Don't be so supercilious #95712, you know exactly what sport Sam is talking about.


To have 5 SA based player in the side is a very good effort, at least the national selector show the SA clubs some respect unlike basketball Australia and the Boomers coaches.

Johny Cock Stiffy was unlucky not to be included imo

Stick to watching/playing Basketball cause clearly you have no understanding of AFL

Ha ha yeah massive joke.

Bassett is so crap and NEVER does anything good. Worst defender in the league.

(please note sarcasm)

If you actually watched a game you'd notice how much of an integral part he is of one of the league's best defences. He plays hard all game and never shies away from a contest. I'm glad to have him on our team.

I don't think there's a whole lot wrong with the team. I think Rutten could've been in there, and I guess Stiffy too, but then four of the back six are Crows, so you can't complain.

Sam feel free to expand.

Bassett definitely deserved his spot he has had a great year and anyone who says otherwise doesnt understand the game.

A few were unlucky being Johncock Edwards Dal Santo and Lucas but I think it is a very good side in general.

I would query Joel Bowden as a centre half back though.

Ed, if you watched the Richmond games this year (which I did) you would have noticed that Joel Bowden generally stood a gun forward (most of the time THE gun forward) and generally, despite giving away obvious height, came off equal if not better, along with getting his 20+ possessions each game. He had an awesome year and deserves it I think.

When did Joel Bowden become a CHB and when did he get better than Whitnall????

Also James Macdonald shouldn't be in there just cause he is a good tackler otherwise nathan hindmarsh might get a spot in next years side......reward a young player like daniel Cross or Graham Johncock for consistent years

"Bassett in the All Australian... What a Joke" anon(#95720)

Bassett , whether you are a crows fan or not , is ONE of the best backs in Australia right now. His form has been very good this year.
Who would you put in that position instead?
Or are you too vacuous to offer an opinion ??

The all easy possession team? Pretty much every AFL player would be eligible for that these days - it is the way the game is played. See an article in the Australian about 10 days ago and check the stats.
And you mustn't be watching the same matches I have seen because I have seen J Bowden perform well on several key forwards, including Pavlich, Lucas and Bradshaw.

I would like to know what the three time premiership coach/captain/player/orange pealer/club president/boot studder/hit dog seller/ heart and soul of the footy club - the mighty MW - feels about this team because clearly he has an understanding of AFL footy. But first let me get comfortable with pen and paper ready because if his nuggest of gold are anything like his previous posts we are all in for a treat!

The 2 most unlucky players where P. Chapman and T. Simmonds, clearly they had season best seasons, i dnt think cox deserved a spot, ino he did rip it up in the 1st 6 or 7 rounds. but Simmo was consistant 4 pretty much 22.

You would of thought that a ruckman missing half a season through injury would have no hope of making All Australian, especially when Simmon, Jeff White and josh Fraser played the way they played.

Chapman in my eyes was a level abpve Didak and R. o'Keefe in the small forward compartment.

Ryan had a great season, didak shone in games wer the pies needed him, but didnt do enough for me.

I would of replaced Didak with top 10 possesion getter Chapman who was 1 of the cats rare standouts 4 the year.

rutten?? not good enough? who is this glass bloke that got full back? what a joke.

Glass is a class act (rhyme intended ;) )
Seriously though Rutten did not deserve All Australian this year....no where near as good a year as last.

rutten only got beaten once this season, rd.22 against neitz who booted 5, the next biggest bag that was kicked on him was 2 by Fevola. He and Cameron Bruce are the most deserving players not to gain a selection, here is the REAL all-australian team for 2006:

B: N.Bassett, B.Rutten, G.Johncock
HB: C.Bruce, J.Bowden, H.Scotland
C: K.Cornes, S.Goodwin, N.Dal Santo
HF: A.Goodes, N.Riewoldt, S.Lucas
F: P.Chapman, B.Fevola, B.Johnson(C)
R: B.Lade, C.Judd, S.West
Int: D.Cox, B.Hall(vc), B.Cousins, A.Mcleod.

there is no way in hell that glass, bolton, o'keefe, burgoyne, didak, pavich, mcdonald or gilbee should be all-aus.

GLASS WOULDA BEEN BEHIND RUTTEN, SCARLETT, FLETCHER, MICHAEL, HUDGHTON AND CARROLL, he definately had his best season yet but his best is still pretty shiit, as he showed saturday nite wit big bazza hall bagging 5 on him-and burgoyne just missed out on my team, it was either him or cousins.

he kicked 3 for the season, he got 2 of those in a game when he played on the ball

to you anonymous #95833 read the posts again.
Now who's the 'downie' who has to read s!%t twice before it computes?

chapman definitely should have made the team, cox very lucky to make it with the amount of games he missed, got in on reputation i think. joel bowden very lucky too, i dont think you can have an un-accountable defender in your all australian team, hence that fact chad 'its all this sh*t these days' cornes didn't make it.

personally i dont know what all the fuss is about with rutten too, he is an average full back that is made to look good by a very solid all round defence around him.

pavlich should have been named in the starting 18 too, swap him with o'keefe like someone else mentioned.(no biast in this statement either..)

" Skyhook, Bassett would not rate in the top 10 backs in the competition. I could list a large number of back men that would be in front of him. He has two at the Crows that has been better then him in Stiffy and Rutten. "

anonymous(#95912)

You are a goose. Stiffy is a great player, but suffered a slump of about 4-5 games whereas i dont think you could say the same for Bassett. He has been good everytime he's played.
And as far as Rutten goes, i think he was unlucky. Very unlucky. He has had a very good season without being spectacular like he was last year.

And please feel free to name those 10 "backs' you feel are better than Bassett. I'd love to see that list.
LOL.

ur difinately right bout bruce and burgoyne but thers no way that ur right bout kerr, he got noticed coz he played four excellent games in a row 4 the season, the rest wer shyte

McLeod or Gilbee?
McLeod avgd 23 possesions and was very damaging off a half back flank, while gilbee avgd 19. the only thing gilbee has over macca is that he played the whole season

Is Grant Thomas the coach???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

lol, nah i think it should be either peter schwabb, danny frawley or gary ayres.