That was most likely first game nerves.
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Only problem was Murphy was on the end of it
One of those free kicks was a professional free kick to slow the GWS ball movement too
Turns out "rule 19" all those years ago was actually "wait three years to debut an obvious talent".
It was ore of a comment that we should be doing that kind of thing.
Would have burned a lot of nervous energy just sitting on the bench for 3 quarters. Where as he would have been better served making a debut at the start of the game where his energies would have been higher. Plus would have probably ran a lot harder and gassed himself out of nervous excitement when he finally came onto the ground.
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An obvious talent that couldn’t keep up with anyone in the pre season running. Outside of talent, you have to be able to run as a midfielder and prior to Christmas Taylor was embarrassingly poor.
Full credit to the kid for working hard to close the gap and now a well deserved debut.
Note we debuted Soligo straight away - suspect his work ethic was many times greater than Zac’s
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Loved what have seen from Zac from his first season in the SANFL. Just looked an AFL footballer.
Taken a while to get here, but must stay in the side.
Smart decision maker, with composure, and exceptional skills.
The complete Anti-Murphy/McHenry.
We are instantly a better side with Taylor and Dowling in place of M&M.
How Cook got subbed off instead of Murphy I will never know.
Taken a while to get here, but must stay in the side.
Smart decision maker, with composure, and exceptional skills.
The complete Anti-Murphy/McHenry.
We are instantly a better side with Taylor and Dowling in place of M&M.
How Cook got subbed off instead of Murphy I will never know.
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Why he’s called milk! (Gotta go sideways to the second video)
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I recall Bigman reporting a story where Rachele, after finishing his run, ran back to encourage Zac through his finishing burst. It was mentioned a number of times how poor his running was
However it was also mentioned after Christmas he had clearly improved in this area
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Yep, a theme of big man's preseason reports was that Taylor had gone from an obvious outlier in the running drills to being in the pack.
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Did acknowledge in a post or pre-game interview that he probably was not up to speed when he was drafted in terms of his running ability and gym work. Some post-game photos confirm he could probably do with a stint in the weights room, and I believe from preseason reports he was still behind on his running? Or was he more or less up to speed?
He has all the natural talent there, but I think he's starting to develop a maturity between the ears (something he's mentioned he also has struggled with in interviews). There's a reason he dropped so far to us in the draft after looming as a pick in the 20's
Is it too much of an early crow to say he’ll be just as good as Soli? Looked absolutely all class
8 clearances from 18 touches in your first full game is absurd
8 clearances from 18 touches in your first full game is absurd
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Looks a natural in traffic/stoppages
Taylor is very composed in traffic. Looks great. This is why the club rated him so highly. Not a bad draft haul in 2021. To bad he had injury issues. Could have had another 30 games under his belt.
They play a very similar game, enjoyed seeing what he could do last night and there's always room for more talent like Soli
I'm not going to defend the selectors but he's spent a lot of that time injured hasn't he?
