Shannon Grant

[Darky]

Player for the day is Shannon Grant.

Thoughts please...

[bob]

Shannon Grant is probably the most skillful mid sized player we have got. Not very quick, but works hard to get to a contest or foward of the ball. Excellent kick and reader of the play.

Tends to be put out of a game by opposition players who apply pressure. I would like to see him running of the half back line.

[Rooboy 96]

Many know that he is one of my favorite players... he appears slow... but has the skills to overcome this deficiency...

When Shannon play well so do we as a team... I personally think that Shannon is the second most important player in our team... and that is probably why we as a team mirror Shannon as a player... just look at the results from last year... and the past two Grand Finals we have played in...

The one part of the game that I could see him improve would be on Saturday to break Barry Hall's (payback for Sam) cheek-bone and show the football world his is sick of having sand kicked in his face.

I want to see more of Shannon on a HFF and in the guts... not down the back...

[Shinboners]

Greg Williams, Peter Bell, and Joe Misiti...none of these players are particularly fast, but they get the job done. Shannon Grant can be the same. As Rooboy has said many times, he's lethal on the half forward flank, but I like the idea of getting more options in his game. I like to make jokes about Grant's inability to get the hard ball, BUT, if he were to position himself correctly around the packs and let the likes of Stevens and Simpson get the ball out to him, his delivery forward could give us the pinpoint accuracy needed to maximise Carey and Rocca's chances of getting the ball on the lead. Thus, getting the hard ball will be irrelevant in his role in the team.

[Carey_is_King]

Shannon !
Soft.
Slow.
Sloppy finisher.
Swap anyone ???


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Trample the Weak,
Hurdle the Dead.

[choppyhard]

He would be close the most accurate kick at goal from around 40 in the league. I was a bit dissapointed with his form last year as he had been very consistent until then. From what I remember he spent more time on the ball last year whereas in 99 he was much more in attack and his form mirrored this. With some new midfielders coming through hopefully he can spend more time on a half forward flank where he can kick 3 or 4 goals.

[Darky]

Shit I haven't chimed in on my own topic yet...

Grant seems to be a very hot and cold player, 4 goals one week, 4 kicks the next. Probably the most accurate kick for goal from medium range, good reader of play, good peripheral vision. With these qualities, I see him best used at half-forward, and occasionally thrown into the middle when team balance dictates it.
Despite a question over his pace, he is cool under pressure and manages to dispose of the ball fairly quickly and accurately.
General inconsistency aside, his otehr big flaw is a tendency to give away silly free kicks for minor things.

[Back Seat Of A Taxi]

Cannot play in the backline. Got no idea why Dennis plays him there!!!!!! Good HFF. http://www.bigfooty.com/ubb/eek.gif

[The invisible mullet]

Grant had a superb 1999 and should be poised to have a good year this year so long as he's aware that there's an axe over his head. Has the potential to be the best half forward flanker in the comp but he's got to want to be the best (and should want to silence the knockers again). He and Abraham have to stand up this year - if they do they should contribute 20-30 more goals (combined) than they did last year)