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September...but in which year?
List Mgmt. Taylor Hunt delisted
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Not that quick, not that strong, disposal only okay, over rated as a tagger. I'm comfortable with this decision.
His claim to fame is 3 goals and 17 touches playing a tagging role on Mark Murphy who got 27 touches and a goal as well.
His claim to fame is 3 goals and 17 touches playing a tagging role on Mark Murphy who got 27 touches and a goal as well.
problem is we have 9 guys 29 and over + cowan, vardy, menzel and simpson
that's likely going to be 12 players we need to turnover in a few years
Hunt at his best was pretty good and injuries really hurt him this year.
Next year maybe he ends up being best 27 and with injuries he gets a few games, shows some form and then either becomes handy depth or gets picked up for pick 40 instead of nothing.
What are we going to do at the end of next year? hold onto old guys, pickup list cloggers or use picks 80+ when we should be offloading 7+ players
that's likely going to be 12 players we need to turnover in a few years
Hunt at his best was pretty good and injuries really hurt him this year.
Next year maybe he ends up being best 27 and with injuries he gets a few games, shows some form and then either becomes handy depth or gets picked up for pick 40 instead of nothing.
What are we going to do at the end of next year? hold onto old guys, pickup list cloggers or use picks 80+ when we should be offloading 7+ players
BlakeyNoFlakey
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Balme has stated categorically that Hunt is being delisted, so I don't understand why all this speculation about him playing at the Cats continues.
buh? he had five sub 10 disposal games (one subbed, one final) out of fifteen games. how is that not regular? four of those sub 10 disposal games came in his last six matches. I'll cop the total clangers business but i guess if you're only getting 8 disposals you're not going to make many clangers kicks total.
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2 of those games he was on for 7% and 20% of the game. He had 3 sub-10 games, and one of those was where he had to move on to the rampaging Harvey at 1/2 time when he already had 25 disposals, and successfully stopped him as a purely defensive tagger.
As I said, there's no point in keeping him if we're not going to play him, but it is neither necessary nor desirable to re-write history to justify the decision.
This is his season 2013: Taylor Hunt 2013 There is no re-writing needed. If you can't see his season degenerated badly into regular sub 10 disposal games then I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on what 'regular' means.
Not "out of the blocks", he isn't.
I would back any of the other three over the first 15 metres.
Vdubs
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Not in the reflex department, and Varcoe would have beaten him in that 09 GF sprint, no worries at all.
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The problem is we don't have any mid fielders or small to medium mids who can break through the lines by using their leg speed.
People have to remember that Chris Scott inherited all of the good work done by Mark Thompson-Brendan McCartney-Ken Hinkley-Brendan Sanderson. After the 2011 Grand Final, he installed some new assistant coaches and they have not done their job properly.
People have to remember that Chris Scott inherited all of the good work done by Mark Thompson-Brendan McCartney-Ken Hinkley-Brendan Sanderson. After the 2011 Grand Final, he installed some new assistant coaches and they have not done their job properly.
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We've persisted for too long as it is..
Had many disagreements on here with the 'but we need pace' people about this guy's ability. He's simply not up to it, never has been.
Hunt's been given a load of opportunities too in various roles. He looks lost on the ground so they try a run with role, can't do that either.
Cut him and move on.
Had many disagreements on here with the 'but we need pace' people about this guy's ability. He's simply not up to it, never has been.
Hunt's been given a load of opportunities too in various roles. He looks lost on the ground so they try a run with role, can't do that either.
Cut him and move on.
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You can't have a list of 46 world beaters.
SJ
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I've heard Josh Cowan has a lot of ability.
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I'm amazed at how often fans remark a player should stay or go without addressing the other side of the coin which is who replaces him.
In this case, pick 55 or 60 is speculative at best and I can't see how it can be expected to yield a better player than Hunt, as limited a player as he is. I would be happy if the marginal decision was Hunt or a pick up to 40. But beyond that it makes no sense to me.
In this case, pick 55 or 60 is speculative at best and I can't see how it can be expected to yield a better player than Hunt, as limited a player as he is. I would be happy if the marginal decision was Hunt or a pick up to 40. But beyond that it makes no sense to me.
SJ
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Exactly. Probably an 80% chance that whoever is picked up at pick 55/60 has a lower ceiling than Hunt, and at 18-years-old would be lucky to have half the capacity of him in the next year or two as well.
SJ
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I find it hard to believe a bloke who played 56 games in the seniors and 6 games in the reserves between the start of 2011 and the middle of this 2014 (in arguably better teams than we will have in 2015) is so far off the pace of best 22 next year.
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Thank god! I alluded to the same thing that both Brown and Hunt were worth more to us than what 2 x 60 odd picks would gain us next year in terms of senior depth and got smashed as having an opinion that was greater than that of the other 17 clubs recruiters.
Completely agree that they are better to us staying as depth for next year as opposed to what ever their picks might bring. Not saying that they are the future of the club by any means but for 2015 at least, at this point, run then around one more time.
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And of course you had this criticism during the Carlton game where he kicked 3 and tagged Murphy. Or The Hawks game where he ran with Mitchell and helped quieten him. I looked in the game day threads and couldn't see his potting as useless then.
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I actually thought he would have been suited to heading back down to the backline where he first broke into the team, plenty of room for him, Bews and Thurlow to rotate through the HBF/BP positions
I have no idea why they never put him back there as thats where we all first sort of saw him and thought he showed a bit, Guthrie will be a better midfielder so no harm in swapping them... and it creates versatility for the side... the swap can be made again mid game if something isn't quite working
I have no idea why they never put him back there as thats where we all first sort of saw him and thought he showed a bit, Guthrie will be a better midfielder so no harm in swapping them... and it creates versatility for the side... the swap can be made again mid game if something isn't quite working
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His game against Murphy is one of the more overhyped performances on this board Daz, Murphy still had almost 30 touches and kicked goals himself... he went well the other way against him but didn't quieten him as a great tagging performance should
