Player Watch Darcy Moore

[BillyElliott]

Were - yes, absolutely.

Recently, would surely be back in the pack though - Fly spoke of it as a current thing - as in still best or close to best defence. We currently, are not.

But given the outs we've had in our backline - largely Howe, lesser Big Bill, but also Maynard missed a few games too, it's like last year's forward line woes, and it becomes too hard to cover when one part of the ground is decimated with injuries.

And absolutely, the backline finds themselves under much more pressure when the midfield can't stop the ball coming back there in the first place! IQ has really stood up in recent weeks. He's just too little to have the impact of the talls.

Well he's not the type to dwell on the negatives or throw players under the bus. He knows we're better with Howe & Frampton in the team.

 

[Mostfamousclub_Pies]

He failed. The confirmation of that was when he led out at Marvel Stadium one time, and the ball went straight through his hands and hit him squarely in the face.

 

[Kappa]

Why does he randomly forget he can mark the football some games?

 

[sr36]

Why does he randomly forget he can mark the football some games?

It's not random. I'm not a fan of it, but against teams with dangerous small forwards they play it safer and smash it clear rather than risking soft drops to the small forwards.

 

[PieBeast]

It's not random. I'm not a fan of it, but against teams with dangerous small forwards they play it safer and smash it clear rather than risking soft drops to the small forwards.

AKA over the last couple of years Moore has lost confidence in his marking.

 

[Kappa]

It's not random. I'm not a fan of it, but against teams with dangerous small forwards they play it safer and smash it clear rather than risking soft drops to the small forwards.

So many premierships have been built off intercept marking in the backline... its bizarre he doesnt try to make balls when he has clear runs at them

 

[gouki88]

AKA over the last couple of years Moore has lost confidence in his marking.

Since when did AKA = something completely unrelated to another concept

 

[sr36]

So many premierships have been built off intercept marking in the backline... its bizarre he doesnt try to make balls when he has clear runs at them

I feel the same, but maybe if you crunch the numbers on goals from spilt marks it's the percentage play?

 

[Kappa]

I feel the same, but maybe if you crunch the numbers on goals from spilt marks it's the percentage play?

We brought in Frampton to play full forward in order to stop Harris Andrews intercept marking

 

[Kes1984]

Why does he randomly forget he can mark the football some games?

Seems a confidence thing to me - he lacks it without someone there to help cover him.

 

[Ugene41]

When is this guy going to actually stand up in defense and play a captains game?

It's quite damning that we still look to Pendles to lead and manage game situations.

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

It’s time for a change of leadership in this spot.

Everyone can see it.

 

[doofdoof]

Seems a confidence thing to me - he lacks it without someone there to help cover him.

Confidence, maybe?

It may simply be that he needs someone else (Murphy, Howe, Billy etc) to help him because he isn't that good without help.

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

He hasn’t been right since late 2023.

 

[gouki88]

He hasn’t been right since late 2023.

This isn’t right. He had a brilliant long stretch this year, but he seems to have derailed himself with our outs

 

[ANewDawn]

Certainly time he relinquished the captaincy. Just us not good enough or consistent enough to lead and inspire the team.

 

[Scud2]

There are times where he is unplayable

 

[Do_Beta_Rapport]

The gap between his best and worst is extraordinary. Almost hard to believe.

 

[Masked Magician]

Maynard has to be made captain for 2026

 

[Kappa]

When your captain panics and can’t mark the football it’s hard to demand others to do better.

 

[Doc1763]

When your captain panics and can’t mark the football it’s hard to demand others to do better.

we need a captain that can take hold of a game and drag the team along with them. Moore aint that player.

 

[lenny20]

He's lost confidence in his hands, he's seeing them like Chris Dawes right now.

But the double fist is no good because our midfield is getting killed in transition, so we're always outnumbered at the fall of the ball.

I'd honestly tell him he's not allowed to go the fist, and just cop the goals we'll leak from the drops. Because we're leaking them from the fists anyway, but one of the few times we look like scoring is when Darce intercepts and rebounds quickly.

That being said - I'd be playing him forward, because he hasn't been a difference maker down back since '23. And our crop of 192cm "key" forwards isn't bringing the ball to ground at all.

(I know we're never moving him forward. I'm resigned to this.)

 

[Scud2]

He legitimately comes across as a wonderful human being that you love to represent your club.
But so many times that is not what you need on the field.

 

[ksardog]

thought he was going to be a superstar early doors

now he is relying on others to be a good player
Murphy and Howe made him an AA, without either of them we get what we get, cant defend one on one

 

[bucksisbest]

Maynard has to be made captain for 2026

It has to be a consideration.

It becomes difficult when your captain has been made to look so vulnerable at times over the past 2 years.

To be fair he has been alot better than last year. But it's not just him flapping like a seagull after someone once the system breaks down, it's also the bone headed, momentum sapping stuff ala the tap to Watson for the hawks first goal tonight.

Nick is not hard nosed enough yet for mine and can be passive and a bit insular in his body language at times (i also think the grimacing and flexing body parts when things aren't going his way is there a bit too often.)

Maynard worries me as I'm not convinced on his maturity, but he would be where I'd go if you had to.