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We did too, I think the AFL team last year put me in a stasis and I didn't realise.Last year.
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We did too, I think the AFL team last year put me in a stasis and I didn't realise.Last year.
Who's to say he's not performing in the VFL though? We're pretty lousy judges when we don't know what the coaches have tasked them to do.Here's another scandalous thought.. most kids don't make it.
If you aren't performing in the VFL, chances are you won't make it either.
Who's to say he's not performing in the VFL though? We're pretty lousy judges when we don't know what the coaches have tasked them to do.
Coaches never task players with not tackling and not applying pressure, not getting a kick, and not using the ball effectively. So whatever they have tasked them with you can guarantee that if they aren't doing these basics of the game then they ARE not performing. These are the basic measures of a footballers contribution to a game and coaches ALWAYS focus primarily on them. AFL footy and coaching really has not changed into the mysterious rocket science some of you seem to think it is now.Who's to say he's not performing in the VFL though? We're pretty lousy judges when we don't know what the coaches have tasked them to do.
We did too, I think the AFL team last year put me in a stasis and I didn't realise.
Good size on himSeems like Goodyear has a quiet game every week![]()
Here's another scandalous thought.. most kids don't make it.
If you aren't performing in the VFL, chances are you won't make it either.
But to already be talking about a kid not making it after just over half a season is ridiculous.
That is classic White no matter his confidence level.Seems way down on confidence, in the last quarter he was one out in the goal with front position only to have the ball to bounce off his chest.
All we can do is form an opinion based on the information we have.
If the coaches are happy with him, that's great. Personally I don't see much.
A low production low skilled slim inside midfielder with great speed. meh.
Why is it "ridiculous" for a poster on a footy discussion forum to discuss whether or not he thinks a young draftee will make it?? .... and fyi we're well over half a season gone now now just to be a little bit factually correct.But to already be talking about a kid not making it after just over half a season is ridiculous.
Was interesting at Williamstown yesterday, there was a lot of media there, and they were all there for one man, Reid.Nice story in the Age today about Ben Reid.
Looks like he could be ready
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I'd play him in the seniors next week, ahead of Jessica White anyway, and tell him to play the same role he did yesterday, staying deep forward and leading out of the goal square. We literally have nothing to lose at this point by playing him.
Was interesting at Williamstown yesterday, there was a lot of media there, and they were all there for one man, Reid.
The channel 7 and channel 9 camera crews recorded their pieces before half time and pissed off home because it was too cold for them lol, lucky for them he didn't break down later on and they didn't miss a big story.
Strange game from Reid yesterday, it was like he was told not to extend himself at all early on, he stayed inside the forward zone for the whole game and never pushed hard up the ground like our AFL forwards do now leaving no one within 80 metres of the goal.
In the last quarter, after a talk with Ant Rocca and Bucks at 3/4 time, he raised his intensiity level and visibly increased his range of movement, getting more involved in the play then he had all day.
His highlight of the day was an intercept mark in the third term 60 metres out, he calmly lined the shot up and kicked it with the help of the wind of course;
I'd play him in the seniors next week, ahead of Jessica White anyway, and tell him to play the same role he did yesterday, staying deep forward and leading out of the goal square. We literally have nothing to lose at this point by playing him.
In the absence of ALL information, your opinion is pure speculation.
And who has zero information?
Thats why I, unlike you, refuse to prematurely write-off a kid in his first year.