Players you don't rate

[Mofra]

Re: Players you don't rate

This is not a player per se as individually they are incredible but - the starting trio of Danger, Selwood and Ablett.

Individually they are all the elite of the competition, although Ablett has slowed considerably. Combined they are worse than the sum of their parts. Three ball hunters in a modern game where one midfielder has to be accountable for the opposition star and/or block for the others and sacrifice their own game. Who of that trio would sacrifice their game for the others? Selwood is a gun inside mid so you'd probably want him hunting the ball to feed out to one of the other two, and Danger and Ablett sure as hell aren't blocking for anyone else.

It's no accident that Geelong's midfield works best when either Ablett or Dangerfiled (or both) rest forward.
Plus, they have the only ruck division in the competition as bad as ours which means they aren't maximizing the value of the three anyway.

[Twodogs]

Re: Players you don't rate

This is not a player per se as individually they are incredible but - the starting trio of Danger, Selwood and Ablett.

Individually they are all the elite of the competition, although Ablett has slowed considerably. Combined they are worse than the sum of their parts. Three ball hunters in a modern game where one midfielder has to be accountable for the opposition star and/or block for the others and sacrifice their own game. Who of that trio would sacrifice their game for the others? Selwood is a gun inside mid so you'd probably want him hunting the ball to feed out to one of the other two, and Danger and Ablett sure as hell aren't blocking for anyone else.

It's no accident that Geelong's midfield works best when either Ablett or Dangerfiled (or both) rest forward.
Plus, they have the only ruck division in the competition as bad as ours which means they aren't maximizing the value of the three anyway.

Meh! If his name was Gary Smith junior he would never had been allowed to play the game on his own terms the way Ablett has. He puts in when he wants to and let's his teammates down. He should have been sacked by Gold Coast at least twice. It was only his surname that saved him.