Mike Sheahan's Top 50 ....... Richo and Lids in but no Foley!

[one-eyed]

Mike's preseason top 50 comes out tomorrow morning in the Herald-Sun.

I wonder where he has Richo this year and how many Tigers make the list?

[WilliamPowell]

If we are lucky we will have 2 in the top 50

Richo and Lids

[tigersalive]

Mike seems to like Foley so I think he might sneak in.

For pure hype Cuz might even be thrown in.

[WilliamPowell]

For pure hype Cuz might even be thrown in.

Nah I reckon Mike will give Benny a little box all on his own explaining why he isn't in his top 50

[mightytiges]

From memory only Richo made Mike's preseason top 50 last year. Lids and Foley should be in it this year as well if this one is meant to be a prediction about the best of 2009. I wonder if he goes outside the square if Kel could squeeze in as a key defender.

[Mr Magic]

Kel Moore might surprise..

[mat073]

From memory only Richo made Mike's preseason top 50 last year. Lids and Foley should be in it this year as well if this one is meant to be a prediction about the best of 2009. I wonder if he goes outside the square if Kel could squeeze in as a key defender.

Lids made it last year MT....somewhere in the 40's I believe.

[one-eyed]

Mike is on SEN now about to talk about his top 50

Here's him on video talking about it.
http://player.video.news.com.au/heraldsun/#yRCOXEyECmFn2HX25ouccq_z6vjlz0p_


Says he gets it down to 80-90 easily and then picks like in the schoolyard. Treats them as all fit at this time of the year.

[one-eyed]

The top 50 can be found here:
http://mp3.news.com.au/hwt/Top_fifty_AFL/index.html

Only Richo (15) and Lids (41) made it. No Foley  .


I've typed it out as well ..... please don't cut and paste it elsewhere at it took a bit of time to do

1. Gary ABLETT         (Geelong)
2. Chris JUDD          (Carlton)
3. Lance FRANKLIN      (Hawthorn)
4. Dean COX            (West Coast)
5. Luke HODGE          (Hawthorn)
6. Brendan FEVOLA      (Carlton)
7. Jonathan BROWN      (Brisbane)
8. Nick RIEWOLDT       (St Kilda)
9. Matthew PAVLICH     (Fremantle)
10. Matthew SCARLETT   (Geelong)

11. James BARTEL       (Geelong)
12. Simon BLACK        (Brisbane)
13. Adam COONEY        (Western Bulldogs)
14. Joel COREY         (Geelong)
15. Matthew RICHARDSON (Richmond)
16. Brent HARVEY       (North Melbourne)
17. Adam GOODES        (Sydney)
18. Shaun BURGOYNE     (Port Adelaide)
19. Daniel KERR        (West Coast)
20. Chad CORNES        (Port Adelaide)

21. Darren GLASS       (West Coast)
22. Jarryd ROUGHEAD    (Hawthorn)
23. Dale MORRIS        (Western Bulldogs)
24. Cameron LING       (Geelong)
25. Sam MITCHELL       (Hawthorn)
26. Sam FISHER         (St Kilda)
27. Joel SELWOOD       (Geelong)
28. Brad SEWELL        (Hawthorn)
29. Steve JOHNSON      (Geelong)
30. Luke POWER         (Brisbane)

31. Alan DIDAK         (Collingwood)
32. Ryan O'KEEFE       (Sydney)
33. Brad OTTENS        (Geelong)
34. Daniel BRADSHAW    (Brisbane)
35. Paul CHAPMAN       (Geelong)
36. Nathan BOCK        (Adelaide)
37. Dane SWAN          (Collingwood)
38. Jarrad MCVEIGH     (Sydney)
39. Scott PENDLEBURY   (Collingwood)
40. Simon GOODWIN      (Adelaide)

41. Brett DELEDIO      (Richmond)
42. Ryan GRIFFEN       (Western Bulldogs)
43. Travis CLOKE       (Collingwood)
44. Brendon GODDARD    (St Kilda)
45. Chance BATEMAN     (Hawthorn)
46. Drew PETRIE        (North Melbourne)
47. Cyril RIOLI           (Hawthorn)
48. Kane CORNES        (Port Adelaide)
49. Grant BIRCHALL     (Hawthorn)
50. Bryce GIBBS        (Carlton)


Players per club:

9 - Geelong
8 - Hawthorn
4 - Collingwood
4 - Brisbane
3 - Carlton
3 - Port Adelaide
3 - St Kilda
3 - Sydney
3 - West Coast
3 - Western Bulldogs
2 - Adelaide
2 - North Melbourne
2 - Richmond
1 - Fremantle
0 - Essendon
0 - Melbourne

[one-eyed]

Mike on SEN:

Lids at 41 - good player but a fair bit of improvement still left in him. Going at 80% at the moment. Doesn't think Lids know how good he could be.

If our best players have big years - Richo, Lids, Foley finish top 3 in B&F - then Richmond will finish top 5.

Cousins - doesn't think he is quite the package he was. Not sure if Cuz has the confidence in his body to run and kick as hard as he use to (re: because of his hammies).

Cotchin - Not considered. Only been in the AFL one year. Same as Selwood last year.

[Mr Magic]

Fair enough no Foley.
Injury, tagging whatever..he dropped off a little last season from his stellar '07.
Hopefully he has a better year in '09 and forces his way in there.

Can also understand Cuz's omission seeing as he hasn't played for 18 months.

Lid's is stiff given some names ahead of him. I think he should be half a dozen places higher.

[yellowandback]

These lists are built to irritate......

Lids - 550 touches, 30 odd goals averaging 7 marks per game is somehow rated below Ottens - 200 touches, 14 goals, averaging 4 marks,

Some players get a higher rating because of where they play or who they play for - not what they do.

[wayne]

Birchall??

Sorry I don't rate him at all.

Jarrad McVeigh, he finally had a break out season, IMO (maybe biased) Lids season was much better, and McVeigh is rated higher?

[Chuck17]

These lists are built to irritate......

I think Sheahan was built to irritate.

Ottens 33 what a joke, made to look good by a stellar midfield, more like 133

[tigersalive]

I really like Birchall as a player but he's not in the top 50 in the league yet.