Mike Sheahan's Top 50

[one-eyed]

Mike will have his latest top 50 out in tomorrow's Herald-Sun. I wonder how many Tigers make it and how high he has Jack?

[one-eyed]

Here it is.....

The pre-season top 50 is based on what players can do at their best, the post-season 50 rewards them for what they end up doing. Franklin at his best stands alone.

Brendon Goddard comes in at No 2. He might be the most complete player in the competition, yet even he can't turn a game on its head in 10 minutes, as Franklin can and does.

There have been several casualties from the 2010 post-season top 50, including such valuable types as James Kelly, Sam Mitchell, Chris Newman and Brady Rawlings.

It's a reflection more of me than them. This time of year, I'm always seduced by the thought of what Cyril Rioli, Shaun Burgoyne, Shaun Higgins and Aaron Davey will do if they play at their best rather than what others seem to do most years.

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1. Lance Franklin
2. Brendon Goddard
3. Gary Ablett
4. Chris Judd
5. Nick Riewoldt
6. Aaron Sandilands
7. Dane Swan
8. Luke Hodge
9. Joel Selwood
10. Scott Pendlebury

11. Adam Cooney
12. Jonathon Brown
13. Matthew Pavlich
14. Paul Chapman
15. Adam Goodes
16. Jimmy Bartel
17. Cyril Rioli
18. Lenny Hayes
19. Matthew Scarlett
20. Dale Thomas
21. Shaun Burgoyne
22. Brian Lake
23. Jack Riewoldt
24. Alan Didak
25. Ryan Griffen
26. Brent Harvey
27. Marc Murphy
28. Matthew Boyd
29. Mark LeCras
30. Shaun Higgins

31. Brad Green
32. Steve Johnson
33. Heath Shaw
34. Corey Enright
35. Darren Jolly
36. Sam Fisher
37. Brett Deledio
38. Jobe Watson
39. Shane Mumford
40. Travis Boak

41. David Mundy
42. Leigh Montagna
43. Andrew Swallow
44. Nick Dal Santo
45. Jarrad Waite
46. Harry O'Brien
47. Aaron Davey
48. Dale Morris
49. James Frawley
50. Kieren Jack

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/mikes-top-50/story-e6frf9jf-1226021193968

[Dubstep Dookie]

I won't even start on this.

[Tigeritis™©®]

27Murphy, 28Boyd, 29LeCras and 30Higgins etc...better than our Deledio @ 37?? What are their acheivements? Please explain? 

[wayne]

Jonathon Brown    I think his best is well past him.

#26 Harvey? It's a 2011 prediction list, Harvey will drop off.

It's a reflection more of me than them. This time of year, I'm always seduced by the thought of what Cyril Rioli, Shaun Burgoyne, Shaun Higgins and Aaron Davey will do if they play at their best rather than what others seem to do most years.

What about Cotchin, Gibbs, Hill or Sidebottom?

Not very adventurous at all.

[JVT]

How Harry O'Brien can be considered a top footballer is beyond me, has pace and that's about it  ???

[dizza]

Fwanklin #1... spare me. Ablett, Selwood, Hodge, Goddard and Swan would all be more appropriate selections. Nick Riewoldt at #5... LOL. And who the hell is Shaun Burgoyne nowadays? No way is he better than Brian Lake and Jumping Jack.

[tony_montana]

the less people talk about this the better - Sheahan has nfi, the airtime he gets over this like hes "the guru" is disgusting.

[Smokey]

the less people talk about this the better - Sheahan has nfi, the airtime he gets over this like hes "the guru" is disgusting.

Yep, what he said.   

[bojangles17]

JR8 should have been at least 10 places higher, perhaps another good season will dictate that..Lids is about right

[Hellenic Tiger]

How Harry O'Brien can be considered a top footballer is beyond me, has pace and that's about it  ???

Collingwood overrated superstar.

You'll find if the Pies have injuries this year or a form reversal where they slide down the ladder these second tier premiership players will be nowhere. Just a cheap gimmick to sell papers.

By the way how can Riewoldt be at 5 when he missed 12 weeks of footy last year and played only 2 decent quarters of footy in the finals? Hence the gimmick.

[one-eyed]

Mike just said if he re-did his top 50 he'll have Dusty in it. He has a rule not to include one year players so that's why he wasn't included but Martin is now better than what Mike thought he would be.

[mightytiges]

Add Cotch too

[Rodgerramjet]

Sheahan sometimes is blinded by what sits there right in front of him because it sometimes doesn't reconcile with the way he though or thinks it should be. Yesterday I heard him say that he considered that Scully had a more credible year last year than Martin. Well that's mike at his delusional best.