Picken, AA?

[lemmon]

Could Picken be a smokey for All Australian this year? They normally have a tagger among the mids and he just hasen't been beaten this year. Not to mention he has been able to find a bit of his own ball and kick a few goals. No doubt this is a bit premature but I feel a man crush comin on with young Picken.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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I think it is way too early, but if he maintains this form, he would come into consideration.
I too am really developing a a real liking for the fella. He just exemplifies heart, soul and total commitment.

[AndrewP6]

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Too early for that... but he is a good one alright... runs hard, tackles, good decision making... like him a lot.

[Jasper]

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Could Picken be a smokey for All Australian this year? They normally have a tagger among the mids and he just hasen't been beaten this year. Not to mention he has been able to find a bit of his own ball and kick a few goals. No doubt this is a bit premature but I feel a man crush comin on with young Picken.

Does it really matter ? I'm just happy enough with the fact that he is improving from when he first got into the side. He's gone from almost strictly tagger to a good play maker.
He's capable of kicking a goal as well.

[LostDoggy]

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Another great game tonight, gave pearce a bath and then got a lot of his own ball again this week. He's an absolute gem.

[Remi Moses]

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The lengths this guy went to get a gig at AFL level is inspirational

[dog town]

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He is going along well but not even close to AA. He is doing a job that every team has someone doing and some of them have been doing it at Picken's level for a long, long time.

Players in contention for us would probably be Lake, Hargrave, Morris, Cooney, Boyd and maybe even Cross or Aker depending on whether they have a purple patch for the rest of the season.

Lake- Will be a big chance for a KP back spot. Has done it for a few years in a row which generally makes a difference.

Hargrave- IMO just about the most underrated player in football at the moment. Beats a variety of opponents convincingly and causes havoc the other way. Hard to imagine many defenders having a better season. Probably wont get picked because he has such a low profile but is well and truly worthy.

Morris- Well respected and will be looked at every year for the rest of his career.

Cooney- Slow start due to injuries but if we go well as a team for the rest of the year he will be right up there again.

Boyd- Getting some recognition now as our engine room.

Aker- If he gets 4 or 5 more big games under his belt and we finish top 4 then again I think he will be strongly looked at.

Cross- Maybe hasn't been as good this season but he has a lot of admirers among the panel. If he continues his form of the last 3 weeks and we surge home then he may sneak in.

So much depends on the teams fortunes. Fringe players will get in based on where we finish IMO.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Hargrave- IMO just about the most underrated player in football at the moment. Beats a variety of opponents convincingly and causes havoc the other way. Hard to imagine many defenders having a better season. Probably wont get picked because he has such a low profile but is well and truly worthy.

With all due respect to Morris, I though Shaggy should have got it last year rather than Dale.

[Desipura]

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Shaggy has not had as much success playing on the last line of defence that Morris has.

[Mantis]

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With all due respect to Morris, I though Shaggy should have got it last year rather than Dale.

I think Morris got the nod as it was seen that he had had a number of very consistent years rather than one excellent season.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Which is the biggest load of crap. (That reasoning, not your post)

AA is, or at least should be, about the best players of THAT year. Simple as that

Absolutely, it should be, but we all know what Cain said is true.

In 1995 Michael Sexton was clearly the best CHB in the comp and was a major reason why Carlton won the flag.

In 1996 Chris Grant moved to CHB and came within one Steve Kretiuk kick of winning the Brownlow in just about the most dominate year I've ever seen from a CHB. Sexton got the AA nod because he had been playing CHB at a high standard for longer.

Grant was far, far better than Sexton that year and should have been AA.

[Mantis]

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Absolutely, it should be, but we all know what Cain said is true.

In 1995 Michael Sexton was clearly the best CHB in the comp and was a major reason why Carlton won the flag.

In 1996 Chris Grant moved to CHB and came within one Steve Kretiuk kick of winning the Brownlow in just about the most dominate year I've ever seen from a CHB. Sexton got the AA nod because he had been playing CHB at a high standard for longer.

Grant was far, far better than Sexton that year and should have been AA.

Going back just a few seasons Lindsay Gilbee was also far better the season before he received his AA selection.

[The Underdog]

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While I agree that that's how the reasoning for the AA works (multiple good years rather than just one) I also get the feeling this year's AA team is going to be chock full of Saints.

Picken hasn't had an AA quality year but he has been a revelation for our team filling a gap that was definitely a problem and has added an offensive side recently as his confidence has built.

[Mantis]

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While I agree that that's how the reasoning for the AA works (multiple good years rather than just one) I also get the feeling this year's AA team is going to be chock full of Saints.

Picken hasn't had an AA quality year but he has been a revelation for our team filling a gap that was definitely a problem and has added an offensive side recently as his confidence has built.

Me too.

Dal Santo, Montagna, Riewoldt, Hayes, Goddard & Gilbert are all having bumper years and would all be around the mark at present.

But if you had a look at the middle pages of Saturday's Herald Sun you would have seen an article that had 5 Collingwood players in line for AA selection (Davis, Swan, O'Brien, Presti & Pendlebury)... I guess that article would have meant they sold an extra 10.000 copies, not the Collingwood supporters can read, but there was some nice photo's for them to look at.

At present we probably don't have anyone in line for an AA berth which isn't a bad thing. Shows just how even we are.

[The Underdog]

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No he hasn't, but I would say he is the best 1st year playing going around.

Completely agree and I think he's going to get better.

Me too.

Dal Santo, Montagna, Riewoldt, Hayes, Goddard & Gilbert are all having bumper years and would all be around the mark at present.

But if you had a look at the middle pages of Saturday's Herald Sun you would have seen an article that had 5 Collingwood players in line for AA selection (Davis, Swan, O'Brien, Presti & Pendlebury)... I guess that article would have meant they sold an extra 10.000 copies, not the Collingwood supporters can read, but there was some nice photo's for them to look at.

At present we probably don't have anyone in line for an AA berth which isn't a bad thing. Shows just how even we are.

That article was a hoax from "The Collingwood Newsletter".

You'd think Dal Santo and Riewoldt are pretty much there already and Geelong will have a reasonable number of reps again.
Agree we'll struggle to get more than one or two, Boyd and Aker are probably closest at the moment.