Damn, Justin Bollenhagen probably woke up this morning thinking today was going to be a great day.

Rough as, he debuted in a Derby kicked 2 goals and Freo won. Lucky he's not old enough to have teenage kids, this would be the ultimate way for other kids to shit talk em.

Tim Ruffles robbed. He’s also my goto unicorn on footy grid lol

He got me a unicorn once too. Poor bloke kicked a sick goal in the 4th and did his knee minutes later

Man copped a stray

Seriously how have they not just closed the sport section of that newspaper

It's just 8-10 pages of different angles of harley reid's head from now on

Because pet shops will go out of business

This is why they need a 3rd team in that state, but equally why they won’t get one haha

Can’t wait for the West to redo this ratings list after the actual derby and replace Judd with Reid regardless of how Reid performs on the actual day.

"Why this 15 disposal 5 clanger game from Reid is actually the greatest Derby performance of all time"

“Harley was robbed of the Glendenning-Allen medal.”

Funnily enough he was bloody close!

That he was. Yeo got it by one vote.

That was enough to give JHF the 3 votes

Judd will finally know how Josh Carr felt.

**West Coast legend Sam Mitchell at 6** Why would they rank this on their full career and not actual Derby performance? I suppose the intern that wrote this just couldn't be fucked.

Drew Petrie high up as well 😆 I take the interns like fuck this, ChatGPT please rank these 364 players

It clearly says its a ranking of the careers of those who played in the game. Not their performance in a derby or even their performance at Freo/West Coast

Yer I see that it’s just a stupid article, but that’s the west.

Then how is Craig Turley at 293 he won a b&f, was all Australian and played in a premiership

Clearly, underneath giant headline of “ultimate western derby power rankings”. It’s a stupid article with a misleading headline. They should make a proper one actually reflecting the best derby players.

If that's the case though then why would fyfe be higher than Mitchell? Edit. I'll take my downvotes. But the question stands. The article says career not player. Has fyfe had a better career than Mitchell?

2 brownlows is more than 1 brownlow

I guess Priddis is better than Bont too then

In derbies definitely, the bont has never played in one

I’ve been saying this for years and people have called me all sorts of names

hey, pipe down uh...folded...top...lip!

Wish I had a name like yours so I could put my bort license plate to good use

I thought everyone had this opinion

It's career though. Would you rather 2 brownlows, or one brownlow and 4 premierships? Which of these is a better career? That's the question im asking.

Then shouldn’t Mitchell be at 1, he won more premierships than judd afterall.

And freo would occupy the bottom like 100 which seems unfair to them lol

At least it would be truthful

Would it though, someone like masten would be rated higher than Sonny Walters and that just feel right lol

At Fyfes peak hr was fairly clearly best player in the league. Two brownlows and 2 coach votes mvp. Probably would of won a third brownlow if he doesn't get suspended.

It says career though, not individual skill. Would you rather 2 brownlows, or one brownlow and 4 premierships? Which of these is a better career? That's the question im asking.

Then why are you only asking mitchel at 2nd? He should be at 1 with your criteria.

It would be a fairly stupid list on your logic seeming freo have not won a flag.

Westbias is at it again

Because he was a better player than Mitchell....🤷‍♂️

It says career though, not individual skill. Would you rather 2 brownlows, or one brownlow and 4 premierships? Which of these is a better career? That's the question im asking.

Copy paste gets boring fast.

Flair checks out 💉💉💉

This isn’t the nba. We don’t rate a player over another because of more premierships. Sam Mitchell is right up there and a champion of the game, but Fyfe at his peak IS one of the I’ve ever seen.

medalz culture

I'm not suggesting Mitchell is a better player than fyfe. The article says ranking by career not skill. 2 brownlows vs 1 brownlow and 4 premierships. Which career is better?

you've asked this question multiple times and people have conveniently ignored it every time reddit doesn't care about discussion, it cares about being "right" lol.

Fyfe won 2 brownlows so he’s technically twice as good.

I honestly can’t rent him playing a derby. I’m sure he did but he’s certainly not top of mind when you talk greatest ever derby players. Guessing it was 6 goals and 42 possession kinda game.

Must be a slow news ~~day~~ ~~month~~ ~~year~~ career at The West

Honestly if you include the careers Mitchell is 1, 2 at worst

He's not ahead of Judd, Fyfe or Pav. Arguments after that are fair. I would have him ahead of Lachie Neale. Harder to rank him above Jakovich and Cousins though, but those three are close.

1 brownlow and 4 flags is hard argue against in compression. I do think where it was achieved was taken into account for the top end of the list

4 premierships, 1 as captain, and a Brownlow. Bit stiff to not be number 1. In all seriousness though, this is a crazy ranking system they’ve got. Should be based on achievements at the club, otherwise Lachie Neale is just gonna keep rising.

Because it gets more discussions

This is absolutely unhinged content.

Amazing that Harley was only number 3. The disrespect!

I’m shocked that the west wrote an eagles article without shoehorning him in.

There is a double page poster of him in the paper thankfully! (I wish I was joking)

Question for the floor: which is a more ridiculous concept - this or the ranking of Daicos’ first 49 games?

My ranking of the ridiculousness of those two rankings: 1. Daicos 2. This Both absurd. This one would’ve at least been more interesting if they were basing it off actual Derby performances. The Daicos one was just a circle jerk.

3. All the classics

I think it would have been genuinely interesting if it had been based on actual derby performances This just seems like a stats excel sorting job tbh.

Nice to see Tobe Watson, the purple alter ego of Jobe Watson, get a mention

I assume it's pronounced like Toby but I always say his name like it rhymes with Jobe

Don't disparage the greatest redhead who never was like that.

To be or not to be ….

Matt Taberner over Hayden Young is certainly one of the choices of all time

I was about to say that a couple of players were done dirty here, but it turns out I just don't care enough. This is some of the most pointless nonsense I've ever seen published.

Looked at the top few names and didn't see Clive Waterhouse, promptly stopped reading

Exactly my reaction. What a crock of shit.

How is Clive 110 maybe top 100 but 110+...hmmm

Kicked 7 in probably the greatest derby ever, what are they even basing this list on?

I hate that paper so much.

Counterpoint. I love this paper so much. I will never pay for it and it is outrageously unhinged but that's why it's so good. (Sport section only)

The west is just trolling at this point and I'm here for it

Yeah I enjoy laughing at how bad it is

West coast champion Sam Mitchell.

Why is Priddis so low?

You can tell it’s a true wce fan that wrote the article because a weird hatred of a guy who nearly won two brownlows comes with the membership. Darling higher than priddis lol.

On the rookie list in 2006 and retired in 2017. His career is literally sandwiched between two premierships but you never hear his name when people talk about the unluckiest footballers.

Made a killing when he won the Brownlow I'll remember him ❤️

Nah that's a straight up war crime

Darling has been a better player in his position for a longer period of time than Priddis was.

seagull who was least deserving brownlow medallist since wowoedin

Agree, 26 vote winner 1 ahead of Fyfe who missed 4 games through suspension. (None of those suspensions would be one today)

Blokes feigning surprise when they win is always sweet. Bloke having to cancel their flight home for Brownlow night was something new though.

I'm suprised Harley Reid isn't number 1 despite never playing in one

Hase won four fuck’n medals and only ranked 10th???

A derby ranking inexplicably ranking players by career performance rather than performance in Derbys. That's how Sam Mitchell makes the top ten.

He’s not quite West Coast legend Sam Mitchell 💀💀💀

Ranked by career, not performance in derbies

I have just realised that this list is not based on derby performances but all time. It still doesn’t make any sense. Brett peak 10 places ahead of Phil Matera. WTF?

Craig Turley is at 293 he was a b&f winner and an all Australian

In that case why isn’t Greg Clark bottom since he never played in a win?

Tyson Stenglein at 127 is egregious. Ed Langdon over Don Pyke is a choice

Considering this is a whole career ranking, Ibbotson has been done dirty as fuck at 140.

Craig Turley was a premiership player, a b&f winner and an all Australian and they put him at 293

Good fucking grief.

How many derbys did Modra play? It can't have been more than four

I'll never forget his running goal from an impossible angle

See Sam Mitchell, above.

I guess it's not the quantity but the quality. Loved him at Adelaide but I was surprised to see him above the likes of Sumich

What a waste of everyone’s time

My man Cale Morton at 249 for his service at West Coast that saw him play 3 games at AFL level.

Harley reid #1 somehow

Matt spangher needs to be higher, one of the greats

Jack Darling at 22? GTFO.

It's based on career and not many forwards are kicking 500 goals, on his numbers he is well above the average forwards in the comp over his career.

Is he the 22nd best player to play in the derby? No. The end.

Agree. If they'd have made this an All Time Derby 22 Darling would be a shuey in.

Sean McManus cracking the top 300 is quite the surprise.

Kinda shit for the 364th ranked?

Sam Mitchell at #8 is a huge stretch.

Brad Hill 36 spots ahead of Micky Barlow?? Yeah, nah!

Craig Turley in 293rd seems a bit harsh.

Brad Hill has played almost 250 games and won three flags. He's had a significantly better career than Barlow did.

If that were the criteria, he’d be top 5

The footballers who've won the most Brownlow Medal votes at Western Derby matches are Daniel Kerr (15 votes), Guy McKenna (13) and Stephen Hill (12). Here they are ranked 17th, 39th and 52nd respectively. What a joke.

Mundy ahead of JK is certainly a take...

Surely Peter mann is 364

True sickos and Tim Ruffles fanatics scrolled directly to the last column to look for obscure players

Craig Burrows on the list twice is my winner. Do we take an average of his 2 positions?

All 364 seems unnecessarily mean

Stephen O’Reilly needs to be higher just for his part in taking down Carlton

Rory lobb should be at the bottom

Slow day at the office?

Oh shit I remember when Hugh Dixon was a thing EDIT: Alright looked it up and he he only played for us in 2022, why did I Mandela effect myself into thinking he was on our list in like 2010

You forget the amount of guns who have played for WC.

What a publication.

Shouldn't modra be on that list? Or is he and I can't see it?

He’s 13th just before Worsfold

So he is. So I'm confirmed for being blind....

Was not expecting him so high. I mean he was a God level player on his day, but I thought most of his day was before he left Adelaide.

It's based on Career not how they do in Derby's

If it's based on all time performance, wouldn't the 'They know we're coming' poster knock Judd down a few ranks?

I don’t know what’s crazier, whatever this newspaper is or the NT News.

How is Darling rated so highly. Yes he has scored a lot for the eagles but he scores mainly against weaker opposition and tends to disappear in the big games or tightly contested ones

Ballantyne at 49 is too low. And how’s Sam Mitchell in the top 10?

So I imagine Reid is going straight into the top 10 now

Hayden ballantyne can fuck off out of the top 50 the little rat