Author Topic: 2007 draft rewind: Trent Cotchin or Patrick Dangerfield? (aflratings)  (Read 990 times)

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Trent Cotchin or Patrick Dangerfield?

2007 AFL Draft
Pick 2 Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
Pick 10 Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide/Geelong)


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Re: 2007 draft rewind: Trent Cotchin or Patrick Dangerfield? (aflratings)
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2021, 06:41:15 PM »
Dangerield is a more impactful player and more versatile but does more clamgers/poor disposals and has poorer leadership skills. Depends on what you want a leader and a competitor or a bull who might win you games off his own boot. Given we've won 3 and he's won none I think the answer is clear. Bulls can get stopped, even great ones, leaders still lead.

Actually as far as bulls are concerned I'd take G Ablett Jnr over Danger at their peaks. He was untackleable and didn't do clamgers. But I'd take Ling as a leader over Jnr.

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Re: 2007 draft rewind: Trent Cotchin or Patrick Dangerfield? (aflratings)
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2021, 06:44:40 PM »
No Brainer, Dangerfield has proven to be a flop under pressure.

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Re: 2007 draft rewind: Trent Cotchin or Patrick Dangerfield? (aflratings)
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2021, 11:04:17 PM »
Trent's best was about as good as dangers.

But 2017 is the reason why he is a better player and a better team mate.

Sacrificed his own personal game for the team and it led to a golden era. Dangerfield would never do that.

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Re: 2007 draft rewind: Trent Cotchin or Patrick Dangerfield? (aflratings)
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2021, 10:16:05 PM »
Noone bursts clear from a pack and kicks the skin off the ball out of bounds like Danger
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“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.