Hasnโt played for a while and it seems his reputation is a little shot.
Named in the VFL - great news. I thought he would not play again this year. I hope he gets through ok.
Back from a serious ankle injury.
Hoping / looking for more then straight line running (although could be hard to tell cause thatโs what he basically did anyway)
Kicking
And acceleration.
Donโt really give a stuff about fitness or jumping - thatโll come.
Fingers crossed - and finally on the telly.
I wouldnโt be looking too closely at anything TBH. I think he will be very unfit and lacking touch. I am just happy to see him out there running around, and I donโt expect any great output from him, at least for 5 weeks or so.
Have to admit I thought the same. In fact I may have thought he was royally boned career wise.
After getting my hopes up with KAV! I thought Iโd be a little more circumspect with my expectations about players.
Bugger-that.
LAV!
YAY!den
BRING HIM IN.
STRAIGHT IN.
IN - LAV, BIG BOI
Better that Laverde gets a solid chunk of VFL footy for the rest of 2017. Aim must be to play round 1 in 2018. My fear is if he has injury affected season in 2018 then he will never reach his full potential.
BOY OH BOY
Correct
All the talent in the world wonโt help if youโre struggling with confidence in your own body at the same time as youโre meant to be working out your game and where you fit in.
Much the same boat as A Morgan.
i reckon he will fkg tear it up. just got a feeling.
He looked to attack the footy with confidence so far in the first quarter in the VFL. I still have high hopes for LAV.
So do I, I just wonโt be sweating if he does nothing for these first few weeks back.
Big sigh of relief.
Did what I was hoping for and a bit more.
Still got acceleration, can sidestep, stop and prop, and his kicking still has penetration.
Able to jump too.
Coming back from a serious ankle injury a really good game.
Not going to be a busted crock / shadow of his former self (see Kommer & Prismall post injury)
In with a chance to return this year
Yesterday, he was managed to a limit of 8km. He was told to rein in his jumping to about 80%, and to generally not go full bore.
Perfect preparation to play seniors.
(it was just too easy to pass up, sorry)
Youโre not the boss of LAV
Woosha seemed excited about Lav today in the presser.
He must be held in high regard as an upcoming talent. I donโt think heโll be spending too much time in the VFL.
Canโt wait, he could add a helluvalot.