And that’s fine. We need that quality depth.Cleary IMO is great depth. Very handy to have and can plug straight in and go, but I don't think he's ever going to be best 22.
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And that’s fine. We need that quality depth.Cleary IMO is great depth. Very handy to have and can plug straight in and go, but I don't think he's ever going to be best 22.
Sanders was only on roughly 4 clearances (maybe a couple of more?) at 3Q time. Ended up on 11 for the game. It was a big final quarter by him. He also led the game with 7 tackles. Almost chased down Macrae to finish one behind, with 35 disposals. The best thing, 23 of his 35 were kicks. Sanders, 35 Disposals, 11 Clearances, 7 Tackles. No idea on his efficiency by foot though.
Damn! If he can get it up to around 60%, he will be very much be a complete player. Already know he can win the hard ball, clearances, rack up disposals, kick goals, tackle reasonably well etc. Just needs to be cleaner by foot.Sanders 35% by foot.
Damn! If he can get it up to 60%, he will just about be a complete player.
Anyone we didn't like the performance of? Only saw the first half
Sanders 35% by foot.
Not surprised even though he had 35 disposals I thought that was one of his poorer games.
A lot of good players, but thought Macrae, Gallagher and JOD were our best particularly when the game was on the line. Quite a good standard of footy for a VFL game
He showed a lot of promise in the year he debuted for the senior team and didn't look to out of place on the AFL team. Thought he deserved a slightly longer run after playing both the Swans and Lions both away and not being the worst player or few.Bedendo is a highlight reel specialist. Unfortunately his brilliant stuff is all too infrequent and he just cannot get into games and influence - he just doesn’t work hard enough. Clear delist category unfortunately but if they gave him 1 more year I wouldn’t be disappointed. Tell him it’s his last chance and pull his finger out.
Out of Bedendo/Clarke/McNiel/Arty/Rypstra who would you be hanging on to? Lot of small/med forwardsHe showed a lot of promise in the year he debuted for the senior team and didn't look to out of place on the AFL team. Thought he deserved a slightly longer run after playing both the Swans and Lions both away and not being the worst player or few.
Unfortunately he has not matched that often enough since. Consistency has been his issue. Whether its all the injuries affecting continuity, whether he just hasn't been able to settle down, whether our style doesn't suit him, or whether he hasn't worked hard enough on and off the field, who knows? When he is on he can be damaging, but often you don't notice him. I am bummed because I liked him as a player, rated him. But needed to step up a couple of more rungs and be consistent this year. Won't argue if he gets another year. But he will need to hope we have a couple of retirements, and a couple of trades, and a couple of other delistings. Otherwise he will be strong candidate to make way for the mandatory draft spots.
Arty is another who is on the ropes. This is his third year and he still struggles to find the ball. His pressure rating is solid, and he can have decent tackle numbers. Not counting the ones he misses due to his smaller size. Small forwards don't normally find the ball much. But the best still find it around 12-15 times a game, with the odd 20 disposal game. As well as chip in for a couple of goals. He finishes in the single figures way to often, and doesn't hurt teams on the scoreboard. At this point he seems a pure pressure forward. Vanders and McNeil are more complete in terms of their forward/defensive balance.
Of course there are others as well.
Clearly I would definitely hold onto. He is the type of depth player you want to hold on to. He has shown he is capable of playing at AFL if we need him to. Finds the ball, and works hard.
Hope we can win the VFL premiership this year with all of them at least.
Clarke has upside and is doing ok (keep). Bedendo is a mystery (I suspect he won’t get another year - assume delisted). Mcniel I’m not sold on - lower ceiling than Clarke who is a much more natural small forward which is what we need. Arty (delist), Rypstra (hasn’t shown much). Bedendo is the one who would make the biggest difference if he could make it, but Clarke is the one we should keep.Out of Bedendo/Clarke/McNiel/Arty/Rypstra who would you be hanging on to? Lot of small/med forwards
Would love to get Gallagher and sanders into seniors but just not too sure who they’d replace
He has played like 3.5 games. A bit harsh to expect anyone to "show" anything in that. Especially when he has been coached and trained to play the way of another team all season. Reckon he could get another year to actually have time to prove his worth. Otherwise I don't see why we bothered to even draft anyone in the first place.Rypstra (hasn’t shown much).
Bedendo and Jones to go I reckon. McNeil is experienced depth which you need. Clarke shows some things, but given another year. Rypstra will probably be delisted harshly, but I think should get a year to show what he can offer. We have too many similar types, that it stuffs up proper development. Which is why I am not a fan of us loading up heaps on one position. Can only play so many small-medium forwards in the forward line.Out of Bedendo/Clarke/McNiel/Arty/Rypstra who would you be hanging on to? Lot of small/med forwards
There are some similarities with his and Jamarra's first couple years IMO. Some little signs to suggest he takes things pretty hard and maybe just expected things to happen for him a bit. Not a criticism, just an observation.True, Sanders got a few rough calls against him early on and from then onwards it looked like he was playing angry which cost him his composure.