Player Watch Tew Jiath

[Jelly Bean]

Who realistically comes back into our side this year?

Pendles, De Goey, Mihocek, Elliott = yep.
McStay hopefully, Mitchell probably although I think he's nearly cooked. Cox maybe, although I like Kreuger more than him. Richards maybe.

 

[pablo disco bar]

Bloke will be a gun in 3 years

Clearly not ready and his double cramp kinda made me laugh...poor bugger

Def got better as game went on

Nice to see the number 19 again

 

[3rdMan]

Like Allan, didn't expect him to be ready. Think the idea may have been to play him as sub if Markov got up. This would have been more appropriate.

Wil clearly be an AFL player though. Plenty to like.

 

[beerbandit]

How’s the double cramp! Poor bugger!!

Good for the hit out, he will probs come in for between 3-5 games next year, and then I think he will explode. He has what Noble and Markov don’t and that’s an ability to win in the air.

But is still behind both Noble & Markov at this stage.

 

[Mollythedolly]

I don't think it's harsh. I think it's just recognition that he's possibly not ready.

I don't think playing him was anything to do with him being ready. It seems we were likely to be a HB down with Markov in doubt around selection time, so it came down to a choice of Jiath, Ryan, or Parker. None of them are ready and it likely came down to a choice of giving Jiath a shot or Parker another go. Opting for Jiath probably determined he started in the 22 rather than as a sub. Both Jiath and the club will be better for giving him a taste.

 

[Chrispiesssss]

 

[domus]

Who realistically comes back into our side this year?

Pendles, De Goey, Mihocek, Elliott = yep.
McStay hopefully, Mitchell probably although I think he's nearly cooked. Cox maybe, although I like Kreuger more than him. Richards maybe.

Coxy over Krueger when it counts. He has the capacity to play as a tall forward and snag a goal or two or at least bring the ball to ground and is a far better back up ruckman to Cameron. You cannot play finals footy with one ruckman. Sydney have Grundy, Mclean and Amartey who can all share the load. Krueger has been uncompetitive in the ruck and was slaughtered by Teakle in the second half when he went into the middle.

There's nothing more dangerous than having a forward trying to play as a ruckman when the pill is deep inside the opposition's forward line. They are one jumper scrag or hold (always happening when blokes give away size) from giving a match winning goal on platter as AJ almost did in the ANZAC clash last year.

 

[sr36]

Coxy over Krueger when it counts. He has the capacity to play as a tall forward and snag a goal or two or at least bring the ball to ground and is a far better back up ruckman to Cameron. You cannot play finals footy with one ruckman. Sydney have Grundy, Mclean and Amartey who can all share the load. Krueger has been uncompetitive in the ruck and was slaughtered by Teakle in the second half when he went into the middle.

There's nothing more dangerous than having a forward trying to play as a ruckman when the pill is deep inside the opposition's forward line. They are one jumper scrag or hold (always happening when blokes give away size) from giving a match winning goal on platter as AJ almost did in the ANZAC clash last year.

I had a chuckle at:

You cannot play finals footy with one ruckman. Sydney have Grundy, Mclean and Amartey

 

[TradeDraft]

Loved the play in the 3rd Qtr where he took the Game on and Pin Point a Kick to a Forward

Showing Total Class there

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

Coxy over Krueger when it counts. He has the capacity to play as a tall forward and snag a goal or two or at least bring the ball to ground and is a far better back up ruckman to Cameron. You cannot play finals footy with one ruckman. Sydney have Grundy, Mclean and Amartey who can all share the load. Krueger has been uncompetitive in the ruck and was slaughtered by Teakle in the second half when he went into the middle.

There's nothing more dangerous than having a forward trying to play as a ruckman when the pill is deep inside the opposition's forward line. They are one jumper scrag or hold (always happening when blokes give away size) from giving a match winning goal on platter as AJ almost did in the ANZAC clash last year.

Yeh not only is Cox clearly a better ruckman than Krueger, he may also be a better ruck than Cameron. At least in last years finals series Cox was our preferred 1st choice ruck and performed better than Cameron. Cox was the one that dominated Max Gawn in Q1 of the QF. Cox was the one in the middle in the last 5 minutes of the grand final.

 

[watt price tully]

Hard Debut when your teammates lack of Intensity and Effort

Correct weight TD - right call. The team especially the midfield were being smashed in the first half and were not applying any pressure to speak of placing undue strain on the backline (Look at Moore being smashed by North‘s Larkey). However he showed some really good qualities and will learn from the experience.

 

[Bogsey]

It was ok for a debut game. He looked like a 19yo out there. Will take time to learn positioning better.
He has enough tools that he could develop as a nice half back/winger type role.

 

[Abdul_The_Bull]

I think Fly said it baest... "He showed AFL traits". I feel that his debut was reward for effort and to clearly demonstrate to Tew what it takes to play at AFL level, but I don't expect we will see him again at AFL level this year. He clearly has potential and I'm sure he will develop well and become a handy player for us.

 

[TradeDraft]

I think Fly said it baest... "He showed AFL traits". I feel that his debut was reward for effort and to clearly demonstrate to Tew what it takes to play at AFL level, but I don't expect we will see him again at AFL level this year. He clearly has potential and I'm sure he will develop well and become a handy player for us.

Never say Never but Highly Doubtful

 

[whiskeytown]

Put 7kg on him and another preseason learning his role, what kicks to take etc

then give him another go

 

[ClaytonM]

Agree, Maynard is the perfect example of this in early days

And the positivity about Maynard's early work was extraordinary.

 

[76woodenspooners]

His mind will have been blown by the pace of the game. Especially as that being as a high a pressure game as we’ve seen this year.

He’ll understand what’s expected of him now.

 

[Mark W]

Put 7kg on him and another preseason learning his role, what kicks to take etc

then give him another go

yup, he is obviously too skinny at the moment and gets brushed aside too easily in the contest. Nothing a couple of pre-seasons in the gym wont fix

 

[whiskeytown]

yup, he is obviously too skinny at the moment and gets brushed aside too easily in the contest. Nothing a couple of pre-seasons in the gym wont fix

Hopefully he can build and strengthen sufficiently like Aliir from power did

khamis at bulldogs is several years in and still getting regularly knocked off the ball in defence- just lacks strength

 

[BillyElliott]

Hopefully he can build and strengthen sufficiently like Aliir from power did

khamis at bulldogs is several years in and still getting regularly knocked off the ball in defence- just lacks strength

His brother goes alright.

 

[TW Sherrin]

I had a chuckle at:

You cannot play finals footy with one ruckman. Sydney have Grundy, Mclean and Amartey

Richmond's premiership back up ruck Shaun Greig.

Cox's issue is he gets outmarked and is a liability if it hits the ground. He needs to kick 2 a game to offset that and he wasn't doing it.

Happy to let Kreuger get an extended run at it and see if his forward work can offset any disadvantage in the ruck.

 

[sr36]

His brother goes alright.

Now there's a trade target worth pursuing.

 

[BillyElliott]

Now there's a trade target worth pursuing.

He looks in love with being at the Hawks at present. Part of the Rascal Pack.

 

[stormskye]

From a refugee camp, to playing professional sport at the highest level

Tew Jiath was born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. He moved to Australia with his family when he was two years old in 2007. 17 years later, he became the second of nine siblings to play at the highest level in the Australian Football League.

www.collingwoodfc.com.au

 

[SwanBet]

Excited to see the player he becomes in a few years.

Quietly hoping too that he can recruit his brother over to the pies in the off season. CJ is out of contract at seasons end and is finally back healthy after a bad run with injuries. A big Collingwood family, so who knows?

I think he would really fill a positional need for us and it would be exciting to see the two brothers bouncing off our half back line.