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Player Watch #7: Ben Lennon

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if you watched his junior highlights , he should be producing what Jake stringer does, similar profile and traits,,,the Q is why isn't he , Id like to know the answer to this ,,,I bet if he was traded he would do what Justin Murphy did, play 200 games and star in a GF elsewhere
 
This Is Anfield said:
Can somebody answer this with facts and not guesswork.
Is he still working to attain AFL level fitness after his glandular fever?
Is the club looking after Ben's long term future by easing him back?
We worked hard to re-sign this bloke for a reason.
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dimma confused him when he switched him to defence
 

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Bojangles17 said:
if you watched his junior highlights , he should be producing what Jake stringer does, similar profile and traits,,,the Q is why isn't he , Id like to know the answer to this ,,,I bet if he was traded he would do what Justin Murphy did, play 200 games and star in a GF elsewhere
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Completely different traits, Stringer was an elite athlete who was considered in the top two before he did a knee. He absolutely dominated with raw aggression and explosiveness through both the midfield and as a key forward. Lennon on the other hand was a classy half forward who relied more on skill and nous than athletic attributes.
 
Spluff said:
Completely different traits, Stringer was an elite athlete who was considered in the top two before he did a knee. He absolutely dominated with raw aggression and explosiveness through both the midfield and as a key forward. Lennon on the other hand was a classy half forward who relied more on skill and nous than athletic attributes.
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Stringer didnt do a knee.
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Lennon is a good player. Just needs to be played forward pocket/half forward. Just will bob up in the right places for goals or goal assists. That's where he won AA in his TAC cup year and where he won his rising star nomination. Very strong overhead for his size too.
He needs to be played in the seniors in his correct spot.

Bloody hell, why can't anyone see that at the club? Why are they trying to make him something that he isn't?
 

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Ancient Tiger said:
Lennon is a good player. Just needs to be played forward pocket/half forward. Just will bob up in the right places for goals or goal assists. That's where he won AA in his TAC cup year and where he won his rising star nomination. Very strong overhead for his size too.
He needs to be played in the seniors in his correct spot.

Bloody hell, why can't anyone see that at the club? Why are they trying to make him something that he isn't?
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thread needs more dimma drones:cool::p;):'(
 
Ancient Tiger said:
Lennon is a good player. Just needs to be played forward pocket/half forward. Just will bob up in the right places for goals or goal assists. That's where he won AA in his TAC cup year and where he won his rising star nomination. Very strong overhead for his size too.
He needs to be played in the seniors in his correct spot.

Bloody hell, why can't anyone see that at the club? Why are they trying to make him something that he isn't?
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Hardly the first clever HF to go to HB. His kicking is an absolute weapon and his footy brain helps him intercept mark. Lacks the accountability right now.

I reckon the crows game across HB was his best game for the club, went back with the flight and the only player who could hit a target coming off HB and not just hit a target but open the game up.
 
Calcium Man said:
Hardly the first clever HF to go to HB. His kicking is an absolute weapon and his footy brain helps him intercept mark. Lacks the accountability right now.

I reckon the crows game across HB was his best game for the club, went back with the flight and the only player who could hit a target coming off HB and not just hit a target but open the game up.
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The point is it is not his best position, as has been shown over a long period. Can you remember his first kick in AFL? Can you remember his rising star nomination game last year against the saints?
How many half back flankers does a team need?
 
Didn't we fight to keep him in last years trade period?
What the **** for?

This stalling of our younger players development (for whatever reasons) is really starting to shit me.

We either have a bunch of kids who have shit application or we have a group of coaches who have no idea how to motivate and develop players with talent as teens.

Now which is it!!!! :mad:
 
Calcium Man said:
Hardly the first clever HF to go to HB. His kicking is an absolute weapon and his footy brain helps him intercept mark. Lacks the accountability right now.

I reckon the crows game across HB was his best game for the club, went back with the flight and the only player who could hit a target coming off HB and not just hit a target but open the game up.
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That is the problem with Dimma, the answer is always send him to half back to serve his apprenticeship. And then we end up with the stupid situation of Vlaustin who was a natural midfielder, now according to Dimma needing to be retrained in how to play in the middle. Well hey, if he served his apprenticeship in the middle he wouldn't need to be retrained.

Or if we are really obsessed with HBF's how about we actually draft one, rather than drafting forwards and mid fielders and trying to turn them into HBF's
 

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Ancient Tiger said:
The point is it is not his best position, as has been shown over a long period. Can you remember his first kick in AFL? Can you remember his rising star nomination game last year against the saints?
How many half back flankers does a team need?
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Well we need at least 2 and the better teams have 3 or 4, currently we have half of one in Houli.

Maveric said:
That is the problem with Dimma, the answer is always send him to half back to serve his apprenticeship. And then we end up with the stupid situation of Vlaustin who was a natural midfielder, now according to Dimma needing to be retrained in how to play in the middle. Well hey, if he served his apprenticeship in the middle he wouldn't need to be retrained.

Or if we are really obsessed with HBF's how about we actually draft one, rather than drafting forwards and mid fielders and trying to turn them into HBF's
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Vlastuin played all his final year in TAC across HBF and captained Metro from the HBF. ;)

The fact that Hardwick and his coaching staff are idiots and can't develop talent does not mean Lennon shouldn't be put on the HBF. Plenty of the best HBF are drafted as mids and half forwards as they have great football instincts and great kicking skills.
 
Calcium Man said:
Well we need at least 2 and the better teams have 3 or 4, currently we have half of one in Houli.



Vlastuin played all his final year in TAC across HBF and captained Metro from the HBF. ;)

The fact that Hardwick and his coaching staff are idiots and can't develop talent does not mean Lennon shouldn't be put on the HBF. Plenty of the best HBF are drafted as mids and half forwards as they have great football instincts and great kicking skills.
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They also have great tanks as a rule to give run off the backline. That is something Lennon never had although he's working on it.
 
Ancient Tiger said:
They also have great tanks as a rule to give run off the backline. That is something Lennon never had although he's working on it.
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True.

I don't disagree he is being stuffed around by the coaching staff. Settle him down in one position, whether forward or back, at AFL level (not VFL) and tell him to learn, not play him forward then back then forward in 1 game.
 
Dimma is obsessed with putting all our midfielders and attack HFF in defence. Ruins their development.

Exhibit A: Nick Vlaustin. Sticks him in the guts and what do you know, actually can play there. Who would have thought that?
 
I think with Hardwick it's a case of " when I was a young tacker I played there and look how I turned out ,if it was good enough for me it's good enough for you lot too " I honestly can't think of any other reason to take players and play in them out of the positions they were drafted in ,won all Australian honours in as juniors ...I'm sorry but this ,it's to teach them the defensive aspects of the game is , is rubbish ...all its doing is f@# king up there natural instincts
 

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