Player Watch #15: Dylan Stephens

[DuckYeah]

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One good quarter he has played. Wonder if he can make it one good quarter for every game

 

[shinboner magic]

One good quarter he has played. Wonder if he can make it one good quarter for every game

His first 5 minutes of games is his best.
Doesn’t make sense that when the games at its hottest - he is at his best than disappears

 

[Lomas]

His first 5 minutes of games is his best.
Doesn’t make sense that when the games at its hottest - he is at his best than disappears

With his athletic profile he should be killing it in second halves.

 

[Lomas]

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I know, but I’m trying to be a nicer person this post season.

 

[The Nostradamus]

With his athletic profile he should be killing it in second halves.

Yeah he’s our best runner by far will continue to win the time trials

We don’t use our wingers enough imo

He’s also a good kick much better than our other wingers

 

[Arthur Cloke]

Freak footballer. Gotta hand it to Bradley Rawlings.

 

[Better Loosen Up]

I know, but I’m trying to be a nicer person this post season.

It's a delicate balance between being nicer but not sounding silly at the same time

 

[chubbspeterson]

Anyone have this bloke in their 22 for next year at this stage?

Yes. In the VFL.

 

[buttox]

I'm not writing him off.
He showed some cat behaviours but he did improve later in the year.

 

[tazaa]

If he got delisted today, Id mount a strong case that no other club would pick him up.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

If he got delisted today, Id mount a strong case that no other club would pick him up.

Pretty much what you were saying about Xerri until halfway through this season.

 

[Its a Process]

Darcy Tucker

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Darcy Tucker

Age

27

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.3

5star

MG

239.7

4star

D

14.0

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.3

4star

MG

240.5

4star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.8

5star

MG

234.8

4star

elevated himself from chief whipping boy to solid citizen during his 2nd year, hopefully Dyl and Fish can do the same.

They both have attributes that we are very short on and fingers crossed they can make similar levels of improvement between their first and second year.

 

[hellas_johnny]

Early on in the season when he squibbed a contest really badly I thought he's defs done but thought by the end of the season he was alot better in that regard going in harder then before. He's definitely quick and has a good left foot, 4 years was obviously a big risk but it's now up to clarko to turn him into the player he thinks he might be

 

[DocSholl]

Xerri and Tucker crack in though. I suspect people would cut Stephens a bit more slack if he didn't actively avoid contact

Also he gets it 13 times a game ffs

 

[Its a Process]

Early on in the season when he squibbed a contest really badly I thought he's defs done but thought by the end of the season he was alot better in that regard going in harder then before. He's definitely quick and has a good left foot, 4 years was obviously a big risk but it's now up to clarko to turn him into the player he thinks he might be

True but I remember Guerra squibbing it early doors and he managed to move on from it.

I am clutching at straws a little, his first year was objectively poor but he can run and he's a decent kick and has racked them up on occasion prior to joining us. I am willing to give it another 12 months before writing him off completely.

 

[zoomba23]

If he got delisted today, Id mount a strong case that no other club would pick him up.

Could see him in a Geelong guernsey. They'd probably turn him into a top 10 winger in the comp too, creeps that they are

 

[ferball]

True but I remember Guerra squibbing it early doors and he managed to move on from it.

I am clutching at straws a little, his first year was objectively poor but he can run and he's a decent kick and has racked them up on occasion prior to joining us. I am willing to give it another 12 months before writing him off completely.

Yeah same here. He's got a year.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Been told that he was read the riot act by both Clarko and Jed Adcock

Jed Adcock

Age

38

Ht

183cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

10.3

4star

HB

7.1

4star

M

4.5

4star

T

3.6

5star

MG

214.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

8.8

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

after his 13 disposal, 0 tackle game against the Suns.

Was told in no uncertain terms that there wouldn't be a future for him, if he continued to not commit fully to the contest.

Later on in the season, he put his body on the line more often than not, so it looks like the messaging got through.

Has been told to get bigger and get stronger this off season. Big pre-season ahead. There is a wing role there for him if he really wants it.

 

[the big lebowski]

Been told that he was read the riot act by both Clarko and Jed Adcock after his 13 disposal, 0 tackle game against the Suns.

Was told in no uncertain terms that there wouldn't be a future for him, if he continued to not commit fully to the contest.

Later on in the season, he put his body on the line more often than not, so it looks like the messaging got through.

Has been told to get bigger and get stronger this off season. Big pre-season ahead. There is a wing role there for him if he really wants it.

Was it a couple weeks later when he went back with the flight against Richmond and copped the corkie?

Definitely needs to get some anger in him and play accordingly.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Was it a couple weeks later when he went back with the flight against Richmond and copped the corkie?

Definitely needs to get some anger in him and play accordingly.

Yep was 4 weeks later.

 

[Gorman2Geister]

Some of the efforts (or lack thereof) you'd be so embarrassed of if you were shown them on a post-match review. So getting read the riot act should be a bit superfluous if you had the internal drive to better yourself as a player. But hopefully the outcome is the same and he can sustain it in future years.

I know not every player is Glenn Archer but it stands out to everyone watching and he's not Robinson Crusoe with Spicer in particular looking super tentative before he got the chop.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

That effort where he stopped short against the GC was delistable.

 

[DocSholl]

Been told that he was read the riot act by both Clarko and Jed Adcock after his 13 disposal, 0 tackle game against the Suns.

Was told in no uncertain terms that there wouldn't be a future for him, if he continued to not commit fully to the contest.

Later on in the season, he put his body on the line more often than not, so it looks like the messaging got through.

Has been told to get bigger and get stronger this off season. Big pre-season ahead. There is a wing role there for him if he really wants it.

Did no one scout him prior to recruiting him?

 

[amaz199]

That effort where he stopped short against the GC was delistable.

It didn't look great from the stands and on replay as well.

Just had to put his head down and he would've got an easy free kick.

 

[Blightys Barrel]

I think Clarko and Adcock will give Luke Parker

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Luke Parker

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

his first assignment in the pre-season. Can you do weekly HTFU lessons with this guy all summer? If we get Giants first up again, I want Dylan in their smacking Toby Greene

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Toby Greene

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

in the head. Gun motor, decent kick and just needs to man up in the physical stuff.