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Rookie 36. Cooper Lord

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JK61 said:
He is currently 5th in line for a starting mid spot and in time is the perfect replacement for Hewett. But for now, to be a regular in the team, he needs to be able to play other positions as well.
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I agree, but we don't rotate our midfielders. We had Lord and Hollands in the side last week who did not go into the midfield at all and our clueless coach wondered why we didn't finish off the game. Not rotating the midfielders, not finishing games off well...
 
Coona Blues said:
Been off the air for 36 hours or so. Late to the party to laud our Lord. I am a huge fan of Cooper, perhaps not as big as my missus who named him “Blue Eyes” after our trip to the Maroochydore open day.

I have been critical of Vossy at times, but will not join the pile on criticising Cooper’s sub appearances. Somewhat luckily he has come on early a couple of times to offset a little. The kid works so hard, he does run himself to an almost standstill late in games. His best spot is in the guts, but the peripheral roles he is being asked to play will be the making of him. An appreciation of other roles, as well as the grounding to play them can only be beneficial in the long run. I would rather he is shifted around a bit than become locked in to a role bollocking and bashing exclusively under the Voss game plan.

Maybe some insight from Voss deploying Lord and Cerra in alternate roles while other, less versatile players are doing the grunt work. Of course, it could be otherwise motivated keeping him from CBA’s, but should produce the same long term result of expanding the kid’s repertoire while saving from himself physically with his attack on the ball while still developing his tank.
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Although I’ve felt he has been a bit underutilized with midfield rotations, the experience in playing in another role has been beneficial to his development…
Great post…
 
Blue Gertrude said:
Onya Scoop! Hope you're able to get an extended run at time on field.

Also, does anyone else think he looks like Leon Marchand??

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Nah, not even close.
 

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What a find Cooper's turning out to be.

While there's some competition for who the best MSD player is (Ambrosio for mine but there's others) it wouldn't surprise me in a few years if Cooper's right up there.
 
Backed up last week's performance with an even better one. Comfortably beat one of the premier midfielders in the competition and had 24 possessions of his own. Carlton's highest ranked player and was there when the whips were cracking. This was a really mature display. Hopefully his days as the starting or finishing sub are done.
 
esoteric said:
Cooper Lord was the second most subbed (on or off) player in the AFL last year, with 10 sub affected matches. Behind only Harry Sharp of Melbourne with 11. He will celebrate the end of the sub rule more than most.
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Truthfully he should be moving back a bit further in the depth chart this year, but we'll see how it plays out in the next few days with respect to picks and players.
 

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Stoked with this.

I didn't keep up with everything during the summer but the one constant from what I saw was how many of the former players and those connected to the club spoke highly of Coop.

Well deserved contract. LFG!
 
He strikes me as the kind of honest, hard working, rugged foot soldier that good teams find. Can definitely play a role in a (future, theoretical) strong midfield. Probably needs Cripps and Hewett out of the way to find his full role.
 

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Well done Cooper, can tackle, can kick. not slow so what's not to like will be a long term player for the Blues.
 
Like the guy and has a great future with us but just thought I would share this - for the special ones who keep the blinkers on regarding certain players.

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SurreyBlue said:
Like the guy and has a great future with us but just thought I would share this - for the special ones who keep the blinkers on regarding certain players.

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Understand the point you’re making, but almost half of Lords games have been played as a sub, so you’d expect all the averages per game to be lower. Doesn’t help with the disposal efficiency though…
 
dangertroy said:
Understand the point you’re making, but almost half of Lords games have been played as a sub, so you’d expect all the averages per game to be lower. Doesn’t help with the disposal efficiency though…
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Exactly. Not to mention one was a near top 10 pick in a draft and the other a lottery pick in a mid season draft..
For all the metrics to be that close is either a strong reflection that we have a gem in Lord or that Ollie has been a little underwhelming thus far in his career. I think both will be fine players for us but to pull those stats side by side as some kind of comparison given the sub impacted games isn't the best benchmark. Oh and as for DE.. that can be impacted by where players are winning the ball. Ollie has spent most of his career on the wing and half back so he gets a lot more ball on the outside. Cooper spends more time on ball where disposal gets rushed. These kind of comparisons are pointless.

Stoked that Lord has signed on for 3 more. Think that's good management and will help keep Jagga around also because those two are thick as thieves.
 

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