Player Watch #15: Dylan Stephens

[Lomas]

Simpkin, has great endurance, but he would get opened up by most wingers.

I agree. Mid and half forward suits him. He can link up with the half backs, but not a pure winger.

 

[Fish Sticks]

Simpkin, has great endurance, but he would get opened up by most wingers.

Simpkin’s talents are wasted on a wing.
His side step is his biggest weapon imo
If he can learn some forward craft & get his dancing feet going he might go ok up forward with stints in the middle.
Wingers need to run & carry, keep space & not get sucked into the contest, which is not Jye.
The Dylan Stephens pick up is gonna be huge for us.

 

[speedy]

As above, up forward Jy can still dance in traffic and he can play high as an extra mid if that’s how we set up.

Once the real stuff starts though, he will still get plenty of midfield time. LDU and Warlord aren’t exactly 90 min players.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Maybe but that depth of midfielders could provide an opportunity for someone else to roll out there. Simpkin for one in the long term.

There is as much similarity in role between wing and mid as there is between HF and HB. They are completely different roles requiring different skill sets.

The reason we have been flogged for the last 5 years comes down to the fact we only rely on Scott to do the required offensive ang defensive running, while playing the likes of Powell and Simpkin there.

 

[ferball]

As above, up forward Jy can still dance in traffic and he can play high as an extra mid if that’s how we set up.

Once the real stuff starts though, he will still get plenty of midfield time. LDU and Warlord aren’t exactly 90 min players.

On Wednesday our midfield struggled against DeGoey and the Daicos' till Jy pushed up late in the first quarter.

 

[franjon]

Simpkin’s talents are wasted on a wing.
His side step is his biggest weapon imo
If he can learn some forward craft & get his dancing feet going he might go ok up forward with stints in the middle.
Wingers need to run & carry, keep space & not get sucked into the contest, which is not Jye.
The Dylan Stephens pick up is gonna be huge for us.

I thought after the intra club that Stephens looked ordinary but in the praccy he was a different player and you're right about everything and Simpkin. He's a physical player and wouldn't be able to stop himself getting into the scrap when it happens. Actually I'm not going to elaborate on that because you've said everything that needs to be said.

 

[Dingster]

23 possies and 585 metres gained. Solid and a true winger.

 

[susurrar]

he stood out to me more today. workmanlike for the most part but also showed a couple of glimpses of why he was a top 5 pick: beautiful evasive movement at half back and later on a deft pass inside 50.

 

[Flawed Genius]

23 possies and 585 metres gained. Solid and a true winger.

All good clubs have them

 

[Disco Dew]

Thought he was really good.

 

[shinboner magic]

Was especially good in the first half

 

[roos_fanatic08]

23 possies and 585 metres gained. Solid and a true winger.

The meters gained is good, I’d like to see him be a bit more composed and not just blaze away. He burnt a few shorter options today opting to go long to a contest.

 

[Nylex]

Liked his game

 

[Gasometer]

We have a player here!

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Steal. He’s gonna love Marvel.

 

[RossHenshaw]

Was very very good . A cut above any wingman we’ve had for a while

 

[BlueandWhiteinmyBlood]

Steal. He’s gonna love Marvel.

Most of our players do, always feel we take awhile to adjust to other grounds, I feel Mckercher will really love the Marvel Deck.

 

[Uncle_Leo]

Quality pick up. Will play a role we badly need

 

[Troy Make Peace]

Most of our players do, always feel we take awhile to adjust to other grounds, I feel Mckercher will really love the Marvel Deck.

Agree with that - Clarko has set up the game plan & recruited players that suit the fast deck. We should have a genuine home ground advantage in the coming years, something we haven't had since 2015 odd.

 

[KillaKanga]

Definitely noticed him more today. Him and Zac Fisher

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Zac Fisher

Age

27

Ht

175cm

Wt

76kg

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Def

Career

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D

16.2

4star

K

8.3

3star

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7.9

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1.8

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3.0

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384.0

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17.0

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10.0

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7.0

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3.0

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0.0

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384.0

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12.2

3star

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6.8

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5.4

4star

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1.2

2star

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3.0

5star

look to be great pick ups!!!!

 

[Augustine]

Agree with that - Clarko has set up the game plan & recruited players that suit the fast deck. We should have a genuine home ground advantage in the coming years, something we haven't had since 2015 odd.

To be honest, I don't think we've genuinely had a game-plan that was suited to Marvel since 2011-2013 when we had serious run and gun hanballing with Wells, Harvey, Mullet, Atley, Gibson, Harper et al.

We slowed things down 2014-2016 and were more deliberate. And even though we were just outside of finals in those days, I loved the football.

 

[King Corey]

Definitely noticed him more today. Him and Zac Fisher look to be great pick ups!!!!

Fleet of foot creative left footers who can run games out. Definite needs fillers

 

[Sphynx]

He's doing better than I thought.

Much better option that Taylor or Shiels at the very least.

 

[SunnyBoner]

Clarko loves him. Fact.

 

[Marstermind]

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1.0

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12.6

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9.2

4star

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3.4

3star

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3.3

3star

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2.8

4star

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D

12.2

3star

K

8.6

4star

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3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.6

3star

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43

Ht

175cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

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9.3

2star

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4.7

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1.2

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2.6

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0.8

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12.0

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6.3

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4.6

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1.2

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11.2

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4.0

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3.6

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21.4

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14.5

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6.9

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2.9

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2.3

4star

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16.6

4star

K

12.2

5star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.2

4star

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