08-16-2020, 05:50 AM
(08-16-2020, 05:41 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Your suggesting because Bower got more votes than Simpson one year in a B&F
that makes him a vastly superior player than Williamson... I'm saying the rest of the AFL didn't seem to rate him at all except the kind folk at Carlton who threw him a bone or two at the B&F.
Bower sadly was a running joke as a footballer for opposition fans and our own and remains that way.. I don't see Williamson getting to that comedic level and rate him higher, you disagree then that's fine...
No i'm suggesting Bower was not as bad as your memory (and a few others) make out.
No i'm not suggesting Bower is vastly superior to Williamson.
As i said, i reckon at where they are/were at the same age, that they are basically the same player.
From there, we all know where Bower got to (or didn't get to) in terms of his career. I'm hoping Willo is able to break away from a somewhat similar career path up to this point and do better.
Whole point was that i see A LOT of similarities between them. You, and a few others have turned this into a Paul Bower slagging match in defense of a bloke who was not even being criticised.