AFL Player 20: Peter Wright

[Lore]

Contract Status: Free Agent (?) 2027
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 21, TheGrizz

 

[Lore]

Huh?

I mean he’s not a gorilla but he’s quite similar to Draper conditioning wise. Watch the doco if you haven’t already, interesting

 

[blitzer]

Documentary was a pretty interesting watch and insight into what players do as part of their recovery. It seemed very well produced. Hopefully we see Wright fire up again in the near future.

 

[mike14]

He did a bit of a Q&A at the local footy club last night. Not really anything of note, but

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  Alex Pearce

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  as the hardest opponent he plays against
• shoulder has recovered spectacularly "bad shoulder is now the strong one"
• someone asked a question about Weid and Wright was very complimentary about his work rate and how important he is to the make-up of the forward group and providing the link option into the 50

 

[cAsEy_18]

He did a bit of a Q&A at the local footy club last night. Not really anything of note, but

• rates Alex Pearce as the hardest opponent he plays against
• shoulder has recovered spectacularly "bad shoulder is now the strong one"
• someone asked a question about Weid and Wright was very complimentary about his work rate and how important he is to the make-up of the forward group and providing the link option into the 50

To be fair, that may be true and genuinely what he thinks, but what else was he gonna say in a public forum haha?

 

[Donakebab]

3 goals (should have had 5), 1 goal assist, 10 score involvements and 19 disposals.


Pete is back.

 

[Foxx]

Only overhead marking practise at training please Pete.

 

[ant555]

 

[Vander18]

Unusually, Cam Mooney had a good observation last night…..Wright needs to put more work into his opposition early in the contest so that he has some separation when trying to mark the footy. Usually his opponent is right with him all the way through which makes him easy to defend. Need to push off when he leads so that defender is unbalanced and a stride or two behind.

He plays like he doesn’t expect contact. He’s never braced for it. When your body isn’t expecting it then the slightest bump will be enough…..we see it from him all the time.

 

[ant555]

Unusually, Cam Mooney had a good observation last night…..Wright needs to put more work into his opposition early in the contest so that he has some separation when trying to mark the footy. Usually his opponent is right with him all the way through which makes him easy to defend. Need to push off when he leads so that defender is unbalanced and a stride or two behind.

He plays like he doesn’t expect contact. He’s never braced for it. When your body isn’t expecting it then the slightest bump will be enough…..we see it from him all the time.

He is not wrong. We could also protect his back a bit more when he is deep. Durham did it in the last quarter that allowed him to mark.

 

[Foxx]

Unusually, Cam Mooney had a good observation last night…..Wright needs to put more work into his opposition early in the contest so that he has some separation when trying to mark the footy. Usually his opponent is right with him all the way through which makes him easy to defend. Need to push off when he leads so that defender is unbalanced and a stride or two behind.

He plays like he doesn’t expect contact. He’s never braced for it. When your body isn’t expecting it then the slightest bump will be enough…..we see it from him all the time.

Yes, very weak in the contest. He also miss times his jumps. I've never seen a 200cm 100kg+ player so inept at both.

 

[Kong]

I said it a few pages back, but he's weak for such a big dude.

Falls over or gets pushed aside very eaily.

 

[Mootsy]

I said it a few pages back, but he's weak for such a big dude.

Falls over or gets pushed aside very eaily.

I am wondering if he's still settling back in from his shoulder issue, it was easy for me to criticise his dropped marks yesterday. But maybe his shoulder needs time to re-adjust to more games. I mean he could have kicked 6 goals yesterday. I still think he should have taken that mark in the last quarter, looked very uncontested, but not sure either. 4 goals and by all means he's had a good game. Has the potential to be a truly great forward if irons out a few aspects.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

I said it a few pages back, but he's weak for such a big dude.

Falls over or gets pushed aside very eaily.

Crazy since he could probably bench press me.

I think he got fingertips to about 30 contests last night and definitely dropped some easy ones. Our entries at times probably didn't help.

 

[astrowizzle]

Other arm chops paid and he dobs a few more

Scott needs to take him into AFL house and get them to explain the constant bruises on his forearms each week.

 

[Pweter]

I am wondering if he's still settling back in from his shoulder issue, it was easy for me to criticise his dropped marks yesterday. But maybe his shoulder needs time to re-adjust to more games. I mean he could have kicked 6 goals yesterday. I still think he should have taken that mark in the last quarter, looked very uncontested, but not sure either. 4 goals and by all means he's had a good game. Has the potential to be a truly great forward if irons out a few aspects.

Dropping an uncontested chest mark on the lead has nothing to do with his shoulder.

Unusually, Cam Mooney had a good observation last night…..Wright needs to put more work into his opposition early in the contest so that he has some separation when trying to mark the footy. Usually his opponent is right with him all the way through which makes him easy to defend. Need to push off when he leads so that defender is unbalanced and a stride or two behind.

He plays like he doesn’t expect contact. He’s never braced for it. When your body isn’t expecting it then the slightest bump will be enough…..we see it from him all the time.

Does he shut his eyes when he's about to try clamp the ball? It could explain so many dropped marks also, and his pic at the top of this thread indicates it could happen a bit.

I remember my old man telling me when i was a kid that eyes shut or head ducked you're still going to get hit so watch the bloody ball and you've got more chance of grabbing it.

 

[BrunoV]

If anyone listened to Dermie's latest small-man's syndrome inspired analysis of a 2m key forward last night, this time relating to Wright, everything he mentioned is not the reason Wright is not a key forward.

That's been the position Wright has played for at least the last 11 years, not to mention that in this game he happened to kick 3 and set up 1 or 2 others.

Everything Dermie said is the reason Wright is a B grade player (B+ at his best). Ultimately his 1 wood is just that bit off. He is not quite quick enough, not quite strong enough and/or his hands are just that little bit off for him to be a 1 dimensional A grade key forward.

There is no shame in being B grade, the league is full of B grade players. In any event, Wright does it in a way, as a giant target man who demands significant opposition attention because of his size, the forward craft he does have and his goal kicking accuracy, that a forward line can still who is a dead eye in front of goal.

 

[Mootsy]

Do players have a ball with them a lot? Meaning on weekends just palming the ball throwing it to oneself etc I wonder if forwards would benefit from loving having a ball in hand. Surely if you love having a footy you are more likely to attract the ball and mark it easier when uncontested. More likely to lead faster. Because you love the football itself. Just the basics of footy.

 

[Foxx]

Do players have a ball with them a lot? Meaning on weekends just palming the ball throwing it to oneself etc I wonder if forwards would benefit from loving having a ball in hand. Surely if you love having a footy you are more likely to attract the ball and mark it easier when uncontested. More likely to lead faster. Because you love the football itself. Just the basics of footy.

This eludes to my thoughts that when he was a kid he didn't build the natural marking overhead skill. Why or how I don't know.
Smaller kids have to fight for the ball in the air.
Maybe he didn't.

 

[Nifft]

Do players have a ball with them a lot? Meaning on weekends just palming the ball throwing it to oneself etc I wonder if forwards would benefit from loving having a ball in hand. Surely if you love having a footy you are more likely to attract the ball and mark it easier when uncontested. More likely to lead faster. Because you love the football itself. Just the basics of footy.

I remember reading something about Hird, and he said he spent a lot of the time with the ball in hand. Would kick it against a wall a lot and try to predict where it was going to go.

 

[jmoo wan]

I remember reading something about Hird, and he said he spent a lot of the time with the ball in hand. Would kick it against a wall a lot and try to predict where it was going to go.

true - he had four or five Sherrins in the bedroom at all times, foreplay often consisted of some quick handballs between the he and Tanya to warm up their hands

 

[Zach Package]

Still getting to squillions of contests, burnt McCartin multiple times and only 9 players in the AFL average more goals a game than him this season but he’s still playing like he doesn’t believe he belongs.

Very strange

 

[RedmanWasHere]

This eludes

Elude or allude?

 

[fairbump_playon]

I am wondering if he's still settling back in from his shoulder issue, it was easy for me to criticise his dropped marks yesterday. But maybe his shoulder needs time to re-adjust to more games. I mean he could have kicked 6 goals yesterday. I still think he should have taken that mark in the last quarter, looked very uncontested, but not sure either. 4 goals and by all means he's had a good game. Has the potential to be a truly great forward if irons out a few aspects.

No, it’s a characteristic of his game way before this year

 

[Foxx]

Elude or allude?

Allude sorry officer.

 

[Old Campaigner]

I remember reading something about Hird, and he said he spent a lot of the time with the ball in hand. Would kick it against a wall a lot and try to predict where it was going to go.

Cousins was apparently notable for how he had a footy in his hands whatever he was doing when at the club.

I think what probably happens is you build up your instincts and muscle memory so controlling the ball becomes a reflex.