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A bigger deal out west.
It wasn't. The main factor was that we misread Jones talent level and rushed him to a position where he has no real future in at AFL level - and one that isn't a system role. Equally, we thrusted a responsibility onto Jones that he should have never had - after all, he was our golden boy to say we'll rebuild quickly and we weren't in a dire spot talent wise. Add in COVID and you have a powder keg waiting to go off.
2nd KPD is a system role and one were crying out for a skill set like Curtin in seeing how much we've morphed into a proper counter-attacking unit. If Curtin is legit, he'll survive this year and eventually thrive as an Alex Rance like player.
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We drafted Jones as a midfielder and played him as a midfielder, Curtin can play in multiple positions.
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Not sure what your point is? You implied Jones confidence was shot as we played him in a different position he was drafted which wasn't the case.
I was Implying the defensive mind set
Fair point, this definitely did affected him. Thankfully they aren't telling Rankine, Rachele, Soligo and Pedlar the same.
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Maybe. To me Jones looked like a child when he came into the league - even 3 years in he still looked out of place and got smashed in most contests. He looks physically up to it now and his performance has lifted accordingly
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Be interesting to know exactly what role Daniel played in defence in his 6 WAFL League games for Claremont.
I know he started the season playing mostly as a forward for the Claremont colts before shifting to defence mostly at the Nationals.
In his interviews he sees himself as a big bodied mid down the track.
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Saw a little bit of his wafl and he was a high back , I guess best comparison would be Mitch Hinge role
He started showing signs last year of taking the next step. Coming back from an awkward injury so he needs to get gametime under his belt.
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Yes,
what an excellent addition to the contact sport of Australian Rules Football. I also hope they will cancel games in the wet because slippery is dangerous, they should also cancel games in the heat because people have died from being too hot.
Clown world solutions.
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Rioli caused it, SPP just happened to be in the way.
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We will likely finish bottom 4, like we would have last year if we didn't get double games against some real bad sides. We have progressed from a really bad side to a bad side with occasional glimpses of ok.
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More specifically I would say we're a team that will be difficult to play against any game we max out our physicality, but we lack the top talent in the important parts of the ground to be anything more than an occasional spoiler.
Anywhere from 7 to 12 I'd say, depending on the usual fortunes of professional sports.
And pinch some of those close games against the good teams including the Sydney games
Have you finished re-watching the replay and counting those contested marks from Thilthorpe yet??? Dawson, Rankine/Rachele/Soligo/Pedlar, Laird and 2017 M.Crouch looks top talent.
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Of his 6 supposed contested marks, one was on the lead out of reach of his defender essentially ucontested, and the other was over a small defender in the goal square, no need to see the rest. What was on display was the number he didn't take, and the poorly thought out pass across goal when any genuine forward worth his salt would have taken on the shot himself.
He just isn't a key forward, has lacked the mentality for it every chance he's been given to prove otherwise. In the ruck is where he belongs at AFL level.
"No need to see the rest" so no you haven't lol.
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Why would I spend one of my precious days off watching a replay of a trial game I went to?
This board is genuinely unhinged far too much of the time.
So you can find out you are wrong.
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B4 you were on this board (I think) there was someone here that seemed to get a bit of intel on Jones. Said something to the effect of that the coach would say one thing off the field to the midfield group and then when Sloane, Crouch and Crouch would get on field they would say chase my opponent and I'll go kick chasing. Jones ended up being caught between what the coaches were saying and what his leaders were saying and not doing well at either and we all saw the result.
I recall someone posting something along these lines
For anyone interested ended up being 4 contested marks ( 2 against alir and one Esava ) … also earnt a free kick in a marking contest that he would have marked otherwise
Most contested marks on the ground , good signs !
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and of those 4, one was the not really contested mark pictured earlier, and the other was over a small defender conceding a significant amount of size.
Hardly worth writing home about.
Exactly - it makes much more sense to sit on your computer and make outrageously incorrect statements and then try to argue their correctness than watch a video of a game you obviously didn’t have a good view of…
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