Player Watch #3 Taylor Adams

[Ticky009]

Player Profile:

Drafted by GWS with Pick 13 in the 2011 National Draft, Taylor Adams

3

Taylor Adams

Age

31

Ht

181cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.9

5star

K

13.5

5star

HB

11.4

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

4.8

5star

CL

5.0

5star

D

20.4

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

5.9

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

18.2

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

made his AFL debut in Round 5 of the 2012 season. After 31 games with the Giants the midfielder moved to Collingwood where he went on to play 10 seasons and five finals campaign for the Magpies. He joins the Sydney Swans with a wealth of experience including a Grand Final appearance in 2018. In 2020 he was named the club’s Best and Fairest and selected in the All-Australian team.


DOB: 20 Sep 1993
Draft: 2011
RECRUITED FROM: Collingwood

 

[SM]

Adams should be spewing.

JMc knee is buggered but is selected (Hi Sam Reid). Watch him run.

In the first quarter, he started to sprint and took 3 steps and slows down. Didn't see him change direction at high speed at all. He is an elite runner with significant stamina. It will not any better in 2 or 3 weeks. Can he play wing again? No. We can use Gulden, Lloyd, Campbell, Florent etc. We have plenty of receivers but not enough insiders.

He left leg is depowered and unstable. Can't plant left foot and twist when kicking across his body with two grubbers the result. Can only kick straight through the ball.

Amartey rolls his ankle, but selected, and plays (due to the Longmire mantra of 3 talls) another nothing game with a few chases and a goal in the last minutes.

Mills was simply ordinary. Health heavily effected by Gastro, but is captain, so maybe a pass.

Campbell has a groin issue and the grief of losing a family member, so relegated to the bench, but provides a huge spark to the team in his 40 minutes.

Adams plays 19 games, he is a smart footy player, and tough as teak and tooks any role given. He is a finals player. We are lucky we have him.


Sent from my SM-G990E using Tapatalk

It reeks particularly after Horse during the week praised his Finals experience.

 

[The King!]

If it's Adams or Jmac and Jmac is fit then Adams won't play imo

 

[Kiama Chris]

If it's Adams or Jmac and Jmac is fit then Adams won't play imo

Watching him there is no way that McInerney's knee is right. Or his confidence in it isn't. He was soooo proppy. Should be iced until the preseason.

 

[The King!]

Watching him there is no way that McInerney's knee is right. Or his confidence in it isn't. He was soooo proppy. Should be iced until the preseason.

May well be most likely correct.

Never had a knee issue (touch wood) A lot of it looked like rust to me and errors from rust. Also played away from the ball though, not sure what the logic was, injury worries or to ease back in.

But he has 2 more weeks to work on fitness so what if he is flying around the week of the prelim?

 

[mcs095]

It reeks particularly after Horse during the week praised his Finals experience.

It will be interesting to see what happens with JMac next week. Whether they saw Saturday as simply a stepping stone to hopefully contributing a lot more in Week 3/Week 4 of the finals, or whether it was effectively a 'test run' to see where he was at. If its the latter, then surely Adams comes in (i'd suspect as Sub), with Campbell into the run on side - because Macca looked a long way off it if we are honest.

 

[Jewelsbon]

He didn't look overly happy when flashed up on the big screen.

 

[Dan87]

He didn't look overly happy when flashed up on the big screen.

It's all a bit awkward

 

[monopoly19]

He didn't look overly happy when flashed up on the big screen.

I feel compelled to respond to this because he looked really happy at the end of the game near the race, and was being very supportive of his teammates. No doubt he’s disappointed but everything that’s come out this week about his attitude has been really positive.

 

[Jewelsbon]

I feel compelled to respond to this because he looked really happy at the end of the game near the race, and was being very supportive of his teammates. No doubt he’s disappointed but everything that’s come out this week about his attitude has been really positive.

Oh that's good, I'd like to think he'd have that type of mindset. I only got to see the replay on the AFL website and they cut off virtually as soon as the siren blew, so I didn't see that.

 

[Kiama Chris]

I feel compelled to respond to this because he looked really happy at the end of the game near the race, and was being very supportive of his teammates. No doubt he’s disappointed but everything that’s come out this week about his attitude has been really positive.

He's been like that all season.

 

[The King!]

Thought he just looked nervous when the camera crossed to him

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

Song for the prelim:

What about me.

 

[Wheresbuddy]

For 2023, our on ball setup revolved around Parker, Rowie, Chad and Mills. Papley and Heeney would step in for the odd centre bounces. In 2023, it was not uncommon that we would get done over at the contest and I can understand why the club was looking for more grunt moving forward. I'm sure it was on this premise that we would've sold the club as a landing spot for Adams who viewed himself as an on baller and not HF.

Fast forward to the start of season 2024. For all the talk of Heeney training with the mids (this talk has been happening for pretty much his whole career), I'm certain Heeney was still ear marked to play his usual HF / CB cameo role, especially with the retirement of Buddy and the fact we had 3 inexperienced tall forwards. With the injury to Mills, it looked like we would enter 2024 with the on ball set up of Parker, Rowie, Chad and Adams. However with both Adams and Parker injured prior to R1, we were forced to play Heeney on ball with support from JJ, McInerney and Gulden. What seemed to be a disaster turned into a spectacular success. Heeney became the best mid in the game, with strong support from his fellow midfielders.

Sadly there was no longer room both Adams and Parker, with Parker getting the nod due to his forward craft.

 

[Maddo11]

So the team leaked early and Adams isn't even listed as an emergency

Big ****in yikes

 

[wills2g]

Wonder if he will ask for a trade back to collingwood?

Was a big part of our early season success - and he came to us to win a flag

 

[TheMase]

His manager might be back on the phones…

 

[The King!]

His manager might be back on the phones…

Or ignoring Taylor's calls
Odd he isn't emergency

 

[Punts]

If he had sooked up he can go at years end

 

[troyjones2525]

If he had sooked up he can go at years end

This!

I hope he hasn't, but it's pretty odd that he isn't even an emergency (unless there is some doubt on some talls, which is a bit frightening).

I wasn't exactly thrilled when they said we were possibly recruiting him as I didn't really see a need for him. The fact that we got him cheaply softened my stance a bit, and I figured he'd at least add some depth and hardness.

My concern was his injury history, and his woeful kicking skills. While he got hurt early, he seemed to get through the year ok. But his kicking skills were as poor as I suspected... he'd have to be one of the worst kicks for a supposedly A grader (or at least former A grader).

He is pretty much a liability kicking the ball, so I'm not disappointed we have made the hard call and gone with the reliable Fox, who will play his role and do it well, whatever that may be.

Sent from my SM-F936B using Tapatalk

 

[caesar88]

I simply can't believe that he would have thrown his toys out the pram over not being selected in the side. It would be completely unreasonable on Adams' part.

I will preface this by saying that I do like Adams and think he has been and can be valuable for us going forward.

But he has:

- Moved to a club with four gun midfielders in it, meaning he'd have to play predominantly forward, where he wasn't overly content at Collingwood.

- Been picked in the team at various points over genuine small forwards we could've tried, not to mention a guy by the name of Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

, so it's not like Horse hasn't shown great faith in him.

- Been, without a doubt, our worst ball user besides maaaybe Tom McCartin

30

Tom Mccartin

Age

24

Ht

194cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.3

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

129.5

2star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.2

3star

T

0.8

1star

MG

87.4

2star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

168.0

3star

, who is forgiven because he is a key defender, not a ground level player getting his hands on the ball 15-20 times a game.

- Been given many chances towards the end of the H&A season even as his form tapered off, to prove himself better than other fringe players like Parker, Campbell, Cleary, Fox etc. He didn't take them.

A poor player all of the above does not make. But someone who has a right to a best 22 spot in a final? Most definitely not.

 

[The King!]

lol people call for him all week now turn on him.

Someone said he left the track early Tuesday maybe he isn't fit anyway?

I am sure he isn't sooking, agree be disappointing , but no evidence this is the case yet

 

[Cadsky]

Taylor doesn't seem the spit the dummy type. I'm disappointed for him and the circumstances but I found myself thinking his contributions recently have not warranted being selected in a cut throat final over a like for like who we can depend on.

 

[Troystenvic]

Really shit for him but he had all the chances to cement a spot and couldn't. He'll need to go back and have a good look at what he needs to improve on.

 

[Jewelsbon]

I was hoping he'd be in the team for his experience and hardness, but at the same time Foxy as a direct replacement for Mills makes total sense. I just hope Jussy is up for it this week and the two weeks has helped.

 

[Olian]

Unlucky 2 years in a row to miss out on playing in a prelim. Can see why they went with Fox as he can play both ends.