Did he even lay a tackle? He is 26 ... absolutely confounding decision to put him on the list. Biggy would have played that third tall role to perfection but never tried it once in how many years he was on the list?? And 35 days on the list we try this rubbish with a rugby player. It ain't a nice story... it's clear evidence that our football department needs an overhaul ... who is making these decisions??
Player Watch #42 Mykelti Lefau Re-Signed 2026
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Brilliant post!
I was at the game and made sure I watched him closely, like I said in a previous post he is a C grade footballer.
I would have preferred we kept Schofield or kept Biggy. It's a complete balls up, FFS even Chol would be a better option.
He doesn't have the natural instinct required to be any good.
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Looked like he didnt want to get anyones way IMO, played very polite footy.
Give the guy a chance FFS, he needs to play with confidence like he does in the VFL.
Give the guy a chance FFS, he needs to play with confidence like he does in the VFL.
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Was a completely different player from the VFL and practice matches yesterday. He was timid, scared to kick, didnt want to make a decision, no aggression. Weird...... may just need time.
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One game sample size lol.
Very well said, this perfectly summed up my thoughts too, highlighted in particular when he for some reason started running towards the boundary with the ball in the last quarter when he seemingly had a chance to straighten up and have a ping?
All you could give him was he made a contest , crunched Aliir bloody hard that left him ginger and he’s a big lad , but yea send him to vfl as a key forward and learn a trick or two
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Great experience for him so early in his first season. He now knows the level required after playing against a quality AFL team.
Back to the VFL now and he’ll get another crack later in the year.
Back to the VFL now and he’ll get another crack later in the year.
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Yeah 100%, thats on the coaching staff IMO - These debutants need the work put in above the shoulders so when they play in the seniors, they do so without fear of making mistakes.
We dont have any other tall forwards so they need to persevere with him and quickly make him feel like he belongs.
He was shocking. The guy has probably played a handful of good quality VFL games and he's found himself on a list and in the seniors. It's going to be a waste of a spot.
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Spot on Morro - he ran to the fat side all day to pull his man out of the contest.
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Lefau gets the Haka from fam.
Needs more time.
Play kids and fast track our future which we can now with the injury list we have.
Lefau gets the Haka from fam.
Needs more time.
Play kids and fast track our future which we can now with the injury list we have.
Yes but he ain't a kid... he is 26, right?
If I wanted to see a Haka ... I would go watch the All Blacks.
Cumberland played the roll asked of Mykiltisfowl perfectly on the weekend
Something smells in the football department
It's one game , but he was no way near selection match committee screwed that up. Agree with the points he aren't no kid so he should be ready to go and have those natural football extincts I'm not seeing. In the other hand we had Schofield who had it or couldn't have brought in May from the vfl or El Nour.
I don't mind taking a punt on him but to me playing him over Kosi if we wanted a third tall on the weekend was a big mistake.
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Some real harsh judges on here, isn’t a forward, plays more as a traditional ruck rover so unsurprising that he didn’t have a big impact.. Plenty of good players have gone starless in game 1, if he gets a run at it I am sure he will come good.
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I thought Clarke was better than him in that VFL game he should have been in and Lefau should have been the sub and come in when heat was not it's hottest.
Agree with those saying give Lefau time to learn and adapt. Just needs to learn when the spotlight is on him that it is his stage. It is probably going to be a year of seeing what players can and cannot do and part of that has to be seeing how Lefau goes after benefitting from some insightful feedback from the coaches. Also, we will start seeing slower grounds and wintery conditions and his big body might be very useful in the middle of the season if he can adapt to the level.
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Look folks he’s barely VFL standard and I was really concerned on his selection and wished him best on his selection bc he was going to need all the best wishes possible. Our FD is incredibly incompetent and how he could be picked over Cumberland is mind boggling even if Cumberland is shorter than him. The guy is a battler at best in the VFL and will never make it at the highest level. Too many dreamers on here expecting the dream of dreams to come to true.
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I think his selection was highly disrespectful other players that had better form for longer.
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Yet he got in Lynch and Balta's way a few times, costing them marks.
The FD want players to play certain roles within the team. As the role becomes available, they play the player who has displayed the most attributes suited to that role. This forces players like Cumberland to expand their game if they want to get picked. It is slightly encouraging he seems to be focussing more on the defensive aspects of the game in the VFL recently.
Are you going to judge Lefau on his first game for the club? His player rating was 3.8 which is poor, though far from worst on ground. 12 players rated lower, and his opponent opponent Aliir barely rated higher at 4.6. Out of interest, Cumberland rated lower than Lefau's 3.8 in his last 6 matches at AFL level, and in 10 of his 18 matches overall.
Who?
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Lefau, his form in the VFL didn't warrant selection so soon a few little good things that he did.
I was more asking who were the players who had displayed better form for longer that his selection was disrespectful to.
Remember Lefau is well known to the club as he has been playing in our VFL team for a few years now.
