Of course Hirdโs kicking never looked great, but they had a habit of going through as well.
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Hird didnโt have a lot going for him to be honest, remarkable that he was as good as he was.
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Are you saying recruiters donโt consider luscious hair when spotting talent?
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Laverde was putting his head over the ball against werribee and was one of the few players playing defensively for us yesterday.
Honestly rate him as an inside mid player. I know everyone thinks heโs a forward but heโs a much better midfielder tbh.
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Iโm pretty sure Dodoro puts a great deal of time into the grooming habits of potential draftees. They get automatically drafted if they also use olive oil in their hair.
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His tackling was seriously impressive, if only the umpires noticed.
Yeah thatโs not his fault that the umpiring fraternity has an agenda against Essendon.
WHEN
Unlike Langfords who didnโt.
Everybody makes mistakes.
Hasnโt had continuity for 3 years. Takes its toll.
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The issue I have with laverde is that I donโt see a senior standard skillset, exacerbated by the fact that he doesnโt have a obvious position. Thereโs a player in there somewhere but the club needs to define him as a player and then allow him to learn that position inside out back to front.
Fitness/ injury has played itโs part, but I donโt consider it a major factor to be honest. Iโm certain his career to date had been hampered primarily by poor development.
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LAV
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BEEN AROUND THE WORLD DONโT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE
On the contrary. I will get laughed at for typical Blitz hyperbole but Iโve watched every game since 2010 and Laverde [EDIT: โwasโ] the best set shot at goal I reckon Iโve seen since then. Yes Iโm including Ryder in that. Arrow straight, and so much backspin that there was legitimately no draw or fade on them, they just started straight, stayed straight and finished straight. Beautiful action too.
No doubt someone will come and offer a different opinion and thatโs fine, and of course the big asterisk is that itโs off a sample of about 9/10 of his first shots which I think went 9.0 or 10.0 until the injuries started. From memory he took a set shot in his first game back after a long layoff and I turned to my brother and said โwatch this - Iโd like to be as certain of winning tatts.โ He promptly sprayed it and I canโt remember him kicking a goal since then. Iโll cop the blame for that one lads.
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I agree with your post.
I did think up till recently that it was mental, that he had the yips like what many golfers go thru with putting.
Now, I am examining the possibility that some of those more serious injuries have impacted on his technique.
There is a player there.
If he does turn it around like The Langford has recently done, that drafting at Picks 17 and 20 in a very challenging situation, could prove to be a masterstroke.
Letโs hope soโฆ
โฆbut here is another who walks among them.
Nows the time to bring this lad in and see what he can do!
Nope. Wait one more week! 