Preview Trial game - Crows V Port - 5pm Friday 23 Feb at Alberton Oval
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Discretionary on the AFL .. so if he is banned they "could" allow the practice match to be the first week of his ban, or they could make round 1 be the first week of his ban
Want to see more of that attitude, before fully committing.You're gradually getting there re Thilly, slow process but.
Still do think if he was 8cm shorter we would have a truly elite midfielder. That is where my Ruck thoughts come from. Competitive in Ruck, then an elite mid. Peak Brodie Grundy. His work in traffic and running capacity is freakish for a 200+CM guy.
Without the aggression a good, not great forward.
With what he showed Friday night, elite competition best key forward.
We all laugh at Dixon's anger, because that is all he has. His actual footy nous and skill is woeful.
Fog has the agro, but gets sucked in too easily, as Tex did in his mid 20s.
Thilthorpe has great natural skills, freakish athletic ability and very high IQ. Add the ability to use the body to win the contest, and smart enough not to get sucked into negative contests, his forward ceiling is massive.
We saw that Friday.
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Excited for Tilly this season, if he can gain confidence that’ll be massive
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Sam Powell-Pepper’s decision to bump Adelaide opponent Mark Keane instead of brace for inevitable contact is likely to see him handed at least a three-match suspension from the AFL.
But Powell-Pepper could be allowed to serve a game of any potential ban in next Friday’s community series clash against Fremantle.
Under new regulations, there is the “discretion for the AFL to apply a suspension differently in exceptional and compelling circumstances”.
It means even if Powell-Pepper is handed a three or four-week ban there is discretion for the league to force him to serve all of it starting from round 1 or serve one of those weeks’ suspension in the community series.
The AFL’s match review team will on Monday assess the weekend’s incidents.
Under AFL rules if Powell-Pepper had stopped his forward momentum as the players moved towards him and then simply braced for any contact as he protected himself he would have a clear case for his defence.
But footage shows Powell-Pepper instead leant into a bump, which breached his duty of care to opponent Keane, who was concussed.
The most likely course of action is that Powell-Pepper is handed a severe impact, high-contact, careless rough conduct report.
In recent history every AFL player suspended across the official pre-season competition has had to start that suspension from the first week of the season proper.
The league has just changed that rule, in part because of the quirks of the starting times state league seasons.
Given many state league seasons start later than the AFL season, players who still have VFL suspensions to serve from the previous season could be unfairly penalised.
This year the VFL season only starts in round 2 of the AFL season, so players waiting to serve VFL suspensions could also miss their AFL team’s first two games.
So while the rule has been brought in for state-league players, it does give the AFL leeway to decide how any suspension is served.
Richmond on Sunday confirmed midfielder Tyler Sonsie, suspended for three weeks in the VFL last year for an off-the-ball strike, could serve the remaining two weeks of that suspension in rounds zero and one of the AFL season.
The VFL appealed his three-week suspension and had hoped for a lengthier ban but was unsuccessful.
So while the VFL had argued for a four or five-week ban, he will only miss one week of VFL action – the final round last year – and return for round 1 of the VFL season on the weekend of March 22-24.
It is not known if the league’s new regulations played a part in the AFL allowing him back for the start of the VFL season instead of serving the remaining two weeks in the VFL.
Collingwood’s Jordan De Goey, Adelaide’s Shane McAdam and Richmond’s Rhyan Mansell all served three-week bans for high bumps last year, with Nathan Broad’s sling tackle the only incident handed a four-week ban.
So Powell-Pepper might hope to serve only a three-week ban if he is found guilty of rough conduct, even if he has to argue his case at the tribunal.
Under an AFL rule tweak the MRO can now offer players a three-week ban for a severe impact incident rather than sending them directly to the AFL tribunal.
Rioli is lucky SPP was there. As was Keane.
That sling tackle would have done more damage to Keane, and given Rioli 4 weeks.
Think SPP is u lucky. But he did take the opportunity to bump, instinctive reaction. In today's game 2 to 3 weeks is fair.
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That sling tackle would have done more damage to Keane, and given Rioli 4 weeks.
Think SPP is u lucky. But he did take the opportunity to bump, instinctive reaction. In today's game 2 to 3 weeks is fair.
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Well, if Charlie Curnow topped the league last year with 2.58 contested marks per game, surely anything below 7 is below average (checks maths, scratches head)?
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Actually, reckon it was worse than that -
Round 6 - Launceston (vs Hawks)
Round 8 - Geelong (vs Cats)
Round 10 - Ballarat (vs Dogs)
Round 12 - Darwin (vs Suns)
And then Round 15 we play our first game in Melbourne for the season vs Collingwood @ G.
Whoever had this sort of fixture over 7 weeks?
Surely its games. So this week and Ports first matchSo spp gets two games, next weeks trial game and opening round.
Except we’re more likely to win in the wilderness than in Melbourne.
Ta for that. Pretty sure I got in the car right after the 2nd quarter. Glad he was talking an in-game event rather than something he may have brought into the game.
Rather than do just contested marks, I've put together a short video of all his "involvements". Sorry about the quality, I had to zoom in so you could see him. Also I did it all in slo-mo.
No worries
Alir is going to be Thilthorpe's bitch for the next few years....
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Copped a corky early in the first, near where I was watching
I dig this up again for you wabbit, as you obviously troll for it. I would hate to be a disappointment for you:
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Playing him as a Ruckman takes away his #1 weapon, his contested marking.
Woeful. If Dixon played his career at Adelaide only Modra and Walker would have more goals. Dixon is also 20th in total contested marks in AFL history. Also an All Australian.
As a forward - Thilthorpe is almost impossible to match up on. Those that have the height and weight to match up on him wont have the speed / aerobic capacity.
Its something a smart coach will look to exploit. Lets see how Nicks uses him.
Hopefully.
Not sure what Jones you were watching. He's always been a straight line player, his issues were (and still are a bit) spatial awareness and decision making. Never got smashed in contests though he's a tough nuggett
I'm glad you included the times he ran under the ball or avoided body contact in marking contests. Serious JJ vibes about his contested marking.
He will be a great running forward/ruck, but a strong marking pillar up forward he isn't.
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