The Marcus Bontempelli Appreciation thread

[Axe Man]

Barrett is on board:

IF ...
all the great midfielders are lined up on the wall and I've got one pick ...

THEN ...
I'm still taking Bont. As I would have for every season since 2015. He's still the best. There was no way he was walking off Marvel Stadium on Thursday night without the W.

[Hotdog60]

I was thinking this morning and wondering if at some stage we should move The Bont behind the ball.
Before you come back with you don't move your best centre clearance player out of the middle here's my reasoning.
Marcus who is constantly being locked down by the opposition I think is starting to take a toll on his body.
As with previous seasons he looks great until he get a injury look at the hip and this year I think the knee is now a problem.
My thought process is this, to give Marcus a bit more longevity in the game may be half back wouldn't be so bad and we can exploit his skill from there and let him be the tackler instead of him being tackled.
Utilize his fantastic skills and vision to set us up. Think of some of his raking left foot passes into the forward line only coming off half back to set us up.
He's a smart footballer with good vision and he may have more time to use those skills. I'm not saying do it now but in the near future we will need to find a replacement in the middle so another good reason to draft a skilled mid for the future.
I think Marcus has been carrying limiting niggles for the last 3 or 4 seasons and since that tackle 3 weeks ago he hasn't been the same.

[hujsh]

Well... Boyd did it. In a more high profile case Hodge did it. It's a maybe for me.

[macca]

We should be rotating him out of the middle. Maybe Macrae or Smith have more CBA .
We are 1 big body mid short this season with Dunks out

His body is taking a battering in the middle , it is time the rest of the team share the workload

[JanLorMill]

We should be rotating him out of the middle. Maybe Macrae or Smith have more CBA .
We are 1 big body mid short this season with Dunks out

His body is taking a battering in the middle , it is time the rest of the team share the workload

Bont is almost carrying the side at the moment. We want to win he needs to be in the action. If he isn’t fit then our chance diminish greatly.

[macca]

Bont is almost carrying the side at the moment. We want to win he needs to be in the action. If he isn’t fit then our chance diminish greatly.

We are sounding like a Carlton now, beat Cripps beat carlton. Its only so long his body is going to withstand this. See Crisp's diminishing output this year.

Time to cut deep and starting find the players to rejuvenate the list in all positions.

[josie]

We would be a bottom 4 side without Libba and Bont. That’s sad. Club has had years to address this. Elevating McComb is not the answer. I know we’ve been hamstrung by having draft picks gobbled up Marra and Darcy but that does not explain our stagnation.

I like the suggestion of moving Bont and giving his body a break. If it means we lose a few more games so be it.

[1eyedog]

We are sounding like a Carlton now, beat Cripps beat carlton. Its only so long his body is going to withstand this. See Crisp's diminishing output this year.

Time to cut deep and starting find the players to rejuvenate the list in all positions.

Crisp? Jack Crisp? He's been pretty good this year Collingwood are sharing the load more though.

[bornadog]

100+ AFL Coaches Votes in a season (began 2006):


3x - MARCUS BONTEMPELLI (2019, 2021, 2023)
2x - Gary Ablett Jnr, Patrick Dangerfield
1x - 11 players

[bornadog]

5 times AA

[comrade]

Absolutely blessed the day he walked through the door. Once in a lifetime player.

[GVGjr]

Absolutely blessed the day he walked through the door. Once in a lifetime player.

No arguments there, the added advantage is the way he conducts himself off field and the way he presents in front of the media.
I don't think I've seen a more natural media performer than Bont when compared to all other Bulldog players unless you go back to Whitten.

[EasternWest]

5 times AA

When we're married this will be the backdrop at the altar.

[Sedat]

Absolutely blessed the day he walked through the door. Once in a lifetime player.

Yep. It would be a travesty if he ended up a 1 premiership player when he retires. We have absolute rolled gold we can build around for the next 5 years minimum, and we have to make it count.

[Rocket Science]

Aye, there's nothing this feller deserves more than team success, he's just scooping up individual accolades for fun these days.

The flawless way he leads us demands the club be nothing short of relentless in helping him achieve it while we enjoy the privilege of his company.