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If only.you guys are on crack
Really hope he can break the curse. I still have faith!Absolutely. If he's ok enough to be on the field, there really is no reason why he can't reach the level of fitness required to play Stringer's centre bounce appearance to forwardline role.
The bloke has plenty of the tricks required and does the basics really well too. Look at this piss-taking here:
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But this is a better example - he takes the simple option in traffic most of the time, is good by either hand and absorbs contact in close as well as anyone else on our entire list which both reflects well on him and terribly on us.
However almost all of this doesn't matter because even if you did manage to convince anyone he should be used up the ground (even if just occasionally) then you'd need him to somehow break the curse that requires him to have a long layoff from a seemingly innocuous incident each season.
Ugh. Lav makes me feel like this every offseason:
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This is exactly what I was talking about. Has the craft to be useful in the middle. Could have developed into a mid if he wasn't so injury prone.Absolutely. If he's ok enough to be on the field, there really is no reason why he can't reach the level of fitness required to play Stringer's centre bounce appearance to forwardline role.
The bloke has plenty of the tricks required and does the basics really well too. Look at this piss-taking here:
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But this is a better example - he takes the simple option in traffic most of the time, is good by either hand and absorbs contact in close as well as anyone else on our entire list which both reflects well on him and terribly on us.
However almost all of this doesn't matter because even if you did manage to convince anyone he should be used up the ground (even if just occasionally) then you'd need him to somehow break the curse that requires him to have a long layoff from a seemingly innocuous incident each season.
Ugh. Lav makes me feel like this every offseason:
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The player I see him being most like is Winderlich.Rohan doesn’t have anywhere near the physicality of Laverde when he’s actually fit, no way could Rohan play midfield.
His draft profile had him as a Goddard type with more speed. We haven’t really seen him get a run long enough of being fit to play, but I’d think he’d be a Fyfe-lite type of player if he ever got a good run at it.
Gumbleton and Myers also come to mindThe player I see him being most like is Winderlich.
you guys are on crack
Doesnt have midfield tendancieshis bits and pieces are actually pretty good. i recall during one of our last games of the year that lav attended a few centre bounces, and we not only won a few but didn't concede a clean clearance the other way. you'd have to specify what's meant by "that game". i'd say none of our midfield have a proper midfield game (i.e. an understanding of both the defensive, offensive and physical components) except mcgrath and shiel.
either way, the gary rohancomparison is completely bizarre. his closest comparison would be mason woodPLAYERCARDSTART23Gary Rohan
- Age
- 32
- Ht
- 189cm
- Wt
- 92kg
- Pos.
- Fwd
CareerSeasonLast 5
- D
- 9.6
- 2star
- K
- 6.6
- 3star
- HB
- 3.0
- 3star
- M
- 3.3
- 3star
- T
- 2.5
- 4star
- G
- 1.0
- 4star
- D
- 8.8
- 2star
- K
- 6.0
- 2star
- HB
- 2.8
- 2star
- M
- 3.4
- 3star
- T
- 2.3
- 3star
- G
- 1.0
- 4star
- D
- 9.8
- 3star
- K
- 6.8
- 3star
- HB
- 3.0
- 3star
- M
- 2.2
- 3star
- T
- 4.2
- 5star
- G
- 1.2
- 4star
PLAYERCARDEND.PLAYERCARDSTART32Mason Wood
- Age
- 30
- Ht
- 192cm
- Wt
- 86kg
- Pos.
- Mid
CareerSeasonLast 5
- D
- 13.2
- 3star
- K
- 7.8
- 3star
- HB
- 5.4
- 4star
- M
- 4.0
- 4star
- T
- 2.2
- 4star
- CL
- 0.3
- 2star
- D
- 8.3
- 2star
- K
- 2.7
- 1star
- HB
- 5.7
- 3star
- M
- 1.7
- 2star
- T
- 1.3
- 2star
- CL
- 0.0
- 1star
- D
- 15.8
- 4star
- K
- 8.6
- 4star
- HB
- 7.2
- 5star
- M
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you guys are on crack
Decision making, skills and composure isn’t an issue for Laverde. In fact, his strength and ability to stand up in tackles gives him more time to fire off a handball and make better decisions.Doesnt have midfield tendancies
His ability to accumulate, decision making, skill, composure and id even start questioning his tank it was good early on but im not sure with his current added size and lack of continuation in training it would have improved
watched him vs melbourne in the middle round 23 and he did a whole lot of nothing and didnt look likely
His best spot is as a goal square full forward for 80% deep forward pretty much all his best games and 20% high lead up forward (see final vs eagles)
Decision making, skills and composure isn’t an issue for Laverde. In fact, his strength and ability to stand up in tackles gives him more time to fire off a handball and make better decisions.
Tank, accumulation and continuity is what stops him.
I don't see him as an inside mid unless he drastically improves his fitness and midfield accumulation, but I do see him attend a few centre bounces and playing up the ground more with Stewart and Wright in the side.So you think he makes it as an inside mid if gets out on the park?
Obviously including the fact that the coaches would need to give him that opportunity but i wouodnt see why they wouldnt if they agreed with you
This. He’ll never be a midfielder. Forward or nothingDoesnt have midfield tendancies
His ability to accumulate, decision making, skill, composure and id even start questioning his tank it was good early on but im not sure with his current added size and lack of continuation in training it would have improved
watched him vs melbourne in the middle round 23 and he did a whole lot of nothing and didnt look likely
His best spot is as a goal square full forward for 80% deep forward pretty much all his best games and 20% high lead up forward (see final vs eagles)
That’s the spiritFor mine he’s a pretty even mix of De Goey and Dangerfield
I don't see him as an inside mid unless he drastically improves his fitness and midfield accumulation, but I do see him attend a few centre bounces and playing up the ground more with Stewart and Wright in the side.
Does he have the potential? Yes, but do I think it happens? No. I'm hoping Rutten will experiment with him though.
The ability to accumulate in the midfield isnt that important. Look at Richmond, more than half their midfield averaged 15 possessions or less.
Play Laverde in the guts as much as Lambert and Graham and he’d get similar numbers I have no doubt.
We have to start valuing roles rather than stats. If he can protect some of our boys it’s worth the experiment. Cause if we roll him out as a pseudo tall forward again it’ll just be wasting a spot for someone else.
I havnt seen anything to suggest otherwise to this but i hope im really really wrongThis. He’ll never be a midfielder. Forward or nothing
He was playing as a KPF through necessity mostly, similar to how we were playing Langford or Townsend at FF at times.
I’d hope with Wright in and Stewart seemingly returned to fitness that it immediately starts to straighten the forward-line up. That could mean we see Stringer and/or Laverde getting some time through the middle without robbing us of a marking target up front.
This situation could also have Laverde squeezed out of the team entirely.