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Toast Matty Wright
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Tag Thommo out of the game and Wright bobs up.....love the midfield depth at the moment.
Realslimshady2
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Its like that game at the show where you have to bash the heads down with the mallet. Problem is we have too many heads bobbing up.
Surprised how well he has doing as a midfielder, always thought he was a small forward.
Love his work
Love his work
I'm suprised because he was very much a non standout player for north at the start of the year.
Now he stands out but he doesnt if you get what I mean. Might be the most damaging quiet achiever to have played AFL!
Now he stands out but he doesnt if you get what I mean. Might be the most damaging quiet achiever to have played AFL!
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Great to see him step up and add value to his place in the side. One of the big improvers this season.
I am not saying he is as good as Edwards but he gets the job done week in week out with a minimum of fuss and fanfare just like Edwards did for years!
Wright Goes about it in a similar fashion.
OrdinaryJoel
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One of the finds by Rendell! Matty Wright be ripping Freo to shreds for the rest of his career!!! 
Matty Wright be ripping Freo to shreds for the rest of his career!!! 
37 disposals would suggest he is as good as Edwards ever was....
that doesn't mean Matty can't be the better footballer presently.
No, you are comparing an entire career worth of games to an individuals talent.
Matty could well be a better footballer than Edwards but Edwards could still have the better career.
OrdinaryJoel
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Please people, do not underrate Edwards... See it all the time, Wright's performance today was Edward's like, however he needs to sustain this type of output for a little while longer before shit can be compared... For now, I do see a bit of Tyson in Matty!
I'm not underating Edwards - to be honest, Stiffy is pretty spot on.
the basis of my arguement is people like Ladhams, who IMO was a supremely talented footballer - more talented and a better footballer than say, Ian Perrie - but who had the better career?
my point was simply that a great career doesn't make you the better footballer in terms of individual talent - but it does I guess, make you the better footballer in terms of application.
the basis of my arguement is people like Ladhams, who IMO was a supremely talented footballer - more talented and a better footballer than say, Ian Perrie - but who had the better career?
my point was simply that a great career doesn't make you the better footballer in terms of individual talent - but it does I guess, make you the better footballer in terms of application.
But you are comparing apples and oranges. You are right Ladhams was a supremely talented foodballer but lacked the work ethic to reach his potential. Sarge was a limited footballer but he worked his backside off and got the absolute maximum out of his talent.
Edwards was talented but he also had a work ethic to match. You don't play at the high level he did without talent and you certainly don't play 300 games without work ethic. Matty Wright has talent. I don't think he has elite talent but he is a talented footballer who also has a work ethic to make the most out of it. You don't play as well as Matty has without being a talented footballer and you certainly don't come back from where he came from to this point without a great work ethic and belief.
Certainly Wright's game today would compare very favourably with some of the best in Edwards' brilliant career.
The thing with Edwards was that you could put 100 games in that category. He just did it so often, so reliably. That's what made him a champion.
Wright is no Edwards, but his form the last month has been right up there with the sort of form Edwards produced, and if he can maintain it then there's no reason he can't be spoken of with the same fervour as Edwards.
The thing with Edwards was that you could put 100 games in that category. He just did it so often, so reliably. That's what made him a champion.
Wright is no Edwards, but his form the last month has been right up there with the sort of form Edwards produced, and if he can maintain it then there's no reason he can't be spoken of with the same fervour as Edwards.
took a mate to the footy yesterday who was unfamiliar with Matt Wright. I was wording him up before the game and he said I'd have to point him out every time he got near the ball......by the end of the match my tongue got cramp.
Heard Bassett on 5AA basically talking him down. Stuff like "he's not a particularly good kick", "was a good SANFL player but not really a stand out". I find that hard to believe as from the moment he played AFL for the Crows, you could tell he had the skills and polish to become a very good player at senior level.
What Bass said is correct! Wright in SANFL was a good player but not better than the rest of the SANFL's best. He is not someone that stands out as something special. He is not a great kick but as Bassett said, he makes the right decision which enables him to have more allowable margin for error than a lot of other players. As Bass said, its a real credit to AFC for identifying his strengths and putting him in a position to succeed.
When you look at Matty Wright he doesn't jump out at you as anything special. Not a great size, not particularly quick, not a smooth player, not a great kick BUT he is smart and just gets it done! That's all that Bassett was saying!
Yeah, Wright lacks the class to be anything more than a good solid player IMO. Who knows though, he could surprise. Had his career best game yesterday though, was brilliant.
