Player Watch #15: Dylan Stephens

[Mcarcherey]

Looks like the only thing going for him was he was a pick 5 four years ago.... Surely a very late pick does this trade. We got bonar and ahern for virtually nothing and they were top 10 picks.

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[R00StaR]

We gave 5 years to polec.
4 years is nothing.

Given his age and talent 4 years is fine, its really all about salary because as it stands he's a fringe player with good attributes. Id imagine pay would need to carry a fair bit in performance, but the 4 years gives him stability and time to become a better player and then a larger contract.

 

[Caj]

Sounds like a left footed Ryan Clarke

Lol his disposal is better than Clarke’s (and he knows how to handball )

He may come good at the Roos and it will sound like I’ve undersold him but he just didn’t do anything for us

 

[hilly]

Since 2016 the club has lost Mitchell, Aliir, Hewett, Newman, and Dawson.

And brought in guys like Lewis Taylor, Dan Menzel, Sam Gray, Jackson Thurlow, and Kaiden Brand, who have lasted 1 contract.

Of the 23 guys who played against Carlton, only Hickey had come from another club, and now he’s gone.

I think any reputation as particularly astute traders is a hangover from 15 years ago.

(Convincing the Saints to take Hannebery off their hands was pretty good, though)

I think Stephens will be a fairly useful player for you, if he can just somehow get that dog in him.

Thanks. Maybe I and others have conflated drafting and development with what you've described.

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[Roos1991]

OOC. In and out of the senior side. Ultimately he is a fringe player with some potential upside.

If we give up anything inside the top 35 we are absolutely taking the piss. Future 3rd or we take him in the PSD.

100% agreed.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Lol his disposal is better than Clarke’s (and he knows how to handball )

He may come good at the Roos and it will sound like I’ve undersold him but he just didn’t do anything for us

Clarke was never soft though.

 

[big_e]

I don't think he's that great but as soon as he pulls on the jumper he's one of ours and I'll give him 100% support.

 

[Harris 10]

Stephens isn't Glen Archer hard and he's not Billy Hartung

Billy Hartung

Age

30

Ht

177cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

8.3

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.8

4star

CL

1.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

soft, he's somewhere in the middle.
I'm fine with this as we ain't getting him to be a hard man, we are trying to add run and carry, and decent ball users.

Clarko won premierships with Hill, Smith, Suckling, Young, Ellis, Bruest. None of these guys scream hardness, but they all bring different skills to the team.

 

[7577969923]

I'm pretty sure that somewhere around 97% plus of all played to have ever pulled on a boot at the top level fall within that spectrum. None have ever been tougher than Arch but it is possible there have been some softer than Billy.

 

[Brewfish]

Sydney are pretty switched on with the drafting/trading bit, they wouldn't be allowing him to explore other options if they thought he was worth holding on to. We're in that period of adding more genuine talent to the list, not other teams also-rans, something we seem to have made a habit of. I'd be fleeting in interest.

He's out of contract - they can't stop him.

 

[Brewfish]

Another Clarko left footer!!

When running up the right side of the field left footers are more likely to look inward rather than up the line. When running up the left side they tend to kick up the line.

It’s an offensive advantage that surprises the defense. Also, I’ve no idea if that’s true, I made it up.

I think the idea is right but you got the sides swapped around. It would be easier to kick across the body so have a left footer running up the left side to kick across to the centre.

 

[koshari]

Sounds like a left footed Ryan Clarke

The irony is clarke keeps him out of the ones for rhe most part.

 

[Brewfish]

The irony is clarke keeps him out of the ones for rhe most part.

Different role though - right? Don't they use Clark as a lock down player now?

 

[koshari]

From now on we will refer to koshari as The Nostradamus.

Only on the nmfc bigfooty forum can a peasent farmer be compared with the mighty self annointed nostradamus.

 

[Frank Thring]

The ol left footer nice kick kind. Oh yeh

A Clarko special

 

[ferball]

I've never thought of Ryan Clarke

4

Ryan Clarke

Age

28

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

9.1

4star

HB

9.7

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.2

2star

D

18.5

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.5

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

19.6

5star

K

7.0

3star

HB

12.6

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.0

1star

as a tough player. He was soft as butter iirc.

 

[Frank Thring]

I heard he never settled in Sydney so I wonder if any Swans posters have heard that. At the moment he is a Darcy Tucker

13

Darcy Tucker

Age

28

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.3

5star

MG

239.7

4star

D

14.0

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

5.5

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.3

4star

MG

240.5

4star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.8

5star

MG

234.8

4star

type but who knows under Clarko. Has pace and is a leftie but needs more urgency in his game.

If he doesn't cost much he's worth a punt.

 

[DuckYeah]

I've never thought of Ryan Clarke as a tough player. He was soft as butter iirc.

Yep, but **** the kid could run.. I remember him having 3 x 30 plus disposals in his first 3 games and every time he won the pill he would blaze the ball over the leading players ****ing head.. players like that ****ing shit me, players who are recruited on running abilities and aerobic capacity over actual football skills. Annoys me to ****ing tears.

The game never needed to be “sped” up. It needed to allow skills, strength and agility to fester. Not who can run more

 

[Nylex]

Would not be surprised to see him off HB

 

[koshari]

I've never thought of Ryan Clarke as a tough player. He was soft as butter iirc.

Good gut runner but hardly the 2nd coming of glen archer.

 

[ferball]

Yep, but * the kid could run.. I remember him having 3 x 30 plus disposals in his first 3 games and every time he won the pill he would blaze the ball over the leading players ******* head.. players like that ******* s*t me, players who are recruited on running abilities and aerobic capacity over actual football skills. Annoys me to ****** tears.

The game never needed to be “sped” up. It needed to allow skills, strength and agility to fester. Not who can run more

He couldn't handball to save his life either.

 

[billnats]

Jaidylan Stephenson.

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Dylan Stephens = Jaidyn’s dad

 

[Midas]

In a past life I scouted. I was asked to scout Blake Acres

13

Blake Acres

Age

30

Ht

193cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

8.6

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.9

4star

D

12.7

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

7.7

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.7

4star

CL

1.0

3star

D

8.2

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

4.4

4star

M

1.2

2star

T

2.4

4star

CL

1.8

4star

. Here are some numbers in comparative 3rd seasons. If Stephens becomes Acres this is a win.

 

[Lomas]

Dylan Stephens = Jaidyn’s dad

Teenage pregnancy is a big thing in Red Cliffs, but time travel impregnating may be. A step too far. Unless Big Lizzie is a time machine, which would explain a few things.

 

[billnats]

Teenage pregnancy is a big thing in Red Cliffs, but time travel impregnating may be. A step too far. Unless Big Lizzie is a time machine, which would explain a few things.

False advertising from Stephen-son if time travel isn’t an option