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Who do you think will step up next year
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I think it would be extremely tough for him to step up in a big way next year purely due to his KP spot in the team. I cant see essendon having any success next year with a kid at CHF especially when we have Lucas there. I think Gumbleton will get plenty of game time but not always in the CHF position. Perhaps on a forward flank. It would be ideal to leave him at CHF and not have any worries, but I think he would be smashed to many times and at his age that wouldnt be a good thing. Certainly throw him in there for parts of a game, and if we are dominating leave him at CHF, but he shouldnt spend his total time on the ground at CHF IMO.
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He still has more development to go. He hasnt put on much size so far over the pre season. He is still a year or two away from playing at his best.
I agree with a lot of that but if i remember correctly i think Knighter has talked about playing Lloyd and Lucas deep, as in FF and FP.
If this is the case then i think Gumby and Mcphee might play the flank and CHF as lead up forwards.
He definitely is too light to play a key traditional CHF position, but if he played a similar lead up role to Reiwoldt, for example, he could do ok but i can't see him playing 22+ games yet.
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I feel that when Gumby does crack it into the seniors next year he should be played in-between the 50m arcs being one of the first targets coming out of defence whilst Lloyd and Lucas still have the F50 to work with. He won't command any better than the 3rd defender and I think he will trouble a lot of defences who are short on height and mobility in this manner.
Having said that, I would like to see Gumby start off in the 2's and really dominate a few matches for Bendigo to get his confidence right up there.
Having said that, I would like to see Gumby start off in the 2's and really dominate a few matches for Bendigo to get his confidence right up there.
yeh agree with maybe playing McPhee there and playing Gumby at HFF. McPhee has the size and could cause alot troubles for opposition players. He was saying that he has learned alot from playing on good forwards and how they operate
Houli looks physically ready to play AFL. Huge lower-body strength, reminds me of someone like Diesel in build
That, combined with his VFL form of last year - a number of 30+ possession games - & his limited AFL game time gives me a bit of confidence he can do well
I expect Monfries, Laycock & Winderlich to continue the level of improvement they showed last year & become good AFL players this coming season
That, combined with his VFL form of last year - a number of 30+ possession games - & his limited AFL game time gives me a bit of confidence he can do well
I expect Monfries, Laycock & Winderlich to continue the level of improvement they showed last year & become good AFL players this coming season
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I'm hoping he turns into a lightweight ball gathering machine.
I'm hoping he turns into a lightweight ball gathering machine.
hopefully he can bulk up abit in the gym this pre season and he'll be set
Even though he has had a dissapointing year, i think that Ricky Dyson has the tools to step up just like Winders did this year. He has pace, poise and skill but sometimes looked that he didnt want it enough. Also hope that Monfires gets more time in the middle. He is couragous, puts his body on the line, is creative and has good foot skills.
That may be true but Dyson is still capable of stepping up and improving. No one really expected Winders to step up like he did this year and i think that Dyson can do it over the next 2 years (if he dosnt then hes gone). The main problem with him is his inconsistently and he also looks like he dosent have much self confidence, but a new coach and a great pre-season may change that. I personally wasnt happy when he got a 2 year deal but he needs to show us what he is capable of because he does have talent. If he dosent step up then i think he wont be getting much game time because i would prefer Dempsey and Winderlich on the wings and Lovett and Monfries in the middle. On what he has shown, it doesnt look like he hurts opponents enough with his disposal and he fades out of games a lot. Knights has also mentioned that Ricky needs to develop a bigger engine and that may be the reason he fades out of games (plus he spent a lot of time on the bench).
Lovett is another player who i hope can build a bigger engine and become more consistent. He has shown glimpses of magic and had a great last 4 weeks of the season. He won us the blues game and got us back in the eagles game (even if we lost). He definetly has got spark and the match-winning ability that we need and along with that he has great skills. Lovett running through the midfield could really kill opponents, not to mention he also has a goal-kicking ability. Hes 25 years old and should be at his peak and i think next year he will be.
Lovett is another player who i hope can build a bigger engine and become more consistent. He has shown glimpses of magic and had a great last 4 weeks of the season. He won us the blues game and got us back in the eagles game (even if we lost). He definetly has got spark and the match-winning ability that we need and along with that he has great skills. Lovett running through the midfield could really kill opponents, not to mention he also has a goal-kicking ability. Hes 25 years old and should be at his peak and i think next year he will be.
I'm sure you would agree that he would bloody want to!!!!!
Some, and I emphasise some, of that can come with confidence though.
I think a lot of Ricky's problems have come from not backing his judgement and not playing enough on instinct. It's quite possible that he's just over thinking the game at the moment.
If he gets some good opportunities and he's able to get a few kicks, I'm sure that area of his game can grow.
However, building up Ricky's confidence has never been easy.
GD, very good thinking.
Maybe Ricky was so low on confidence and not wanting to take any risks thus he lost the tiny fragment of confidence Sheeds had in him......food for thought.
It's also quite possible that he's not good, shouldn't have been drafted, definately shouldn't have been given a 2 year extension and won't provide any real value to the bombers over his last 2 years in the system.
Quickly drink up that milk, before it evaporates away, it's getting low, it's only half empty
he has plenty of talent though.
i watching the essendon v collingwood from later in the season the other night, and he kicked a great goal. Received the ball 60m out, sprinted between two pies and kicked the running goal from 50m. i just reckon he is a real confidence player
i watching the essendon v collingwood from later in the season the other night, and he kicked a great goal. Received the ball 60m out, sprinted between two pies and kicked the running goal from 50m. i just reckon he is a real confidence player
Firstly, he was drafted at no. 44 so if he doesnt come good then its not like we used a first or secound rounder on him. Many people, including me, didnt think that Dyson deserved a 2 year deal but obviously Knights sees something in him and he would know a lot more about Dyson than we would. What Dyson needs is a full season in the seniors so we can see if hes got what it takes. He would player 2 or 3 games then be dropped for a month which doesn't help his self-confidence. As ive said he has defientely got talent he just needs to focus on using it.
The same could be said with guys like Dempsey and Neagle who havnt played many games (mainly because of injuries) and are into their second and third years at the club. Whos not to say that they will have more terrible runs with injuries or they show that they arnt good enough to play AFL? My point is that those palyers could end up duds or they could end up superstars, it all depends on how much opportunity they get and on how Knights plays them. Opportunity, is something that Dyson really hasn't been given. Instead of drafting guys like Alvey, Murphy and Campo (who all ended up giving as zero), Sheeds could have been playing younger kids like Dyson.
In 2004, Dyson played 11 games. 2005, 10 games. 2006, 17 games and 2007, 11 games which proves that in all years (except 06), hes been constently in and out of the side.
There's something in this
Late in the season he kicked a couple of absolutely scorching - and I mean really good - goals, roving off a pack, putting his head down & full-on sprinting
I remember a few times he showed this sort of ability in his first few seasons as well - & then it went missing until late this year. Earlier this year he was like a third nipple - clearly he'd been told to man up & follow his opponent around, which he abjectly failed at. The few times when he did get the ball, he looked lost & often chose the wrong option
He just might be the sort of player who needs to be told to attack at will. & If he can produce the sort of speedy mazy runs to break open the game, he can be a seriously dangerous footballer. I stress IF. The problem might be finding that balance, coz he's no good on the defensive atm & needs to always produce to be worthwhile. What he needs, is to be able to find those little things in between times - linking handball here, tackle there, shepherd somewhere else - to make himself a rounded player
ha ha I don't think I could see any positives in that game, I was enraged & blind
