why do we keep carrying all this dead weight? Time to spill the list.Yeah what a total loser, Still not as bad as that tall bloke who we keep playing for some reason, Gota be 3 meters tall and still can't mark lol tall loser.
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why do we keep carrying all this dead weight? Time to spill the list.Yeah what a total loser, Still not as bad as that tall bloke who we keep playing for some reason, Gota be 3 meters tall and still can't mark lol tall loser.
If Apeness knees are slowing his progress, looks like a forward/ruck will be a priority next draft.
The problem with the Talls is that most are academy players, but Hayden Mclean, and Callum Coleman Jones are worth keeping an eye on.
No one has implied he is a dud, literally not a single person on here.I might give Weller another season or two before deciding he's a dud like some seem to have.
Weller doesn't know how to read the play and therefore won't get in positions to get the ball.
I don't think he's going to amount to what we need
Good points, but Weller in my view doesn't get in good positions and doesn't demand the ball, you very rarely see him run past a player to receive the handball like the Hill boys and Pearce.
No one has implied he is a dud, literally not a single person on here.
I will agree with you when he reach 50 games like croz ,until then I give him benefits of doubt. You make sense most of time , here I kind of disagree.What exactly has Weller done that screams "star"?
He has the occasional good kick.
He doesn't get enough ball, doesn't position right. He's been moved to the back line for two reasons. One we don't have enough good kicks there. Two, like Crozier, he needs the ball coming at him...
People seem less certain on Langdon and Blakely, although both have had games at WAFL level and AFL where you know they're going to make it.
He seems to be uncertain with his decision making.
Case in point he ran hard to receive the ball running into the forward line in the week end, crossed the fifty and then tried to pass the ball and shanked it badly.
He's usually a reasonable kick...why wasn't that sailing over the umpire's hat?
He's not going to amount to what we need sounds a lot like calling him a dud. I understand that taken in context it could just mean he's not going to be a creative, running half back like JJ.I stand corrected. We criticized him, but in no way did we call him a dud.
See above, he's only showed a bit so far. Not enough to say he's going to be a star but has good pace and can be an excellent kick.Come at me E Shed
What exactly has Weller done that screams "star"?
He has the occasional good kick.
He doesn't get enough ball, doesn't position right. He's been moved to the back line for two reasons. One we don't have enough good kicks there. Two, like Crozier, he needs the ball coming at him...
People seem less certain on Langdon and Blakely, although both have had games at WAFL level and AFL where you know they're going to make it.
He seems to be uncertain with his decision making.
Case in point he ran hard to receive the ball running into the forward line in the week end, crossed the fifty and then tried to pass the ball and shanked it badly.
He's usually a reasonable kick...why wasn't that sailing over the umpire's hat?
Come at me E Shed
I have an issue sometimes with Ross trying to make a round player fit a square hole, Instead of playingDo we need Weller to be a massive ball winner for the moment? I'd rather have a half back that had 10 quality disposals than a guy that racked up 30 but sprayed them everywhere. He's still learning the new role and I'd say long term our strategy should be to get it into his hands when coming out of defence. But is he ready for that responsibility yet? I think the coaches also have to take some responsibility for poor decision making - players need simple rules so they can execute instinctively. Streaming inside 50 Weller should have a licence to take a shot - he clearly didn't have that on the weekend but it was only JLT.
And why is this Weller convo in this thread?
I'm all for drafting for positions as well but we have drafted plenty of half backs (look at our list, it's full of them) - which of them are a better option than Weller, Crozier or Sutty at the moment though (all of whom weren't drafted as half backs)? If they were better then we wouldn't be playing Weller at half back would we? Where would you play Weller if not at half back? Not as a forward because as per your point he wasn't drafted as that. Perhaps on a wing? And then whose spot there does he take, one of the Hills, Langdon, Tucker, DPearce? And then where do they go?I have an issue sometimes with Ross trying to make a round player fit a square hole, Instead of playing
their natural position, he has tried to manufacture someone.
In the modern game you need classy, assured, half backs, its the same at half forward, we need to draft
what we need, not convert midfielders to plug holes.
Blakely is playing in the forward line because at the moment he is not in our best inside mids. By doing that he develops other aspects of his game, and also gets to roll through the midfield when the established players take a rotation either of the field or to the forward line. Sure it is not his natural position but it is a far better way for him to develop than hanging around at Peel until Mundy retires. In fact when Mundy retires he would have already requested a trade and we would be on the look out for another inside mid to develop, but who won't be ready for 2-4 seasons.I have an issue sometimes with Ross trying to make a round player fit a square hole, Instead of playing
their natural position, he has tried to manufacture someone.
In the modern game you need classy, assured, half backs, its the same at half forward, we need to draft
what we need, not convert midfielders to plug holes.
Fyfe was drafted as a forward and became a midfielder. That seemed to work out ok
http://afldraftinfo.blogspot.com.au/2009/10/nat-fyfe-claremontwa-draft-profile.html