Player Watch #19: Xavier Taylor – Pick 11

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Another steal of draft! Amazing that's the fifth one I've read about today. I think he'll be a very good player but these comments can only be confirmed in two or 3 years time. When a body of work has been put in place.

Bet you're fun at parties

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I've always said the negativity of this board was responsible for the 2007-2017 era.

I think we were responsible for motivating them to the premiership also. Go on the veil!

 

[Proper Gander]

I've always said the negativity of this board was responsible for the 2007-2017 era.

I was hoping for the veil to come back. 2014-18 peak veil years and probably my favourites

 

[Headless]

I was hoping for the veil to come back. 2014-18 peak veil years and probably my favourites

I enjoyed 2012-13 for similar reasons, particularly after the promising 2011 (we were still a chance of finals fairly deep into the season).

 

[Bluelegs]

I've always said the negativity of this board was responsible for the 2007-2017 era.

You and Paul Roos, two peas in a pod.

 

[Proper Gander]

I enjoyed 2012-13 for similar reasons, particularly after the promising 2011 (we were still a chance of finals fairly deep into the season).

Yeah they were utter rippers!

 

[Headless]

You and Paul Roos, two peas in a pod.

Thanks, 'legsy.

 

[Demon trucker1000]

I've always said the negativity of this board was responsible for the 2007-2017 era.

No the team was shit before 2017, but the negativity this kid got from his very first game, would have killed the kids conference, and he did say many times that it was weighing him down, the negativity that he did get, and the constant comparisons with wines.

 

[Lampers]

No the team was shit before 2017, but the negativity this kid got from his very first game, would have killed the kids conference, and he did say many times that it was weighing him down, the negativity that he did get, and the constant comparisons with wines.

Did the Port Adelaide supporters also give Toumpas negativity leading to him fading away there too?

Just like Grainger-Barass and Phillips at the Roos I reckon Toumpas was just a bit of a mistake with an early pick. It happens.

If Toumpas genuinely thought negativity from supporters was a huge factor in his career, he probably never had the resilience to make it.

 

[Demon trucker1000]

Did the Port Adelaide supporters also give Toumpas negativity leading to him fading away there too?

Just like Grainger-Barass and Phillips at the Roos I reckon Toumpas was just a bit of a mistake with an early pick. It happens.

If Toumpas genuinely thought negativity from supporters was a huge factor in his career, he probably never had the resilience to make it.

Injury has more to do with it, after he was drafted he had a double hip surgery, which affected his speed and when someone is slow to begin with, losing a step of speed is a killer, some player never get over injuries, maybe his medical should have been a factor in him being drafted. Hindsight is a wonderful thing

 

[Bluelegs]

Toumpas shat himself when he got the ball in practice matches. He was never going to make it.

 

[mrmonkey]

Don't really remember watching practice matches back then, certainly remember Toumps debut against Port Adelaide, and watch Wines play amazingly while we got pumped by 83 points. That was a collective bed shitting though not just Toump. Pedersen had some bad moments to iirc.