Is Andrew Symonds the best fielder we've ever seen?

[Fuller Pilch]

Oh was in response to Jedi saying Houghton was Zims first decent cricketer. Should employ the quote button more

Colin Bland was better than all of those Zimbabweans named and probably a better fielder than Symonds too.

 

[mr_mister]

Didn't represent them though

 

[Daemon]

It's fun to play but boring to watch imo.

I didn't get through all of it but compared to like the best goals, wickets, tackles, rallies, catches, baskets etc of any given year from most other sports this is kinda meh

 

[mr_mister]

And its just such an obviously inferior version of ice hockey

 

[TheJediBrah]

Field hockey is great. It takes the three things that are redeemable about soccer and turns them into a sport worth playing and watching.

Great if you're bad at sport

 

[stephen]

Great if you're bad at sport

Mate it takes far more skill than soccer or aerial ping pong.

 

[Daemon]

Great if you're bad at sport

That's when you turn to 'ultimate' frisbee

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Ping pong between aeroplanes would be amazing though what the hell

 

[OverratedSanity]

I used to watch hockey years ago but it was mostly a penalty corner fest which was extremely dull to watch. Dont know if that has gotten better or worse.

 

[Line and Length]

I never wanted to play a sport where opponents carried a potential weapon.

 

[mr_mister]

I never wanted to play a sport where opponents carried a potential weapon.

Uhh...

 

[Red]

Mate it takes far more skill than soccer or aerial ping pong.

Soccer, sure. AFL football, no.

 

[stephen]

Ping pong between aeroplanes would be amazing though what the hell

It would be. Unfortunately AFL is way worse than that.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Great fielders are really hard to judge unless you see them live, and I never did with Symonds, the way they eat up ground with minimal effort is often the thing, rather than the spectacular, and maybe bizarrely I think Chris Jordan is the best I've seen live.

second this on jordan.

bloke turns 3s into 2s, 2s into 1s so easily. also probably the best pair of hands i've ever seen. capable of the absolute sublime and ridiculous.

 

[nightprowler10]

I never wanted to play a sport where opponents carried a potential weapon.

This. I played a bit in school when I was still in Lahore. Lost all interest when a buddy of mine lost half his teeth.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Uhh...

tbf, a hockey stick is easier to wield as a weapon. Also, pop culture prefers hockey sticks and baseball balls as the domestic weapon of choice. You'd be hard pressed to find an Indian movie from the 80s and early 90s without the hockey stick in a starring role.

 

[honestbharani]

tbf, a hockey stick is easier to wield as a weapon. Also, pop culture prefers hockey sticks and baseball balls as the domestic weapon of choice. You'd be hard pressed to find an Indian movie from the 80s and early 90s without the hockey stick in a starring role.

Dude our movies could turn anything into a weapon. I mean.......

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That He-man

 

[Engle]

And its just such an obviously inferior version of ice hockey

field hockey is to ice-hockey what cricket is to baseball

 

[Googly Master]

Yes he was a great fielder. I found him working hard in the ground in every match. His moves were just like a ping pong player moving across the table and keeping a hawk's eye on the ball. The best of him was to hit the wickets directly.