AFL Player #15: Jayden Laverde

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 7, Nuggs Bunny

 

[justlookingaround]

I don’t like to single out players… but oh my ****ing god that was up there with the worst individual games I have ever seen. Just an absolute nightmare

 

[Saintsone]

I don’t like to single out players… but oh my ****ing god that was up there with the worst individual games I have ever seen. Just an absolute nightmare

Lavarde tries hard, has been great for the club, it’s now time to move on. He can play vfl and help out the young players. Credit to him for his effort though

 

[andleanback]

Absolutely killing us that Reid can’t get on the park so we are stuck with this bloke

 

[quotemokc]

WTF is he doing here?

 

[mmmifff]

I've watched footy for 27 years. That might be the single worst performance I've ever seen from an individual.

There were at least 6 (six) instances of directly contributing to Freo’s effort in a way that not even a Freo player could achieve.

Giving away 50 pretending not to know where the mark is or not hear the umpire is Grade 4 stuff from a professional.

Only point is that he is preferable to Heppell still.

 

[mike14]

WTF is he doing here?

Thanks for that. We were all wondering at the game whether something had happened to make him be that far from his man

 

[yodellinhank]

That time he was run down from behind but it was a sling tackle, and then they ran out to see if he was concussed. I was thinking "how could you tell? He looked like he must've been concussed before the tackle"

 

[Pesche]

Weidman for a call up

 

[Old Campaigner]

WTF is he doing here?

Looks like he thought he had to cover the bloke running behind him too, then saw too late that we had that guy covered and lost his own man.

 

[yodellinhank]

Looks like he thought he had to cover the bloke running behind him too, then saw too late that we had that guy covered and lost his own man.

He got lost. You don't cover the wider shorter option and give up the deeper option in the corridor. You give up the short and make them take the extra disposal.

 

[sup3rfish]

Really wonder what has happened to Lav. Just looks lost all the time and does dumb things. Needs a few weeks in the vfl. Maybe move him forward in the twos or something!

 

[bennyg12]

looks tried maybe give him a couple off

 

[Howard Moon]

Look I'd never question his heart but he just struggles being undersized when forced to play tall like he has to every week in our backline. We need to sort it, if Reids body can't be trusted we go shopping in October. Barrass first port of call.

 

[dank420_]

I've been a member for 31 years, so my dick is bigger

Haha member

 

[DapperDon]

 

[jmoo wan]

Haha member

he’s a country member

 

[iDon]

Genuine liability at the moment.

Positioning is poor, unable to defend without infracting and giving away a free kick, disposal and decision making needs work.

Should be moved back to the VFL but probably we can't drop him.

 

[Pweter]

Genuine liability at the moment.

Positioning is poor, unable to defend without infracting and giving away a free kick, disposal and decision making needs work.

Should be moved back to the VFL but probably we can't drop him.

It's hard to believe Hayes or Weideman would've been any worse had they played yesterday.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if Laverde gets dropped, I just can't see it happening.

 

[BomberManU]

In general, I love his effort, but looks cooked and getting outplayed in almost every contest. Give him a week off, bring in Weid.

 

[mike14]

If you ignore his play (which was pretty bad), the 3 frees he gave away (50m for being over the mark, stomach punch, and the holding at the death) were ones that should see you get dropped to the magoos for a week.
Was really disappointing to see from a senior player

 

[ant555]

I've watched footy for 27 years. That might be the single worst performance I've ever seen from an individual.

Not even close but it was horrible.

 

[bombreys]

Look I'd never question his heart but he just struggles being undersized when forced to play tall like he has to every week in our backline. We need to sort it, if Reids body can't be trusted we go shopping in October. Barrass first port of call.

Totally agree. The trying his heart out thing (which is 100% accurate) can only take you so far. He’s just not that good at footy - and not that switched on.

With Reid, we have to treat any future seasons like he won’t be playing - and any games he does are a bonus.

 

[Howard Moon]

Apparently a knee to the hip just before HT was troubling him. Dosent explain the first half though

 

[cavalcade]

Look I'd never question his heart but he just struggles being undersized when forced to play tall like he has to every week in our backline. We need to sort it, if Reids body can't be trusted we go shopping in October. Barrass first port of call.

Barrass will turn 30 next year. That's the kind of absurd short term moves Essendon has been making for 20 odd years. Filling gaps with veterans gets you nowhere. It just keeps Essendon awful.
But ZReid at 205 cm is no solution either.
We need to draft a contest winning chb and keep building.

 

[DERO]

He is clearly a bit inside his own head right now. He Has never been a great kick but could be relied on to halve a contest down back. His positioning was all out of whack and he looked a bit lost for whatever reason.