Player Watch Lachlan Sholl - Contract Extension to End of 2026

[Danger in Texas]

Love his ability to hit the scoreboard frequently now and has seemingly gained some penetration with his kicking

Yeah I said it last week, kicking has gone from okay to very good this year (when taking into account both accuracy and penetration)

 

[hugecannon]

Would love for him to run and carry the ball more than he does and break some
Lines that way, he’s not the most penetrating kick as he generally goes either short spot ups or longer dump kicks down the line to a contest.

He’s putting together a solid year and is one of the few who have genuinely improved on last year, but there’s still a heap of room for improvement.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

He wasn't the worst out there today.

He was literally in our best 5.

Good enough for this opposition poster to look him up. Thought he was easily your most influential midfielder today.

 

[George Kramer]

We’ve got a lot more issues than Sholl. I prefer him in the side than Jones. Jones might be more physical but that’s it

 

[Pugsley]

Good enough for this opposition poster to look him up. Thought he was easily your most influential midfielder today.

Max played alright for his short time in there but I'll admit I'm a Sholl bagger but he was good. Let's hope he can continue.

 

[Harris1991]

You know your years going south when Sholl is one of your few highlights.

A player who will get physically destroyed in high intensity finals.

 

[NSolis]

Sholl isn't going anywhere, has been consistently solid going back to the North Melbourne game. Lots of passengers yesterday and he wasn't one of them. Obviously has weaknesses but at least does have some AFL level traits as well to offset them.

 

[dogs105]

This kid is a gun

Thankfully our club doesn't need to have former players endlessly hyping up players because if Sholl was at Port you can bet your bottom dollar that both Kane and Dwayne would be massively hyping up Sholl as one of the best youngsters in the AFL and putting massive pressure on his shoulders.

It's actually nice to have Sholl developing like he is and still be under the radar to some degree,

I have little doubt that he'll end up being one of the elite wingmen of the comp.

Has been having a very good season

 

[crows dude]

Hes at a level now as a wingman where my dad and brother get my nephew (whose a winger himself) to watch Sholl and his work rate and how he plays that wing role. Working up and back and getting in behind the oppos defence for the joe the gooses.

 

[StonesThrow]

Much less of a softc**k this year. Deserves some credit

He's never been soft, just not strong or agile enough. He's a small bloke. Small arms and narrow shoulders. I reckon he must have worked hard on his strength over the pre season. Is able to tackle and take tackles a bit better this year.

 

[Soggy2112]

He was very impressive on Saturday night despite the conditions not suiting him.

Not every player needs to be a hard nut, he runs incredibly hard and smart, is clean and uses the footy well. We can lock him in as one of our wingers for the next 5-10 years.

 

[PeterSalt]

Mainly just for that pick up

 

[Soggy2112]

Mainly just for that pick up

He took multiple valuable uncontested marks in defence just through work rate as well, he works hard both ways.

 

[cleanhands]

Mainly just for that pick up

Bodylined the ball text book

 

[dogs105]

Mainly just for that pick up

And the precision from Cooky...

 

[hugecannon]

And the precision from Cooky...

Really hope we can find a way to get Cook involved consistently, his skills are outstanding

 

[hippyhippy]

He's run into some form recently... But I'm still a hater... He has too many deficiencies in the contest and is easily outmarked. Crumbles under pressure. Although a decent kick, it's not penetrating enough imho and his rushed kicks generally go straight to opposition because it's not penetrating

 

[cleanhands]

He's run into some form recently... But I'm still a hater... He has too many deficiencies in the contest and is easily outmarked. Crumbles under pressure. Although a decent kick, it's not penetrating enough imho and his rushed kicks generally go straight to opposition because it's not penetrating

He’s changing me in his favour

 

[Mutineer]

He’s changing me in his favour

Me too, he's been a real surprise this year.

 

[Soggy2112]

He's run into some form recently... But I'm still a hater... He has too many deficiencies in the contest and is easily outmarked. Crumbles under pressure. Although a decent kick, it's not penetrating enough imho and his rushed kicks generally go straight to opposition because it's not penetrating

Has he run into form or is he a young player who is developing and perhaps worked on those deficiencies?

 

[Coopers]

Has he run into form or is he a young player who is developing and perhaps worked on those deficiencies?

Both?

I'd still trade him while he has value.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Really hope we can find a way to get Cook involved consistently, his skills are outstanding

New coach.

 

[WetCrow1991]

He's run into some form recently... But I'm still a hater... He has too many deficiencies in the contest and is easily outmarked. Crumbles under pressure. Although a decent kick, it's not penetrating enough imho and his rushed kicks generally go straight to opposition because it's not penetrating

Thanks for the post Matthew.

 

[Soggy2112]

Both?

I'd still trade him while he has value.

I disagree.

He’s got all the key components of a good modern day winger. Super fit, high work rate, smart runner, good ball user. He obviously has deficiencies because of his size but we’ve seen clear improvement in that area this year.

Based on what we’ve seen so far I think we have a set and forget wing for the next 5-10 years.

 

[skam85]

Does my head in that a player finally starts showing something consistently and people's default response is "let's cash in".

How about we keep our good players for once, crazy concept I know.