AFL Player #23: Harrison Jones - Clocks up 50th game v Gold Coast - 5/8

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 22, Duckworth

 

[cAsEy_18]

No concussion, but we're going to be cautious.

Should be back after our bye.

 

[dank420_]

No concussion, but we're going to be cautious.

Should be back after our bye.

Is this official or a guess

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

Unpopular opinion - he's not a great mark.

I think his* real benefit is his surprising agility and class when the ball hits the deck.

On a few occasions he got both mits to the ball, even once when it bounced off his chest

 

[ant555]

Unpopular opinion - he's not a great mark.

I think he's real benefit is his surprising agility and class when the ball hits the deck.

On a few occasions he got both mits to the ball, even once when it bounced off his chest

Think most have been onto this for a while now

 

[Foxx]

Unpopular opinion - he's not a great mark.

I think his* real benefit is his surprising agility and class when the ball hits the deck.

On a few occasions he got both mits to the ball, even once when it bounced off his chest

He used to be pre injury. Not sure what's going on now. Maybe an upper body niggle.

 

[mike ross]

He used to be pre injury. Not sure what's going on now. Maybe an upper body niggle.

Most likely it's confidence. He's building.

 

[jannissary]

reckon he’s got his mojo back cos he’s not tying his hair up

 

[Nifft]

reckon he’s got his mojo back cos he’s not tying his hair up

And Redman probably won't get his mojo back until he can tie his hair up...

 

[jannissary]

when nature calls, i suppose.

bit of a down day, but i think he had mcgovern as his direct opponent on more than a few occasions, which is a difficult match up

 

[The Donners]

He used to be pre injury. Not sure what's going on now. Maybe an upper body niggle.

Not a good contested mark at all and never has been. Maybe on the lead or coming in from the side - which I wouldn’t consider contested.

I personally think he’s currently an average footballer (borderline AFL standard) but he’s an elite athlete. If he can become a better footballer he could become a B-grade 2nd tall.

 

[carnthedons]

The cymbal hands are back, can’t decide if that has anything to do with the one ruck or not. Shows potential and should be persisted with but it’s little more than glimpses atm

 

[ant555]

Would like him to hang onto a few more of his chances. Doing everything else well.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

when nature calls, i suppose.

Held my breath when he went off

 

[doug85]

Held my breath when he went off

Held my breathe when I went in after him.




I’ll see myself out

 

[jdstorm]

Really seemed to miss Draper in the side.

Much better as the 2nd/3rd man up and as a spacer then as the tall establishing the contest

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Held my breathe when I went in after him.




I’ll see myself out

That was my joke..you know by pretending to be worried about an inj…don’t worry

 

[cAsEy_18]

The main stuff and obvious stuff that you want a key forward to be good at, he struggled yesterday with (Eg: Marking)

But I think his ground work and follow up work is deceptively good for a “key forward” or at least someone his size. And it’s something as a forward mix we need to be aware of, when we’re also playing Wright, Stinger and Langford (the latter 2 okay when the ball hits the deck offensively, but aren’t providing a lot in terms of pressure).

It’s particularly notable if we do what I assume we’ll do in the next week or 2, and drop him for Draper to play 2 rucks.

Wright, Draper, Stringer, Langford is just asking for the ball to get strolled out of there.

Credit: Lance Uppercut

 

[ghostdog]

Maybe Conor Idun goes to Jones this week. Another tough match up.

 

[eth-dog]

Maybe Conor Idun goes to Jones this week. Another tough match up.

Suspect it'll be Taylor, with Buckley on Wright and Idun on Langford

 

[Vander18]

Really seemed to miss Draper in the side.

Much better as the 2nd/3rd man up and as a spacer then as the tall establishing the contest

He still has 2MP, Langford and Package who would all attract better defenders than he would.

If he gets the second best tall defender then he needs to be able to deal with that.

 

[Kong]

Maybe Conor Idun goes to Jones this week. Another tough match up.

Hmm, Idunno about that.

 

[jdstorm]

He still has 2MP, Langford and Package who would all attract better defenders than he would.

If he gets the second best tall defender then he needs to be able to deal with that.

it’s less about defender quality and more about skillset.

In this case the skillset is having the strength to set up and hold a drop zone as a tall. Aka what McKay does on defence.

Wright/Langford/Jones are all leading forwards who thrive in motion and struggle as a stationary target.

Jake can be a stationary target but he’s far too small and weak to hold a zone against a player 10cm taller then him

Draper has the size and strength to be able to play that role in a way that no one at Essendon has been capable of since Hooker was there years ago

 

[Vander18]

it’s less about defender quality and more about skillset.

In this case the skillset is having the strength to set up and hold a drop zone as a tall. Aka what McKay does on defence.

Wright/Langford/Jones are all leading forwards who thrive in motion and struggle as a stationary target.

Jake can be a stationary target but he’s far too small and weak to hold a zone against a player 10cm taller then him

Draper has the size and strength to be able to play that role in a way that no one at Essendon has been capable of since Hooker was there years ago

Take your point and I could be wrong but I though he was largely up and back as per usual on Saturday night.

Did you think he was playing a different role to what he has been?

He’s no good at it, but would think Wright would be the one asked to fill that gap.

 

[jdstorm]

Take your point and I could be wrong but I though he was largely up and back as per usual on Saturday night.

Did you think he was playing a different role to what he has been?

He’s no good at it, but would think Wright would be the one asked to fill that gap.

I haven’t looked at the heat maps. But from my observations I’d say the eye test was largely the same.

The person with the changed Role was Stringer. Spent a lot of time as a mid vs Collingwood and was playing a lot more forward vs WC.

Wright, Jones, Langford with Draper/Jake rotating through as your talls is a pretty good lineup/group.

Jones/Langford/Stringer with Wright Perkins rotating through didn’t seem to work

 

[ant555]

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