McLeod but only just.
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umm... seriously? mcLeod's 2001 was just as good, as was Kouta's in 2000
consecutive seasons were at that level, and Ben Cousins a couple of years ago as well. lets not get too hyperbolic.
Pretty sure Kouta was the benchmark for the modern AFL player. Much more versatile than Crawf.
this isn't quite right.
premierships are not really an accurate measure, but if you want to assess big game performance - which is a massive part of any players make up, then Norm Smiths are a fantastic measure.
Paul Dear had a great game in the biggest game of his life - after having a superb season. He absolutely deserves huge amounts of credit for his game in 1991.
Crawf may or may not have delivered a huge performance in the GF he didn't get the chance, but you can't say he definitely would have. it doesn't work like that.
I don't recall Crawford being a great big game player, nor do I remember him being an especially bad one either.
in fact, the only final I remember him really stamp himself on was last years elimination final - and I'd take Buddy and Hodge as being more influential that day.
What sets Crawford apart from McLeod is his defensive capability. McLeod has always been a purely offensive footballer. He never really tackled or ran back hard into defence whereas this has been one of Crawford's strengths.
Crawford was brilliant at giving fast midfielders a head start, then chasing them down and laying a tackle. He used to win Hawthorn games with this ability. He made a number of match-saving clutch tackles in the dying seconds of a match.
I saw a Collingwood player run away from Crawf on Friday night and kick a goal and turned to my brother in law and said: "Five years ago, Crawf would have caught that bloke."
Time has unfortunately caught up with Crawf this season.
utter rubbish. In 97 McLeod played on a half back flank and destroyed every opponent he played against. They hardly touched the ball. He out marked them out ran them and out tackled them. McLeod could ve very defensive when needed.
This jsut shows the stupididty of trying to compare two greats of the game. A person with a desire to put one above the other tries to find weanesses in the other player that just aren't there.
McLeod is not an in and under palyer but to say he was not defensive when he needed to be is plain wrong.
Career: Mcleod
Best year: Crawford
Ablilty to influence a game: Mcleod
Consistency: Mcleod
Off feild influence: Crawford
Tough choice but I would go Mcleod
Career: Mcleod
Best year: Crawford
Ablilty to influence a game: Mcleod
Consistency: Mcleod
Off feild influence: Crawford
Tough choice but I would go Mcleod
Career: Mcleod
Best year: Crawford
Ablilty to influence a game: Mcleod
Consistency: Mcleod
Off feild influence: Crawford
Tough choice but I would go Mcleod
McLeod's way better than Crawford. He is a much stronger player by far.
But if you get the best attributes from both players you get someone of the likes of Robert Harvey.