Sam Jacobs very hard done by. Best ruckman in the league this year.
He is not a "flashy" enough player. The selectors were seduced by Nic Nac Paddy Whacks leaping ability. For me he is just not consistent enough
I was pretty surprised with it actually, especially with Darren Glass named as captain. Overall I think the selectors did a fairly good job, and it's great to see Dangerfield and Thompson in the team
nic nats a gun and he deserves to be in the team. he's much more than just a flashy player!
i was watching the coverage last night and mark robinson brought up the ruck debate. im pretty sure he said that nic nat played in the ruck 58% of the time where as jacobs played there over 90% of time.
the point being how could you pick a player in a position when they didnt play there for most of the time.
i had a feeling jacobs would miss out because of the year cox and nic nat had. either way all three rucks cox, nic nat and jacobs are aa worthy. someone had to miss out.
theres probably some tigers fans out there who think maric is unlucky.
for me the biggest balls up was the pavlich omission! what a joke
Dangerfield was a beast this year, and only 22? Where is my drool icon? Also the amount of Coaches votes he has gotten for the year i reckon he is a major contender for the brownlow. It's between him and Cotchin in my opinion. But then again who knows how the umpires will see it. After all they did give woewodin a medal.
Reilly had a good season too and was unlucky, it was between him and Dempster to be honest. Dempster i think just squeezed in because he can play on talls and smalls. Pav & Mitchell unlucky, Cyril surprised me and even though they are awesome players Pendles and Swan were lucky. Swan was s*** at the start of the year and missed four while Pendles was brilliant until injured, out for four and never fully got back to his best for the rest of the season. Hard to fit them all in, always someone unlucky. Trust me my club has been dicked a few times over the years. Cummings 1999, P.Matera 2004, Judd 2005, Lecras 2009.
I was surprised how many first time selections there were as well. I don't think there has ever been that many in one year.
Swan's disposals to start the year were; 31, 32, 31, 36, 42. That's an average of 34.4 per game while kicking 0.8 goals per game. For the year he went on to average 35 disposals and kicked 1.2 goals per game.... Yes disposals aren't everything, but when you have that much of the ball you influence every game.
Swan was unlucky to be named on the bench
THANK YOU... I didn't know how to say it without sounding like a douche lolI don't know why people argue against Milne's position in the team?!?! He kicked 56 goals again this year, and was better than anyone else playing this position!
The concept behind the All-Australian team is to select the best players that play in each position, not just the best players in the game. Based on this Milne was the best forward pocket in the league this year and therefore he is well worth his spot.
I think if Milne didn't appear to be so arrogant on the field, then many more people would agree with his place in the side.
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