Is Brendon Goddard Overrated?

[db swannie]

Not even playing like he's interested.

I'm no St Kilda fan, but leave off Goddard. The guy is a champ.

 

[obscura]

Class players bounce back.

 

[eddiesmith]

Goddard is a gun of the dreamteam era, you cant expect people to say anything bad about their favourite dt player

 

[mysainters]

Maybe his shoulders are still a little sore.

I back him to turn it around.

 

[Torpedo12]

Needs a kick up the ass, not like Goddard either.

 

[byronstjames]

Absolute gun.

How many players in the league can play anywhere on the ground and do it better than almost everyone?

He can take a huge mark, kick with both feet with precision, win his own ball, kick goals, play centre, defence and forward.

If I could have any player in the league in my team, it would be him.

Dumb thread.

 

[essendon16flags]

he is not overrated at all he has just been in bad form.

dale thomas is overrated by the way.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

he is not overrated at all he has just been in bad form.

dale thomas is overrated by the way.

So the only player who was BETTER over both GF's than Goddard is also over-rated?

This really is Bay 13 stuff.

 

[Gus]

Maybe Panther wasn't so far off the mark with this.

Did we all fall for the hype after the drawn GF?

 

[HyperAgressiveDonk]

Maybe Panther wasn't so far off the mark with this.

Did we all fall for the hype after the drawn GF?

I was saying it for yonks and copped nothing but abuse from some halfwits on here.

 

[Tas]

He is not in 2010 form, that is for sure.

 

[Rack Watts]

He is a very very good player, loses his cool a bit much.

 

[Davey36]

No.
But Nick Riewoldt is..

 

[frednirk]

He has been appalling this year.

Utterly appalling.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

I was saying it for yonks and copped nothing but abuse from some halfwits on here.

Agree. I'm pretty sure I posted something about it in the big calls thread and copped heat for it.

 

[blues4flag]

Very good footballer, who is in horrid form, like the rest of his team.

 

[rose jam]

Goddard's reputation is taking a real battering. With Hayes out he hasn't been able to rise up at all. Looks like the guy running around before his knee injury

 

[tek87]

running like a cliff young plodder. no acceleration at all. relying on the cheap receive to generate his ball. great kick, but has to start taking the lead and crash a few packs to generate some drive

 

[84GF]

Brendan Goddard is a good footballer, but definitely over-rated. Great kick, great mark, but no mental strength and too quick to get rid of the ball just to avoid taking a tackle (even if his team mate is not in good position to receive the ball). Even his grimace is unconvincing. He could learn a lot from the way Lenny Hayes plays football.

Credit to him for his performances in last year's grand finals. I also think he's toughened up since breaking his nose in the 2009 GF.

 

[saintkildaman]

Overrated? Maybe.
Great football? Yes
Form Slump? Yes

 

[stacy25]

something isn't right with him this year that is for sure. Which is a shame because he is my favourite non Bomber to watch and I was hoping he would do some great things tonight.

 

[Strahany]

Brendan Goddard is a good footballer, but definitely over-rated. Great kick, great mark, but no mental strength and too quick to get rid of the ball just to avoid taking a tackle (even if his team mate is not in good position to receive the ball). Even his grimace is unconvincing. He could learn a lot from the way Lenny Hayes plays football.

Credit to him for his performances in last year's grand finals. I also think he's toughened up since breaking his nose in the 2009 GF.

I agree with everything you say except the bolded part. Goddard is the best kick in the league, although it wouldn't seem so right now. Even if you disagree with that, you can't keep him out of a top 3 or 5. It's as much his decision making and football smarts that make him a good kick as his boots. He never kicks too quickly and always utilises the time he has to pinpoint his passes.

It's more the team's form than Goddard's form that's making him seem worse. Even watching tonight, you see him deliver quality balls which are not always capitalised by the receiving player. The only time he is too quick to take a kick is when he's in the middle of the pack and needs to clear it - which isn't taking the kick too quick at all.

 

[the distributer]

I was saying it for yonks and copped nothing but abuse from some halfwits on here.

You and i both, we were 100% right all along, oh the abuse we copped lol, we know nothing about football etc etc, greetings hump, what's up mate, still think a HBs the best player in the comp?

 

[the distributer]

For someone who claims to know a lot about football and to play a lot you seem to have posted a lot while we were all at training. LOL

whats up mate, learning yet?

 

[the distributer]

So who is more important to your side Goddard or Montagne?

I already now the answer as anybody with the slightest clue nows the answer to this one.

Oh really?