Recent content by BeornJ

We talking Jack Edwards?

Glad he has been omitted. Hopefully he'll pull his head in and start to repay the faith we've shown in him.

He will probably have an odd kicking action for the rest of his career. His goal should be to reduce the percentage of his miskicks.

I have noticed his unique kicking action more lately. Sometimes he sort of chips at the ball with his foot like he doing a golf shot. It works more often than not, but it is definitely unique and does lead to the odd clanger.

Reuben has gone under the radar a bit this season but has had a great block of games. He has been developing his outside game nicely and is involved in a lot more link up play. I have also been pleasantly surprised with his contested marking which is making him a viable option for defenders...

Now that could work!

Mate, Jack Edwards is no full forward. Come on, you know this. We are kidding ourselves if we think Jack Edwards will be our FF when we are next in the window.

Damn good game from Ginbey, developing his outside game really well.

What a great bloke.

Also, just to be clear, this resource is not my personal rating of players, it is simply organising data of 'player ratings' of eagles players after each round. According to AFL, this is how players get points towards their ratings: ' Which acts a player makes on the field contribute to his...

Sheppard used to be rated really lowly as well. The main reason is that it is hard to quantify 'shut-down' roles. Stats don't reflect taggers keeping oppo players to career low numbers, or defenders keeping their opponents quiet/goal-less.

Round Six Elite: 2 Above Average: 6 Average: 6 Below Average: 16 Notes: Sheed is ranked as below average but this is after 10 or so minutes of play, so Reid is the 28th ranked midfielder, and with an average ranking points of 14 he is nearly double the next best player of his year group...