AFL Player 20: Peter Wright - Club Leading Goalkicker!

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent (?) 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 21, TheGrizz

 

[andleanback]

Another dodo master class giving him a long term extension when it wasn’t required

 

[Zach Package]

Another dodo master class giving him a long term extension when it wasn’t required

Would you be delisting him?

 

[andleanback]

Would you be delisting him?

I wouldn’t have given him that extension when we did. I’d be looking to trade him this off season though. Collingwood might have a sniff if we push him in their direction.

 

[King Patty]

I wouldn’t have given him that extension when we did. I’d be looking to trade him this off season though. Collingwood might have a sniff if we push him in their direction.

If both Draper and Goldy go, you pretty much have to keep Wright.
Just make him ruck for the first 5 weeks until Bryan is back.

If Draper stays, then yeah, I would put him on the trading table and look at suitable offers. Better getting games into May.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Another dodo master class giving him a long term extension when it wasn’t required

we seemed to be in a big rush to put everyone who had one career season onto long term contracts at that point.

 

[andleanback]

we seemed to be in a big rush to put everyone who had one career season onto long term contracts at that point.

Yep instead of waiting for a few months to see if they can back up the form or go up a level.

 

[andleanback]

If both Draper and Goldy go, you pretty much have to keep Wright.
Just make him ruck for the first 5 weeks until Bryan is back.

If Draper stays, then yeah, I would put him on the trading table and look at suitable offers. Better getting games into May.

Bryan should be ready to go moreorless by round 1. If goldy goes which is likely, they’ll likely bring in another ruck. I’d be looking at Henry smith from Brisbane apart of the Ridley deal if they decide to trade him.

 

[eth-dog]

He's an AFL standard forward, trading him now would be very stupid.

 

[dank420_]

He’s just had the yips. I thought he did everything else pretty well.

 

[King Patty]

He's an AFL standard forward, trading him now would be very stupid.

If we keep Draper then Wright is likely playing VFL. If Draper is gone (likely), then we keep Wright.

hf: Martin Caddy Kako
f; El-Achkar Langford Draper/Wright

 

[bombersim]

Our delivery into the fwd 50 does our forwards no favours.

1. The speed we move the ball is a joke, and our forward more than others desperately need it in quick to be one on one - rather than three on one.

2. If the ball even gets there at all.

Our forwards have no physical strength, so they either need to move it quick or accept that they won’t score. And at that point, why bother?
That said, they move the ball slowly to protect the back line - i.e., defending with the ball - but even that is contrived and fake and doesn’t really work… it also makes the back line look like they had 1 million possessions and shot the lights out, rather than being very mediocre.

 

[bombersim]

All of that is noise.

The issues are

• the number of times Wright gets two hands on the ball and turfs it
• his lack of speed, agility and intent when we defend means he’s pretty much a witches hat and opposition get overlap immediately
• for a 200cm, 100kg guy he gets pushed off the line of the ball far too easily

Look, I agree he’s flawed, but I despair when I look at the rest of our list.
I think it would be pretty insane to move him on and instead play a series of VFL battlers who are just barely AFL standard - probably not even that.

I like watching blokes have a go, but geez they all look miles off it… and getting nowhere near it. It’s hard to see any of our pick ups this year (Mid-season draft) becoming anything other than spuds like Menzie.

Could be another 10 years in this rebuild- yikes. Time to beg, grovel and plead to Chris Scott to come over and offer him $3mil pers season.
(Tongue in cheek obviously but this problem doesn’t seem to have any solutions).

 

[Cold Sober]

I'd keep Wright longer than Scott.

 

[ant555]

Welcome to number one ruck R1-R5 Peter.

 

[Nifft]

Welcome to number one ruck R1-R5 Peter.

Scott likes to play 2 rucks, so possibly also Blakiston as second ruck?

 

[ant555]

Scott likes to play 2 rucks, so possibly also Blakiston as second ruck?

Probably. Maybe Vigo gets some early games.

 

[Lore]

 

[Yoda_]

Think this bloke is being unfairly maligned in a few threads.

No world beater but good enough on his day to dominate. An architype that you can slidly build a forward mix in with, think some often get confused the great forward groups as the norm not the standard.

 

[Vindicater]

Think this bloke is being unfairly maligned in a few threads.

No world beater but good enough on his day to dominate. An architype that you can slidly build a forward mix in with, think some often get confused the great forward groups as the norm not the standard.

Consistent effort and want to be physically imposing is my main gripe with Wright.

He has his games when he is on and that is great, but too often he does not impact enough contests and even worse, provides zero pressure afterwards.

I actually think he looks his best when he is forced to ruck full time. Let's him get on his bike and use his running power more and his direct matchup is another ruckman who is generally not used in link up play.

 

[Petrify]

He has his games when he is on and that is great, but too often he does not impact enough contests and even worse, provides zero pressure afterwards.

This is the main problem. He's way too easy to rebound off. Good clubs isolate his opponent & use him to exit D50

 

[eth-dog]

This is the main problem. He's way too easy to rebound off. Good clubs isolate his opponent & use him to exit D50

Good teams do the opposite. They crowd him to stop the mark and once it hits the ground they use their numbers.

Being a slow key forward that struggles to put pressure on is one of the most bizarre criticisms in the game. It's like criticising a winger for not averaging 5 clearances a game.

 

[Vindicater]

Good teams do the opposite. They crowd him to stop the mark and once it hits the ground they use their numbers.

Being a slow key forward that can't impact contests consistently that struggles to put pressure on is one of the most bizarre criticisms in the game. It's like criticising a winger for not averaging 5 clearances a game.

That is what he was saying. They know Wright is not going to take a pack mark so they make sure to get bodies to him and then use his direct opponent as a key part of the chain out.

the bolded part I added for context. Being a big slow key forward is okay if you crash the pack hard enough to cause mayhem. Wright doesnt. Just gets pushed off his line which means all the opponents stay on their feet as well.

 

[P Money]

Collingwood had success with Mason Cox

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Mason Cox

Age

34

Ht

211cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

, who essentially acted as a basketball backboard making sure the ball came to ground rather than being any sort of a forward threat himself. I would say Wright does better than Cox in pretty much every facet - is quicker (though certainly no Usain Bolt), better mark (again not exactly a contested marking beast but has his moments), is a more accurate and much longer kick, and can ruck decently.

I wouldn't rate him as an elite key forward and would love to eventually upgrade him, but I do think that his issues of being a liability for other teams running the ball out of our backline lie with the smaller forwards and the forward set-up in general, not the 2m tower.

 

[eth-dog]

That is what he was saying. They know Wright is not going to take a pack mark so they make sure to get bodies to him and then use his direct opponent as a key part of the chain out.

the bolded part I added for context. Being a big slow key forward is okay if you crash the pack hard enough to cause mayhem. Wright doesnt. Just gets pushed off his line which means all the opponents stay on their feet as well.

No, that part is irrelevant to the statement.

 

[Yoda_]

Would 2MP get more recognition if we made better use of the drop zone area the opposition seemingly walk the ball out from?

that might give a better representation of him as a KPF