Tommy stood up when we really needed him to. Good signs
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His disposal isn't elite and he has a tendency to crab sideways like a love child of Brett Peake and Clayton Hinkley, but when he does break the lines or provide a running option (see Pav's kick to him in the last) it's like a breath of fresh air to a side that can be pretty stodgy in its ball movement. And he is developing an aptitude to take contact and put his head over the ball, which is more than I expected of him.Can't argue with Danyle being poor on the big stage. But I guess my point is that IMO, Tommy was good yesterday, without being anything special. It just appears to me that we've come to expect him to be rubbish, so that when he plays an OK game, people get really excited. He did some good things yesterday but also coughed the ball up really easily on a few occasions and choked when the game was there to be won. And I don't think he was good last week - his disposal was atrocious. I'd rather we were getting games into played Weller, Langdon or Blakely.
Why ruin good vanilla ice cream with chocolate?Mr Vanilla may end up being choc chip
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/fremantle-youngsters-tom-sheridan-and-hayden-crozier-keen-to-stay-in-perth-20150724-gik3v0.htmlSomeone posted an article recently that said both Sheridan and Crozier were keen to stay in Perth. I think it also said Sheridan's manager has flown over so I reckon he'll sign up very soon.
Tommy stood up when we really needed him to. Good signs
Can't argue with Danyle being poor on the big stage. But I guess my point is that IMO, Tommy was good yesterday, without being anything special. It just appears to me that we've come to expect him to be rubbish, so that when he plays an OK game, people get really excited. He did some good things yesterday but also coughed the ball up really easily on a few occasions and choked when the game was there to be won. And I don't think he was good last week - his disposal was atrocious. I'd rather we were getting games into played Weller, Langdon or Blakely.
Unfortunately, not.
http://www.afl.com.au/video/smart-r...&eventType=Behind&seek=7116&videoQuality=high
Crozier, on the other hand...
http://www.afl.com.au/video/smart-r...04&eventType=Goal&seek=6479&videoQuality=high
im not sure he is mentally up to it. I'm willing to give him more time because of his running ability but some things he did during the game were concerning and suggested he may be mentally frail.
Yeah Ross don't play youth ay
definitely agree we can't drop them all but clearly some things to work on with tommy. i for one would love another hard running type like isacc smith @ hawks. sheridan is 30 games in now - the next 30 will be telling.Well if that's true he's hardly alone he is?
We have a few suspected marshmallows in the team - and there's nothing we can do about it, we can't drop them all.
We've just got to hope they can hold up - we only have to be the best team on the day, not the most consistent, or the most hardy.
22 is not particularly young, no. These guys were drafted 4 years ago.
Little tiring on here all the talk of Sheridan croz etc being youth. I think first to second maybe third year players are youth.
Tiring yes. The tiring part is the stupidity of the phrase "Ross Lyon doesn't play youth."
Wtf do you want? Play the shiny new because we haven't seen them make mistakes yet, because we haven't seen them? Of course a 22 year old is young. Ffs.
The phrase is true. Not counting Alex Pearce who we have been forced to play because of injuries to our 3 key defenders all at the same time, here's a list of all our national draftees full games:
Michael Apeness: 2
Everyone else: 0
The rest of them have only ever played as the sub, or in the game we tanked against St Kilda.
I want to see guys who are dominating in the WAFL get games over players who have proven over a very long period of time that they aren't good enough to play AFL. I'd like to see a selection policy that prefers skill over seniority.
No you don't. You want to see Fremantle lose so you can have a long farking whinge about it.
No you don't. You want to see Fremantle lose so you can have a long farking whinge about it.
The phrase is true. Not counting Alex Pearce who we have been forced to play because of injuries to our 3 key defenders all at the same time, here's a list of all our national draftees from the last 3 drafts full games:
Michael Apeness: 2
Everyone else: 0
.
Care to do the same analysis for Hawthorn?
Wasn't Dawson an emergency on the weekend whilst Alex Pearce played an entire game for Freo? Weren't Duffield and Mzungu playing Wafl whilst Sheridan and Crozier played for Freo? He plays the players he thinks will win him the game. Has nothing to do with how old they are.What's the point of that?
I am only proving that "Ross Lyon doesn't play youth" is true.
The people saying it's not true are just wrong as a point of fact.
As I said, if you want to make the argument that not playing youth is the key to success then feel free to make that argument. You might even convince me if your argument is good.
But stop attacking people for saying he doesn't play youth, because clearly he does not.
What's the point of that?
I am only proving that "Ross Lyon doesn't play youth" is true.
The people saying it's not true are just wrong as a point of fact.
As I said, if you want to make the argument that not playing youth is the key to success then feel free to make that argument. You might even convince me if your argument is good.
But stop attacking people for saying he doesn't play youth, because clearly he does not.