Player Watch Welcome to Richmond Maverick Weller

[Muddiemoose]

He was solid. No star, but did his job well. Cannot be unhappy we picked him up so far.

Will be interesting if he can still find a spot in the team once Caddy is fit and even if they want some more pace with Georgie

 

[Bojangles17]

15p at 93% few score involve , 3i50 1G
Good nights work for small forward he’s currently in George’s spot

 

[theyellowsash]

hes only a stop gap. people had a go at butler only doing stuff in junk time but so did weller. give me townsend as a pure forward instead.

 

[This Is Anfield]

Solid contribution and no side has 22 "stars".
If Mav Weller builds on that and is the 22nd ranked player in our side, we're in a good space.

 

[parmy2balmey]

i don’t like him

 

[mopsy]

imo just does not give us enough either as a fwd or a mid.

With Edwards, Lambert, Higgins, Butler who should be dropped atm, Rioli and even Castagna when he gets fit i just dont see a spot or role for him.
Id prefer his spot goes to a genuine mid who may become more prolific than him ie a junior like Ross.

 

[John of all Johns]

Thought when game was in balance in q4 he stepped up.
Don't forget he is coming from different team with different processes. Give him a bit of slack! Very serviceable last night

 

[parmy2balmey]

imo just does not give us enough either as a fwd or a mid.

With Edwards, Lambert, Higgins, Butler who should be dropped atm, Rioli and even Castagna when he gets fit i just dont see a spot or role for him.
Id prefer his spot goes to a genuine mid who may become more prolific than him ie a junior like Ross.

yes ross, stack etc. we have better options worth developing while caddy etc are out. weller is a clogger unfortunately

 

[Bojangles17]

lets be fair dinkum with the depth on our list with some qty in smalls the bar has been raised , George would have had 15p or more very few times last year so lets not re write history. stack and baker are chomping at the bit to get into the side butler and weller currently occupy those spots, the standard has risen on what we used to expect from george and butler. Higgo has shown what a talented all rounder can do , theres others looming that could possibly deliver the same

 

[nugget_12]

Geez people are hard to please, thought he was good last night after HT, scratchy to start with but once the game settled he stood up.

Will play better as the season goes on, only thing will be if he holds his spot when Cads or Castagna come back.
Thing is he has a few more weeks before that’s an issue to make his mark on that spot

 

[Sir_Loin]

yes ross, stack etc. we have better options worth developing while caddy etc are out. weller is a clogger unfortunately

He’s back up no doubt but I understand why they didn’t play stack. Ross is a mid so no spot for him yet.

More concerned with Butler and Rioli who did SFA last night. They need to get their mojo back soon. Ball came inside 50 enough for them both to have better nights than they had

 

[Del65166]

He’s back up no doubt but I understand why they didn’t play stack. Ross is a mid so no spot for him yet.

More concerned with Butler and Rioli who did SFA last night. They need to get their mojo back soon. Ball came inside 50 enough for them both to have better nights than they had

My first thoughts on Rioli was that he wasn't that good but watched a replay of Q1 and he was good. On Weller. I like him & we do have heaps of small fwds. And if Ross is playing well in the VFL. I wouldn't mind seeing him too. Lets see how the team goes over the next 3 weeks. Rance is an out, see what they do with Balta. Out of the fwd line? Leaving a spot for a small. George, or Baker? Or Rioli up fwd and Ross IN

 

[tugga]

Weller is a beast. Big bodied brute who will help our young smalls. I don't mind him.

 

[db26]

Upgrade on depth on Miles,Ellis and even Conca was never going to be a star.

 

[beema limapep]

i don’t like him

ploiz exploin

 

[CaptchaProofBot]

Weller is a beast. Big bodied brute who will help our young smalls. I don't mind him.

would like to see more than 2 tackles next to his name tho...

 

[tugga]

would like to see more than 2 tackles next to his name tho...

Lots of areas to improve upon for sure.

 

[Grockadoc]

hes only a stop gap. people had a go at butler only doing stuff in junk time but so did weller. give me townsend as a pure forward instead.

Towner did nothing at the VFL practice game. Pretty far down the pecking order.

 

[theyellowsash]

Lots of areas to improve upon for sure.

which begs the question of why did we recruit a 27 year old who has been booted from 2 bottom 4 sides and has lots of areas to improve on

 

[tugga]

Because we booted Miles and Ellis and needed a good hard body to replace them.
Miles and Ellis were not going to play a senior game this year.
Weller has a role to play.
He won't play every game, but he will offer something,

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Will be interesting if he can still find a spot in the team once Caddy is fit and even if they want some more pace with Georgie

Of course they will want more pace with Georgie!

 

[Infamy]

would like to see more than 2 tackles next to his name tho...

Its going to take more than one game to get the Gold Coast & StKilda out of him

 

[TigerImposter]

Biggest dud since Sziller. List clogger and a game thief. I can now see why the club website still had him in a Saints jumper for most of the Summer.
Xxxx him off ASAP.

 

[Hank Heavenly]

Playing on a wing, lining up on SideArse... whos getting leather poisoning... and his starting positions in 15m's away...

I don't even let U10's do that....

 

[Wacko23Jacko]

Biggest dud since Sziller. List clogger and a game thief. I can now see why the club website still had him in a Saints jumper for most of the Summer.
Xxxx him off ASAP.

I’m praying this is an over reaction and not a truth but it’s not looking great for Mav

He is on Ellis and co. Level. Should be plying his trade in VFL unless emergency situation requires his presence on field!!