Player Watch #4: Aidan Corr - the Mac Daddy of the King Twins.
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Phoning it in. Just because it’s a rebuild it doesn’t excuse effort.
Dunno what the comparison with Dench provides, Corr was outpointed all night by a first gamer. He at times couldn't even keep his feet.
Thos isn't the standard of an AFL senior defender. Iam lost as what the issue is though.
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Twice he fell over tonight. It was like his feet just failed to work. i wonder if that toe infection has ****ed his ability to move.
Multiple times he was caught watching his opponent with his back to the play, only for the ball to be kicked to said opponent who marked it unopposed, because he was too busy watching him and reacted late to the play. Not his best night of leadership
His first quarter was for the ages. Not in a good way.
This bloke is getting paid good money to play like that?
What’s the pitch to future Free Agents…….. Come to North get paid well, but we kill your career a light speed.
What’s the pitch to future Free Agents…….. Come to North get paid well, but we kill your career a light speed.
He's an intercept defender being forced to play in a one on one structure. Simple as that.
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Dunno how to judge him and his recruitment. I've seen him do some good stuff, seen him do some awful stuff (tonight in particular), but mostly I haven't seen him at all because he spent half a year unable to do jack squat while an infection derailed his career.
I did question his recruitment at the time based on his injury history, just seemed prone to picking up everything under the sun, and he seemed to follow through on that but I somehow doubt anyone expected what actually happened. He was a handy and first choice player at GWS, and had the integrity to stick with our offer even after a better team came snooping around, so I'm not just going to write him off.
I did question his recruitment at the time based on his injury history, just seemed prone to picking up everything under the sun, and he seemed to follow through on that but I somehow doubt anyone expected what actually happened. He was a handy and first choice player at GWS, and had the integrity to stick with our offer even after a better team came snooping around, so I'm not just going to write him off.
Piss him off back to gws bloody useless
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I played some juniors with him. Brilliant guy who gives it his all. He was a very good player, but I was surprised to learn he'd grown to the height he had when he was drafted, because he hadn't really shown KPD craft.
I'm not sure we can afford to be paying big money to a bloke who's 6'5" but can only play as the third tall.
I'm not sure we can afford to be paying big money to a bloke who's 6'5" but can only play as the third tall.
Luke Ryan plays as an intercept defender and he had no worries destroying Ziebell last night.
Labelling him an intercept defender doesn’t give him a free ride. If you are a defender you need to actually be able to defend.
You need to be able to defend first. He couldn’t even contain a first gamer
I think everyone understands his limitations, but the ability to put him in a position to succeed and benefit the team is what’s required. It’s the same reason we don’t play Aaron Hall as a deep defender.
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An intercept defender implies that he actually intercepts?
He doesn’t intercept, doesn’t spoil and doesn’t rebound?
He is in the same level as Walker for me and I would love to see something that tells me otherwise…
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On face value Corr is looking like a bust.
But there is also the school of thought that he has been infected by Noble virus, because he was never this bad at GWS.
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I don't think any of his games were we bad as this week's regardless. I actually way thinking if there was something wrong with him because by gosh he stunk it up.
I mean this is the whole point. Hard to intercept when you’re just being isolated one on one. Best intercept defenders play in a scheme which allows them to zone off and intercept. Corr is playing in a system which is purely one on one. He’s not the man for the position he’s being asked to play. So we can either keep being incredulous over the fact he is constantly beaten one on one, or acknowledge he’s being played in a role that he isn’t suited to.
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That was a Jonathan Hay like performance
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Hay could at least defend one on one.
With the ball.... well... I'm having flashbacks and now I'll go cry.
I know he had a massive health scare last year which he almost lost his toes/foot.. lets be ****ing honest, he kicks and plays footy like he has no foot
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