Kane Cornes accepts Lance Franklin's challenge - Part 1

The debate took place on Monday night.

On Footy ClassifiedKane Cornes and Sam McClure went head-to-head on Sydney’s Lance Franklin.

The topic of conversation is if ‘Buddy’, in his current form, is in the top 200 players in the AFL.

McClure said: “If you pick two teams in a competition to play against someone else, you pick 44 players, you’ll find a place for Franklin.”

Cornes replied: “He’s not among the top 200 players in the game.”

McClure: “Based on what? Looks like you have a certain status. ”

Corns: “Everything. Based on the best and fairest results in the last two years.

“Based on my view. I say this before the ball bounces. This is a hunch. ”

McClure: “Did you just feel it?”

Corns: “100 percent of it.”

Imagine living in a world where someone thinks Lance Franklin is not among the 200 best players in the AFL.

— Sam McClure (@sam_mcclure) 19 July 2022

Cornes explains the reason further SEN breakfast on Wednesday morning.

“This has been seen as a critique of Buddy Franklin,” he said.

“Sam and I had been talking about this all year, before the ball bounced with Kingy (David King), after reading the top 50 of the Herald Sun.

“They had him at 11 years old, I told Kingy he wasn’t in the top 50.

“I said, ‘This isn’t the Buddy Franklin of 2016, it’s Buddy Franklin now’, and Scoop (McClure) made a fuss about it.

“Obviously, most people would say I’m right that he’s not in the top 50 players in the game at the moment. He was arrested seven times by Griffin Logue over the weekend, for God’s sake.

“It’s nothing to be ashamed of. The Top 50 is the elite of the competition elite.

“I don’t think it’s a criticism to say that Buddy Franklin isn’t in the top 25 per cent in comp. You’re not in the top 10-11 at your club, that’s equivalent to that.”

Cornes is challenged to name 200 players in front of Franklin by SEN Drive’s Andy Maher and Andrew Gaze.

Call it this Friend Challenge.

Easy

— Kane Cornes (@kanecornes) 19 July 2022

By the way the top 200 is still pretty good. That’s the top 25% – not bad for a 36 year old.

— Kane Cornes (@kanecornes) 19 July 2022

Players from each club who Cornes says are “in better shape at the moment”, but “don’t get hung up on what he’s done in the past”.

“Don’t get confused here, not a better career than Buddy. He is an Australian football legend, he goes straight to the Hall of Fame.”

“I’ve always used Data Champion as an analytical tool, but I’ve never relied on it alone.

“It’s interesting to see that Franklin’s spear is ranked 207th on their rankings.”

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Without further ado, here comes Part 1, starting with Franklin’s own club – Sydney.

Note: Injured players have been considered.

Callum Mills
Luke Parker
Chad Warner
Isaac Heeney
Jake Lloyd
Nick Blakey
Errol Guilden
Tom Papley
Justin McInerney
Tom McCartin
Paddy McCartin
Dane Rampe

Friend Challenge Ranking: 12 players.

Now we will discuss them alphabetically:

Rory Laird
Jordan Dawson
Ben Keys
Taylor Walker
Brodie Smith
Tom Doedee

Friend Challenge Ranking: 6 players.

Lachie Neale
Hugh McLuggage
Daniel Rich
Jarryd Lyons
Oscar McInerney
Coleman’s idea
Dayne Zorko
Jarrod Berry
Harris Andrews
Charlie Cameron
Zac Bailey
Marcus Adams
Lincoln McCarthy
Cam Rayner
Brandon Starcevich

Friend Challenge Ranking: 15 players.

Sam Walsh
George Hewett
Sam Docherty
Patrick Cripps
Adam Saad
Matthew Kennedy
Adam Cerra
Charlie Curnow
Harry McKay
Tom De Koning
Jacob Weering

Friend Challenge Ranking: 11 players.

Brodie Grundy
Jack Crisp
Scott Pendlebury
Nick Daicos
Josh Daicos
Darcy Cameron
Brayden Maynard
Jordan De Goey
Taylor Adams
Jeremy Howe
Darcy Moore
Steele Sidebottom
Brody Mihocek

Friend Challenge Ranking: 13 players.

Darcy . Parish
Zach Merrett
Mason Redman
Jordan Ridley
Nick Hindu
Andrew McGrath
Dylan Shiel
Jye Caldwell
Peter Wright
Jake Stringer
Sam Draper

Friend Challenge Ranking: 11 players.

Andrew Brayshaw
Sean Darcy
Will Brodie
Luke Ryan
Hayden Young
Caleb Serong
Rory Lobb
Blake Acres
Heath Chapman
Sam Switkowski
Brennan Cox
Griffin’s Log
Alex Pearce
Nat Fyfe

Friend Challenge Ranking: 14 players.

Tom Stewart
Cam Guthrie
Mark Blicavs
Zach Tuohy
Jeremy Cameron
Tom Hawkins
Mitch Duncan
Joel Selwood
Patrick Dangerfield
Sam De Koning
Tyson Stingle

Friend Challenge Ranking: 11 players.

Buddy Challenge total after 8 clubs: 93 players.

The second half of the course will be finished on Thursday.

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