Player Watch #10 Taj Hotton - Hip Stress 6-8

[Meteoric Rise]

Actually, half of us all agreed, however he also said Gawn was a spud so .....

I am sure RatDisco would like his time back on the Gawn call.

 

[prodigy]

Have I watched Lalor .... dumb question.
Read what I'm saying.
Lalor will likely outdo him, but on current output and performance, Murphy Reid (who also has the potential to be a great player too and is on his way) is the better performed right NOW and most everyone would say that.
He has the runs on the board including a Rising Star and has elevated his game again.
Only Tigers supporters' egos being bruised here.
It's not a crime to admit some other clubs have good players or might have one currently better than one of ours, albeit hard on this board.
As for Hotton being better than Reid right now as suggested by Meteoric Stats man, lol. One of them hasn't even kicked a ball in anger this year.

Well fortunately, how each player is performing at this present moment of time bears absolutely no relevance.
Murphy Reid is going great guns no doubt, but this whole discussion pertaining to whether we got a draft pick wrong a couple of years into their development is probably the stupidest shit ive read in here for quite some time and that includes the garbage that Groupie_ trots out every day.

 

[tropicaltiger]

Smillie was talked about being a #1 pick for most of the year.

Remember that kid Tom Scully. He had a good start to his career.....Another kid....D.Martin came past and had a better career.
Lets just wait 5 years.

good point, how about rhys palmer too at pick/steal of the draft at 7 and cotchin was lookin like he was a bust as his scrawny legs wouldn't be able to take the rigors and demands of footy at the highest level. hmmmm

 

[Nostradumbass]

Hotton? I'll bet you any amount of money you like that he will.

Bet your account. Groupie_ you can come back on the Shazza account if you lose.

 

[prodigy]

Bet your account. Groupie_ you can come back on the Shazza account if you lose.

I didn't realise I was as bad as LOTW and people wanted my account gone... lol

 

[Groupie_]

Hotton? I'll bet you any amount of money you like that he will.

vfl and then injured again when they send him back on like clarke and gibcus doesnt count

 

[prodigy]

vfl and then injured again when they send him back on like clarke and gibcus doesnt count

He will play in excess of 5 AFL games

 

[Wooden Robot]

Well fortunately, how each player is performing at this present moment of time bears absolutely no relevance.
Murphy Reid is going great guns no doubt, but this whole discussion pertaining to whether we got a draft pick wrong a couple of years into their development is probably the stupidest shit ive read in here for quite some time and that includes the garbage that Groupie_ trots out every day.

Not worse than Meteoric Rise's dribble.

 

[Dr Tigris]

Hotton is brilliant. He's coming back soon and hopefully show his wares.

Arguments about another player who is doing well are pointless. Let's wait 4 years

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Finn O'Sullivan is a brilliant player.

Last year richoatthedisco was copping flak from people all over this site for having rated him the number one player in that draft. Those people have been made to look foolish.

Lalor is also a brilliant player. These two guys are miles ahead of Murphy Reid.

Jagga #1

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Jagga #1

Couldn't kick a drug habit at Odyssey House.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Couldn't kick a drug habit at Odyssey House.

Feeding it out too his name sake RslphSMITH.
Faull would ave 5 goals a game.

 

[Calcium Man]

Yeah he was talked about early as a #1, no doubt, but there’s a reason he didn’t go there.

As the year went on the talk around him changed a bit. Clubs started to question his impact compared to other mids. The same things kept coming up:

• didn’t have much burst
• not a big transition runner
• didn’t hurt teams enough going the other way
• could dominate at times but not consistently

That’s the concern because it lines up with where the game is going now. Midfielders aren’t just inside anymore, they have to run, link up, and move the ball. The bigger, slower mids are starting to get exposed a bit. ( Cripps, Oliver, our whipping boy Hopper)

You saw it late in his draft year too, he just wasn’t separating himself like a clear #1 should. That’s why he slid, clubs reassessed him based on what the AFL game actually looks like now. Fast forward 12 months and Oli Greeves goes undrafted until the rookie draft.

Then you compare that to Reid, he fits that modern type. Clean, dynamic, good decision maker, impacts in transition, and he’s already showing it at AFL level.

The Scully example actually proves the point as well. Early hype doesn’t mean it plays out that way. The guys that suit where the game is heading usually go past.

Happy to wait 5 years, but early signs do matter, and right now it’s pretty clear who’s ahead.

So you actually didn’t watch him or know anything about his draft year.

Thanks for letting us know.

 

[tiger_tough]

Couldn't kick a drug habit at Odyssey House.

Did some work there once. Was hectic. First thing I saw was a patient walking backwards down the stairs absolutely pissing herself laughing.

 

[Meteoric Rise]

Did some work there once. Was hectic. First thing I saw was a patient walking backwards down the stairs absolutely pissing herself laughing.

Must have been a wild place.

 

[lalorGOAT]

Yeah he was talked about early as a #1, no doubt, but there’s a reason he didn’t go there.

As the year went on the talk around him changed a bit. Clubs started to question his impact compared to other mids. The same things kept coming up:

• didn’t have much burst
• not a big transition runner
• didn’t hurt teams enough going the other way
• could dominate at times but not consistently

That’s the concern because it lines up with where the game is going now. Midfielders aren’t just inside anymore, they have to run, link up, and move the ball. The bigger, slower mids are starting to get exposed a bit. ( Cripps, Oliver, our whipping boy Hopper)

You saw it late in his draft year too, he just wasn’t separating himself like a clear #1 should. That’s why he slid, clubs reassessed him based on what the AFL game actually looks like now. Fast forward 12 months and Oli Greeves goes undrafted until the rookie draft.

Then you compare that to Reid, he fits that modern type. Clean, dynamic, good decision maker, impacts in transition, and he’s already showing it at AFL level.

The Scully example actually proves the point as well. Early hype doesn’t mean it plays out that way. The guys that suit where the game is heading usually go past.

Happy to wait 5 years, but early signs do matter, and right now it’s pretty clear who’s ahead.

Lol with the Greeves comparison.

Is that cause they are both tall and blonde?

Greeves is nowhere near the athlete that smillie is.

 

[rfctiger90]

Have I watched Lalor .... dumb question.
Read what I'm saying.
Lalor will likely outdo him, but on current output and performance, Murphy Reid (who also has the potential to be a great player too and is on his way) is the better performed right NOW and most everyone would say that.
He has the runs on the board including a Rising Star and has elevated his game again.
Only Tigers supporters' egos being bruised here.
It's not a crime to admit some other clubs have good players or might have one currently better than one of ours, albeit hard on this board.
As for Hotton being better than Reid right now as suggested by Meteoric Stats man, lol. One of them hasn't even kicked a ball in anger this year.

Any time I’ve ever seen somebody say “read what I’m saying” they’re the ones who aren’t reading what others are saying

 

[partycorolla]

All recruiters would take Reid over Hotton right now. I’m not talking about Cumming, he’s from a different draft, so that’s not part of the comparison.


My point is simple: at this stage, Smillie, Hotton, and especially Faull have not been as strong picks as Murphy Reid. Smillie and Hotton haven’t been able to get on the park, and Faull isn’t even close to Reid’s level. All these picks were just before him.


Whether Reid is in a strong side or not doesn’t change that. If anything, it’s harder to break into a better team, and he’s still one of their best performers.

The jury is out on Richmond's drafting, you're allowed to admit it.

Which banned poster with an axe to grind are you now starting this new account under?

It's so obvious, it's embarrassing.

 

[TigerDurden]

Which banned poster with an axe to grind are you now starting this new account under?

It's so obvious, it's embarrassing.

Reid was great again lastnight in a finals like game

 

[tiger_tough]

Mue

Reid was great again lastnight in a finals like game

He's a ****ing gun. No doubt we ****ed up not drafting him.

 

[Hydatina Physis]

He's a ****ing gun. No doubt we ****ed up not drafting him.

Oh well.

 

[Grrr]

He's a ****ing gun. No doubt we ****ed up not drafting him.

Well it's a bit hard to judge Hotton yet, Smillie. And he went at pick 17 so a lot of clubs passed on him. So f**k up is a bit strong.

 

[prodigy]

Knee-jerk reactions in here are crazy.
Gotta back in our boy.

 

[partycorolla]

Reid was great again lastnight in a finals like game

Imagine him playing for us on Sunday against Crows and having 11 possessions and not much impact (although clean) in a poor side...

Who drafts you is everything.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

He's a ****ing gun. No doubt we ****ed up not drafting him.

Okay, great. That's settled. Can we leave it at that then?