AFL Player # 4: Kyle Langford

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Restricted Free Agent 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 8, boncer34

 

[bommer16]

Opp coaches know he’s our main goal kicking target. He gets shut down and then there’s Harry jake and Pete as other options. None of which have been shooting stars recently.
Cox has been great as an option last 2 weeks.

 

[andleanback]

Teams have started to put work into him as our main man, they know they don’t really have to worry about wright.

 

[Beerfish]

Chokes under pressure

One of the shittest takes I've seen. Congratulations.

 

[ghostdog]

Didn't really lead at the ball. Wonder if the hip pointer thing is still an influence...

 

[boncer34]

One of the shittest takes I've seen. Congratulations.

But he missed a goal one time against Collingwood and played injured vs Carlton. Undisputed choking champion.

 

[Howard Moon]

Clearly been carrying something for a few weeks, and it's not the team anymore

 

[jmoo wan]

not really cutting it as a forward at the moment, time to try him in the midfield?

 

[Vander18]

Teams have worked out he’s our #1 forward and he’s seeing better quality defenders as a result. Last night aside, he’s still kept the scoreboard ticking over.

Wright, Stringer and Jones need to take advantage of their match ups but haven’t been able to. Two issues I can see:

1) They aren’t working as a group to free each other up. Working out who has the mismatch and exploiting it.

2) No connection with mids at the moment. The ball is going to what looks like the right spot but nobody is home.

Also, Stringer taking too many CBA’s for me. Was in the middle last night while Setterfield was ona wing - made no sense to me.

 

[andleanback]

Teams have worked out he’s our #1 forward and he’s seeing better quality defenders as a result. Last night aside, he’s still kept the scoreboard ticking over.

Wright, Stringer and Jones need to take advantage of their match ups but haven’t been able to. Two issues I can see:

1) They aren’t working as a group to free each other up. Working out who has the mismatch and exploiting it.

2) No connection with mids at the moment. The ball is going to what looks like the right spot but nobody is home.

Also, Stringer taking too many CBA’s for me. Was in the middle last night while Setterfield was ona wing - made no sense to me.

They keep putting stringer in the middle and he’s making zero impact in there/ the player he’s standing next to is doing damage against us

 

[bacon buster]

Hope he finds his kicking boots over the bye weekend. Had a good first half of the season overall, hope his fitness and form gets back to early season

 

[boncer34]

Is engaged! Hit one target this weekend.

 

[ghostdog]

Is engaged! Hit one target this weekend.

Great news. Awkward language a few weeks after Brad Scott on Tarryn Thomas though.
Hit one target... I mean, I get it, but...

 

[boncer34]

Great news. Awkward language a few weeks after Brad Scott on Tarryn Thomas though.
Hit one target... I mean, I get it, but...

If that's where your mind went....

 

[nipst@r]

Looked a little sore and missed opportunity to give him a extended rest before the bye.

I'd play caddy instead against the Eagles if not 100% after the bye.

Could leave caddy in for a few weeks and drop whoever out of Wright/Jones doesn't perform against the Eagles or when langford is ready.

 

[ghostdog]

If that's where your mind went....

I watched both Thelma and Louise and A Promising Young Woman this weekend. It's on my mind.

 

[bommer16]

Is engaged! Hit one target this weekend.

Wonderful news!

 

[boncer34]

Come on Beerfish Lore Nuggs Bunny where's the celebratory title change

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Not only engaged but he'll debut as a father late in the year.

 

[eth-dog]

His pressure is really bad. Gets stepped far too often.

 

[boncer34]

His hip is clearly not right.

 

[Blind Turn]

His pressure is really bad. Gets stepped far too often.

He’s playing well below his best.

 

[eth-dog]

He’s playing well below his best.

It's not just today. It's been like this for a while.

 

[Blind Turn]

It's not just today. It's been like this for a while.

As a Bonce said, it’s likely a niggle. His kicking range doesn’t seem affected though just mobility. Definitely not his usual movement in forward 50.

 

[ant555]

It's not just today. It's been like this for a while.

And we need to use him more as a decoy and stop just kicking it to him in a contest while he is struggling.
If the opposition want to put the best defender on him then get him to run where the football is not going to go. Allows a better match up for someone else or an easier match up fo him to create.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

And we need to use him more as a decoy and stop just kicking it to him in a contest while he is struggling.
If the opposition want to put the best defender on him then get him to run where the football is not going to go. Allows a better match up for someone else or an easier match up fo him to create.

Did we do that better today? Felt like it to me watching from home but I'm not the most astute observer of stuff happening off the ball.