AFL Player #20: Peter Wright

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent (?) 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 21, TheGrizz

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

He's just *en thriving being The Man

Love it that he is now demanding the ball be kicked to him even in a huge pack situation (and he normally clunks it).

 

[Duckworth]

Love it that he is now demanding the ball be kicked to him even in a huge pack situation (and he normally clunks it).

2MP doing a good job in the Alwyn Davey role.

 

[brutus76]

season to date now 40.18 at 69% - great fella!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 metre ginger has a great action

 

[Halftimehero]

That little 3 week patch where he went goalless could end up costing him a Coleman.

 

[Chief Hopper]

Peter is playing some great football. Both in accuracy to goal and making space for the other forwards.

Peter finding form seems to correlate to having Jones back in the fwd line helping out.
Goes to show the dons need another tall fwd out there if one goes down injured.

 

[mike14]

Peter is playing some great football. Both in accuracy to goal and making space for the other forwards.

Peter finding form seems to correlate to having Jones back in the fwd line helping out.
Goes to show the dons need another tall fwd out there if one goes down injured.

Jones and Langford (and Stringer) providing legit marking options up forward has made a huge difference

 

[faible]

If we get a genuine CHF who pushes up the ground and makes space for him then he has even more levels to go to I believe. He's hitting the pack, clunking them and kicking with accuracy. If he's afforded more space and starts to lead with more authority we have a gun on our hands.

Did not expect it to happen to be honest. After the loss of confidence up north, he had a real "don't hit me" face.

I'd also like to see him step up a bit more to make sure it comes to the ground a little more when he doesn't mark it.

I'm spewing we can't see a peak Tippa working at his feet.

Not sure he's got another level again, but the current version going at 2.5 goals / game is pretty valuable. Put some forwards around him who provide some goal threats themselves and we'll have a functional forwardline because they won't be able to double team Wright all the time.

Great trade, really growing in confidence. Love that he'll line up for a set shot from 55m and genuinely know he's got the range.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

season to date now 40.18 at 69%

Nice.

 

[Mercurial89]

Who do you take,
Pete now at this level he doesn't get any better and still has patches where he can't kick a goal or clunk a mark. But reliable consistent output aside from those 1-2 patches a year.

Or

Daniher during his time with us (no lions) the whole bag, the match winning ceiling and the absolute gutter teir reliability in front of the sticks often in the same game.

For a group that is young and drops their heads when things don't go their way, Wright seems like the absolute perfect forward with his accuracy.

 

[faible]

Who do you take,
Pete now at this level he doesn't get any better and still has patches where he can't kick a goal or clunk a mark. But reliable consistent output aside from those 1-2 patches a year.

Or

Daniher during his time with us (no lions) the whole bag, the match winning ceiling and the absolute gutter teir reliability in front of the sticks often in the same game.

For a group that is young and drops their heads when things don't go their way, Wright seems like the absolute perfect forward with his accuracy.

FF Wright
CHF Daniher

Easily solved.

Peak Daniher, pre-injury, had the rare talent to be the best forward in the league after Franklin.

He's never developed the work ethic to get there, so will go down as a so-so forward with a good highlights reel.

If you have guys around Daniher that are reliable, he's got that ability to totally break open a game in 5 minutes of play, but he's reliably unreliable.

Essendon was entirely built on the back of Joe firing to win. Brisbane have more avenues, but are still reliant on Daniher, Cameron or Hipwood to fire to win instead of simply grinding out scores like a peak Richmond would.

 

[ghostdog]

The stars are aligned.
2MP played 66 games for GC, kicking 85 goals.
He has played 36 games for us, kicking 64 goals.

A mathematics person I am not, but I do know this... wait for it...

in his 100th game, 36 + 64 = 100.

He only needs 64 more games for his kids to be eligible to play for the EFC, and...

there are 64 squares on a chess board. It is a square number!

It's perfect, Peter.
I should have written this in iambic pentameter.

 

[Bombers1234]

Can't believe this guy is only 25. Hoping to see peak 2MP for another 5 seasons at least.

 

[Corleone]

What I'm loving about Peter's game, is that he's taking the responsibility to have the set shot regardless of where he's marking the ball.

Even after missing a couple against WCE and then he missed a couple of early ones yesterday he kept his head up, kept presenting and demanding the ball.

He's not letting the missed opportunities dictate how he takes the next one and that's a big deal.

 

[kleanr]

Old side next week, theyre down a few in defence, and marvel.

8+ on the cards

ala Kyle Reimers! how fun was that game a few years back?

 

[Mercurial89]

FF Wright
CHF Daniher

Easily solved.

Peak Daniher, pre-injury, had the rare talent to be the best forward in the league after Franklin.

He's never developed the work ethic to get there, so will go down as a so-so forward with a good highlights reel.

If you have guys around Daniher that are reliable, he's got that ability to totally break open a game in 5 minutes of play, but he's reliably unreliable.

Essendon was entirely built on the back of Joe firing to win. Brisbane have more avenues, but are still reliant on Daniher, Cameron or Hipwood to fire to win instead of simply grinding out scores like a peak Richmond would.

Yeah I was looking at them in isolation, with this group and maybe just me as a supporter I'd prefer reliable right now with less distance between ceiling and floor.
It's why I'm really annoyed with Stringer at the moment being incapable of contributing for 3.5 quarters and then ripping a game to shreds in 3mins of football.
I'd take 80% of that level if it meant those other quarters were at least at 50%.

Just like how I'd take a 2 goal game from Pete where he finishes off the good work of the players up the field and keeps momentum going than a 4 goal Essendon Daniher* game where he blows several Easy AFL standard forward opportunities robbing us of any momentum only to pull a long range 60m bomb out to help us scrape home in a see sawing affair.
I'd like us to be consistent.

* I know he's been really good for Lions, I'm talking his time with us.

 

[kleanr]

Aside from Coleman predictions or goals kicked I think Pete 1v1 would be one of the most daunting tasks for a key position Backman in the game. Jeremy Cameron

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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

would be tough with his running ability but when the ball is kicked to Pete’s advantage there is nothing a defender can really do to stop him.

I think i saw 2MP in the top 3 for total kms in yesterdays game. he does work up the ground alot, especially when momentum swings away and forward entries aren't flowing

 

[faible]

Yeah I was looking at them in isolation, with this group and maybe just me as a supporter I'd prefer reliable right now with less distance between ceiling and floor.
It's why I'm really annoyed with Stringer at the moment being incapable of contributing for 3.5 quarters and then ripping a game to shreds in 3mins of football.
I'd take 80% of that level if it meant those other quarters were at least at 50%.

Just like how I'd take a 2 goal game from Pete where he finishes off the good work of the players up the field and keeps momentum going than a 4 goal Essendon Daniher* game where he blows several Easy AFL standard forward opportunities robbing us of any momentum only to pull a long range 60m bomb out to help us scrape home in a see sawing affair.
I'd like us to be consistent.

* I know he's been really good for Lions, I'm talking his time with us.

He's been ok at the Lions, not the same level he was with us IMO, but still very inconsistent and not a big fan of doing any form of defensive work despite having all the physical tools to do it.

Buddy is much harder working, he's worked hard to get his set shot kicking right, he works hard to tackle and pressure.

I don't disagree about the consistent vs inconsistent argument, you can build a functional forward line with consistent players, especially if your x factor comes from smaller guys that aren't structural pieces. Whereas Daniher forces you to either have other reliable forwards around him, or just hope that each week is the week he decides to play well.

Roughead, Gunston, Bruest were all reliable and could grind out goals. Rioli brought the x-factor. Buddy was both reliable and x-factor.

 

[Foxx]

He looks better as a high forward.

 

[the PILL]

He looks better as a high forward.

 

[citizen-erased]

Who do you take,
Pete now at this level he doesn't get any better and still has patches where he can't kick a goal or clunk a mark. But reliable consistent output aside from those 1-2 patches a year.

Or

Daniher during his time with us (no lions) the whole bag, the match winning ceiling and the absolute gutter teir reliability in front of the sticks often in the same game.

For a group that is young and drops their heads when things don't go their way, Wright seems like the absolute perfect forward with his accuracy.

Wright and it's not even close.
Ill take consistent output and a straight head over inconsistent and conditional effort that occasionally delivers a spot of brilliance.

Also, I feel the opposite of what I did when Wright is having a set shot v. Joey
If we ever do make a GF in the next 3-5 years, I know who I'd rather camped at FF.

 

[BrunoV]

Who do you take,
Pete now at this level he doesn't get any better and still has patches where he can't kick a goal or clunk a mark. But reliable consistent output aside from those 1-2 patches a year.

Or

Daniher during his time with us (no lions) the whole bag, the match winning ceiling and the absolute gutter teir reliability in front of the sticks often in the same game.

For a group that is young and drops their heads when things don't go their way, Wright seems like the absolute perfect forward with his accuracy.

2022 Wright over the total Daniher package. It's not even close.

The comparison should be a bad joke but that's how unreliable Joe is.

Faced with the pressure of being a generational key forward talent Daniher buckled. Heck, he buckles in the face of week to week goal kicking pressure.

So he's gone to Brisbane where he has somehow managed to con the world into thinking its okay that he's just a cog alongside Hipwood and McStay.

Wright is a much more straightforward beast. He's a leading and marking player only but he works hard, gets the best out of himself and can kick straight. Contrast the character of a guy whose career was at the crossroads as a 6th year player with the guy who sought out the crossroads.

Wright really only needs 75% of what Daniher does to have the same impact. He's much more reliable.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Peak Daniher, pre-injury, had the rare talent to be the best forward in the league after Franklin.

He's never developed the work ethic to get there, so will go down as a so-so forward with a good highlights reel.

TBF to Daniher, he was pretty much just derailed by injury.

We were also a mess of a club. I mean our pathetic record of player development is well documented, but on top of that we were basically just a horrific place to be for the first 4-5 years of his career. Terrible environment, players leaving, half of them walking round like zombies due to the drug saga. He was coached by Hird, pipe-hitter Thompson, Hird, Egan, Worsfold then Worsfold / Rutten, five coaching changes in eight years. He had 2016 playing in what was effectively a VFL side due to the suspensions.

In spite of all of that, he was on a very special trajectory and in 2017 won the B&F, was All Aust and kicked 65 goals. At 23 he was the hottest property in the game.

He then effectively missed three years through injury.

Had that not happened, who knows how good he might have been.

Imagine instead he went to Sydney, and never had significant injuries.

I imagine he'd be one of the league's very best players - if not easily #1 - and we'd never have heard about the supposed work ethic problems.

 

[andleanback]

Who do you take,
Pete now at this level he doesn't get any better and still has patches where he can't kick a goal or clunk a mark. But reliable consistent output aside from those 1-2 patches a year.

Or

Daniher during his time with us (no lions) the whole bag, the match winning ceiling and the absolute gutter teir reliability in front of the sticks often in the same game.

For a group that is young and drops their heads when things don't go their way, Wright seems like the absolute perfect forward with his accuracy.

And he’s the ultimate professional unlike daniher. Go and listen to dale tappings massive wrap for him on the sen pre game yesterday, puts in so much work on the track and in the tape room, studying opponents and helping the younger forwards improve their game

 

[frodos gardener]

Something Geelong did to 2MP in Rd 1 very successfully was stand right on his heels and work him under the ball and thus out of the contest. It was especially effective because we placed the ball on his head rather than give him room to work off his opponent and he couldn’t get a good jump at it due to said body contact.

Two things to stop good defences from limiting him:
1. Don’t kick the ball on top of his position. Put it out in front/to the side.
2. Teammates to watch out for opponents standing right up against his back and provide body so he can get away.

And an obvious one: always have a little guy front and centre if Pete brings it to ground. We seem to be getting better at this lately.

 

[ghostdog]

2022 Wright over the total Daniher package. It's not even close.

The comparison should be a bad joke but that's how unreliable Joe is.

Faced with the pressure of being a generational key forward talent Daniher buckled. Heck, he buckles in the face of week to week goal kicking pressure.

So he's gone to Brisbane where he has somehow managed to con the world into thinking its okay that he's just a cog alongside Hipwood and McStay.

Wright is a much more straightforward beast. He's a leading and marking player only but he works hard, gets the best out of himself and can kick straight. Contrast the character of a guy whose career was at the crossroads as a 6th year player with the guy who sought out the crossroads.

Wright really only needs 75% of what Daniher does to have the same impact. He's much more reliable.

I would add to that that by going to Brisbane he buckled under the Essendon Football Club / Daniher dynasty expectation pressure, which is magnified in the Melbourne fishbowl.

For Joe, and for 90% of Brisbane people, he can just be a cog / some AFL guy and for Joe, that actually is okay, because he didn't really want it the fishbowl way.

I'm just glad Joe Average got to 100 games.

Wright is fair dinkum about getting the best out of himself. Joey has chosen his preferred environment and still doesn't seem to really want to get the best out of himself... or maybe what we see is the true result of his injury and we're just lucky he put on a show for us. It was a hell of a ride.