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Top 10 AFL Footballers That Vito Doria Has Seen

Chris Judd announced his retirement on Tuesday and media and fans alike were quick to find a place where he ranks among the best footballers of his era. I have decided to do a Top 10 list of the best AFL footballers that I have seen. Although I started watching football in 1993, I really started watching the game week-in, week-out in 1999 so I will only include players from that year until today. Due to the criteria, players like Gary Ablett Snr, Jason Dunstall, Greg Williams and Tony Lockett miss out but due to the size of the list, eligible players such as Jonathan Brown, Anthony Koutoufides, Jimmy Bartel, Dane Swan and Matthew Pavlich unfortunately miss out. This list will raise eyebrows but enjoy reading. 10. Steve Johnson – Geelong (2002-present) Games: 243 Goals: 435 Honours: AFL premiership (2007, 2009 and 2011), Norm Smith Medal (2007), Geelong leading goalkicker (2008 and 2010), All-Australian (2007-08 and 2010) “Stevie J” has been the player...

Five Discussion Points from Brisbane v Carlton

Brisbane defeated Carlton by 30 points at the Gabba on Sunday evening in a scintillating display of footy which gave the Lions their fourth victory of the season. Aside from a shambolic third quarter in which the Blues showed signs of making a comeback, Brisbane dominated the majority of the match and played some its best footy under new coach Chris Fagan. The usual suspects stood out for the Lions but more of the youngsters stood out, with both Cedric Cox and Alex Witherden also kicking their first goals in the AFL. Here are five points worth discussing after the victory including the brilliance of the two Daynes, Zorko and Beams. 1. Dayne Zorko is the modern Akermanis Jason Akermanis is my favourite Brisbane player of all-time and he was an absolute freak. "Aker" was a player capable of producing something out of nothing and scoring the impossible goals but he was also fortunate to have played in a dominant Lions team. Zorko does not have the bleached hair o...

Modern AFL Key Forwards Must Show Maturity Beyond Their Years

There is a dearth of key forwards in the AFL these days and it seems that the current forwards are given too much time to develop. Although the media and the fans have this belief that it takes key position players five years to develop, I consider it to be no more than a fallacy and modern day myth. This is now the time for key forwards of the current era to display maturity beyond their years but this consensus that it takes five years for them to develop as well as a lack of great key forwards means that fans should accept mediocre performances for a while. The reasons for my ire are the wayward kicking of forwards in the AFL and the performances of Brisbane Lions key forwards Eric Hipwood and Josh Schache. In Brisbane's 14-point defeat to the Western Bulldogs in Round 20, Hipwood and Schache recorded some unimpressive statistics. Hipwood had 17 disposals, took just three marks, and was kept scoreless while Schache had six disposals, took four marks, and kicked ...

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