Player Watch Pick #15 (2024) - Joe Berry

[Handyandy]

it would have been nice to get a player like wines or wingard who could contribute day one. The supporters need some joy & berry was given time but boy oh boy he was invisible

 

[Handyandy]

In his defence I notice the crows great white hope can’t even crack a game in a very average midfield

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The thing is, Joe Berry in a half decent side would kick 3 or 4 goals against us. He would be the next Paul Chapman

Paul Chapman

Age

44

Ht

179cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

6.9

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

3.5

5star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

2.6

3star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.2

3star

at Geelong.

 

[Chewy316]

The thing is, Joe Berry in a half decent side would kick 3 or 4 goals against us. He would be the next Paul Chapman at Geelong.

Yep - around a month or so ago when I brought Berry up to someone with a strong knowledge of the game, they retorted that no 18 year old high half forward is going to play well when they are getting smashed as a collective at stoppage.

He's got talent but is going to be a major work in progress. I would have preferred a more immediate contributor, but to be writing the kid off this early is just absurd.

 

[240volt]

The thing is, Joe Berry in a half decent side would kick 3 or 4 goals against us. He would be the next Paul Chapman at Geelong.

The way we are playing I’d fancy you to kick 3 or 4 goals against us.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

The way we are playing I’d fancy you to kick 3 or 4 goals against us.

I would just wait in the goalsquare for the turnover. My GPS figures would be static

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Not saying Berry won’t become a good player but Reid was rated as a likely top 5 for half the year and slid. He was the obvious choice.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Yep - around a month or so ago when I brought Berry up to someone with a strong knowledge of the game, they retorted that no 18 year old high half forward is going to play well when they are getting smashed as a collective at stoppage.

He's got talent but is going to be a major work in progress. I would have preferred a more immediate contributor, but to be writing the kid off this early is just absurd.

Reid in a bad midfield and forward line meanwhile

Not that it matters as supposedly Reid wasn't even our second choice.

 

[Chewy316]

Reid in a bad midfield and forward line meanwhile

Not that it matters as supposedly Reid wasn't even our second choice.

Would have been Whitlock if Berry was gone.

 

[240volt]

Would have been Whitlock if Berry was gone.

What one?

 

[Chewy316]

What one?

Jack.

 

[Handyandy]

I would only pick good lloking players with high draft picks
At least if we lose we look good
The year we picked up wingard my wife & lots of her Chinese friends suddenly became interested in footy

 

[all seeing eye]

When Reid inevitably returns back to victoria, then it wont seem so bad. Smacks of vic metro kid who wont be playing long in the provinces.

 

[papahuggey]

When Reid inevitably returns back to victoria, then it wont seem so bad. Smacks of vic metro kid who wont be playing long in the provinces.

Based on what?

 

[Handyandy]

Thing with berry is I haven’t seen a single thing he does well

Let me check that
Not one thing he has done to the bare minimum average level

 

[240volt]

When Reid inevitably returns back to victoria, then it wont seem so bad. Smacks of vic metro kid who wont be playing long in the provinces.

I can see Berry ending back in Victoria one day.

 

[Addy23]

Nah right call to take Joe Berry over Murphy Reid….

I still remember my outrage on this forum and Twitter than we didn't take Reid. At our first pick it was either Reid or Shanahan for me. My blood boils every time I think about it.

Still fingers crossed Berry comes good

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

It’s that he is a pure inside midfielder. Question marks on skills and athleticism but it’s his ability to do anything outside the contest which is the issue. There just isn’t much space for guys that are only inside, certainly not more than one in a team. And these players can be found later in the draft - Durham, Worpel, Newcombe, Worpel.

Do you use an early pick on a solid player that can only do one thing and you can find similiar players later in the draft when you could pick a tall or classy mid instead?

I wouldn't mind Sharp. Surely he still has better foot skills and speed than Wines. Need mids that can dish out the ball and win the contested possession. Port just seems to get belted there week in, week out.

 

[240volt]

I still remember my outrage on this forum and Twitter than we didn't take Reid. At our first pick it was either Reid or Shanahan for me. My blood boils every time I think about it.

Still fingers crossed Berry comes good

Most of the Port board thought the same.
That’s all she wrote I guess.

 

[all seeing eye]

I can see Berry ending back in Victoria one day.

When hes delisted.

 

[Addy23]

When hes delisted.

Gee you guys are so negative. He wasn't my first pick either but it's absolute nonsense to say this guy will be delisted based on half a season

 

[240volt]

Gee you guys are so negative. He wasn't my first pick either but it's absolute nonsense to say this guy will be delisted based on half a season

I just have a gut feeling if he doesn’t make it as a regular player for Port he’ll end up wanting back to Victoria.
I’m not saying he won’t make it but can’t see this working out if he’s in and out of the side.

 

[Addy23]

I just have a gut feeling if he doesn’t make it as a regular player for Port he’ll end up wanting back to Victoria.
I’m not saying he won’t make it but can’t see this working out if he’s in and out of the side.

Yeah but it's half a season, in a terribly clueless side that's just going through the motions before they start a new journey. It can all change very quickly

 

[rignanv]

Not saying Berry won’t become a good player but Reid was rated as a likely top 5 for half the year and slid. He was the obvious choice.

My thoughts exactly

 

[RossFC]

His main attribute is when he’s got the ball he can zip past a few players on the wing. Just tap into that more often.