Toast Welcome to Freo Jye Amiss!!! (pick 8 2021 AFL Draft)

[greatgatsby]

Is this concrete evidence that despite what old farts who yearn for the good old days of the VFL that goalkicking is actually better than it used to be?

As an old fart I was thinking about this on the weekend, while I was watching some guy who probably breaks into a cold sweat from right in front easily kick a standing snap from deep in the pocket (might have been McKay). I think the ability to use a snap from an angle has led to the accuracy stats holding up - even the greats used to miss occasionally from the pocket (not Plugger) because they used a drop punt (and had two other blokes hanging around near the man on the mark). The other thing is that the Pluggers, McKennas and Dunstalls would take a huge proportion of the set shots. These days more players without a good drop punt get exposed because they're expected to take their share of shots.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Is this concrete evidence that despite what old farts who yearn for the good old days of the VFL that goalkicking is actually better than it used to be?

don't let facts get in the way of a good story

 

[oldgoat]

Shout out to JL for kicking 0.7 against the Dogs in ‘03 and making equal third on the list of most inaccurate individual performances.

Pav...62%...rubbish.
Only 700 goals for 1135 shots.
Less than 2 goals a game ...pisshh

Should have cloned him back in... say 2003?

 

[FUS_RO_DAH]

Like I could love the guy any more than I already do

 

[Bastyy]

Like I could love the guy any more than I already do

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This is lovely, but has Jye ever heard of a comma??

 

[Sweetback]

Like I could love the guy any more than I already do

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What an outstanding young man

 

[Retzlaff]

This is lovely, but has Jye ever heard of a comma??

He’d never seen forward structure at that stage let alone sentence structure

 

[sherrif]

He’d never seen forward structure at that stage let alone sentence structure

Judging on how the Bulldogs are playing Lobb on a wing and how our forwards are now hardly ever flying for the same mark anymore its pretty clear that team structure and assisting team mates in markin contests wasn't Rory's thing and still isn't at the Bulldogs. Meanwhile Treacy is the opposite and seems to love creating space for his young super talented team mate in Amiss. Lobb's averaging about the same amount of goals (1.1) as one of our two defensive forwards in Banfield and Switkowski.

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[One_Wing]

This is lovely, but has Jye ever heard of a comma??

Jye "Faulkner" Amiss.

 

[greatgatsby]

Jye "Faulkner" Amiss.

More Tom Sawyer than Samuel Clemens.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Jye shouldn’t just be in the conversation, he should be LEADING the Rising Star vote right now. In my slightly biased opinion.

While Ashcroft and Sheezel get a ton of the ball in their roles and have had some good games (quiet ones too), Amiss is kicking bags of goals every week averaging 3/game over the past 5, as a 19yr old KPF taking the best defenders every week since he’s not playing second fiddle to anyone.

Yet no ‘experts’ ever mention him in RS discussions. Strange.

 

[FreoGirl]

Jye shouldn’t just be in the conversation, he should be LEADING the Rising Star vote right now. In my slightly biased opinion.

While Ashcroft and Sheezel get a ton of the ball in their roles and have had some good games (quiet ones too), Amiss is kicking bags of goals every week averaging 3/game over the past 5, as a 19yr old KPF taking the best defenders every week since he’s not playing second fiddle to anyone.

Yet no ‘experts’ ever mention him in RS discussions. Strange.

100%

 

[MadMundy]

23 goals so far this season, looks well on track for potentially 50 goals in my opinion.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Kid is a freak. Missed having another tall tonight. Jackson couldn’t be there more and Treacy was doing some of the rucking too.

 

[ignoramus]

After tonight’s haul he’s now averaging 2.1 a game

 

[estibador]

After that mark and goal in the downpour I'm adding 'wet weather specialist' to his list of traits.

I'm calling it now, he's on the Pav/Fyfe podium by the time he retires.

 

[s_wd6]

There's just no way this kid gets even half the recognition he deserves. 27 goals from his first 14 games. That's two goals a game. Jeremy Cameron

5

Jeremy Cameron

Age

31

Ht

196cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.5

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.6

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

2.9

2star

M

4.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

8.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.0

5star

kicked 24 from his first 14 games. And I know Amiss is in his second year but he was literally placed on the inactive list last year after the lacerated kidney so it's not like he has a big leg up on them after playing a whole uninterrupted year in the seconds (Van Rooyen style).

 

[ilikepotatoes]

He's so promising I'm not even that mad about tonight's loss.

We just saw a 19 year old key forward kick 4 goals in the wet.

This guy has the potential to be the best forward in the league.

 

[se17enteen]

White Buddy Franklin.

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[King Huskii]

He shines in the wet
He blooms when in shines
Like photosynthesis
He grows beneath the sky

 

[Schauermann]

When is the second Derby? Perhaps he can make a charge at the Coleman....

 

[Rockmelon]

I haven’t been this excited about a player since I watch a young Fyfe running around taking pack marks at the SCG

 

[Ausbenito]

Going to be very exciting to see Amiss and Treacy form a premiership winning combination Treacy is slowly starting to build as well getting some more touches now.
Who takes credit for finding Amiss?

 

[s_wd6]

Going to be very exciting to see Amiss and Treacy form a premiership winning combination Treacy is slowly starting to build as well getting some more touches now.
Who takes credit for finding Amiss?

I just can’t understand how he slipped so far. Did none of the teams above us need a KPF??

 

[Ysaye]

I just can’t understand how he slipped so far. Did none of the teams above us need a KPF??

It is always relative and teams tend to focus in on best available with Top 15 picks but the reason he didn't go higher was probably due to height (not an optimal 200cm), flexibility of position (only key forward), no leadership credentials and lack of additional exposure (No WAFL seniors, no national academy history).

Sam Darcy and Mac Andrew went slightly earlier and had the height and greater flexibility of position as well as slightly greater exposure over Amiss.