Mike Sheahan's Top 50

[Mantis]

Mike is releasing 11-50 today, with the top 10 being released tomorrow.

1. Gary Ablett (Geelong)

2 . Nic Riewoldt (St Kilda)

3. Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)

4. Chris Judd (Carlton)

5. Jonathan Brown (Brisbane)

6. Joel Selwood (Geelong)

7. Adam Goodes (Sydney)

8. Matthew Scarlett (Geelong)

9. Luke Hodge (Hawthorn)

10. Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)

11. Paul Chapman (Geelong)

12. Lenny Hayes (St Kilda)

13. Dean Cox (West Coast)

14. Brian Lake (Western Bulldogs)

15. Jimmy Bartel (Geelong)

16. Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle)

17. Brendon Goddard (St Kilda)

18. Daniel Kerr (West Coast)

19. Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)

20. Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs)

21. Ryan O'Keefe (Sydney)

22. Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda)

23. Steve Johnson (Geelong)

24. Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)

25. Sam Fisher (St Kilda)

26. Simon Black (Brisbane Lions)

27. Heath Shaw (Collingwod)

28. Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)

29. Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)

30. Luke Power (Brisbane Lions)

31. Brendan Fevola (Brisbane Lions)

32. Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)

33. Craig Bolton (Sydney)

34. Leigh Montagna (St Kilda)

35. Dane Swan (Collingwood)

36. Corey Enright (Geelong)

37. Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)

38. Marc Murphy (Carlton)

39. Darren Jolly (Collingwood)

40. Mitch Clark (Brisbane Lions)

41. Kurt Tippett (Adelaide)

42. Shaun Higgins (Western Bulldogs)

43. Alan Didak (Collingwood)

44. Paddy Ryder (Essendon)

45. Barry Hall (Western Bulldogs)

46. Bernie Vince (Adelaide)

47. Aaron Davey (Melbourne)

48. Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs)

49. Mark Le Cras (West Coast)

50. Brad Sewell (Hawthorn)

[chef]

3 Dogs already, not a bad start(not that it means much).

[Throughandthrough]

what!


That's outrageous!


He has no idea!



How has player XXX gone up/down by XXX spots over the summer?


(will come back in a few days and edit this post when i've looked at the rankings)

[comrade]

Boyd and Cooney are locks, as is Brian of course. Morris and Shaggy also have claims.

[chef]

Boyd and Cooney are locks, as is Brian of course. Morris and Shaggy also have claims.

I'd even have Harbrow in there with a chance too. Wasn't Griffen a top 10 one year?

[comrade]

I almost added both of them, but didn't want to go over the top.

[chef]

14. Brian Lake (Western Bulldogs)
20. Dale Morris (Western Bulldogs)
24. Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs)
42. Shaun Higgins (Western Bulldogs)
45. Barry Hall (Western Bulldogs)
48. Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs)

Assuming that Cooney will be in the top 10, this would have to be the most Dogs ever in a Sheahan top 50.

[chef]

This should be his top ten(in no particular order)

Ablett
Riewoldt
Cooney
J. Brown
Franklin
Goodes
Selwood
Judd
Hodge
Scarlett

[mjp]

Assuming that Cooney will be in the top 10, this would have to be the most Dogs ever in a Sheahan top 50.

Are we convinced of that?

[chef]

Are we convinced of that?

Yes, well I am.

[Go_Dogs]

I'd even have Harbrow in there with a chance too. Wasn't Griffen a top 10 one year?

I don't believe he was a top 10, but he did make the list a couple of years ago. From memory he was ranked somewhere around the 40 mark.


I think Mike does a pretty admirable job with these lists, and this one again looks pretty good. The pre-season ones are always very interesting because it involves a bit of crystal-balling on his behalf, to identify which players may indeed be in the Top 50 come seasons end.

[chef]

I don't believe he was a top 10, but he did make the list a couple of years ago. From memory he was ranked somewhere around the 40 mark.


I think Mike does a pretty admirable job with these lists, and this one again looks pretty good. The pre-season ones are always very interesting because it involves a bit of crystal-balling on his behalf, to identify which players may indeed be in the Top 50 come seasons end.

Yeah, i just checked and he was number 42 at the start of last year.

[Go_Dogs]

Yeah, i just checked and he was number 42 at the start of last year.

I was going to say 43. My photographic memory is slipping slightly



I'm actually surprised that Mike hasn't included him this year, based on his pre-season form this year, and finals form late last year. Who knows, perhaps Mike will pull a huge surprise out the hat and name him in his Top 10 - stranger things have happened - although the 10 you named above looks pretty accurate for mine.

[mjp]

Yes, well I am.

10th!

As I was reading down the list I was half expecting to see he had been left out...shouldn't be behind Judd and Selwood.

[chef]

10th!

As I was reading down the list I was half expecting to see he had been left out...shouldn't be behind Judd and Selwood.

Agree.