Roast We need to talk about Lachie

[El_Scorcho]

It’s odd. I reckon Hinkley does his best work with young players who respond to his motivation style. Seems he maxes out once players need to find another level ie Impey, Wingard, Amon, etc

Yeah this is a great call. We've had a lot of players who have gotten to the young and exciting could be anything stage without really progressing into dependable stars. Rozee and Butters seem to have gotten there but it's rare.

 

[Steve Dore]

I don't think it was a Bronx cheer as much as a cheer of encouragement ...

Was definitely a Bronx cheer from me and those around me. He was a total liability tonight.

 

[drcollossimo]

I don't think it was a Bronx cheer as much as a cheer of encouragement and trying to get him back on track, but yes, the man needs to go back to the twos and build up his confidence again. Absolutely killed our momentum a bunch of times with some real fundamental skill errors

He marked it about 10 meters from where I sit everyone around Bronx cheered him the frustration with Jones tonight was next level in my bay

 

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[It Just Is]

I worry he may be too dumb to be an AFL footballer. Hard to believe that’s possible, I know.

 

[Powerade 08]

My observations before we picked him up were

1. flys for every contest and lets the ball out the back
2. wildly inconsistent ball handing and decision making from week to week

So not much has changed. He looked good in the GWS final and now hes back to farken shite

 

[Joelg]

he is woeful. His skills are terrible. His positioning is deplorable. His hospitable ball kicking is like an u/9. He makes everyone nervous every time he is near the ball.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

All the same criticisms were levelled at SPP. He'll come good.

I agree with this but he needs a break. He is broken confidence wise atm.

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[Ah12]

Hes the epitome of the modern draft ‘Athletes’ era. Absolutely no skills, cannot even take a chest mark and has the football IQ of a walnut.

Prime example a naturally gifted player like Dylan Williams cant get a look in over him as he doesnt have the athletic traits. They see the upside in Jones from a physical perspective and think if he puts it together imagine what he could be. The problem is hes now 4 years in and still has detergent on his hands.

He needs to be trialled as a forward in the sanfl and if that doesnt work then i dont know what they can do with him. You cant be making the mistakes he does in such a crucial part of the ground.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Why this bloke is playing ahead of Dylan Williams who has impressed time and time again in defence boggles my mind.

 

[Ah12]

Why this bloke is playing ahead of Dylan Williams who has impressed time and time again in defence boggles my mind.

It needs to be directly questioned to the coaches. Imagine being Williams and having to sit there and watch a bloke drop 5 chest marks they select over you. He should explore his options if he doesn’t immediately come in and play for the rest of the year.

 

[philthy05]

All the same criticisms were levelled at SPP. He'll come good.

No they weren’t.

Lack of composure was the criticism of spp, not handling.

Jones has to overcome both hurdles.

 

[VineValerian]

Hes the epitome of the modern draft ‘Athletes’ era. Absolutely no skills, cannot even take a chest mark and has the football IQ of a walnut.

Prime example a naturally gifted player like Dylan Williams cant get a look in over him as he doesnt have the athletic traits. They see the upside in Jones from a physical perspective and think if he puts it together imagine what he could be. The problem is hes now 4 years in and still has detergent on his hands.

He needs to be trialled as a forward in the sanfl and if that doesnt work then i dont know what they can do with him. You cant be making the mistakes he does in such a crucial part of the ground.

Bit insulting to walnuts there, mate!

In a serious vein, I've been a Jones lover from day '1' but even I now think he needs to be dropped to the Maggies and play 10 decent games with no skill errors, and show some intelligence to his play, before even remotely considering him for AFL again.

Really disappointed in his lack of development (would suggest he's gone backwards fast over the past season or so).

 

[backtozero]

You guys realise my comment is a year old yeah?

 

[Progressive Aggresion]

Considering that old mate Bonner just had a record amount of turnovers with the Aints then I'd still say that Jones is a way better ball user than either him or Pittard.

It was purely just the constant dropped marks that was the difference between him being one of our better defenders on the night... or a complete liability.

If the club had any balls or knew that there is such thing as Accountability then they would make Lachie spend his entire Monday doing nothing but routine marking practice, but more likely they will just give him a pat on the back for his hard gut running and continue to pick him over the clearly better and more skilled Dylan Williams.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I will go into bat for Lachie Jones.

If, and if he marks those balls, he would've played a very good game. He also has some fumbles so not the best.

He has a lot of potential and those elements of his game need to be ironed out. It' not like he's always played that way. You don't make it onto an AFL list as a 1st Rounder with that kind of poor game.

As others have stated, he flies too much and doesn't really know when to mark or kill the ball. He has so many times that he is just so close to making a huge impact on contests.

There is an element where he needs to be coached to the player that they want in the backline.

Having said that, he has to be seriously looked at moving back to the SANFL to gain some confidence.

 

[Finest of Wines]

I will go into bat for Lachie Jones.

If, and if he marks those balls, he would've played a very good game. He also has some fumbles so not the best.

He has a lot of potential and those elements of his game need to be ironed out. It' not like he's always played that way. You don't make it onto an AFL list as a 1st Rounder with that kind of poor game.

As others have stated, he flies too much and doesn't really know when to mark or kill the ball. He has so many times that he is just so close to making a huge impact on contests.

There is an element where he needs to be coached to the player that they want in the backline.

Having said that, he has to be seriously looked at moving back to the SANFL to gain some confidence.

It’s not as if he made a few mistakes early in the game and then steadied as the game went on. He dropped uncontested mark after uncontested mark killing the momentum and leading directly to Melbourne goals. His skills aren’t afl standard

 

[Jack Grange]

I wonder if he gets any specialist training, just rolling a ball at him, or doing scrubber kicks at him 100 times and working on cleanly grasping the footy.

And get him / emphasise KEEPING YOUR eye on the ball. It's that split second before taking the ball he takes his eyes off and fumbles.

 

[wayb2912]

And get him / emphasise KEEPING YOUR eye on the ball. It's that split second before taking the ball he takes his eyes off and fumbles.

It's true, it's as if he is thinking too much about the next play before he takes possession

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[Macca19]

I will go into bat for Lachie Jones.

If, and if he marks those balls, he would've played a very good game. He also has some fumbles so not the best.

He has a lot of potential and those elements of his game need to be ironed out. It' not like he's always played that way. You don't make it onto an AFL list as a 1st Rounder with that kind of poor game.

As others have stated, he flies too much and doesn't really know when to mark or kill the ball. He has so many times that he is just so close to making a huge impact on contests.

There is an element where he needs to be coached to the player that they want in the backline.

Having said that, he has to be seriously looked at moving back to the SANFL to gain some confidence.

Hes a nearly there player. Unfortunately ball handling is a pretty dire thing to have as your flaw. Not sure thats fixable tbh

 

[Peninsula Boy]

As others have said, he just needs to learn a bit of focus and concentration and to see the ball into his hand and then think about the next play.

He didn't come into the AFL as a fumbly mumbler.

If he gets over that, he's going to be a very good player.

If he doesn't, he's not even going to make A grade at Port Districts.

His potential is worth waiting on but for how long, we will see.

As Macca said, he's nearly there.

 

[manureid]

Must be hard to play with stumps instead of hands. Lay off the guy

 

[JUSTWORK]

His ball handling skills are basically non existent. He doesn't take ground balls cleanly, drops uncontested chest marks.

Being big and fast might be great when you are playing juniors but it ain't good enough in the AFL.

With his skills. If he was built like Jase Burgoyne, would he even get a run with a SANFL side ?

 

[Peninsula Boy]

If it was the 90s or early 2000s and someone like Robert Walls was coach, you could see the whole team lined up each with a ball about 15 metres away with everyone getting to launch a ball at Lachie Jones where he has to mark or pick the ball up off the deck.

 

[power09]

You guys realise my comment is a year old yeah?

Jones being a spud was just as obvious then