Recent content by Mismatched

I would argue that a hard running, goal kicking half forward who is also strong defensively is one of the hardest positions to fill and if Keays can produce to that level on a somewhat regular basis, then he’s probably more valuable there than as a midfielder, especially as Soligo, Berry...

35 touches(19 contested), 2 goals, 7 tackles, 10 clearances inc 4 centre clearances, 12 score involvements, 6i50s all at 80% DE… Cripps is no doubt very good, it was a tough ask, but Hately may as well have not been there, lets not pretend he did a reasonable job. Hopefully he learns from it...

Looked completely out of sorts in the preseason, devoid of confidence. We’re now seeing the benefits of recognizing such and giving him a few games to get his hands on the footy.

Agreed on Poulter, has a real POD in terms of both his size, athleticism and weapon of a left leg. Could genuinely fill that outside/in midfield role who could also roll through wing and half back. Agree that probably a Fogarty-Poulter trade probably makes reasonable sense at present, no doubt...

Not saying he's not a decent player, but what does he offer that we don't already have in absolute spades? Ultimately, there's a reason he can't get a game for North Melbourne. Draft for talent, trade for needs, he is not a need and would not come cheap.

Its interesting, many of the best KPF's do seem to be able to play well into their 30s, its not really anything new. Nick Riewoldt, Matthew Pavlich, Barry Hall all made it to 34. Wayne Carey was 33 and that was due to a freak neck injury, otherwise despite shot shoulders, he probably plays...

I think if McHenry's going to make it, it will be as that high half forward/extra midfielder whom similar to Tom Lynch, thrives off extreme work rate. Whilst Lynch was 191cm, he was neither a strong contested mark, nor was he quick. He just busted his gut and out ran, out presented his...

Yeah, I'm in a similar boat, for mine its the Brad Symes situation again. Footskills and pace of an inside midfielder, but ball finding ability and style of an outside midfielder. Will make a VERY good SANFL player, but struggle to cut through at AFL level. I hope he proves me wrong, but I...

Its not... 30% of not much is still not much... His improvement equated to an extra goal every 3-4 games which is SFA. A player who kicks 1 goal a year, improves to 2 goals a year sees a 100% increase, is that a significant improvement or just a s**t goal kicker? You can repeat it as much...

He went from 1.1 g/g (inc shortened games in 2020) to 1.4g/g in 2021, how is that a significant improvement? He averaged 8.1 touches a game last year, he averaged 8.3 in the games prior (again inc shorter games in 2020). He averaged 1.2 tackles a game last year, he averaged 1.8 prior to this...

Laird made the AA squad of 40 last year! Otherwise I mostly agree.

The troube with last years numbers are they're no better than what he was producing in his first/second season. There's been no development, no progression in his game. He's still reliant on marking on the leading and kicking accurately. Those numbers are fine if you're seeing improvement, but...

Yeah agreed, he's been quite happy to strut around seemingly confident that he's "good enough" and believing the hype too much. Ultimately has never worked hard enough to get involved in games, just expects things to happen. Confidence now seems shot as well, perhaps starting to realise that its...

Yeah, it’s not really much to write home about for a pick 2, especially when you consider what the more classic KPF who went a pick 4 from that draft is doing… That’s not to say our clubs doing any better from that draft btw…

How do you figure re McHenry? The draft really died in the pooper after pick 7, especially when you take out the academy players, and that’s especially so for our pick 16. Fair to say we were hard done by with our pick dropping back for compo picks and lack of access to the likes of Thomas...