Who is the hardest player to tackle?

[The Slitherin' Snake]

Who do you think the hardest player in the league to effectively tackle is?

You've got bulls like Dusty and Stringer who are super powerful and can break most tackles if they are moving, Pendles who looks like he is Neo in the Matrix and can evade anything and Franklin who is quick, string and agile.

 

[blitzer]

In his prime I'd say GAJ. He was both evasive, had a low centre of gravity and could break multiple tackles in succession at times.

Right now Pendlebury is well up there because he has good size in addition to having amazing awareness so players rarely get to actually put much physical contact on him before he disposes of the ball.

Martin is another good choice, breaks tackles with pure strength and got to give some props to his fend off which is the best in the game.

Dangerfield as a combination of strength and pace means - he's really hard to tackle due to his strength and once he's running it will be bloody hard to catch him to even try. The other thing with him is he has elite acceleration and not just top end speed.

If I had to just nominate one - i'd give it to Dangerfield by a whisker.

 

[Kavliaris69]

Sam Mitchell.

 

[Righteo]

Fyfe

 

[Tuck In]

Silk

 

[True__Believer]

In his prime Robert Harvey was untouchable

 

[RUNVS]

Gary Ablett Jnr was almost impossible to tackle a few years ago.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Dusty

 

[Bokonon_]

Gary Ablett Jnr was almost impossible to tackle a few years ago.

Yeah in his Geelong days certainly. The guys who were strong enough weren't fast enough and vica versa.

 

[HolyWars]

Mitchell

 

[gavaniacono]

In the old days Lethal was super evasive, could turn on a dime and slip tackles, then often kick a goal. Currently Pendlebury looks a rolls royce, last night he was very impressive.

 

[markm106]

Clayton Oliver will be in this group. He's extremely hard to tackle and like a few others manages to get free and dispose of the footy.

Dusty currently the best for mine.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Dusty easily is the best at breaking a tackle. It's not even close. Stringer would probably be the next best.

Blokes like Pendles and Ablett would be the best at avoiding them.

 

[clivenator26]

Shuey & Selwood, there raised arm thing means they get free kicks, will be interesting if the new interpretations effect them.

 

[SCRAY72]

Bont can be tackled but harder to get a free for HTB as he is good at getting his hands free.

 

[windyhill]

Don't argue with me, it's Dusty.

 

[Baird]

The Three best midfielders in the comp. Fyfe Dangerfield Martin

 

[Marc_Remillard]

Spencer

 

[eaglespremiers]

Chris Judd at West Coast was something else.
Had so much strength and acceleration that between 2004 - 2007 it was almost impossible to tackle him.

 

[Jack Bradley]

I hope to add Jy Simpkin to this list in the future!

 

[Boppo]

Sandilands. It's his speed.

 

[ashep]

You might be able to grab hold of JPK but you're not stopping him getting the ball away.

 

[Augustine]

I hope to add Jy Simpkin to this list in the future!

I'm excited too but seriously calm down. That's embarrassing.

 

[Jack Bradley]

I'm excited too but seriously calm down. That's embarrassing.

I only said i hope too,

Cool your **** champ

 

[conrad_437]

Right now it would have to be Dusty, then Stringer with daylight in between. Stringer at his best though is almost at Dusty's level.