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  • tara
    Senior Player
    • Aug 2005
    • 1514

    #16
    Originally posted by BeeEmmAre
    Silvagni never got near a ball without infringing, and for some god unknown reason he was a protected species.
    Yes, he was a very good player, but I'd be extremely surprised if there weren't dozens of fullbacks better suited to the title of full back of the century.
    If he played today - or for the Swans - he would have given away 20 free kicks every single week.

    How many of those full backs kicked as many goals as he did. The guy could play at either end with ease. Carlton also recruited him as a FF not a FB.

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    • BBBBH
      Warming the Bench
      • Apr 2007
      • 147

      #17
      Originally posted by ernie koala
      For one, he can't kick straight....His second efforts are ordinary at best. He plays for himself......Is there anything else I've forgotten .......OH YES......
      ...Originally, being a wobble darling= media darling, thanks to 'Boner Maguire'
      bit harsh, i wouldnt say tarrant is over rated. in his last few years at the pies he was playing as FF, which isnt really his position.

      at fremantle hes kicked 20 odd goals, presenting, putting in lots of effort and playing some good team footy.

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      • NMWBloods
        Taking Refuge!!
        • Jan 2003
        • 15819

        #18
        Silvagni was overrated - no way was he the fullback of the century.

        Currently I can't think of too many players overrated in the AFL currently. Looking at current form, I would say maybe Hall and J Brown. Probably Goodes.
        Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

        "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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        • ROK Lobster
          RWO Life Member
          • Aug 2004
          • 8658

          #19
          Paul Bevan. He plays senior football. That is a vast overratement.

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          • hammo
            Veterans List
            • Jul 2003
            • 5554

            #20
            Originally posted by ROK Lobster
            Paul Bevan. He plays senior football. That is a vast overratement.
            If he's overachieving does that make him overrated?
            "As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk

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            • ROK Lobster
              RWO Life Member
              • Aug 2004
              • 8658

              #21
              Originally posted by hammo
              If he's overachieving does that make him overrated?
              Overrated by the leadership group/selection committee.

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              • 573v30
                On the bandwagon...
                • Sep 2005
                • 5017

                #22
                Warren Tredrea
                I only support one team: The SYDNEY SWANS!!!!! :adore

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                • BBBBH
                  Warming the Bench
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 147

                  #23
                  Originally posted by 573v30
                  Warren Tredrea
                  you only say that because hes playing @@@@house at the moment.

                  cast your mind back to 2004 (was decent in 05) and before that, he was a dominant player in the competition, kicked heaps of goals and had the best hands in the comp.

                  although hes pretty damn @@@@ now, not really having an influence at all.

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                  • Bloody Hell
                    Senior Player
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 3085

                    #24
                    Originally posted by BBBBH
                    you only say that because hes playing @@@@house at the moment.

                    cast your mind back to 2004 (was decent in 05) and before that, he was a dominant player in the competition, kicked heaps of goals and had the best hands in the comp.

                    although hes pretty damn @@@@ now, not really having an influence at all.
                    Are you really Barry Hall...really?
                    The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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                    • BeeEmmAre
                      Commentary Team Captain
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 2509

                      #25
                      Originally posted by tara
                      How many of those full backs kicked as many goals as he did. The guy could play at either end with ease. Carlton also recruited him as a FF not a FB.
                      But he was rated as a full back. And selected in the team of the century as a full back.
                      Full forward doesn't come into the argument - although he was very good on the few occasions he went up there.
                      "It's up to the rest of the players in the room to make a new batch of premiership players next year," Adam Goodes, triple Bob Skilton Medallist, October 7, 2011.

                      YOU BETCHA!!!!!!

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                      • ernie koala
                        Senior Player
                        • May 2007
                        • 3251

                        #26
                        Originally posted by BBBBH
                        bit harsh, i wouldnt say tarrant is over rated. in his last few years at the pies he was playing as FF, which isnt really his position.

                        at fremantle hes kicked 20 odd goals, presenting, putting in lots of effort and playing some good team footy.
                        His media rating/ presence (not his own doing) would have him in the top ten
                        forwards in the AFL.
                        Think through all the full forwards @ tall forward flankers in the league.
                        I reckon every club has at least one player I would rate ahead of him, most clubs have two or more I'd rate ahead of him.
                        Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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                        • Chow-Chicker
                          Senior Player
                          • Jun 2006
                          • 1602

                          #27
                          Anthony Rocca
                          Travis Cloke
                          Josh Fraser
                          Dale Thomas
                          Brodie Holland
                          Leon Davis
                          Eddie McGuire

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                          • 573v30
                            On the bandwagon...
                            • Sep 2005
                            • 5017

                            #28
                            Jonathan Brown
                            I only support one team: The SYDNEY SWANS!!!!! :adore

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                            • Jewels
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 3258

                              #29
                              Originally posted by Chow-Chicker
                              Anthony Rocca
                              Travis Cloke
                              Josh Fraser
                              Dale Thomas
                              Brodie Holland
                              Leon Davis
                              Eddie McGuire
                              Just a wild guess here, but Collingwood aren't your second favourite team then?

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                              • Robbo
                                On the Rookie List
                                • May 2007
                                • 2946

                                #30
                                Tredrea and Ricciuto.

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