Player Watch Riley Thilthorpe - Signed to End of 2028

[1970crow]

Just play the kid. He has an AFL-ready body and played against men all last year. With Frampton's form, what is there to lose?

Continuity.

 

[1970crow]

nope. Let’s wait for him to put together a couple of solid forward performances in the sanfl (despite that being an impossible task for a forward in our snafl team at the moment).....

I like to see a solid 6 weeks without a single blip. It resets after every blip.

 

[1990crow]

Has to play. Watching Logan McDonald start the season the way he has.. I see no reason why not to pick him.

 

[Scorpus]

Has to play. Watching Logan McDonald start the season the way he has.. I see no reason why not to pick him.

Too tall for the modern game. 1cm taller than Frampton is a deal breaker

 

[cleanhands]

Has to play. Watching Logan McDonald start the season the way he has.. I see no reason why not to pick him.

Sometimes with players you just have to read if they are mentally ready, if they aren’t their confidence can take a huge hit and set them back.
Not knowing the lad can’t say if this applies to him or not, but good coaches can read that

 

[hey shorty]

Sometimes with players you just have to read if they are mentally ready, if they aren’t their confidence can take a huge hit and set them back.
Not knowing the lad can’t say if this applies to him or not, but good coaches can read that

He's plenty confident

 

[jackster83]

Watch us make him a travelling emergency this week. Then he'll be banished back to the twos as per AFC policy.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

nope. Let’s wait for him to put together a couple of solid forward performances in the sanfl (despite that being an impossible task for a forward in our snafl team at the moment).....

With no midfield?

He would learn more playing AFL with a decent midfield against a weakened opposition.

 

[ABAB]

Too tall for the modern game. 1cm taller than Frampton is a deal breaker

1cm taller but move like a midfielder and can kick on his opposite foot is a deal maker.

 

[Jarman3]

Sometimes with players you just have to read if they are mentally ready, if they aren’t their confidence can take a huge hit and set them back.
Not knowing the lad can’t say if this applies to him or not, but good coaches can read that

That's my concern. Not "could he contribute any less than Frampton", but more what happens if we pick him when he's out of form and he comes in and has a stinker? Is that going to dent his mindset, will the hit to his confidence set his progress back? I'd much rather he kick the door in and force them to pick him.

 

[Thylacinus]

I think pick him. He has the talent and the body. Get the games into him as he will be a big part of our future for a fair while one would expect.

 

[hey shorty]

That's my concern. Not "could he contribute any less than Frampton", but more what happens if we pick him when he's out of form and he comes in and has a stinker? Is that going to dent his mindset, will the hit to his confidence set his progress back? I'd much rather he kick the door in and force them to pick him.

It's a fair point you raise, I mean during the first half Friday he was very frustrated onfield and when coming to the bench. Can certainly understand why he was, but it didn't look great.

Should have taken a lot of confidence from the 2nd half mind you, where he was much better.

 

[FR0GGY]

That's my concern. Not "could he contribute any less than Frampton", but more what happens if we pick him when he's out of form and he comes in and has a stinker? Is that going to dent his mindset, will the hit to his confidence set his progress back? I'd much rather he kick the door in and force them to pick him.

What happens then if he kicks the door down in the SANFL comes in and (could just as easily) has a stinker.
Then he thinks gee I can do SANFL but this AFL wow.
More pressure on him to perform in your scenario imo.

 

[StonesThrow]

I don't think we need to rush him. I think he'll get some form in the Sanfl before too long and in that case I think he'll be a good chance.

Worrell is the one who needs to be found a place asap.

 

[Golumless]

That's my concern. Not "could he contribute any less than Frampton", but more what happens if we pick him when he's out of form and he comes in and has a stinker? Is that going to dent his mindset, will the hit to his confidence set his progress back? I'd much rather he kick the door in and force them to pick him.

You can tell you didn't watch the first SANFL game if you're expecting Thilthorpe to kick the door down. Our ball movement was abysmal for the most part and that isn't going to change anytime soon for a myriad of reasons (Gooden, injuries, top ups etc). Whereas you've got to strike whilst the AFL team is in form because there are some warning signs popping up that we could regress badly as the year goes on (which is to be expected, we're a young side playing a very physically demanding game style).

Whilst it might not be the ideal, it's time to get Thilthorpe in. Otherwise you're stuck with a Frampton who is perfecting the Matty Wright "non statistical role", or a horribly out of form Himmelberg.

 

[Thetrader15]

I don't think we need to rush him. I think he'll get some form in the Sanfl before too long and in that case I think he'll be a good chance.

Worrell is the one who needs to be found a place asap.

Personally I'd like to see both Worrell and Thilthorpe play.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Personally I'd like to see both Worrell and Thilthorpe play.

There's not a better game to blood both. Playing with a better team than the SANFL side should show how good they are.

 

[Betts are off]

I'm not sure he's done enough to 100% earn his spot based on form in the Magoo's, but i'd still be more then happy to name him for the next 2-4 rounds.

North-Freo-Haw-GWS are all games that don't look overtly daunting based on the first 3 weeks. Especially last round with Bruce kicking 10 vs North and McKay kicking 7 against Freo. Seems like a young Key Forwards wet dream TBH

Sometimes you just have to take your opportunity to blood these kids even if they haven't earned it. And this might be one of those occasions

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I don't expect us to pick him.

We missed an opportunity to blood Worrell against Sydney and we'll miss this one.

At least the team is going well and contains plenty of youth as is though, so there's at least some justification for continuing as we are.

In the past when talented kids can't break into an old team that's losing pathetically on the other hand...

 

[Jack is Back]

I would be inclined to play him against West Adelaide this week and then bring him in against Freo. Our Twos should be reasonably competitive against Westies and he will feel at home at Richmond Oval.

Debuting at home is a lot easier than in an away match (compare the form of Rowie at home versus away so far). IMHO he only needs one solid game in the Twos, not an outstanding game just a good game, and he will be ready to go. Worrell looks ready to go so I would be looking for any opportunity to bring him in.

 

[relapse]

I don't think we're going to rush him in, I think there's a lot riding on him to the point where the club will be overly conservative with his introduction.

 

[Coopers]

Too tall for the modern game. 1cm taller than Frampton is a deal breaker

What if he was like 100 cm taller and roamed around as a 9' tall giant weighing 400 kilos.

Still too tall probably.

 

[Geoffa32]

I reckon he is more likely to play against Freo.

Home game, all family can be there.

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[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I reckon he is more likely to play against Freo.

Home game, all family can be there.

The problem with that is Frampton might have a good game this week. If he kicks 3 goals and takes a few grabs then how can he be left out?

That's why it's so important to take opportunities when they present themselves

 

[Crow till I die]

What if he was like 100 cm taller and roamed around as a 9' tall giant weighing 400 kilos.

Still too tall probably.

Bit like Nic Nat then?