Pies4shaw wrote:2009 - the "right in front of me" final:
https://finalsiren.com/MatchDetails.asp ... rks%20Desc
2010 - just watch the two Grand Finals.
2018 -
The winner of the 2018 AFL Coaches Association Gary Ayres Award for best player in the AFL Finals series is Steele Sidebottom of the Collingwood Football Club.
Sidebottom’s scintillating form throughout the AFL Finals Series helped carry his side into their first Grand Final since 2011. A run of huge matches, which peaked in a 41 disposal and 13 mark preliminary final master class against Richmond, saw Sidebottom finish September on 23 votes from the coaches, five ahead of teammate Taylor Adams (18 votes), and six head of West Coast Eagles midfielder Jack Redden (17 votes).
https://aflcoaches.com.au/news/coaches- ... als-player
So you rate Sidey better than Swan in 2009 ???
Please do yourself a favour and don’t say that again it’s embarrassing
2010 2 GF’s he was fair but miles behind Pendles in the others finals he was adequate. He wasn’t a match winner he was barely a bit player really but he was inexperienced then so he gets cut some slack (don’t think he had 50 games up by then) his influence was minimal really in comparison to Pendles swan ball daisy brown Cloke Heater
2018 he had a great game against the tigers
But when it mattered the most he was absolutely putrid
On the biggest stage as a experienced player he was so poor it was beyond description really
Ask yourself the question (you know the one you use to judge other players previously) how do they perform on the biggest stage when it matters then get back to me about 2018
IMO for influence in 2018 getting the team to the GF and including there performance in the GF I would have Grundy Pendles Adams JDG ahead of him easily.
Other than the game when the tigers decided to let him run free without a opponent all day he was fair in a game and putrid in the another
But that’s all ancient history I guess the question really should be where is he at now
Exposed form (2019/20/21) he’s gone backwards rapidly in many aspects and he’s lost loads of respect he had among supporters
Your a lover of stats and ratings right now they tell you exactly where he’s at he’s ranked 102nd best player in the AFL
That basically means every team has 6 players who are better than him including ours (on ratings we actually have 8 players ahead of him)
He’s in the twilight of his career. Whether 2021 or 2022 is his last year we will see but if his performances continue on the trajectory he’s currently on it will be sooner than later guaranteed