Yeah getting serious man love for this guy, it's not just the elite kick but intercept marking is awesome as well as terrific agility in contested situations.. damn we got f#%ken lucky therefor pick 66...
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Review JLT2: Freo vs Eagles
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Ainsworth could be a contender... From the match report:
"Brayden Ainsworth is a round one chance after an excellent and competitive summer but he had a shocker on Sunday, only chalking up one disposal – a kick out-on-the-full under no pressure – in the opening half."
I like how the Eagles played 26 players today, as it meant that Brander got to play the last 5 minutes of the game.
Now to flick through excuses on the Eagles board for a laugh.
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Long winded kinoath from me!Didn't I just say that
Oh, and Thankyou for leaving Lachie Weller!
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Tabs has been naturally developing, but it has been very slowly and is hard for us to understand just how much.
We have a great deal of history of disappointments with Tabs and that is hard to scrap from our minds.
But if you simply look at his stats for each season, you are allowed to be a little excited.
Check out his average goals and contested marks for his career so far;
2013: Goals 0.5 per games, Contested Marks 0.25 per game
2014: Gls 0.78, CMs 1.00
2015: Gls 0.93, CMs 1.07
2016: Gls 1.06, CMs 1.82
2017: Gls 1.38, CMs *2.75
(*NB: his average CMs last year was better than the AFL's best ie. Jeremy McGovern 2.54)
Meanwhile somebody like Jesse Hogan has shown very little improvement. His first season is arguably his best;
2015: Gls 2.20, CMs 2.35
2016: Gls 1.95, CMs 2.05
2017: Gls 2.00, CMs 1.00
My point is, it's easy for us to think of Tabs as a clumsy inconsistent forward given his lengthy time at the Dockers, meanwhile, many of us think of Jesse Hogan as a classy premier forward because of his early reputation.
Personally, I think Tabs is very underrated and he is still trending on the up. You just need to take the good with the bad with him ... and there will be bad days.
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Are our 2 half backs just about the best in the business atm?
Hmmmm....Channel Eagle deliberately not mentioning the game for some reason, choosing to focus on the return of Nic Nat instead.
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A lot to like.
Tucker is so composed and classy and he started to really get involved.
Brayshaw is looking like a rolled gold 200 gamer already and we have Cerra in the shed.
Ryan is incredible. If he played for a Vic side he'd be being hailed as a superstar already.
Wilson started to play with his customary dash.
Bring the Hills in and later on Cerra & hopefully Bennell and we are looking seriously on the up.
Tucker is so composed and classy and he started to really get involved.
Brayshaw is looking like a rolled gold 200 gamer already and we have Cerra in the shed.
Ryan is incredible. If he played for a Vic side he'd be being hailed as a superstar already.
Wilson started to play with his customary dash.
Bring the Hills in and later on Cerra & hopefully Bennell and we are looking seriously on the up.
Yes. And there are more positives. A lot of cohesion in that game. A real sense of attack and intention, and a return to some genuine pressure. Great way to end the pre-season.
Nice to see some of our veterans performing too
Watch him get snubbed for AA repeatedly for lesser Victorian defenders.
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Love Brayshaw - reminds me a lot of Clayton Oliver great hands and is a natural footballer. I’m hearing Cerra is equally as good. Bit hard to judge the performance accurately as eagles were terrible. They’re in for a long season.
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How good is it having the ball hitting the ground in d50, everyone spreading and having options a) Moose to dash b)Wilson to hit someone 65metres away after running 15m c) Ryan to hit someone 68m away after running 10m d) Johnson to show composure and slow things down as a last resort. Awesome half back line
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My buddy had an ok game given his limited pre-seaon -
36 disposals (13 contested)
8 clearances
6 tackles
3 goals 2 behinds
Looking forward to seeing him when his fitness is back up to standard
36 disposals (13 contested)
8 clearances
6 tackles
3 goals 2 behinds
Looking forward to seeing him when his fitness is back up to standard
Belted the snot out of them and Fyfe was just ticking over
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Thank God the litmus test was positive..vindicated
At this very early stage, I'm happy we took Brayshaw. Obviously too early to know for sure, but I like what I've seen compared with Dow, LDU, Stephenson, etc.
Loving the look of our backline for the future. If Hughes and Logue can kick on, it should be a stellar defence, with athletic/attacking qualities that would be the best in the comp.
Loving the look of our backline for the future. If Hughes and Logue can kick on, it should be a stellar defence, with athletic/attacking qualities that would be the best in the comp.
I’m smelling improvement - I hope for a quantum leap but at a minimum there’s clearly some good signs.
- The Sports Science guys have more of the squad up and running.
- The kicking skills and ball movement appear to be on the up. Will be tested when the pressure comes on in Round 1 over there.
- That trademark pressure looks like it’s on its way back. We seem to have done the full circle with the game plan.
- If the foundation for success is defence, it’s shaping up to be a strong structure down back with Hamling, Johnson, Wilson, Ryan, A.Pearce and Spurr. They all read it well and there’s a mix of experience, class, plenty of height, some great marking and kicking skills amongst them and some speed too.
- Meanwhile, our alignment Club is in good shape and providing good grounds for development hopefully to the same extent that Box Hill did when it played its part in supporting the Hawks’ sustained run.
I am not getting carried away, but I do have a good sense of smell and West Coast were rotten today.
- The Sports Science guys have more of the squad up and running.
- The kicking skills and ball movement appear to be on the up. Will be tested when the pressure comes on in Round 1 over there.
- That trademark pressure looks like it’s on its way back. We seem to have done the full circle with the game plan.
- If the foundation for success is defence, it’s shaping up to be a strong structure down back with Hamling, Johnson, Wilson, Ryan, A.Pearce and Spurr. They all read it well and there’s a mix of experience, class, plenty of height, some great marking and kicking skills amongst them and some speed too.
- Meanwhile, our alignment Club is in good shape and providing good grounds for development hopefully to the same extent that Box Hill did when it played its part in supporting the Hawks’ sustained run.
I am not getting carried away, but I do have a good sense of smell and West Coast were rotten today.
To be fair, in the absence of JK, the west coast forwards are witches hats
Hoping this is the year he finally gets rewarded with an AA gig.
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JK is now 53, how much longer will he be B22?
