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Mate I loved big Nicho but he was a struggler at best. Probably rated about right.
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Mate I loved big Nicho but he was a struggler at best. Probably rated about right.
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Loved the way Whelan went about it. In his prime he was very good.
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Yeah maybe, but I still feel he served us well and maybe didn't get the kudos he deserved for standing a gorilla every week.
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Kind of hard to argue with the underrated tag in a lot of cases, but... Nicholson was distinctly average. Tall, slow, long arms, did a half reasonable job half the time. If he's underrated you'd just about have to call the likes of Simon Godfrey underrated as well, purely because no one rates them and they were around for quite a while.
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Where do we think James McDonald sits with regard to other midfielders that have played 250+ games?
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Got a deserved AA on the back of his desire effort and all around team game. Not the most damaging midfielder ever but a good captain and heart and soul player.
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Also possibly one of the great coaching moves of all time was when we were 10 goals down in the early 00s, Neitz to FB and Big Nick to FF for almost guaranteed no results.
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I really liked Seecamp.
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Yeah Wrecker was a really good player. That hit on Hird was just amazing.
It's generally the workhorse style defensive units that are going to be underrated.
Neitz was an exception. Wayne Carey maintains that David Neitz was the best player he ever played on - but that was before he moved to the forward line and was an incredible forward anchor for a reasonable side at the time but average over history.
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Glad you guys sorted that one out
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Alex Georgiou from a couple of seasons back. God we chewed him up and spat him out. I thought he played well every time he was selected but they pretty much used him like a disposable camera.
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Has a gorgeous sister too so he’s got that going for him!
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Does seem like this is an exercise in naming the bottom 12 of our GF side.
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You'll know this thread is over if someone nominates Brent Grgic.
Speaking of, I liked Stephen Powell as a player. Was very good for us, got injured, struggled, came back and then we traded him.
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I remember thinking it was really weird watching him play for the saints in the 06 elimination final.
Ahh Grgic that reminds me of the real battlers we had for a while there, Ben Beams, Chris Lamb, Ryan Ferguson, Paul Johnson, Cameron Hunter, Shannon Motlop
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Needs more Nick Carter & Craig Smoker, would love to see an analysis of every recycled player we've had from 1995 onwards. Reckon 1 in 4 has been a success. That being said, players who have left us to play elsewhere have almost always been average at their next club too.
