Player Watch Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

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Long live PAFC said:
BZT just has an ability to drop a mark, miss a kick, spoil it back into opposition players, and just stuff it, after doing a lot right. Just kills ya.
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Far more reliable than Rat, who can do all of the above at a far higher frequency.

BZT has been pretty reliable in my eyes. No defender is infallible to a mistake.
 
Rash said:
all year has been alot better then esava, both of them cant play in the same backline due to the lack of chemistry with one another, we cannot fix this issue in the last 2 months of the season. therfore i believe that esava doesnt make our 22 leaving us with two genuine key deffedners in aliir and zerk thacher.
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Esava impacts Aliirs game too. Just too much chaos.

Esava's main issue is that he doesn't have a defenders brain or instinct. He doesn't know when to leave his man and when to stay. He doesn't factor in where his team mates are and their position in the contest when deciding to launch. A perfect example is that contest where he crashed into Bergman. Bergman was always odds on to win that contest, but Esava ignored the cues and just came crashing in.

You can learn some of this, but some of this is also instinct. BZT is a natural defender, Esava is not.

The only way he will work as a defender is if he's asked to lock down on someone and not try and press up and intercept. Give him a job to do, and play one on one. He's actually good at that, and will have far less impact on Aliir and BZTs game if he sticks to his man.
 
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Bevoman said:
Yes, Esava struggles to read the play and where to position himself; impacting Aliir who has to watch his own man and where Esava is. The two big defenders save this game for us.
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Agreed, which is why I think he needs to just focus on his own man. Put him on the Hawkins type forward, tell him to stick to him and be a pure stopper.

Aliir reads the play better than most, he's the one that can come across to help. Not the other way around.
 
The Hobo said:
Esava impacts Aliirs game too. Just too much chaos.

Esava's main issue is that he doesn't have a defenders brain or instinct. He doesn't know when to leave his man and when to stay. He doesn't factor in where his team mates are and their position in the contest when deciding to launch. A perfect example is that contest where he crashed into Bergman. Bergman was always odds on to win that contest, but Esava ignored the queues and just came crashing in.

You can learn some of this, but some of this is also instinct. BZT is a natural defender, Esava is not.

The only way he will work as a defender is if he's asked to lock down on someone and not try and press up and intercept. Give him a job to do, and play one on one. He's actually good at that, and will have far less impact on Aliir and BZTs game if he sticks to his man.
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Seems obvious. Pity we have a coach that can’t see obvious.
 
eathb said:
Might be some truth to him being unable to play with Esava

BZT, Bergman, Aliir as the only 3 tall backs for the rest of the year thanks
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Yes, I posted something similar on the game day thread. For two games in row Zerk-Thatcher has been a far better player without Esava Ratugolea in the backline. Three talls in defence does not seem to work and hopefully Hinkley has received the same message.
 
raptalia said:
Yes, I posted something similar on the game day thread. For two games in row Zerk-Thatcher has been a far better player without Esava Ratugolea in the backline. Three talls in defence does not seem to work and hopefully Hinkley has received the same message.
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I think its not so much that 3 talls don't work, its 2 talls and esava doesnt work.
 
philthy05 said:
I think its not so much that 3 talls don't work, its 2 talls and esava doesnt work.
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The problem is Ken will want to play Esava to prove that his recruiting worked wonders. It seem that when we trade a player in he has to play regardless of his output. If they feel that they have to play Esava they could try him as a forward/ruck option in place of Jeremy Finlayson. Geelong used him in this role. Clearly we are a better side without Esava getting in the way in defence.
 

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Liked his game today , gave him a vote , marked strongly and covered the ground well . As did Allir and yes I’m thinking too it’s too clustered with Ratogalea there as well , he can be depth for a little while and keep working on his positioning , he’s taking too much of Allirs zone , he likes to run at the contest , not the the Rat is a bad player just he’s not making the balance right
 
jackag24 said:
Really solid 1 on 1, and intercepting player

My arseh*le puckers with ball in hand though
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Scodges said:
Was solid.


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Come in to write he's been solid as a rock two games in a row and you guys beat me to it.

Handy that stretching out his arms accidentally knocked out Naughton.
 
I mentioned this in the game day thread: during the week, I saw a Coles delivery van named ‘Zerk-Thatcher’. I don’t know who names the vehicles but I suspect they were an Essendon supporter. There would be few Port fans around Glen Waverley.
 
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