I’m glad you think so. He was, in my respectful opinion, a classic Grand Final loser - the sort of player who stars all season and disappears when it matters. His opening couple of minutes cost us the 2011 Grand Final - it beggared belief that he was brought back after his 6 disposal choke in the previous season’s draw, still less groomed for a new, defensive role. Some players appear to get bigger, faster, stronger and better kicks in Grand Finals. Unfortunately, Davis was a kind of Rene Kink for the modern era. Magnificent achievement by him to play 225 games or whatever he reached - I’d just much rather he had played against us in Grand Finals than for us.Mr Miyagi wrote:That’s a shit comment, mate.Pies4shaw wrote:^ Because you so much enjoyed seeing him be useless in several more? Did it escape your attention that the only Grand Final Collingwood won between 2002 and 2011 was the one he didn't play in?
Edit - I just went back and watched the first 4 minutes of the 2011 GF to reconsider whether I was being unfair to Davis. The answer is that I was being too gentle - re-watching it made me angrier and more upset than I was at the ground, on the day. Varcoe kicked 3 goals just once in his 18 finals - guess who he played on when he did it? In fact, Varcoe only kicked more than 3 goals in a match on 3 occasions in his 230 games. Imagine how surprised and bemused he must have been to kick the first two of a Grand Final, inside 4 minutes (the first, of course, came after just 15 seconds). Still, you're entitled to a different view of Davis, if you want to have one.
