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My only 'negative' suggestion is that I'd like him to be hitting the scoreboard a little more often than he does.
He does a lot of things quite well but I don't feel like he's enough of a goal threat.
Yeah that would certainly help. His set shot accuracy in front of goal has been a bit disappointing. Plenty of time to correct that though.I see your point, but I reckon the better point is that he probably hasn't converted as well as he should have.
He's had 14 scoring shots in a touch over 5 games. That's not bad for a 19 year old in his second year, who happens to be playing as a 3rd tall in the worst forward line in the competition.
Had he converted more opportunities - say kicked 10 goals 4 behinds, rather than 6 goals 8 behinds - it'd look a lot better, wouldn't it?
He wasn't helped by his role on the weekend before he went off, either. Too often he was the #1 target which isn't his go, at least not this early in his career.
He will kick more goals when his tank is better and is able to recover more quickly. Rarely missed in the U18 Champs. Great kicking action.Yeah that would certainly help. His set shot accuracy in front of goal has been a bit disappointing. Plenty of time to correct that though.
It'll help him a bit more when big H is in the side as well I think.
I am not sure Jack is as confident kicking at goal this year as he was last year. Last year (and as an U18) he rarely missed, but he generally didn't try for goal if he was 50 m out. This year he has tried to kick it a bit further, and has not been as accurate. In fact, in the first few weeks he really had the yips. After snapping a few and kicking a few from 35 - 40 m, he appears to be getting his confidence back.I think we've kicked 63 goals in 7 games. Jack has kicked 6. About 10% of goals. We have a forward line that needs to kick more goals. Jack is a team player and often looks to assist. I'll give him a tick if he can get to 20 goals this season with his team first attitude.
Fatigue is definitely a factor, but I don't think it is the defining one. With more experience he will make better judgements as to what option to choose, and he will have the self belief to move the ball on that little more quickly. There isn't much between success and failure sometimes and Jack hasn't missed by much with his choices. In years to come the risk will come off more often and he will look like a genius. For that matter, training his reflexes won't hurt either. It didn't hurt Diesel Williams back in the day.Could be his workrate is higher this year, by design as a 2nd year player, and fatigue is as much to blame.
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He has kicked 11.14 this season, which is disappointing, but the positive is that means he is having a couple of shots on goal each week. Another couple of pre-seasons & that should increase to 3-4 shots a week & with a bit of focus on improving his accuracy could translate into 40+ goals per season.I am not sure Jack is as confident kicking at goal this year as he was last year. Last year (and as an U18) he rarely missed, but he generally didn't try for goal if he was 50 m out. This year he has tried to kick it a bit further, and has not been as accurate. In fact, in the first few weeks he really had the yips. After snapping a few and kicking a few from 35 - 40 m, he appears to be getting his confidence back.
But even last year, when his goal kicking was very good, he would look to pass the ball off (and usually did it pretty well). This year he has managed some terrible blunders trying to move the ball on. But I cannot and will not blame him for trying to bring his team mates into the play. I will say that he does have to do things that little more quickly sometimes, and make sure his handballs or kicks hit the target.
He was excellent in the first half. Close to our best player.The lad has come of age. Smart footballer, always busts a gut, can do some freakish things but he is a lot stronger now and really ready to cement his spot. Has copped heaps but deserves some love after today.