Past #3: Jed Anderson - delisted end '22 - 89 NMFC games - go well Jed

[Val Keating]

Maybe Kayne Turner?
I wish some of our bigger blokes those twos ticker, we wouldn’t lose.

He doesn’t do it as often. Jed crunches blokes every week.

 

[Snake_Baker]

He's fast shaping as the early favorite for the shinboner of the 2020's.

He'd storm a machine gun nest..............and take it.

 

[Grogg]

Like the rest of the side I reckon he'd been dialling it in a fair bit over the last few weeks. But then last weeks as soon as he got the job on Cripps, he was on. In his face, agressive, bone crunching & relentless.

As far as barometers go, Jed sets the tone more than any other player on our list, imo.

When he's on, we're on, when's he's off, we're off.

The trick for Shawry is to get him to bring it every single week.

 

[Psicosis]

He’s had a pretty elite couple weeks. Seems to have cleaned up his disposal, which was the one outstanding gap in his craft.

At 26 years old, he seems to keep improving, I’m keen to see where he sits in a couple more years time.

 

[speedy]

If only he had better foot skills, he’d be some sort of player.

Left footed and aboriginal, he has no right to be an ordinary kick. I reckon he should handball more. He has more chance of elevating his handball creativity than improving his kicking at this stage of his career.

 

[SMaturin]

I’d get him to 100 games if it means wheeling him out in a hospital bed.

His boys are gunna be hard mofos.

 

[the flying ham]

I was at a mates with no reception watching the game otherwise youse would have known all about his sh*t kicking after that pass to Higgo for our second goal.

If only one swallow made a summer Ferball.

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[Devington]

Kicking looked improved in his first game back, and was improved again today. Took absolute ownership of the contest, but spread incredibly hard as well. He's had a fair few games for us now, but I think that was probably his best. At the very least it felt like his most rounded and complete game.

 

[king of the road]

If only he had better foot skills, he’d be some sort of player.

Left footed and aboriginal, he has no right to be an ordinary kick. I reckon he should handball more. He has more chance of elevating his handball creativity than improving his kicking at this stage of his career.

This is pretty wrong on so many levels... Hard to know where to start.

 

[koshari]

This is pretty wrong on so many levels... Hard to know where to start.

iam hearing you, fancy suggesting he should handball more!

 

[LB2Snake]

This is pretty wrong on so many levels... Hard to know where to start.

Being left foot and Aboriginal not a great way to start putting down a player.

I don’t know speedy , but you’d assume they are pointing out that most left footers are a beautiful kick, which is pretty true.
And that most indigenous players are highly skilled.
So there’s the Jed anomaly. No?

 

[ferball]

If only one swallow made a summer Ferball.

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Apart from this year I've never thought he was a poor kick compared to about ten other players in the side. I wouldn't have said he was a great either but I've never thought he was s**t. I would have thought yesterday is about where his kicking has been since 2018.

 

[DrZaius]

Love Jed. Ever since that good friday game a few years ago (against the saints??) he has been a barometer.
If we can get the rest of the balance right in the midfield over the next few years he will be a very very important part of it.

 

[speedy]

I don’t know speedy , but you’d assume they are pointing out that most left footers are a beautiful kick, which is pretty true.
And that most indigenous players are highly skilled.
So there’s the Jed anomaly. No?

Yes that was the point I was making, thanks. I didn’t think it could be interpreted as something offensive.

 

[Caracas]

If only one swallow made a summer Ferball.

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I have to say I can remember Jed setting up more goals this season than any other player on our team. The Cunnington and Taylor goals against St Kilda come straight to mind.


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[the flying ham]

I have to say I can remember Jed setting up more goals this season than any other player on our team. The Cunnington and Taylor goals against St Kilda come straight to mind.


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Look he is ranked 387th in the comp out of about 500 for disposal efficiency and he had 14 turnovers to opposition in the previous three matches. I'm comfortable with the assessment his kicking needs work. And that assessment wasnt made in a vacuum. He has been playing footy for a while now.

That being said if the Adelaide game is the new norm for his kicking then he will very quickly end up as one of the best mids in the comp as his kicking is his only knock!

 

[Caracas]

Look he is ranked 387th in the comp out of about 500 for disposal efficiency and he had 14 turnovers to opposition in the previous three matches. I'm comfortable with the assessment his kicking needs work. And that assessment wasnt made in a vacuum. He has been playing footy for a while now.

That being said if the Adelaide game is the new norm for his kicking then he will very quickly end up as one of the best mids in the comp as his kicking is his only knock!

Fair enough.


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[Psicosis]

He & Froggy have really relished the opportunity of more responsibility in the midfield. His last two games have been enourmous.

I'm a big critique on his ball use by foot, so I don't think these calls are unwarranted.

The last two weeks he does look to have significantly improved his ball use by foot, and when you compare it to where he was a couple years ago, there is definite improvement, so fingers crossed he can keep working on it.

 

[The acurate one]

geez just don't know. he can play and you cannot every question his effort. I wish he could kick the ball better, I really do.

 

[Falkroo]

we need more of "Smart Jed" and less of "dumb Jed".

Quite simply "Smart Jed" wouldn't kick the ball, but handball to someone who can.

 

[the flying ham]

geez just don't know. he can play and you cannot every question his effort. I wish he could kick the ball better, I really do.

Yep. His kicking was woeful again

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[Shermanator]

This guy is such an enigma.

His attack on the ball and opponent would be just about the best in the league, yet his disposal could just about be the worst..

Last night we kicked the first goal in about 10 seconds. The very next centre bounce Jed wins the clearance, strolls towards goal and kicks the ball about a metre above a leading forwards outstretched arms.
Geelong use the turnover to kick a goal at their end and gain momentum, they then pile on the next few goals.

I love the guy but he’s either going to win us some big games through his fearless attack on opposition midfielders or his going to cost us a big game with a crucial disposal turnover in the clutch.

 

[Passmore]

This guy is such an enigma.

His attack on the ball and opponent would be just about the best in the league, yet his disposal could just about be the worst..

Last night we kicked the first goal in about 10 seconds. The very next centre bounce Jed wins the clearance, strolls towards goal and kicks the ball about a metre above a leading forwards outstretched arms.
Geelong use the turnover to kick a goal at their end and gain momentum, they then pile on the next few goals.

I love the guy but he’s either going to win us some big games through his fearless attack on opposition midfielders or his going to cost us a big game with a crucial disposal turnover in the clutch.

We don't need to worry about big games at the moment, we're entrenched in the bottom 4. Hopefully, if/when the time comes that we are in big matches, he's been overtaken or tidied up his footskills. Or better players around him are the silk to his grunt.

At the moment, we need his muscle.

 

[shinboner magic]

Jed is what he is.
Players like Simpkin and higgo miss just as many open targets.

 

[Passmore]

Jed is what he is.
Players like Simpkin and higgo miss just as many open targets.

Higgo and Jy looks more stylish doing it...