Player Watch #10: Angus Brayshaw – retired due to concussion (22/02). Thanks for everything, Gus.

[Scythe94]

Sigh. I feel like it goes without saying, but if you're an opposition (Collingwood) fan looking to come over and get into a fight about Maynard's bump/tribunal case (again), go elsewhere.

No more warnings, cards will be handed out. Please read the room.

 

[Jordie_tackles]

We got the best set of wingers in the league?

Or have we got the best set of wingers in the league.

Seriously though if our two wingers could kick I'd argue they're the best set in the comp at fulfilling the winger responsibilities. Or maybe I'm just seriously hyped now that we finally have two wingers who work so hard in defense, tho IIRC Tommo/Lingers were pretty good at that to start last season too

I think it’s great to have wingers do this as w shabby for a while, just like it is nice having small forwards doing their job ect. Funny how the team plays well when this happens.

 

[Xhoquelin]

I think it’s great to have wingers do this as w shabby for a while, just like it is nice having small forwards doing their job ect. Funny how the team plays well when this happens.

Yep details like this have always been our issue, now that they seem to be catching up to the rest of the top 8 we're looking like an actual good side now. Wonder if it involves some maturation from Goody in terms of realising his 2018 gameplan wasn't well rounded enough

 

[LeverPuller]

Yep details like this have always been our issue, now that they seem to be catching up to the rest of the top 8 we're looking like an actual good side now. Wonder if it involves some maturation from Goody in terms of realising his 2018 gameplan wasn't well rounded enough

Didn’t help that we didn’t have wingers in 18

 

[The Dr]

Didn’t help that we didn’t have wingers in 18

How dare you insult Dom Tyson and Aaron vandenBerg like that


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[Xhoquelin]

How dare you insult Dom Tyson and Aaron vandenBerg like that


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Still clinging onto 18 Vanders coming back into this side honestly he was bloody good that year I thought

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

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[The Dr]

Still clinging onto 18 Vanders coming back into this side honestly he was bloody good that year I thought

I love his aggression but honesty think he’s severely overrated just cos he lays the odd big tackle. Doesn’t kick well, doesn’t spread, isn’t fast, doesn’t stay involved.


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[Gysberts2Bate]

For what we needed in 2018, vandenBerg was the right man for the job. But he is not a good footballer.

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

I love his aggression but honesty think he’s severely overrated just cos he lays the odd big tackle. Doesn’t kick well, doesn’t spread, isn’t fast, doesn’t stay involved.


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He was a good player in 18' - great runner, solid skills and tough as nails with power.

Unfortunately, injuries have taken a big toll on him!

 

[The Dr]

He was a good player in 18' - great runner, solid skills and tough as nails with power.

Unfortunately, injuries have taken a big toll on him!

Agree about the injures part. But reckon most overrate him significantly just because of his hardness (which is undisputed).


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[Topkent]

Agree about the injures part. But reckon most overrate him significantly just because of his hardness (which is undisputed).


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Not sure he's overrated, when you aren't that good you'd rather have role players who go hard than ones who don't. Haven't heard a single person itching to get him back into this side.

 

[Tulip]

Good player. Bonus points for how irrationally angry he makes the rest of you.

 

[pjfairbairn]

Agree about the injures part. But reckon most overrate him significantly just because of his hardness (which is undisputed).


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I always thought that the way fwd with AVB was as a third forward. Is a good mark and has a nice set shot action

 

[The Dr]

I always thought that the way fwd with AVB was as a third forward. Is a good mark and has a nice set shot action

Couldn’t ever see that working imo. Too slow, would be James Magner 2.0 being shoved into a flank


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[Deemanding]

Urgh those snaps on his left sailing out of bounds on the full, missing the goals by about 15m to the left are giving me nightmares. Last night plus I reckon there was a couple on QB.

Same for set shot kicking really.

Come the think of it keep him the * away from the forwardline. Used to be reasonably reliable (see 2018), now I think you'd rather I had the ball in hand (never played a competitive game of footy in my life) than him from a set shot 30m out straight in front.

His best games so far this season have been pushing half back (like he did against the Cats).

 

[Topkent]

Gus is just hanging on doing his job. Cant believe he was rated the 3rd best kid in the country.

 

[00Stinger]

Gus is just hanging on doing his job. Cant believe he was rated the 3rd best kid in the country.

Yeah you would expect him to be more than a defensive wingman

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[schmuttt]

Gus is just hanging on doing his job. Cant believe he was rated the 3rd best kid in the country.

I think he’d get much better numbers and individual success in another side as a centre square mid.

 

[The Dr]

I think he’d get much better numbers and individual success in another side as a centre square mid.

That's why I think it makes sense from both parties if he's traded. His trade value wouldn't be much but he's a much better inside mid than he is a winger, as much as I admire him functioning OK in a new role. I wonder how satisfied he is being an unspectacular role player for us, when he could be a very strong inside mid if given the chance?

If we could get a mid/late second rounder for him and use his salary to get a free agent like Billings, that'd be a win-win. Billings is quicker, a better kick and a better decision-maker.

 

[pjfairbairn]

That's why I think it makes sense from both parties if he's traded. His trade value wouldn't be much but he's a much better inside mid than he is a winger, as much as I admire him functioning OK in a new role. I wonder how satisfied he is being an unspectacular role player for us, when he could be a very strong inside mid if given the chance?

If we could get a mid/late second rounder for him and use his salary to get a free agent like Billings, that'd be a win-win. Billings is quicker, a better kick and a better decision-maker.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[adonski]

I think he’d get much better numbers and individual success in another side as a centre square mid.

Yes but it should be in our side at the expensive of Viney

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I genuinely don't enjoy watching him play football. He's an absolute snooze fest.

 

[Dory_77]

I genuinely don't enjoy watching him play football. He's an absolute snooze fest.

You don't get worked up by his left foot shanks at goal?

 

[ImissFrosty]

I genuinely don't enjoy watching him play football. He's an absolute snooze fest.

Put Joel Smith on a wing, that would be fun.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

You don't get worked up by his left foot shanks at goal?

Become predictable now. The excitement is gone.