Would take Judd at his best over any other midfielder I've seen play. Never seen a player win his own ball and sprint from the pack like he could.

Him and Cousins destroyed in that 05/06 period.

fuck yeah they did. Sad that cousins amd kerr are persona no grata .hope they get help that so desperately need

I don't buy the excuse that people boo Goodes because he's a dirty player. Chris Judd has done some of the nastiest things I've ever seen on a football field, prime examples being that horrible chicken wing on the North Melbourne player that had already been tackled to ground and his eye gouge/pressure point incident on the Brisbane player that had also been tackled to the ground, and yet Judd didn't cop boos. Goodes has never done anything dirty on that sort of scale to warrant this supposed reaction from crowds. Also, if you'll remember correctly it was Lindsay Thomas sliding in to break a Sydney player's leg that necessitated the rule change, not anything that Goodes did.

Edited by Cromulent: 10/6/2015 09:26:56 AM

Judd copped plenty of shit for that but he gets forgiven because they are for the most part isolated incidents, he doesn't do the cheap stuff anywhere near as regularly as the others you've listed and he doesn't simulate or milk free kicks like the others. Thomas was the straw that broke the camels back with the sliding issue, Goodes was and still remains a serial offender in this regard yet rarely seems to get called on it.

On another note though it's so sad to see a player like Judd go out this way, he is truly one of the best players we've seen in recent times and deserved much better than what he's had to put up with at Carlton.

It's tough to split him and Gaz as the best of recent times but they are so far ahead of the rest IMO.

Agreed. I have Judd as the better midfielder, but might have Gaz just ahead as a player overall, because Ablett can go forward at any time and be the most dangerous forward on the field.

My thoughts exactly mate.

Both are absolute superstar's, it's just a shame they both spent so much time in non competitive sides and as a result the two best midfielders of the current era have been largely absent from finals footy in the last few years.

This

To be honest I only really remember him in sliding recklessly into someone one time against Port Adelaide and he actually got suspended for it, there was another incident with Josh Gibson a few years ago too that i remember Dermot Brerton arcing up about but I don't think there was much in that, I'm not convinced that he's a "serial offender that rarely gets called on it".

Edited by Cromulent: 10/6/2015 03:12:24 PM

@MVFCARSENAL

Thought id answer you question from the Redmayne thread here.

I have no idea why Hird won't bring Giles in. Giles has been very solid in the VFL and deserves a crack as has Alex Browne.

Yes giles was make weight but fuck me play the dude . We cant get any worse.

Also kerr admitted he used ice . And the wake up call was his mum not bailing him out and asking his friends not to do the same.

See what Giles can do that Bellchamber's can't is play forward when he is resting. We are missing Ryder something chronic

For sure we are. Despite Ryder's short comings he was immense in the ruck for us. As much as I love hird he needs to go.

Yep. Agreed the drug saga was the chance to have the clean out we needed.

Fantastic game to watch.

Well played blues.

yep but our board are little bitches

Great to see some other Australian Football barrackers on this website!

Really keen to see us play Freo on Thursday going to be a cracker of a game! I think the bye will have done us good going into the game.

Why you like afl? And not wanderers?

I really don't get why people go to the lengths of making a multi account, or in this case multiple multi's, if they're just going to post lame banter like this

Won't be long before they stop new accounts being made again

For those who weren't sold on the 'excuse' that people used to justify disliking Goodes due to the perception of him being prone to dirty acts off the ball (or on it in this case)....

He is a goner . But knowing the afl he will get a fine

I'm not sure what will happen tbh, I can't really think of any precedents for something like this off the top of my head. If Hunt doesn't complain I wouldn't be surprised if he escapes a suspension.

Absolute flog

'Australian of the year'

Was such a fiery game. Rance did a real number on Buddy. Shouldn't be giving up 4 goal leads at home

Sam Mitchell with the bants

I only caught the last quarter but jeez I was hoping you lot would get up, I can't stand the hype band wagon the Tiges pick up each year after a few good results.