Player Watch Welcome to Port Adelaide Joe Richards

[240volt]

Because we held Trent Burgoyne to long and… ?

Because he’s not good enough for a successful AFL team going forward.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Mead imo is playing in a position that doesn't suit him but he's still managed to do reasonably well in it. I've always said since his draft year that Mead can be the replacement to Wines (perhaps not in that Brownlow quality) but one thing he's always been good at is at the contest. I still think that's where his value is. And that's where I'd play him SANFL next year to ensure when the time comes he can step up and replace Wines.

Mead has been decent, not super impressive but showing some things but not a lot but he does play the hardest position in the Hinkley ecosystem which is small/medium forward and he does so out of position as he is a natural midfielder. His biggest attribute is that his possessions usually go to our advantage but he needs to pick up some other traits soon or he will be surpassed.

He would be hovering on the bench at the moment in the team with Richards and maybe even Ratcat.

 

[Scodges]

I don’t get the Mead pour on, he isn’t JHF, Butters or even Rozee, but he has just got through his first full season of senior footy. He has been played out of position and showed at times he was a capable AFL footballer. He is doing an apprenticeship at Half Forward, let’s see him as a Centreman in a balanced onball brigade.

Not every player needs to be a top 50 player in the comp. As others have said, he ruptured his spleen against South at Panther Park. He is building and will have peaks and troughs throughout.

I’d like to see him stay on ball, none of this HF crap position. I really hope he succeeds.


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[Rash]

I’d like to see him stay on ball, none of this HF crap position. I really hope he succeeds.


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he isnt good enough to be in our on-ball rotation

Especially if we pick a mid-fwd with our first pick such as a hynes

 

[RangaInTeal]

he isnt good enough to be in our on-ball rotation

Especially if we pick a mid-fwd with our first pick such as a hynes

Ruck Sweet
Centre Wines/Drew
Rover Butters/Mead
RuckRover JHF/Pick 13/10…?

Rozee to the Half Forward Flank and play a Hird-like game.

 

[Rash]

Ruck Sweet
Centre Wines/Drew
Rover Butters/Mead
RuckRover JHF/Pick 13/10…?

Rozee to the Half Forward Flank and play a Hird-like game.

Some of us on bigfooty want rozee fwd, but the reality is, it isnt gonna happen, he gonna play majority midfield like the last 3 seasons

that gives us 6 rotations- Without Mead

No room for a undersized player with no speed, poor ball use and no afl quality traits. i am being a little bit harsh but its, justified.

he isnt much better then frank, narkle, mcentee.