AFL Player #15: Jayden Laverde

[Beerfish]

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

 

[andleanback]

3cm adds wingspan and ability to be at a higher point. its a significant difference.

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.

 

[faible]

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.

He’s not as good as some other players. Congrats on working that out I guess.

 

[DERO]

Carlton like him.

 

[eth-dog]

Carlton like him.

Perfect. He won't get them any closer to a flag.

 

[astrowizzle]

I believe he passed it on to Nik Cox.

I believe it hatched Nick coz

 

[Godzke]

Should stick to Twitch.

I'd like to know how many hours he spends playing COD vs putting in extra hours watching video analysis with the coaches.

 

[yodellinhank]

Carlton like him.

Straight swap Boekhoerst. Get it done, er... who's getting it done?

 

[ant555]

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

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

 

[The Donners]

All those players at least 3cms taller than Laverde. He shouldn’t be playing on them. But we have no one else currently. We need Reid back and club feels Hayes not quite ready.

Let’s not forget though he became a defender because he was no good anywhere else.

 

[Im New]

Not even close but it was horrible.

I want to know who you reckon was worse? I’m nominating Ed Considine (sorry Ed if you’re reading this)

 

[Zach Package]

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.

 

[The Donners]

I want to know who you reckon was worse? I’m nominating Ed Considine (sorry Ed if you’re reading this)

Michael Quinn?

 

[P Money]

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

 

[Petrify]

Carlton like him.

We can offer them Jayden Laverde + an extra 3rd round draft pick just to take him please

 

[Petrify]

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

An Adrian Dodoro special

 

[Zach Package]

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.

 

[P Money]

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.

 

[Zach Package]

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.

 

[Petrify]

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

 

[BomberManU]

Has he ever played forward, for us?

 

[mcgrath_truther]

Has he ever played forward, for us?

not for years

 

[The Donners]

Has he ever played forward, for us?

Horrible set shot kick for goal. I’d be a better option at 44. I wouldn’t miss from within 25-30 metres… I wouldn’t run to get the ball but that’s not a requisite is it?

Do jumpers come in XXL?

 

[BomberManU]

Horrible set shot kick for goal. I’d be a better option at 44. I wouldn’t miss from within 25-30 metres… I wouldn’t run to get the ball but that’s not a requisite is it?

Do jumpers come in XXL?

Haha! Short leash, anchored in the goal square, minimal running required!

 

[ant555]

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 Money]

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