AFL Player #25: Jaxon Prior - Makes EFC Debut v Hawthorne in R1 - 11/3

[VelvetSledge]

 

[Vander18]

He put a ripper of a block on Durham

Put him in the guts - play the Myers role.

 

[ant555]

Hmmm….terrible in the first half. Third quarter ok.

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt re the Horne-Francis goal early in the last. I could be less generous but can’t be 100% sure I saw what I thought I saw.

Regardless, he can’t be relied to compete and put his body on the line. Don’t care if he had a decent third quarter, move him on.

Unconditional competitors only.

It is okay. Laverde is coming for him

 

[Megabattimus]

Be interesting to see if he keeps his spot or if Hayes takes it post bye.

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[MarkJohnson#1]

He has a nice kick on him, shitload better than Redman, McGrath and McKay.

 

[craffles]

He has a nice kick on him, shitload better than Redman, McGrath and McKay.

This. Second half was great. Persist

 

[Call Me Cake]

I shitcanned him so hard after that first half.

But I've gotta be big enough to admit that he didn't let that performance get him down in the 2nd. Lifted.

Is that a sign that he can develop or is he a one half wonder? Time will tell. But he did enough to just keep his spot.

 

[Beerfish]

His second half was definitely better than the prior one.

 

[BomberManU]

His second half was definitely better than the prior one.

Ohhh, I like that one!

 

[Laverdeee]

Gotta persist unless their is someone banging the door down in the 2s, non of our defenders have looks any good this season

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

I shitcanned him so hard after that first half.

But I've gotta be big enough to admit that he didn't let that performance get him down in the 2nd. Lifted.

Is that a sign that he can develop or is he a one half wonder? Time will tell. But he did enough to just keep his spot.

It tells me that he has a mature enough head and the confidence to back himself in despite early mistakes and a poor start. A lot of players would drop their head after that first half but he stood up. I’ve liked what I’ve seen so far.

 

[ant555]

Think there was a bit of over the top criticism of him on Thursday. Yes he could have marked a few but in al honesty there is nothing wrong with going the spoil when the confidence is a bit down. Yes there was one blunder that cost a goal but overall he was much better than he had been the previous two weeks.

 

[nipst@r]

What are his strengths?

Elite foot skills?

Kelly was tough, 100% effort and team player. Kelly just got beaten too often and was a ball stopper offensively.

 

[Old man fletch]

His second half was definitely better than the prior one.

Change coincided with the team defence fix. Looked a lot more composed and confident when our defensive structure over the whole ground improved

 

[Nicholas61]

One of the more Jekyll and Hyde performances I have seen from a player. Hopefully the second half version is what we get. Provided he doesn't revert to the catastrophe version probably worth pursuing for a few more games at this point given the cupboard and that he may gain confidence from that.

Not sure if it's when the turn around happened but a ball came tumbling fast and he was on the last line, took it cleanly and in a second delivered a precise pass 40-45 away to a teammate under the pump. Checked my eyes that it was the same player from the first half.

 

[dank420_]

What are his strengths?

Elite foot skills?

Kelly was tough, 100% effort and team player. Kelly just got beaten too often and was a ball stopper offensively.

Kelly got concussed and turned into a ghost.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Having Rids back and booting Shiel out of defence helped everyone back there.