Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

[Hotdog60]

Hi All,

During the off season I thought I would start our list rating again. I won't included the new recruits as there is nothing to go on and I'll leave out desisted and retired players as there is no point.

Like last time I'll count down from the highest number to the lowest but I thought the poll rating this time will go on a different tack and get Woofers thoughts on how they rank from Elite to Below Average.

I hope current performance doesn't reflect on last years assessment.

[Hotdog60]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12



Zaine Cordy joined the Club as a father-son selection in the 2014 NAB AFL Draft via pick number 62. A versatile and athletic tall defender, Cordy is ultra-competitive and has the versatility to play on a range of opponents. Despite his pedigree as a defender, Cordy earned his nine senior games as a forward in 2016 – including the Bulldogs’ stunning finals series and drought-breaking premiership. Since then, the 24-year-old has returned to the Bulldogs’ back-line, playing 104 games across seven seasons in total.
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[comrade]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I’ve been waiting…

[1eyedog]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

Courageous and tries hard but the nothing things he does outweighs the good.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I think Cordy is a victim of our lack of key defensive options and experience. I think in a well balanced team, he would be perfectly adequate as a medium defender.
He has his clear limitations and I feel he is being expected to play a role he's just not physically able to reliably perform.

[Mantis]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I think Cordy is a victim of our lack of key defensive options and experience. I think in a well balanced team, he would be perfectly adequate as a medium defender.
He has his clear limitations and I feel he is being expected to play a role he's just not physically able to reliably perform.

He doesn’t have the skill set or athletic traits to play any other role than as a KPP.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I should probably avoid posting....

[Bornadog]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

He doesn’t have the skill set or athletic traits to play any other role than as a KPP.

I think 3rd tall rather than KPP would be his best spot, but I have him as below average

[soupman]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I think he's adequate as a depth player on our list, I guess not unlike Matt Spangher's role through Hawthorns dominant era.

I mean he has a lot of stuff that is infuriating, but for the most part he is a bankable 6/10.

Shouldn't be in our best 25 though.

[Danjul]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I think Cordy is a victim of our lack of key defensive options and experience. I think in a well balanced team, he would be perfectly adequate as a medium defender.
He has his clear limitations and I feel he is being expected to play a role he's just not physically able to reliably perform.

Too true. A few years back numerous quality forwards were kicking personal best bags of goals on him and he kept getting the same job. His coping mechanism was, and still is, to stand off his man and try to run in and spoil. As a result he usually gets there in time to simply stand the mark.

I suspect that he would have contributed much more as the third defender (as many have suggested here).

[Mantis]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I think 3rd tall rather than KPP would be his best spot, but I have him as below average

In my mind a 3rd tall is someone who is athletic, can use the ball well and can intercept mark... I don't see Zaine having these traits.

[Happy Days]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

It’s not Zaine’s fault that we don’t have any better options, but he isn’t quick enough to go with the mid-sizers, isn’t good enough in the air to play on talls of any quality, and is a horribly uncreative player that stifles many promising moves forward when he gets involved in switches. I also don’t think I’ve ever seen him take an overhead/pack mark.

We gotta get O’Brien in, who just to be clear I think also sucks, but can at least do some of the above competently.

[Hotdog60]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

I've have Zaine as average but at least can say he's a premiership player and who can forget the famous knee.
But he falls into the grey zone and doesn't offer anything special.

[boydogs]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

Zaine's a great competitor and can halve aerial contests, I don't mind him up forward defending intercept markers

[Vred]

Re: Rating our list 2021: Zaine Cordy 12

Who voted elite? Show yourself!