AFL Player # 4: Kyle Langford

[Beerfish]

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

 

[joey_jo_jo]

I don't know if I'm annoyed with kyle or rest of forwards for not stepping up, but clearly he has been down since teams started treating him like our main key forward. I think it was the roos game when they played comben on him, he has had minimal impact since that game.

 

[faible]

To me clearly injured impacting pressure, agility and kicking.

Would be shocked if not booked in for hip surgery/clean up or groin type surgery as soon as season is done.

Think we should rest or drop him or stringer. Although really surgery and prolonged rest is only real solution.

If anyone needs surgery just send them off now. That's how you tank without tanking. Gets them ahead for pre-season.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Kyle's 150 game this week.

We're stuffed.

Sorry Langers

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Been a shit run but will kick 40+ (and quite possibly 50) again.

 

[Snake Charmer]

Would anyone give us a first? Time to cash in before it’s to late

 

[Skipper_]

I feel like he’s been played a lot higher up the ground since the bye and I’m not really sure why. Does his best work on the lead inside 50 but we rarely see that anymore.

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

He must be playing injured. Watched him closely today... he rarely presents. He's happy just minding space.

 

[Petrify]

He must be playing injured. Watched him closely today... he rarely presents. He's happy just minding space.

Carrying a hip injury I believe

 

[nipst@r]

Book him in for surgery or if not injured drop him. If langfor doesn't have groin or hip surgery I'll be shocked. Torn labrum is my bet.

Clubs still more about pr than performance, book him in already.

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Really struggling...reaching 2m Peter levels of ineffective forward craft atm.

 

[Yoda_]

He must be playing injured. Watched him closely today... he rarely presents. He's happy just minding space.

Redman (despite tonight) is another who I have wondered is carrying something. Just not themselves in 2024

 

[SpeckieMcVeigh]

He basically just did 2.5 hours of cardio.

 

[BomberManU]

Redman (despite tonight) is another who I have wondered is carrying something. Just not themselves in 2024

Redman looks more disinterested than injured.

 

[windyhill]

Fallen off a cliff.

 

[DERO]

Redman looks more disinterested than injured.

Redman was good tonight. Made a couple of errors but did some really good things as well.

 

[quotemokc]

Sick of he and Stringer always being in the same place i50

 

[Schnitzengruben]

There is quite literally zero dawg in Kyle Langford

4

Kyle Langford

Age

27

Ht

192cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.7

4star

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

3star

G

0.7

4star

D

8.2

2star

K

3.2

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

. You could tell he was down in confidence from the first bounce and nothing changed over the course of the game. He's been putrid since the bye.

 

[yodellinhank]

Redman (despite tonight) is another who I have wondered is carrying something. Just not themselves in 2024

Redman has been himself.

 

[MiguelM]

There is quite literally zero dawg in Kyle Langford. You could tell he was down in confidence from the first bounce and nothing changed over the course of the game. He's been putrid since the bye.

He does seem to drop his head too easily. Almost defeatist.

He barely leads at the ball. Has he had a good game since the Collingwood miss?

 

[astrowizzle]

he's meant to have a hip problem. They can now pull him out and get bloody surgery now

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Some harsh critics considering the bloke has 40 goals under his belt. May be out of form (or under duress) but he is still hitting the scoreboard most weeks. Mind you we are still a dysfunctional forward line outside of Caddy at the moment.

 

[Efc1robbo]

If we could get a first rounder, I would take it

He drops his bundle way to quickly when things aren’t going well

 

[outersanctum]

Langford could be the poster child of the issues I have for Scotts selections. Clearly down on form and confidence, possibly carrying an injury.. but his output has been really below par since June. Not a single person on this forum has claimed he is not a legit footballer... but how is he still being selected when it is clear he is not contributing to the team? I don't know how you can justify picking a guy that is struggling to lead, not clunking marks and goes missing for large chunks of the game. Just makes no sense to me.

Send him for surgery and get him right for next season. You don't trade players like langford imho.

 

[The Donners]

Redman (despite tonight) is another who I have wondered is carrying something. Just not themselves in 2024

It’s the contract he signed last year.

Perhaps unpopular opinion: As for Langford, he’s had 1 better than average (very good in fact) year out of 10. This is the story of Essington. We’ve had a number of 150-200+ gamers in the past 20 years that’ve had very similar careers.

 

[Darealrath]

I'm hoping the form drop is due to hip concerns.

In the back of my mind I remember a hawthorn mate telling me how the hawks worked out Stringer after he looked unstoppable in 2015 by matching him up with a proper key defender and I wonder if something similar may have happened to Langers.