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Kane McGoodwin said:
Good to see Berry has got his mojo back.

Problem is we probably don't have a midfield spot along with both Laird & Crouch.
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Could he move back into the forward line with the high marking he’d showing? Take the Murphy or McAdam spot? Coming up to the contest?


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Ham said:
Could he move back into the forward line with the high marking he’d showing? Take the Murphy or McAdam spot? Coming up to the contest?


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More likely Keays spot.

We need someone more dynamic to replace McAdam.
 

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Kane McGoodwin said:
More likely Keays spot.

We need someone more dynamic to replace McAdam.
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I was thinking that with Berry, Pedlar, Rankine and Rachelle all able to rotate between midfield and forward it makes an interesting team. But we do need one of Burgess, Gollant or Cook to provide that leap and mid sized forward role (hopefully that is Welsh in a couple of years)
 
If Chayce Jones becomes an AA wingman, I’ll run down the mall naked. NEVER happening. He ain’t that good.
 
Jcpdragonx said:
No chance. Not good enough to demand and use the ball like Gulden or Daicos. McLuggage never got AA, Chayce will never touch his ceiling.
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I wouldn't expect any less from you as you are not exactly positive about the Crows....
 
Trigger13 said:
If Chayce Jones becomes an AA wingman, I’ll run down the mall naked. NEVER happening. He ain’t that good.
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Chayce reminds me a lot of David Mackay. Tries hard, great work ethic, reasonable skills, but his ceiling is capped at 16 to 20 possession games with no real hurt factor. I think he is well suited to half back or small defender, as he is definitely in our best side, and he is very accountable.
I just don’t think we can put him on the wing as it is just too important a position for fast transition and good forward entry. Just look at Isaac Smiths game in the Gand final a couple of years ago.
 
Hodgy said:
Chayce reminds me a lot of David Mackay. Tries hard, great work ethic, reasonable skills, but his ceiling is capped at 16 to 20 possession games with no real hurt factor. I think he is well suited to half back or small defender, as he is definitely in our best side, and he is very accountable.
I just don’t think we can put him on the wing as it is just too important a position for fast transition and good forward entry. Just look at Isaac Smiths game in the Gand final a couple of years ago.
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Yeah, I can see the comparison.

Except Chayce can football
 

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Hodgy said:
Chayce reminds me a lot of David Mackay. Tries hard, great work ethic, reasonable skills, but his ceiling is capped at 16 to 20 possession games with no real hurt factor. I think he is well suited to half back or small defender, as he is definitely in our best side, and he is very accountable.
I just don’t think we can put him on the wing as it is just too important a position for fast transition and good forward entry. Just look at Isaac Smiths game in the Gand final a couple of years ago.
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The only way I can see someone being able to hold this position is if they didn't watch a single crows game last year. He remedied a lot of the things he was criticised for earlier, started nailing key goals, especially from set shots, started to get more of the ball, hit more targets in transition and then kept doing all the things he was already doing well. Massive step up. Miles above a Mackay ceiling already.
 
Carmo said:
The only way I can see someone being able to hold this position is if they didn't watch a single crows game last year. He remedied a lot of the things he was criticised for earlier, started nailing key goals, especially from set shots, started to get more of the ball, hit more targets in transition and then kept doing all the things he was already doing well. Massive step up. Miles above a Mackay ceiling already.
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Kicked some great goals ! Was it 3 against pies ?
 
Hodgy said:
Chayce reminds me a lot of David Mackay. Tries hard, great work ethic, reasonable skills, but his ceiling is capped at 16 to 20 possession games with no real hurt factor. I think he is well suited to half back or small defender, as he is definitely in our best side, and he is very accountable.
I just don’t think we can put him on the wing as it is just too important a position for fast transition and good forward entry. Just look at Isaac Smiths game in the Gand final a couple of years ago.
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Mackay was developing into a very good player (I think that was when there was rumour of Melbourne being interested and then he re-sign a long term contract with us) but stalled and end up becoming a decent player. Jones has more ability than Mackay as he is a longer kick on both sides and also a bit more pace.
 
ABAB said:
Mackay was developing into a very good player (I think that was when there was rumour of Melbourne being interested and then he re-sign a long term contract with us) but stalled and end up becoming a decent player. Jones has more ability than Mackay as he is a longer kick on both sides and also a bit more pace.
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Mackay should be applauded for maximising his career given his skillset.

Would be in the worst 10 players ever to play ~250 AFL games. Perhaps worst 5.
 
Carmo said:
The only way I can see someone being able to hold this position is if they didn't watch a single crows game last year. He remedied a lot of the things he was criticised for earlier, started nailing key goals, especially from set shots, started to get more of the ball, hit more targets in transition and then kept doing all the things he was already doing well. Massive step up. Miles above a Mackay ceiling already.
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Unfortunately Chayce suffers from the high draft pick syndrome - you have to be a gun early on. He took a massive step last year and given how physically immature he was early days in the system I think he has the capability of taking another big step.
You can’t teach courage and for all the criticism he has copped - no one could ever doubt he has that in spades


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Jeffcrowe said:
Kicked some great goals ! Was it 3 against pies ?
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In his first 4 years in the system, he had 1 game above 20 disposals (avg 11.3 disposals). Last year he had 8 games above 20 disposals (avg 17.4 disposals).

Fair to say he has improved and, with such a rapid improvement, may well have some decent improvement to go. Seems to have his mojo back.
 
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Danger in Texas said:
Daicos never started really racking up disposals until last year (7th year in the league), hell Seedsman had his breakout year on a wing when he was 29, there’s always a chance Chayce gets there but I mostly doubt it
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Mason Wood also worth noting. Don't think he ended up in the team but was in contention all year.

I never would have picked that
 
Trigger13 said:
Seedsman had legitimate weapons. Particularly his booming kick, ability to hit the scoreboard and line breaking speed. Chayce is good at several things but a master of nothing. Would love to be proven wrong here but I reckon Chayce’s ceiling isn’t very high at all.
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Agreed. At least he's improved though, so maybe he can go up even more. That'd be good. (2023 output + a little bit better), would be a serviceable player that should hold a spot for a while. No superstar, but good enough.
 
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