2017 pre-season discussion.

[The King!]

Reid this morning

Those cones in the background are standing there alone too

 

[swansfan51]

Those cones in the background are standing there alone too

Without Tom Derickx we don't have many candidates to give company to witches hats. Maybe Sinclair

 

[mikey_san]

Following Footscray.

Collingwood is pretty strong though apparently.

The women have to be down that way to fight off their cousins and brothers.

 

[mikey_san]

Those cones in the background are standing there alone too

Those cones mark where Keiran Jack's shots for goal end up.

 

[CD__]

I want to give a shoutout to the extremely underappreciated Jeremy Laidler. After injuries and limited opportunity at 2 other clubs, he moved here and has since gone on to play a whopping 58 games in 3 seasons, almost 20 a year. Fantastic consistency and a solid contributor down back, plus his disposal puts a lot of our stars to shame. That tally of 58 games in 3 years is more than players like Sam Reid, Kurt Tippett and Gary Rohan.

Well done Jeremy, and at only 27 hopefully there is more to come!

He has certainly gotten the most out of his ability...ideally he's the sort of guy that will be borderline best 22 because it means there are others that are improving around him.

 

[The King!]

Laidler was pretty crap on the big day

 

[stew42]

Hopefully you were recommending duds to them

Haha I want to get into the industry, so sadly not!
However, I think the men's team did enough damage themselves

 

[J_Moore]

Laidler was pretty crap on the big day

Yeah a long way from his best. Few others in that boat, obviously.

 

[Punts]

Laidler was pretty crap on the big day

Isn't best 22 imo

The odd mark here and there but his kicking and slack of leg speed let's him down
Good depth player

 

[connolly]

Haha I want to get into the industry, so sadly not!
However, I think the men's team did enough damage themselves

All the best with that mate

 

[Wolftone]

I actually helped scout for the Magpies women's team, so not a hard question for me haha

Why would you do a dreadful thing like that? Help Maggots? My goodness you really need to go to the Swans re-education camps and learn the first commandment. 'Thou Shalt NOT Help Magpies'

 

[connolly]

Why would you do a dreadful thing like that? Help Maggots? My goodness you really need to go to the Swans re-education camps and learn the first commandment. 'Thou Shalt NOT Help Magpies'

I think that rule only applied to the male of the scum species. In the past the gents of South were always willing to help out with the Magpie sheilas (especially when the old slappers had their teeth in)

 

[The King!]

Isn't best 22 imo

The odd mark here and there but his kicking and slack of leg speed let's him down
Good depth player

Yep, cant question his endeavour at all. But limited player

 

[Banyo Bloods]

Yep, cant question his endeavour at all. But limited player

He reminds me of a previous era Grundy very closely. Good mark, reads it well but you then s**t yourself when he's chasing or evading. Grundy turned that around to being ridiculously unlucky not to be AA last year. Hopefully the same thing happens with Laidler.

 

[mikey_san]

Isn't best 22 imo

The odd mark here and there but his kicking and slack of leg speed let's him down
Good depth player

An integral member of what was rated the league's best defense last year. He's not flashy, nor fast but his intercept marking has become elite. Seems to get the job done whenever he's asked. While it's always hard to fit him in the team on paper; I'm betting he'll be there on the day often enough next year too.

 

[The King!]

An integral member of what was rated the league's best defense last year. He's not flashy, nor fast but his intercept marking has become elite. Seems to get the job done whenever he's asked. While it's always hard to fit him in the team on paper; I'm betting he'll be there on the day often enough next year too.

So integral he was dropped

 

[Banyo Bloods]

So integral he was dropped

Was he dropped or did he get an injury and couldn't force his way back due to the performance of Aliir ?

 

[anotherletdown]

Hopefully you were recommending duds to them

Probably was... but it's about the package they bring to the game.... I bet they're all belters and the marketing men are getting forearm crap in preparation for the media blitz to start the season

 

[J_Moore]

Laidler's disposal is generally pretty solid imo

 

[CD__]

Laidler's disposal is generally pretty solid imo

Agreed, he knows his limitations with regards to his kicking so wisely chooses safe options.

 

[magic.merkin]

Reg feels like 50:50 on disposal % going via my family's eye test. He has improved i will concede that. much less hands over eyes when watching him get rid of it these days.

 

[TheMase]

Was he dropped or did he get an injury and couldn't force his way back due to the performance of Aliir ?

He got dropped then he got an injury in reserves then couldn't force his way back due to the performance of Aliir.

 

[Banyo Bloods]

He got dropped then he got an injury in reserves then couldn't force his way back due to the performance of Aliir.

Cheers I wasn't sure

 

[Wolftone]

In this post I want to address a little effort that if the kid develops on this effort he will play a lot of NEAFL this season. If he continues to develop he will be a very good draft prospect.

The kid I'm talking about is James Bell. He played a very composed game in the preliminary final against Aspley. The thing is it was his first game and he was only 16 at the time. He turned 17 in October. I believe there is plenty of upside to this kid and he played some footy as an underager. This season he will be part of the development squad and doing his HSC no doubt.

I can't wait to see this kid play again. In fact the two underage players we played in that preliminary final, Bell and Osborne, were both good. Lots of good young players to look forward to following this season leading up to the 2017 draft. We really are looking good with depth and talent.

 

[mtooler]

In this post I want to address a little effort that if the kid develops on this effort he will play a lot of NEAFL this season. If he continues to develop he will be a very good draft prospect.

The kid I'm talking about is James Bell. He played a very composed game in the preliminary final against Aspley. The thing is it was his first game and he was only 16 at the time. He turned 17 in October. I believe there is plenty of upside to this kid and he played some footy as an underager. This season he will be part of the development squad and doing his HSC no doubt.

I can't wait to see this kid play again. In fact the two underage players we played in that preliminary final, Bell and Osborne, were both good. Lots of good young players to look forward to following this season leading up to the 2017 draft. We really are looking good with depth and talent.

Being a fantasy football fan I'm loving your insights.