Player Watch Pick #16 (2016) - Todd Marshall

[Izzy01]

It was so good to see him dominate the third quarter when the game was in the balance. He has played some good games this year and is competing and chasing/tackling well. Hope he keeps up the good work.

 

[afl2004]

When drafted he was projected to be a long term player and impossible said he shouldn't play afl for 3 years on the draft podcast.

5 plus years is when key forwards Start to become good , add hinkley tax and he is becoming a great key forward

 

[backtozero]

Georgiadis, case in point.

What?

 

[PrisonBars4life]

Seriously anybody who has hate for Todd at the moment is just full of spite and can't accept that they are wrong.

He's doing alot of what we were asking for. Saw him jump over two players and spear tackle someone a few weeks ago, pushed some campaigner over, walked off, then came back and gave him a mouthful, and has rarely being outright beaten in a marking contest. is about 12-1 from set shots. It's a Karl Amon type breakout season. Just 2 completely different players.

 

[Freak Dodgeball Accident]

I think he has finally got confidence in his thumb. I remember back when he was crashing packs but then got the thumb injury. Once he returned from it, that's when he was very timid going for his grabs. Wouldn't surprise me if he re-injured it along the way and was ultra cautious. Hopefully it's fully healed now, he does appear to still have it taped up each game.

When I busted my thumb trying to mark a water logged ball (which was most games here in Ballarat), it didn't come good for a few years. Kept on aggravating it most games and it got to the point where I wasn't fully committing to the marking contest.

But I'm absolutely thrilled that it's finally started to click for him, always shown glimpses but been very consistent the past month or so.

 

[Handyandy]

Think about having one that can't.

like dixon?

 

[Handyandy]

His confidence has really lifted these past few games.
Getting closer to 50 games experience and starting to feel like he belongs at the level now.

I was a fan after seeing him star in a couple of SANFL games early on. Then the double tragedy with his parents could have broken him completely.

His form, confidence and appetite seemed to disintegrate and I believed that he was practically out the door this season.

Credit to him, he's made me eat my words recently. So pleased for him and what he had to go through.

Keep it going Todd

he also had 2-3 concussions in that period. i was worried that one more might end his career. but he is alot tougher than people give him credit for.

 

[PrisonBars4life]

he also had 2-3 concussions in that period. i was worried that one more might end his career. but he is alot tougher than people give him credit for.

It's a fair enough point to make, but at the end of the day the mediocre performances persisted well beyond what I would regard as a fair grace period. The most troubling thing for me is he didn't appear to want to play AFL. I don't mean it in the sense of being lazy, but he appeared to lack any hunger for the fight. He would let the team down with poor goalkicking almost like clockwork, tried to give off getable shots only to fluff it, get outmarked at will, and would often offer almost nothing up forward. Despite whatever people say, those were fair criticisms of him. I think even with good set shot kicking last year, his poor year would have flipped to at a minimum average/ acceptable. He had enough games where 0.2 could have been 2.0 to string a proper season together.

The pleasing thing is many of the criticisms appear to have been worked on.

 

[NickFlips]

Confidence+better delivery = hot Toddy

 

[Handyandy]

It's a fair enough point to make, but at the end of the day the mediocre performances persisted well beyond what I would regard as a fair grace period. The most troubling thing for me is he didn't appear to want to play AFL. I don't mean it in the sense of being lazy, but he appeared to lack any hunger for the fight. He would let the team down with poor goalkicking almost like clockwork, tried to give off getable shots only to fluff it, get outmarked at will, and would often offer almost nothing up forward. Despite whatever people say, those were fair criticisms of him. I think even with good set shot kicking last year, his poor year would have flipped to at a minimum average/ acceptable. He had enough games where 0.2 could have been 2.0 to string a proper season together.

The pleasing thing is many of the criticisms appear to have been worked on.

tall players need time
anybody who has played footy at any level understands this

 

[JimmyBC]

Confidence+better delivery = hot Toddy

Maybe Todd has been giving the players upfield pointers, his own delivery inside 50 is wonderful.

 

[rogerjames]

Todd is finally hitting the ball with aggression & intent. Had 3 quality games this season. Holding tough marks. Always been a clever player. Rapt for him. Hope he can keep it up.

 

[Port85]

The Dogs backline was an absolute shambles, especially when we got the ball in transition from our back half.

That said, he took full advantage of the favourable size mismatches in the third and played well.

Doing a job for his team, showing us some development and ability to play his part.

 

[Handyandy]

Maybe Todd has been giving the players upfield pointers, his own delivery inside 50 is wonderful.

todds skills and peripheral vision are better than tredders
or any kpf in the league
peripheral vision is the true skill of the chf
his disposal and delivery into the 50 is A grade
he kicked 2 but set up 4-5 shots on goal with sublime touch and vision
dixon is a dumbass bulldozer
marshall is a porsche 911
whats his disposal efficiency this game and all season?
compare and contrast

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Have to wonder if playing the decoy/blocker for Dixon was a contributor to his initial passiveness when it came to marking or trying to get his own.

 

[Handyandy]

Have to wonder if playing the decoy/blocker for Dixon was a contributor to his initial passiveness when it came to marking or trying to get his own.

yeah good point.
imagine playing second fiddle to a gorilla with nfi

 

[dav3]

So how are the "Todd should never wear a port jumper again" crew going?

 

[Handyandy]

So how are the "Todd should never wear a port jumper again" crew going?

yes, where are the haters?
probably busy smashing bonner. or busy trying to assasinate hinkley out of love for the club

 

[Handyandy]

notice how todd instictively plays on after a mark.
instictively understands whats going on around him
behind him
in front of him
its robbie gray

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Robbie Gray

Age

36

Ht

183cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.9

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

10.1

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.4

5star

D

13.3

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

4star

D

10.4

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

like
he rarely goes back and kicks over the mark like alot of afl wannabees

 

[Honeyboy Wilson]

When did Todd Marshall

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Todd Marshall

Age

26

Ht

198cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.0

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

2.5

2star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

8.9

2star

K

7.1

3star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.0

4star

G

1.1

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.6

5star

become Wayne Carey? Holy shit.

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

He found his mark again. And some want to get the flipping ball or man.

 

[Handyandy]

When did Todd Marshall become Wayne Carey? Holy shit.

in the last month or two
his stats are low
only 13 tonight
but he ripped wb a new hole

 

[TeeKray]

You can pinpoint the moment it all turned around for him - the first quarter of the Showdown. He came out and played with an intensity and a ferocity we've never seen before. We've seen him play the odd decent quarter or game and kick the odd mini bag of goals, but we've never seen him play with that level of intensity before. And it's continued unabated since, culminating in a commanding performance against a weak back line tonight.

I'd love to know what happened between the Hawthorn game and the Showdown. I don't think I've ever seen a more obvious example of the penny dropping in my life.

 

[all seeing eye]

Marshall, Georgieboy, Finalyson, Lord, life looking a bit better post Dixon.

 

[Handyandy]

When drafted he was protected to be a long term player and impossible said he shouldn't play afl for 3 years on the draft podcast.

5 plus years is when key forwards Start to become good , add hinkley tax and he is becoming a great key forward

projected