It was an attempted crack at Port’s pregame song. Fell flat.
And I agree with you wholeheartedly. Would love to seem him succeed. Especially for us.
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Need to get into St Kilda’s recruitment team and sell them Langford. Tell them that he could be a Fyfe and become a big bodied midfielder (Something St Kilda need)
Hopefully we get a second rounder for him
He’s never going to be a predominantly inside player.
I think as Fog mentioned it’s really Goddards spot we probably need him to transition to.
Clarke more likely for Myers
LAV and Mutch the other two who will be pushing for those spots also though.
Langford however needs to get his contested ball ability up in the seniors though to win more 50/50 contests. That’s really where he falling down and likely why keeps being dropped back. Got to attack footy harder.
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wish they’d give him a proper crack at it though. No good bringing him in for 2 games then dropping him
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They probably wish he’d crack in properly when given the chance
He’s either doing what they want or he isn’t, playing a number of games in a row isn’t the thing that is holding him back. He is.
Guelfi then comes in an leads our contested footy numbers playing as an outside mid.
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That’s the thing with Langford no use playing well in the VFL and then stinking it up when he gets picked.
A couple of points
Langford played rounds 1 and 2 due to Myers out
Langford was omitted because Myers was available ( nothing surer)
Langford played minimal time on a superstar WHY and that Superstar has been poor since ( dont think so)
Langford had 15 mates who stunck it up
OUR SIDE HAD 22 WEEK AFTER WHO STUNCK IT UP.
But again lets just focus on Langers
The club mentality has not changed in 20 years and PORT victory was always going to happen.
10-12 wins this year with the same Port mix
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Donnington pls
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That stuncks
Until Langford can show some mongrel/ergency in his play week in week out then he won’t be in the side looks like he coasts out there when he plays.
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He gets dropped regardless of whether he plays well or stinks it up.
Players aren’t being dropped just because there is a vendetta against them.
The side is being selected with those who can best play the role they are in the team to play.
At the time he was dropped in 2017 early in season Stewart was killing it in 2’s and so they changed it up and he has held his spot ever since. Now we’ve got Stringer that 3rd tall type he still won’t get and LAV likely will be next in line there also as attacks it harder.
This year Langford wouldn’t have even been in side if Myers didn’t hurt himself on eve of season. But he got his opportunity, didn’t take it, and thus Myers came back in - 1st game was poor, 2nd game showed exactly why he is being preferred to Langford in that role.
At this stage we have other outside types ahead of him and he isn’t getting it done inside so he plays in 2’s. Unfortunately for him he is between a rock and hard place as he is a big bodied player who doesn’t use it at all, still plays too uncontested.
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Is that why the image of him we see a bit here, is of him on a yatcht, not going like the clappers in a speed boat?
This is why Langford cops so much criticism. He’s forth year, Guelfi is first year. You’d expect more from Langford. It really annoys me to see other teams blooding players they picked up mid to late in the last draft, who perform and we can’t get some consistency from a fourth year player.
Not just talking about this year either.
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There is only 9 months between Guelfi and Langford (Langers being older). And Guelfi was a more experienced pick, having played in the WAFL. Looking at his history http://footyprophet.com/afl-draft-profile-matt-guelfi/
he came with considerable experience and explains why he slotted in so nicely.
The key for Langford is that the coaches tell him what he is doing right / wrong from both a team as well as a player development perspective so he knows what to work on. You expect that to be happening. Up to him to take it on and be that player if that is what he wants or thinks he should be. Or show that his worth to the team is as another type of player.
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There were signs that he is becoming more physical in the VFL against Collingwood, but not often enough. Doesn’t seem to want to scrap for the ball. Silk might look good, but being a grub is part of the process.
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Still young, still learning the role.
Back him in, this year more development.
Next year he will break into the senior side.
Bar injuries the only way Langford can get games consistently is if smith plays more minutes fwd and we take out green or begley. Style would need to change too, more zonal structure and more stoppages.
There’s too many Pom poms in this thread.
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