AFL Player 27: Mason Redman 🐕 - Goes whack

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent 2028
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 24, ghostdog

 

[ghostdog]

Langford was a bust on the inside. He's been pretty good on the outside this year although we only have 2 pre season games and round 1 to go off. HFF/Wing is a good area for Langford to work in. Redman plays on half the wing from HBF anyway, he just doesn't start centre bounces on the side of the square. I think the people wanting for him to be looked at in the midfield were thinking inside, possibly becoming a Yeo type.

Yeah I'm not thinking inside, so to speak (!) One thing at-a-time.
As for the way the role is conceived when the game is in play, I see your point. I wouldn't be averse to him playing as a pure wing though. I think he's tough enough and smart enough to find his way outside a stoppage, he has the stamina to support forwards and backs and to link up the play, and the accuracy by foot to be a weapon that carves up the opposition.

 

[Lore]

He apparently trained on Sunday by himself, rather than Saturday with the group, and is supposed to be available against Sydney.

We haven't heard what exactly is supposed to be sore yet, have we? Just a theory, but I wonder if he's got a sore throat or something and has to pass a couple of coronavirus tests before he can train with the rest of the group.

 

[Beerfish]

He apparently trained on Sunday by himself, rather than Saturday with the group, and is supposed to be available against Sydney.

We haven't heard what exactly is supposed to be sore yet, have we? Just a theory, but I wonder if he's got a sore throat or something and has to pass a couple of coronavirus tests before he can train with the rest of the group.

Reckon you might be onto something there. It's bloody weird otherwise given he's allegedly going to be available.

 

[Mr Bultitude]

He apparently trained on Sunday by himself, rather than Saturday with the group, and is supposed to be available against Sydney.

We haven't heard what exactly is supposed to be sore yet, have we? Just a theory, but I wonder if he's got a sore throat or something and has to pass a couple of coronavirus tests before he can train with the rest of the group.

That makes too much sense. Sack Crow.

 

[EnolaGay]

Yeah, said 'general soreness' which may mean some aches from the flu (normal).

 

[rumply]

should be fine

 

[eth-dog]

I love this guy. His ability to take a small forward and still rebound effectively is so useful with a medium cohort of Francis, Gleeson and Ridley.

 

[Lore]

I'd completely forgotten he was a forward when we drafted him.

Redman is a classy medium forward with pace, skills and bounce. His ability overhead and smarts around goal make him a dangerous forward. Redman has a mix of traits that will see him play all over the ground, and he can win his own ball but also deliver it well. He will continue to develop his frame, but is seen as one of South Australia's most exciting players and one who is likely to be taken in the second round of the draft.

Twomey draft profile ^

 

[ghostdog]

Redman on ball in the scratchie and found a bit of it. Tudor said he should have grown in confidence from it. Maybe midfield time in future.

 

[fairbump_playon]

great moment in the scratchie highlights where he duffs a kick inside 50 and next thing he has absolutely BURIED the poor north defender who intercepted the ground ball.

gotta love those who make a mistake and then want to make up for it. townsend is another.

this passage of play kind of sums up mason at this point...disposal just a bit suss, but intensity very high

 

[ghostdog]

I'd completely forgotten he was a forward when we drafted him.

Redman is a classy medium forward with pace, skills and bounce. His ability overhead and smarts around goal make him a dangerous forward. Redman has a mix of traits that will see him play all over the ground, and he can win his own ball but also deliver it well. He will continue to develop his frame, but is seen as one of South Australia's most exciting players and one who is likely to be taken in the second round of the draft.

Twomey draft profile ^

"...can win his own ball but also deliver it well." I reckon we're moving towards competition for wing roles between Cutler, Redman, Ham and Langford.

 

[Ambrosia]

"...can win his own ball but also deliver it well." I reckon we're moving towards competition for wing roles between Cutler, Redman, Ham and Langford.

Given we’ve been setting up with a skinny wingman and an outside wingman I wonder which role they have in mind for Redman.

 

[ghostdog]

Given we’ve been setting up with a skinny wingman and an outside wingman I wonder which role they have in mind for Redman.

I'm looking forward to it. Allows us to keep Gleeson and Francis. If Langford is given a high half forward role, that could allow Redman to roll back on the same wing to play behind the ball and deliver forward to Langford and others thereabouts. Means he can still play a defensive roll and help out down back but push forward as well. His creativity and delivery i50 will be valuable.

Really need to get games into BZT though.

 

[SydneyBomber]

Spanked by a first gamer...

 

[qwertyboy]

Spanked by a first gamer...

Gotten a bath one whoever he has played on tonight plus his decision making and kicking is atrocious. Complete 180 on last year going by his last 3 games

 

[Ambrosia]

What happened. Is genuinely hopeless

 

[Donakebab]

Gone backwards at an alarming rate. Can't kick, can't defend and has lost his pace (or at least his will/ability to use it). Gleeson has to come back in.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Confidence is shot or something...

 

[Howard Moon]

Normally when a player drops standard so drastically you'd assume there's an Injury at play but if you look a bit deeper we seem to have a few (Raz, mason, zaka, dev ect) who have done similar...perhaps it's more system related?

 

[Legend Lucas]

Is miles away from it. No zip weak at the contest. Is looking horrible. Fantasia in same boat is miles away from the footballer he was. Fumbles everything can’t tackle

 

[creepyguy23]

I reckon the coaches shot his confidence after dropping him couple of weeks ago. They didn't need to do that. He seems like the sort of player that just needs to keep playing consistent games. I reckon he'll be okay after a couple of consecutive games

 

[eth-dog]

I reckon the coaches shot his confidence after dropping him couple of weeks ago. They didn't need to do that. He seems like the sort of player that just needs to keep playing consistent games. I reckon he'll be okay after a couple of consecutive games

You mean the game after his man kicked 3 on him?

 

[andleanback]

Doesnt look fit to me, well off the pace. I know he didnt do a lot of main group training before our first game back and its really showing. Usually he's so tough in the contest, has to find something and quickly.

 

[BrunoV]

Christ, who is that player in the #27 and what has he done with Mason Redman?!

Has to be something physical. Neither he nor McKenna should have been out there tonight but I suppose there was nothing left in reserve.

 

[yaco55]

Has always been the weakest one-on-one defender in the defence, so teams exploit this by dragging him back closer to the goal-square - He is better suited on a wing.