Simmo and Joel in top 30 of Mike Sheahan's Top 50

[one-eyed]

Mike Sheahan's Top 50
07 October 2006   Herald-Sun
Mike Sheahan

As usual, there are 15 to 20 players unlucky to miss. At least one at every club.

Kane Johnson and Brady Rawlings are best-and-fairest winners, but I have a strong leaning to players who win games rather than those employed to stop the opposition winning.

There are others who served notice they are going to be in contention for a long time. St Kilda's Brendon Goddard, who is justifying his selection at No.1 in the 2002 national draft, Collingwood's Dane Swan and Heath Shaw, Brent Stanton at Essendon, Brad Sewell at Hawthorn, Andrew Raines at Richmond, Port Adelaide's Danyle Pearce, and more.

THE TOP 50

1 - C. Judd West Coast
2 - A. Goodes Sydney
3 - Brad Johnson Western Bulldogs
4 - B. Hall Sydney
5 - B. Cousins West Coast
6 - M. Pavlich Fremantle
7 - N. Riewoldt St Kilda
8 - S. West Western Bulldogs
9 - D. Cox West Coast
10 - B. Fevola Carlton
11 - B. Lade Port Adelaide
12 - D. Kerr West Coast
13 - S. Goodwin Adelaide
14 - D. Glass West Coast
15 - S. Burgoyne Port Adelaide
16 - J. Clement Collingwood
17 - R. O'Keefe Sydney
18 - G. Johncock Adelaide
19 - A. Hunter West Coast
20 - T. Edwards Adelaide
21 - C. Bolton Sydney
22 - M. Scarlett Geelong
23 - L. Gilbee Western Bulldogs
24 - C. Bruce Melbourne
25 - T. Simmonds Richmond
26 - S. Lucas Essendon
27 - A. McLeod Adelaide
28 - J. Bowden Richmond
29 - S. Black Brisbane Lions
30 - K. Cornes Port Adelaide
31 - D. Cross Western Bulldogs
32 - D. Fletcher Essendon
33 - A. Didak Collingwood
34 - B. Kirk Sydney
35 - P. Bell Fremantle
36 - J. Gram St Kilda
37 - J. McDonald Melbourne
38 - N. Dal Santo St Kilda
39 - L. Whitnall Carlton
40 - S. Mitchell Hawthorn
41 - P. Chapman Geelong
42 - J. Farmer Fremantle
43 - L. Hodge Hawthorn
44 - D. Morris Western Bulldogs
45 - L. Power Brisbane Lions
46 - B. McLean Melbourne
47 - A. Sandilands Fremantle
48 - A. Embley West Coast
49 - S. Fisher St Kilda
50 - Ben Johnson Collingwood

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[julzqld]

Well done to my boy Simmo.  Joel is no surprise.  Would love to see Rainsey in there next year.

[mightytiges]

Agree with the Mike's placings for Simmo and Joel but he's kidding having Scarlett in the top 50 let alone at 22. Scarlett's first half of the year was shocking.

I wouldn't have Riewoldt as high at 7 either. Richo gets bagged for missing sitters but Nick is worse still. How many times this year did Riewoldt miss crucial goals. Neither would I have Clement at 16 as Swan and Shaw were just as key rebounders for the Pies when they were winning in the first half of the year. I would take Joel ahead of Clement but have neither in the top 20.

Embley is only in Mike's top 50 because he won the Norm Smith. He only had a average year before a blinder in the GF. Brett Burton was unlucky to miss out.

[WilliamPowell]

I wouldn't have Riewoldt as high at 7 either. Richo gets bagged for missing sitters but Nick is worse still. How many times this year did Riewoldt miss crucial goals.

Stop picking on Saint Nick 
He's a champion ...................  sook 

And I reckon O'Keefe fromt eh Swans should be higher at least 12 maybe 10 - a gun absolute gun

[mightytiges]

I wouldn't have Riewoldt as high at 7 either. Richo gets bagged for missing sitters but Nick is worse still. How many times this year did Riewoldt miss crucial goals.

Stop picking on Saint Nick 
He's a champion ...................  sook 

 

Saint Nick chokes on his halo in front of goal