote:

Jacobs is an out and out A grader IMO.
Lynch only a B+

And tex isn’t borderline. C+ at best



:D


I reckon Tex would have been a C+ student at school.

Year 6 was his favourite three years of school...


They do mark you hard at Broken Hill primary school though in his defence. :lol:
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SEN have Kreuzer in there but no Roughy!!!!!
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hollywood7477 wrote:SEN have Kreuzer in there but no Roughy!!!!!


Based on 2017 output I think it’s more than fair

Roughy will be 31 next year so I think his best years are behind him
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hollywood7477 wrote:SEN have Kreuzer in there but no Roughy!!!!!

Roughy didn't really set the world on fire this season unfortunately.
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Booney wrote:This is the list we ended up with.
Booney wrote:Bold added
Adelaide - Betts, Sloane, Laird ( Walker, Lynch, Talia, Jacobs, M.Crouch )
Brisbane - Zorko ( Beams )
Carlton - Cripps ( Murphy )
Collingwood - Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Treloar ( Grundy )
Essendon - Hurley, Daniher ( Merrett, McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Neale
Gold Coast - Lynch ( May )
GWS - Greene, Scully, Shiel, Kelly ( Whitfield, Coniglio, Patton )
Geelong - Dangerfield, Selwood, Ablett, Taylor ( Duncan, Tuohy )
Hawthorn - Roughead, Mitchell, Burgoyne ( Burton )
Melbourne - Gawn, Oliver, Viney ( Petracca, Hogan )
North Melbourne - Brown, Cunnington ( Higgins, Tarrant )
Port Adelaide - R.Gray, Wingard, Wines, Ryder ( Dixon, Ebert )
Richmond - Martin, Cotchin, Rance ( Houli, Prestia, Riewoldt, Caddy )
St Kilda - Ross ( Steven, Carlisle )
Sydney - Franklin, Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery ( Heeney, Jones, Rampe )
West Coast - McGovern, Naitanui, Kennedy ( Shuey )
Western Bulldogs - Bontempelli ( Wood )



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Who I think - ( Who might be )

Adelaide - N/A
Brisbane - Neale, Cameron, Andrews ( McCluggage, Zorko )
Carlton - Cripps ( Weitering, Walsh )
Collingwood - Grundy, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Moore, ( Howe, De Goey )
Essendon - Hurley, Shiel ( McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Walters
Geelong - Dangerfield, Guthrie, Ablett, Selwood, Stewart, Hawkins ( Touhy, Blocavs, Duncan )
Gold Coast - ( Rowell, King, Sexton, Rankine )
GWS - Green, Whitfield, Kelly ( Haynes, Coniglio, Ward )
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Booney wrote:Who I think - ( Who might be )

Adelaide - N/A
Brisbane - Neale, Cameron, Andrews ( McCluggage, Zorko )
Carlton - Cripps ( Weitering, Walsh )
Collingwood - Grundy, Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Moore, ( Howe, De Goey )
Essendon - Hurley, Shiel ( McGrath )
Fremantle - Fyfe, Walters
Geelong - Dangerfield, Guthrie, Ablett, Selwood, Stewart, Hawkins ( Touhy, Blocavs, Duncan )
Gold Coast - ( Rowell, King, Sexton, Rankine )
GWS - Green, Whitfield, Kelly ( Haynes, Coniglio, Ward )

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