Our most under-rated player?
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Our most under-rated player?
I think it used to be Max. Now that Max is gone, I'd say Lenny. He turned 30 this year and it's really only now that he is finally regarded as one of the best inside-mids of the competition.
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Reckon if you asked two years ago I'd agree but after last year the Len Dog is pretty much universally classed as elite level I'd say...
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See I forgot abot Blake !!
Kinda says something...
Kinda says something...
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For mine, the most underrated player at the club is Baker.
He has an enormous impact in terms of lifting the overall commitment, courage and competitiveness of the side.
I also agree that Raph is underrated: he does make some dramatic mistakes, but that is partly because he is prepared to pick up or receive the ball in the most difficult situations and move it out of the backline. He played a crucial role in the second half of the PF against the Dogs, after being crunched earlier on.
I reckon CJ and McQualter are currently given the appropriate amount of recognition by fans and in the media. They've both done very well in the last 12 months to establish themselves as players of genuine AFL quality. But let's not get carried away. The same goes for Blake.
Every club has its honest toilers like these three: truly deserving of every $ they earn, but not "points of difference" (to use Lyon's excellent description of BJ).
He has an enormous impact in terms of lifting the overall commitment, courage and competitiveness of the side.
I also agree that Raph is underrated: he does make some dramatic mistakes, but that is partly because he is prepared to pick up or receive the ball in the most difficult situations and move it out of the backline. He played a crucial role in the second half of the PF against the Dogs, after being crunched earlier on.
I reckon CJ and McQualter are currently given the appropriate amount of recognition by fans and in the media. They've both done very well in the last 12 months to establish themselves as players of genuine AFL quality. But let's not get carried away. The same goes for Blake.
Every club has its honest toilers like these three: truly deserving of every $ they earn, but not "points of difference" (to use Lyon's excellent description of BJ).
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+1 for bakesmeher baba wrote:For mine, the most underrated player at the club is Baker.
He has an enormous impact in terms of lifting the overall commitment, courage and competitiveness of the side.
I also agree that Raph is underrated: he does make some dramatic mistakes, but that is partly because he is prepared to pick up or receive the ball in the most difficult situations and move it out of the backline. He played a crucial role in the second half of the PF against the Dogs, after being crunched earlier on.
I reckon CJ and McQualter are currently given the appropriate amount of recognition by fans and in the media. They've both done very well in the last 12 months to establish themselves as players of genuine AFL quality. But let's not get carried away. The same goes for Blake.
Every club has its honest toilers like these three: truly deserving of every $ they earn, but not "points of difference" (to use Lyon's excellent description of BJ).
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CJ was voted #50 in Sheahan's top 50 so he is getting noticed a bit.
Hard to say when you're coming off a year when every player was praised.
I agreee with those who said two years ago it was Lenny. Nowadays it's hard to pick who is underrated.
I reckon Armitage is underrated internally but I guess that's a separate argument.
Hard to say when you're coming off a year when every player was praised.
I agreee with those who said two years ago it was Lenny. Nowadays it's hard to pick who is underrated.
I reckon Armitage is underrated internally but I guess that's a separate argument.
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Good point that.#1GILL wrote:Baker by a fair margin.
To keep Davis, Aker and Johnson quiet in one year is a fantastic effort. But to do it in one finals series and receive barely any recognition from the media or the football supporting community shows how under rated he is.
And he's very much a Saints man is our Bakes.
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I agree. Would have to be Bakes.Quixote wrote:Good point that.#1GILL wrote:Baker by a fair margin.
To keep Davis, Aker and Johnson quiet in one year is a fantastic effort. But to do it in one finals series and receive barely any recognition from the media or the football supporting community shows how under rated he is.
And he's very much a Saints man is our Bakes.
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