Traded #27: Jonathan Giles - Traded to The West Coast with pick 62 for pick 57
- Thread starter VelvetSledge
- Start date
- Tagged users None
yaco55
Hall of Famer
An average game - Lost against Campbell who is still finding his way.
Want to see Giles and McKernan in the same team. At least there weren't any stupid ruck infringements this week.
Didn't give away 6 free kicks, that's a win in my book.
Didn't watch the rest of the game as you know but I thought he did ok from what I saw at least he wasn't getting pushed around was making a contest happy to give him a few more games.
LocalBomber
Team Captain
Hardly even noticed him yesterday.
Kept thinking, now I know why he hasn't been picked prior to yesterday.
Taps were ineffective, couldn't mark, and really wasn't running that much either from what I could see.
Kept thinking, now I know why he hasn't been picked prior to yesterday.
Taps were ineffective, couldn't mark, and really wasn't running that much either from what I could see.
Yet based on a more quantifiable analysis - at least compared to 'was blowing hard' - it turns out he was one of our better performers and shaded his direct opponent. How many times has than happened this year?
Don't give a stuff what the 'player ratings' say. He is clearly struggling for fitness and it's r18. What would his fitness have looked like earlier in the year?
- Jan 10, 2015
- 4,442
- 2,308
- AFL Club
- Essendon
He played consistently OK against Dogs. He hit ball directly to Heppell time an time again in centre square and they were unable to do anything with it.
He had a few minutes in 3rd quarter where his tap outs were misdirected but apart from that, it was a good display.
He gave away considerably fewer frees than McKernan.
Speaking of fitness, McKernan gets completely stuffed in the last half. Hard having to jump all game when he is 10cm shorter than his opponent.
And when Daniher goes into the ruck he is completely stuffed when he returns to the forward line and stops leading.
yaco55
Hall of Famer
Of course he gave away less free kicks. Giles was against a VFL ruck and we didn't have a repeat of that crazy week of numerous ruck frees.
Lord Nicholson
El Supremo
- May 30, 2011
- 13,891
- 19,885
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle
Gee whiz, glad we've kept this guy off the deck for as long as possible.
He played well again today against his old side, this is why we recruited him. 
Edit: I should add he will never be a good number 1 ruckmen against the best in the league. But as a depth guy he is fantastic to have.
Edit: I should add he will never be a good number 1 ruckmen against the best in the league. But as a depth guy he is fantastic to have.
Last edited:
Hopefully he can finish the last 4 games strong and have a massive pre season.
Clearance work stood out today. Really showed a desire to compete. Beaten in the air but on the ground he was much more effective than his opponents.
Very good today.
Clearly the best ruck on our list
Clearly the best ruck on our list
- Jul 20, 2013
- 13,042
- 8,824
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- LIVERPOOL, Sydney FC, Nottm Forest
Just need to bring McKernan back in to give him a chop out every now and then and we have a serviceable ruck combination.
yaco55
Hall of Famer
Lets put into perspective - Very much against VFL standard rucks the last 2 weeks - He will have more of a challenge next week against Jacobs.
If it gets his confidence up I couldn't care less.
- Jul 5, 2014
- 10,757
- 12,000
- AFL Club
- Essendon
loved the bit when he roved the gws tap and pounded it inside 50
Lord Nicholson
El Supremo
- May 30, 2011
- 13,891
- 19,885
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle
Suspect that he could've cured cancer live from Sydney Showgrounds today and it wouldn't be good enough for those trying to justify one the key selection snafus of the year.
Giles was up against Andrew Phillips and Rory Lobb and was beaten in the ruck losing the hitouts. Sure he got some ineffective clearances but his marking was poor as were his hitouts. His game was overrated given the opposition he faced. You'd expect more from a guy with his experience versus kid ruckmen.
Similar threads
