Opinion Matt Priddis discussion.

[Eagleboy68]

Priddis is an awosme player and has benefitted from yeo and MITCHELL coming in

There is enough experts in the coaching ranks and media and hey umpires that rate this guy through the roof

They can't all be wrong ....he's won a Brownlow ...yup has some limitations but guess what all players have those

I look at this way ...he gets a lot of his body considering he has limited agjjetic ability and some limited skill sets also ...he actually extracts a lot from what he has and that's what I judge players on

I disagree...I think he has lots of agjjectic ability.
Remind me again what that is?

 

[ZergMinion]

What is "form" though for Priddis? Or "back to his best". It is just getting 35 disposals instead of 25. That doesn't help us, the midfield mix or anything. Great for him personally though on the stat sheet. He just doesn't have those abilities mentioned - never did and never will. Abilities which are CRITICAL for the position he plays. Like it or not we can't carry said 'inside only' mids and that mentality. It's bad enough carrying Gaff and Masten who are two dimensional players. Priddis is barely one dimensional.

Quack.

 

[Eagleboy68]

Quack.

Nothing more constructive to add to the conversation?

 

[ZergMinion]

Nothing more constructive to add to the conversation?

There's only so many times you can headbutt that particular brick wall before there are health consequences.

 

[javaguice]

I think Matt needs a new look. Change is as good as a holiday.

 

[domo]

There's only so many times you can headbutt that particular brick wall before there are health consequences.

same could be said for you

 

[ZergMinion]

same could be said for you

I'd say I was the yin to your yang, but that's clearly Pottering.

 

[domo]

I'd say I was the yin to your yang, but that's clearly Pottering.

wots the zen-yangy-like saying.. "if you always do what you've always done, you always get what you've always gotten"

 

[ZergMinion]

wots the zen-yangy-like saying.. "if you always do what you've always done, you always get what you've always gotten"

Hard to apply that one to team sports because so many things change from one year to the next even if the coaches change nothing.

 

[avishka5]

Can't believe you lot want a sandover medalist kicked out. He is in a very rare elite company of AFL players to have won a sandover.

 

[dave123]

Most players have a flaw in their game.

Judd wasnt great overhead
Dangerfield has disposal
Mitchell has pace
Etc

Priddis has pace, disposal, overhead marking and decision making as his bugbears.

On the plus side he has prodigious strength - can rip a contested ball out of a pack.

In 2015,16 his limited disposal was concealed nicely by limiting kicking and a much improved handball game. Naita and lycett spoonfed him and things were good to a point.

Exposed form in 2017 has his handball game wavering and with him not getting the silver service from the ruch that he did the flaws in his game become more obvious. Thus the debate.

There is a range of emotion and thought going into this.

There are posters saying ;

-No he still has something to offer but he should probably shuffle off at the end of the year

-Hes probably done, time to phase him out

- Hes not looking great now but with nn and lycett back he will come back to his best

there are the people who really analyse the game - use scientific methods and try and break the stats down from raw data to something more useful.

Then theres you

He's a very durable player ..rarely gets injured

His best and worst are not far apart ...i.e. Consistently good player

 

[The Dodger]

But how many people that are saying he is great have won Sandovers, Brownlows, B&F's averaged late 20's disposals for most of their careers at the coal face? Im not sure I can trust someones judgement of him unless they have won all of those as well.

 

[domo]

Hard to apply that one to team sports because so many things change from one year to the next even if the coaches change nothing.

yes true, but with our midfield we've stuck with slow midget stat 'accumulator' (*yawn) types for 4-5 years now, and even with the best ruckmen in the biz (ever) we've been getting smashed in the midfield. So, still nothing to see here... move along?? Everyone else's fault right?

 

[eaglesnutcase]

He's a very durable player ..rarely gets injured

His best and worst are not far apart ...i.e. Consistently good player[/Q

 

[eaglesnutcase]

As Domo said we have had the best ruckman/contested footballer going around for a long time in NN and we still get/got smashed in the midfield.Who/where is the problem??

 

[kranky al]

Shuey gets |=v<|< all browlow votes

Must be shit

Delist.

 

[Forward Press]

Shuey gets |=v<|< all browlow votes

Must be shit

Delist.

It's easier to just write f***.

 

[The Dodger]

Not as cool though

 

[Woobla Stainz]

Who are the posters that are better players than Priddis? I mean I'm told that Dark Sharks isn't bad but Chicky is a bit past it.

All Dark Sharks goals are Joe the gooses though.... and he tries to fend off too much.

 

[kranky al]

It's easier to just write f***.

Nah ive got it autocorrected

 

[Eaglemaniac]

More stats love from the media..

http://www.foxsports.com.au/media-a...a/news-story/11f762ed8c63f1e3bbb0bba03a8c7c22

 

[ZergMinion]

More stats love from the media..

http://www.foxsports.com.au/media-a...a/news-story/11f762ed8c63f1e3bbb0bba03a8c7c22

Hah...the URL names him as Luke Priddis again

 

[jesterwester]

He got robbed of an i50 stat on the weekend- it was his kick to Kennedy which led to the hill goal in the 3rd. I was curious as to why so asked champion data on twitter. I wonder if I'll get a response.

I wonder how many stats like that get missed.

He's on the way down, as is the case with many 32 year olds. But he consistently performs- in a team that can be up and down in that area I think we still have a place for him to set the example.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Hah...the URL names him as Luke Priddis again

Haha yeah i mentioned that in the biased media thread when i posted it in there coz its so ridiculous..

 

[kranky al]

He got robbed of an i50 stat on the weekend- it was his kick to Kennedy which led to the hill goal in the 3rd. I was curious as to why so asked champion data on twitter. I wonder if I'll get a response.

I wonder how many stats like that get missed.

He's on the way down, as is the case with many 32 year olds. But he consistently performs- in a team that can be up and down in that area I think we still have a place for him to set the example.

Yeah he was really constant against freo

His constancy amazed me - super constant

Everyone will tell you how constant he was

/donalding