Who are our top 5 players on the list

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Yes but sill one of our most skilled players

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If weā€™re basing this on everyone fit, Iā€™d have Zach Reid in there:

  1. Merret
  2. Martin
  3. Langford
  4. Durham
  5. Reid

Iā€™d also be tempted to include Parish, the fit version.

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And his worst is diabolic.

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I know Iā€™m in the minority here, but Iā€™ve never really understood the love for Martin. In my view, heā€™s a B-grader at best.

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A fit Parish (2021,2022) is easily our second best player.

I donā€™t blame them but people forget how good he was at his peak without the constant injuries. All Australian and 26 Brownlow votes in 2021.

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  1. Prior
  2. Jones
  3. McKay
  4. Gresham
  5. Tsatas
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Also

  1. Dean Wallis
  2. Ed Considine
  3. John Barnes
  4. Anthony Antrobus
  5. Peter Somerville

(at least when Sheeds was asked to list his top players in about in a 1990 edition of the Footy record, he something like this).

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Merrett, Durham, Martin, Langford, Reid/Caddy/Caldwell.

Very grim thread OP.

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I agree on the B-grader.

Unfortunately, that doesnā€™t preclude him from being our second best player.

His best is pretty scintillating.

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I havenā€™t forgotten, but Iā€™m not convinced heā€™ll ever be that player again. If he gets back there heā€™s in the top 3, minimum.

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Merrett
Martin
Durham
Langford
Caldwell
(Ridley when fit)

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2 years ago for sure. But I reckon Langers is pretty cooked.

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Zero love for McGrath so far.

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Bewick
Farrow
Robey
Justice
Durham

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Hes just not very well liked, same with McGrath.

Personally would love to see a how good a fit Parish, Langford or Ridley would look in 2026. Fingers crossed the new strength team can work some magic.

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Broadly speaking I rate Duursma very high, and heā€™s played better footy since being at the club than Ridley has. Ridleyā€™s best footy was 5 years ago.

Worth noting I was a big Snelling guy, so I guess I rate the whole ā€˜intangible/team firstā€™ play that certain players like Duursma bring.

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1- Durham

2- McGrath

3- Reid

4- Martin

5- Ridley

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He played 23 games in 2024 averaging 1.9 goals a game.

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Move him full time to the middle, then maybe. But hard to as a back pocket.

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I rated Snelling pretty highly too.

What would other clubs give us in a trade for Ridley, even pricing in his injuries, cf. Duursma was moved on from his previous club Port? Not even close IMO.