Geelong and Brisbane’s top 5 most important players

SEN Breakfast’s Garry Lyon and Tim Watson has identified who they believe to be the most important players in this year’s AFL Grand Final.

Lyon and Watson assessed both Geelong and Brisbane to came up with the five players they feel are most vital to their club’s premiership fortunes.

The Cats and Lions clash in the season decider at the MCG this Saturday from 2:30pm AEST.

See their lists below:

Top 5 most important - Geelong

Lyon
Patrick Dangerfield
Mark Blicavs
Tom Atkins
Max Holmes
Jeremy Cameron

Watson
Patrick Dangerfield
Mark Blicavs
Tom Atkins
Max Holmes
Jeremy Cameron

Top 5 most important - Brisbane

Lyon
Josh Dunkley
Hugh McCluggage
Harris Andrews
Will Ashcroft
Logan Morris

Watson
Harris Andrews
Josh Dunkley
Hugh McCluggage
Dayne Zorko
Will Ashcroft

Watson: “I almost had Darcy Wilmot in my top five. I think he’s a back-half superstar.”

Bottom of the depth chart

They also looked at the other end of the importance scale, highlighting the ‘bottom of the depth’ chart at each club.

Watson: “The exercise was how good are these teams when you actually look and try to work out who might be their five least effective talented players.”

Lyon: “These so-called bottom five or least effective would be in the top five at other teams. That’s why they’re in the Grand Final.

“We’re not trying to run these players down, we’re just trying to get a sense of the depth.”

Geelong

Lyon
Jack Bowes
Jhye Clark
Rhys Stanley
Jack Martin
Shannon Neale

Watson
Jhye Clark
Jack Martin
Jack Bowes
Brad Close
Lawson Humphries

Watson: “That’s how good they are. I was actually struggling to work out who might be their bottom five players.”

Lyon: “They haven’t really got a bottom five.”

Brisbane

Lyon
Sam Marshall
Bruce Reville
Levi Ashcroft
Ty Gallop
Oscar McInerney

Watson
Sam Marshall
Bruce Reville
Ty Gallop
Levi Ashcroft
Darcy Fort

Lyon: “That gives you some indication as to why these two teams are in the Grand Final.”

The two then discussed their selections further: