AFL Player # 4: Kyle Langford - AA squad, Leading Goalkicker, McKracken Medal, 2nd in Crichton 🥈

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Restricted Free Agent 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 8, boncer34

 

[TheDinosaur]

Will look ace in a suns jumper.


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[ILikeCheese]

Not a killer. Passive. Passenger.

Please trade and recruit a killer.

Sier? Doesn’t have Langford’s skills but thrives in the contest. We need some mongrel in this team

 

[Runk]

I really hate this Longfark bloke. A lot.

 

[RearNaked]

Bring back Myers

 

[Bombermania]

Permanent full forward never to leave the forward fifty.

 

[Cup_o_Jobe]

Begley put in a very solid "Langford's role, but not s**t" audition in the twos, just quietly.

 

[CBombers17]

Given our injuries and dearth of inside mids Kyle needs to play on despite that being hard to watch at times.

AFL qualities - VFL output.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

At what point after 5 years and 60 games do we cut our losses with this bloke? Fumbles under pressure and plays like he's made of glass, even though he could easily kick my arse. His i50 disposal is fantastic but he never finds himself in positions where he can capitalise on it.

 

[JayJ20]

Given our injuries and dearth of inside mids Kyle needs to play on despite that being hard to watch at times.

AFL qualities - VFL output.

There's literally no point. He needs to have a hard think about what he wants to do in the off-season. I'd rather Myers in at this stage.

 

[boncer34]

Do you reckon he looked like he was close to turning the corner because far out he must have been bloody close last year?

This year has been a disappointing year for him and I don't think anyone can really argue against that.

Not really. I said last year he was nowhere near getting enough touches to be a mid.

If he'd turned the corner his numbers would've been much higher.

 

[DERO]

Not really. I said last year he was nowhere near getting enough touches to be a mid.

If he'd turned the corner his numbers would've been much higher.

It wasn't just the number of disposals, it was the quality of his skills and the way he was finding the ball and his delivery into the forward line etc. He looked more assured and at times his delivery to our forwards was sublime. He certainly looked a whole lot more comfortable than he does now. I'm definitely in the "thought he was turning the corner crew". Interestingly, I just compared his years and they are very similar statistically with only his his tackles being down (but significantly down). I certainly agree with you that he is not good enough at the moment.

 

[boncer34]

Yes I know DERO Kyle didn't need to get any more touches, his disposal was magnificent etc.

Heard it all last pre-season.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

(The year is 2024)

Some people forget he’s only 27

 

[number 75]

Here's the thing with Langford....he does something like his pack mark in the 1st quarter that makes you think this could be his breakout game.
He then proceeds to fumble , get caught , go missing and make poor decisions for the entire game.
We all want him to succeed but as has been previously stated he's had more than enough time now.
One thing in his defence is he is NOT a midfielder, stop trying to turn him into Jobe, he does not have the physicality to be that inside mid or the tank.
I would play him in the role that Laverde was playing deep forward where he can utilise the only things he has going for him which is his overhead marking and kicking for goal ?.

 

[srobbo]

Pathetic yesterday.

His ability to tense himself & stand up in the contest is amateurish. Flopped & floundered all day & was torched by their mids.

Just don’t think he makes it to the level we all hope.

 

[Bomberview]

Mate he played in the midfield at best and I mean at best 15 minutes. Have a look. Was in the fwd line and was ignored and ignored as was Tippa by pathetic long floating balls. Langers still had the 4th most contested possessions, so what where the other mids doing including DClarke who had 2 contested and awful disposal. Zaka no impact Shiel looks great running and bouncing for what benefit.

 

[JayJ20]

Mate he played in the midfield at best and I mean at best 15 minutes. Have a look. Was in the fwd line and was ignored and ignored as was Tippa by pathetic long floating balls. Langers still had the 4th most contested possessions, so what where the other mids doing including DClarke who had 2 contested and awful disposal. Zaka no impact Shiel looks great running and bouncing for what benefit.

He certainly wasn't alone, but the others have some credit. He hasn't showed any sort of consistency to be competitive at the top level. He fumbles under even the tiniest bit of pressure (sometimes even under no pressure), goes to ground easily, turns the ball over, drops marks, is pushed out of contests too easily and doesn't stick tackles. He really needs a long spell in the twos to get some hunger and competitiveness in his game.

Otherwise, he won't make it as an AFL player.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Funny how people are are only starting to realise he's no good now.

Bloke is one of the softest players Iv'e ever seen put an Essendon jumper de-list or trade please.

 

[Bomberview]

How many games did you play champ

 

[mike14]

How many games did you play champ

If the criteria is that we have to have played at AFL level to comment on players this is going to be a very quiet message board....

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

How many games did you play champ

So i need to have played at AFL level to make comments on players yep ok.

Give me Laverde over Langford any day.

 

[blitzer]

We definitely should be putting games into other kids ahead of Langford. His effort when defensively chasing is downright embarrassing. Often we have players come from behind and overtake him within the space of about 10 metres, even if they are like 5 metres behind him.

I'd put him back to VFL and tell him he needs to prove over the next few weeks that he can tackle and scrap and chase like a madman. Until he does, I wouldn't bring him back to the seniors.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

I'd put him back to VFL and tell him he needs to prove over the next few weeks that he can tackle and scrap and chase like a madman. Until he does, I wouldn't bring him back to the seniors.

This is probably the kind of philosophy that Richmond tell their players you can have all the skill in the world but if you don't tackle,scrap,chase like a mad man they will pick some one else who will.

 

[DERO]

This is probably the kind of philosophy that Richmond tell their players you can have all the skill in the world but if you don't tackle,scrap,chase like a mad man they will pick some one else who will.

Plus they have Dustin Martin.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I don’t even know what the appropriate criteria for marking Langford is.

What is he? Things never end well for players who don’t have a defined role / position.