Player Watch Tom Langdon (Retired 2020)

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Very good last night.

I'm even used to the man bun.

We have a few of those in our team, Langdon, Brodie Grundy, Broomie?
 

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SuperSteele22 said:
Anyone saying ‘he really stepped up last night’ is completely underselling the fact that he has stepped up in a big way in the whole second half of the season.

A pivotal part of our depleted backline and still isn’t even close to getting the props he deserves.

Onya Tommy.
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Anyone saying ‘he has stepped up in a big way in the whole second half of the season’ is completely underselling the fact that he stepped up in a big way the whole second half of last year.
 
sr36 said:
Anyone saying ‘he has stepped up in a big way in the whole second half of the season’ is completely underselling the fact that he stepped up in a big way the whole second half of last year.
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In my own mind, which I do not deny can be a strange place, I have framed Tommy's form as a 'stepping up' of sorts. This isn't because I haven't rated his previous form, but more an acknowledgment that he's held the fort while his teammates have fallen down around him.
 
Langdon has been very good for a long period and exceptional over the last half of this year after we were slowly decimated by injury in defence. Wouldn't be at all surpised if he has a top 10 finish in the Copeland votes. It's great to see he's getting the plaudits he deserves.
 
JB1975 said:
In my own mind, which I do not deny can be a strange place, I have framed Tommy's form as a 'stepping up' of sorts. This isn't because I haven't rated his previous form, but more an acknowledgment that he's held the fort while his teammates have fallen down around him.
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Despite my post, I do agree with you. I thought he was very good in the second half of last year, but this year, he's been forced to man different types of forwards and has shown strong improvement in one-on-ones.
 
I continue to be impressed by Langdon this year. His spoiling and 1 on 1 defensive game seems to have gone to another level. One defensive contest spoil when he was 1 on 1, running back with the flight, deep inside Eagles fwd 50 was magnificent. Thought he was also very stiff to have his big spoil in that last 3 minutes go straight to an Eagles player. If it had gone to us we would have been away!

Has long been a whipping boy but he has really stepped up in the absence of others this year. We'd be screwed without him and Crisp punching above their weight.
 
sr36 said:
Anyone saying ‘he has stepped up in a big way in the whole second half of the season’ is completely underselling the fact that he stepped up in a big way the whole second half of last year.
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I don’t disagree mate but I still reckon he’s upped the ante again this year when everyone was falling down around him.

My main point though was like I said, he hasn’t got anywhere near the plaudits he deserves for his improvement, regardless of exactly when he’s stepped his game up.
 

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SuperSteele22 said:
I don’t disagree mate but I still reckon he’s upped the ante again this year when everyone was falling down around him.

My main point though was like I said, he hasn’t got anywhere near the plaudits he deserves for his improvement, regardless of exactly when he’s stepped his game up.
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Agree, he's become a gun in one on one contests this year. My reply to your post was playful more than anything else.
 
Tails1 said:
I continue to be impressed by Langdon this year. His spoiling and 1 on 1 defensive game seems to have gone to another level. One defensive contest spoil when he was 1 on 1, running back with the flight, deep inside Eagles fwd 50 was magnificent. Thought he was also very stiff to have his big spoil in that last 3 minutes go straight to an Eagles player. If it had gone to us we would have been away!

Has long been a whipping boy but he has really stepped up in the absence of others this year. We'd be screwed without him and Crisp punching above their weight.
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The spoil in question went straight to Adams... who was then set upon by an eagle and his loopy hand pass got intercepted by Jetta... piss poor luck really...
 
Chrispiesssss said:
Adams should have copped the tackle. Forced a stoppage. Finals nous.
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Or handballs slightly higher and longer and we would have been out and likely been able to at least force a stoppage on our forward 50. Was the right decision just slightly off in execution and excellent intercept by Jetta.
 
I still think he was average at best last year. He's become a much better player since he was forced to man up on tall opponents.

One of the other things I love about his role change is he isn't getting as many useless possessions as before.
 
Would rather keep than sell for a 2nd rd pick... but if he wants, he can go for mine. We have Hore in our VFL team who will cost nothing and is capable of playing the identical role for the long term or until young draftee Kelly matures enough to play a Ben Reid like 2nd KPD - intercept game.

I'm not a Langdon critic, but you shouldn't pay too much for him
 
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/out-of-the-shadows-tom-langdon-shines-20180913-p503mu.html

Ahead of the Magpies' final home-and-away game for 2018, Collingwood's Tom Langdon pulled on the number eight jumper he inherited from recent Magpie defenders Heritier Lumumba and James Clement.

One game away from wearing that number into a final for the first time, he looked around at the rest of the back six set to join him in a battle that would determine whether Collingwood finished in the top four.

Looking back were four faces that had made up most of Collingwood's VFL back line just a month earlier - Nathan Murphy, Adam Oxley, Jack Magden and James Aish - as well as familiar running defenders Brayden Maynard and Jack Crisp.

The lack of experience surrounding Langdon didn't worry the 24-year-old, who didn't have to think back far to remember his debut against the Dockers in round one, 2014.

"You do remember back to when you played your first game and try to help them as much as you can," Langdon told Fairfax Media. "But it is up to them in the end."

Any concern would have been a waste for Langdon as it turned out because the fresh-faced crew held up their end of the bargain, restricting the Dockers to just 67 points as Collingwood won their way into a top-four spot with a nine-point victory.

A week later, as Langdon returned to Optus Stadium to play against the Eagles in his first final, familiar faces Jeremy Howe and Tyson Goldsack had returned to stiffen the defence while Murphy, Oxley and Magden made way.

"It's certainly been a unique year," Langdon said. "You have to move on pretty quickly. The guys who have come in have been super."

They have had to be, too, as the revolving door that become a pattern for the Magpies gathered pace in the back half of the ground in the back end of the season.

Lynden Dunn and Matt Scharenberg did their ACLs, then Howe had corkie problems, Darcy Moore's hamstring failed him again, Ben Reid's calf problem persisted and Sam Murray returned a positive drug test. Meanwhile, Goldsack's return from a knee reconstruction was a minor miracle.

The absences meant Langdon had to step up as a key defender and organise the back line, assuming the role the much-respected Clement once told Langdon was his for the taking.

"I took a bit a more responsibility in knowing that I was a more senior player back there," Langdon said.

"You don't do too much differently. I have had to adjust my role to a bit more key back."

Not one to lack confidence, Langdon suspects he has played in a similar manner since he became a more senior player in defence but his teammates' absence meant the attention shifted to him slightly.

"I haven't been doing much differently. You probably get a bit more responsibility on better players consistently," Langdon said.

His effort to stand up when players around him have fallen have certainly endeared him to supporters who occasionally suffered heart failure in the past when he went into slow motion after he won the ball.

A strong judge of a mark, he has courage and is versatile enough to have both kept Port Adelaide's Robbie Gray to just one goal and then fought the good fight on the Eagles' Jack Darling in last weekend's qualifying final.

His efforts also reflect his resilience given the thoughts that went through Langdon's mind as he battled to overcome a persistent knee injury that sidelined him from AFL football for 13 months as big chunks of the 2016 and 2017 seasons were written off.

"You go through times where you think 'I am never going to play again,' " Langdon said.

"It is probably not a rational thought but when you read about players' injuries and how they thought that, you can get into a pretty dark place.

"It was extremely challenging but you have to surround yourself with people that are close in your life."

The persistence has paid off as he is entrenched in the line-up, part of an emerging group of leaders at the club and desperate to play in a winning final against the Giants on Saturday as the September drama begins to make sense.

"You do, in a bad way, get used to not playing finals," he said.

"I had never understood the hype around finals because I am normally out of the country at this time of the year.

"It was certainly a learning curve for me."
 

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