Just get him. We need his crumbing and goal kicking nouse. Eades and co will end up playing up ground more IMO.
As much as Bags has potential up forward he is so valuable down back, rather keep him there.
What is his average as a goal kicking crumber? (not having a go serious question)
Iām sure it isnāt great but he had been playing in a team getting belted for majority of start of his career and had his injury troubles.
Itās potential when he is actually fit and on the park thatās being looked at.
Certainly shouldnāt cost the world to get him.
It wouldnāt want to. Heās 24 this year and hardly a proven player. So while I think he has (had when GC first recruited him?) talent he isnāt going to walk in and start killing it. Under the best realistic scenario (in the hypothetical world where we trade for him) he has a good 2017 and builds some form and consistency in a new team setting himself up for a very good 2018.
By then heād be 26, and while not an old man heād already be a fair way through his career. Thanks to injuries and ā ā ā ā ā development (imo) at GC he simply doesnāt have time to sit around developing anymore and any club looking at him should take this into account.
If we got him for pick 37 iād be interested but he really hasnāt done much. Heās a small forward only and I wouldnāt rate him in the top 10 small forwards either. Betts, Rioli, Rioli, Billings, Puoplolo, Bruest, Elliott, Garlett, Papley, Green, Cripps, Ballantyne, Charlie Cameron, Walters all better players
Thereās the problem thoughā¦
Everyone assumes heās a goal sneak / small forward. Thatās where GC play him.
But he finds himself up the field chasing possessions (and doing a poor job at that) while not putting defensive pressure on anyone.
Heās an outside midfielder who still hasnāt been able to gain enough strength to break tackles (or lay many) and also not quick enough to sneak away from defenders.
He is talented, but where he fits into any team (let alone ours) is a tough question to answer.
With him, you cannot blame GCās poor development. Others have shown glimpses of being a dominant performer (OāMeara, Bennell, Swallow, Lynch, Hall and Prestia to name a few) yet he is yet to show anything of what he showed at U18 level across a ten week period.
Heās worth a gamble, but not an early second round pick. Maybe a pick in the late 20s / early 30s.
Unless of courseā¦
He mimics Hall and smashes it in the last half of the seasonā¦
Gets to play at a big Victorian club in blockbusters games like Anzac Day,Dreamtime in front of massive crowds also the team doesnāt travel much interstate.
his offensive game is solid, but whats his defensive pressure like? thats half a small forwards job these days. look at puopolo. kicks some goals but is massive in his defensive pressure which is what makes him such a good player for hawthorn
Was bored today at home crook so against better judgement I ventured over to Big Floggy for a laugh. There was a bloke over there that reckons Disco was in attendance at a Suns NEAFL game recently paying very close attention to Matera.
Was bored today at home crook so against better judgement I ventured over to Big Floggy for a laugh. There was a bloke over there that reckons Disco was in attendance at a Suns NEAFL game recently paying very close attention to Matera.
Was bored today at home crook so against better judgement I ventured over to Big Floggy for a laugh. There was a bloke over there that reckons Disco was in attendance at a Suns NEAFL game recently paying very close attention to Matera.
Ask flog how many jackets was Dodoro wearing?
Why is he a flog? Seems a bit disrespectful for someone you know nothing about.
There is not a player in the league who would be a better pick up for us, all things considered. There is a Brandon-Matera-shaped hole in our best side right now, assuming Yestin doesnāt fill it, and he wouldnāt be that expensive.
There is not a player in the league who would be a better pick up for us, all things considered. There is a Brandon-Matera-shaped hole in our best side right now, assuming Yestin doesn't fill it, and he wouldn't be that expensive.
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