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AFL Player #15: Jayden Laverde - Playing football

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What about the egg? Did we get that to 100 or did he take it with him?
I think Cox has been protecting the egg :openmouth:

And a few others got in before me but I do not care.
 

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How tall is barrass, how tall is Tom mccartin, how tall is Steven May,how tall is Wilkie. Absolute cop out about laverde’s height.

Laverde was drafted as a high marking, running medium forward flanker, not a full back. He wasn’t tall enough to be a proper key position forward, moving into the back line hasn’t made him any taller.

He bulked up to make his body more resistant to injury and to be able to handle bigs better but he’s still not a key position player as much as we have decided he is.
 
Laverde was drafted as a high marking, running medium forward flanker, not a full back. He wasn’t tall enough to be a proper key position forward, moving into the back line hasn’t made him any taller.

He bulked up to make his body more resistant to injury and to be able to handle bigs better but he’s still not a key position player as much as we have decided he is.
So what do we call a defender who can't play on smalls, mediums or talls?

Sounds like a set-up to a joke I don't have a punchline for
 
So what do we call a defender who can't play on smalls, mediums or talls?

Sounds like a set-up to a joke I don't have a punchline for

Well I would argue he could play on mediums if he actually played on the mediums.

Like, he has actually done good jobs when we’ve given him suitable match ups in his weight division, but if we’re going to continue to go with the undersized defence and him playing on bigger opponents and not pressuring the ball carrier I don’t see the point anymore.
 
Well I would argue he could play on mediums if he actually played on the mediums.

Like, he has actually done good jobs when we’ve given him suitable match ups in his weight division, but if we’re going to continue to go with the undersized defence and him playing on bigger opponents and not pressuring the ball carrier I don’t see the point anymore.
Mate he got towelled up by Darcy Fogarty - the absolute prototype strong medium fwd that Laverde is built for. It's a myth that he's unfairly maligned by being forced to play out of his division; he actually gets beaten by players of every size and shape.
 
Mate he got towelled up by Darcy Fogarty - the absolute prototype strong medium fwd that Laverde is built for. It's a myth that he's unfairly maligned by being forced to play out of his division; he actually gets beaten by players of every size and shape.

I wouldn’t necessarily be singling out the game where we conceded 9 goals in 13 minutes as any kind of conclusive proof of anything, plus Fogarty is a genuine key forward irrespective of height, same with Caddy.

Laverde is outclassed in that weight division and should be going to the Hayward/Owens/Callum Brown/Zurhaar/Dangerfield and Martin resting forward types. That much is obvious to me but we don’t use him in that way.
 
Mate he got towelled up by Darcy Fogarty - the absolute prototype strong medium fwd that Laverde is built for. It's a myth that he's unfairly maligned by being forced to play out of his division; he actually gets beaten by players of every size and shape.
It's because he's so slow and has 0 defensive craft that anyone his size can either outmaneuver him or just outrun him on a lead
 

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So what do we call a defender who can't play on smalls, mediums or talls?

Sounds like a set-up to a joke I don't have a punchline for
Jayden :p
 
I wouldn’t necessarily be singling out the game where we conceded 9 goals in 13 minutes as any kind of conclusive proof of anything, plus Fogarty is a genuine key forward irrespective of height, same with Caddy.

Laverde is outclassed in that weight division and should be going to the Hayward/Owens/Callum Brown/Zurhaar/Dangerfield and Martin resting forward types. That much is obvious to me but we don’t use him in that way.
If the only players he can supposedly defend are midfielders who rest fwd then he doesn't deserve to be on a list
 

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Whilst this is true, we refuse to address it. It’s been the case for years, and will in all likelihood be the case again next year. We need to actually do something about it
We needed to have done something about it before Michael Hurley and Cale Hooker retired.
We've since tried to address it with Baldwin, Reid and McKay, and now Hayes, but the gap has been stark and caused a lot of problems. That's why Dodoro needed to f*** right off.
 
Disappointed we didn't get games into hayes and or more games into Cox as key position defender and laverde spend some more time in the ws.

Should be a great depth player but used as a automatic selection this year.

Gives good effort and hard at it bit a bit undersized and decision making and skill errors hurt.
This is a great reason for him to play VFL. He does encourage and push his team mates. Would be good to have around the young guys.
 

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