Farewell and thanks - John Noble

[jonmac1954]

Johnny is another heart and soul player, he's never convinced he's done enough and the K's he does every game are amazing.

[K]

Magpies defender earns extension after career-best season

https://www.afl.com.au/news/985754/magp ... est-season

New three-year deal (to end of 2026)

[Jezza]

^ Well deserved extension.

Noble is one of four players to have never missed a game under Fly.

[K]

On one of the longest games streaks in the AFL. (Of course, Crisp leads.)


Most consecutive AFL games (current)

Jack Crisp (Collingwood) - 210
Christian Petracca (Melbourne) - 129
Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs) - 119*
Charlie Cameron (Brisbane) - 114
Callum Wilkie (St Kilda) - 107
Oliver Florent (Sydney) - 91
Liam Baker (Richmond) - 85
John Noble (Collingwood) - 82
Ben Keays (Adelaide) - 82

(afl.com.au)

[*Macrae's streak ends this week due to concussion.]

[lazzadesilva]

^^^^

That’s not our Macrae, that is the one from the Bulldogs.

[3rd degree]

No, you couldn't argue he's better than Newcombe. Jai is easily the best of the mid season draft picks, and by a huge margin.

We all know you secretly support Hawthorn. Jai is your little friend.

[David]

^^^^

That’s not our Macrae, that is the one from the Bulldogs.

You don't say!

Hopefully Finn's own streak starts tonight.

[David]

https://www.afl.com.au/video/767116/nob ... nsive-acts

As much as I understand the arguments for his omission (and people have pointed out various stats where he hasn't been doing as well as he could), I feel like this ^ is what we may end up missing tonight and, potentially, through the rest of the finals series.

The thing I remember most about the 2010 drawn grand final is Nick Maxwell and some of his desperate efforts to prevent goals in the last quarter. Who will be there to do that for us if it comes down to the wire?

[Boot]

https://www.afl.com.au/video/767116/nob ... nsive-acts

As much as I understand the arguments for his omission (and people have pointed out various stats where he hasn't been doing as well as he could), I feel like this ^ is what we may end up missing tonight and, potentially, through the rest of the finals series.

The thing I remember most about the 2010 drawn grand final is Nick Maxwell and some of his desperate efforts to prevent goals in the last quarter. Who will be there to do that for us if it comes down to the wire?

I feel bad for Johnny Noble and I'm very surprised with his omission from the team. I would have dropped Lipinski before Noble but for reasons that I can't see Fly McRae loves having Lipinski in the team. I fear Collingwood will miss the clean hands and mopping up of the loose ball in the defensive zone and run out of the backline that Noble provides.
No doubt Markov has taken Noble's spot and whilst Markov has done very well with his dash & carry out of defense I'm not sold on his disposal effectiveness, one-on-one contest ability (albeit better than Noble's) and I don't think his hands are as clean or his 2nd and 3rd efforts as desperate as Noble's.
I would have preferred to have seen Lipinski dropped instead of Noble and had Markov as the sub instead of Ginnivan, who I think would have offered a real spark and goal kicking option with a big game personality that could have really turned it on from the first bounce. That said the roar that will be heard if / when Ginnivan enters the game for the first time tonight should provide an enormous lift for the whole team... hopefully won't be needed but would be exciting to be witness to.
Go Pies!

[Greening gold]

Wet and windy forecast for the game tonight - and Collingwood has gone tall. I think I'd prefer Noble over Lipinski or Markov in sloppy conditions.

[David]

[Mr Miyagi]

Wish I’d screenshotted comments bagging him as a dud and should be dropped, because I’m seeing some of the commenters here and elsewhere suddenly his#1 fans. I hope people see the players as human and aren’t so abusive in game day threads from now on.

[burnsy17]

He’s certainly unlucky, but at some point depth was going to take a victim or two and unfortunately it was him on this occasion.

Moore, Murph and Beau are all walk up starts, when means with zero injuries to best 25 players, good players are going to miss out.

[Jezza]

Tough one for John. Hasn't missed a game since 2020 so it will be a bitter pill for him to swallow.

I have faith Fly and the assistants know what they're doing in this space.

[RudeBoy]

And another player is going to be an unlucky omission in 2 weeks when Nick Daicos returns.

It's a sign we have a very good side, when very good players lose their spots to even better players.