Player Watch #30 Tom Brown - Broken Arm - Expected Return Round 14

[Rubber Hips]

Harry hindsight here….

 

[PetterdHoisted]

Brown is solid, kicking can be a weapon, but needs to develop more hurt than that

looked fast in that chase down tackle that won us the WCE game last year, but doesn't seem to use this pace to break lines off HB?

 

[Danog]

Harry hindsight here….


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I feel like you don't know who Miller Bergman and Corey Warner are

 

[THE_GUN]

Curtis , Owens & McDonald would have been nice

 

[Mr Unbelievable]

I'm happy for him to stay in the 2s until he is knocking down the door to be selected.
Unless, its thought that he will want to go to Geelol

 

[tiger_tough]

This thread is going off the rails a bit. Geelong were shattered that we took him. I liked what I saw as a rookie. Hell, Edwards did **** all for about his first 100 games. Rance was useless for about 50 and was the scion of a weagles legend.

Not all players track straight line development and I reckon he's not far off it.

About Ralphsmith, I don't think much of him but Brandon Ellis was a ****en squib too. Worthy premiership player as well, so the truth is you don't need to be as hard as nails to be a good winger.

About Short, ex-premietship players always have currency (e.g. blumfield, marsh, etc), especially at lowly clubs with no success on their list, looking for "how to" advice. A 4th round pick is better than nothing and might even get a 3rd. Just depends if he wants to play on

Edwards finished 6th in the bnf in his 4th season - 69 games in.

Its a myth that he was really poor for years at the front end of his career.

 

[Reservoir tiger]

Edwards finished 6th in the bnf in his 4th season - 69 games in.

Its a myth that he was really poor for years at the front end of his career.

100%… always an easy way to spot someone that doesn’t know what they’re talking about when they say he took ages to come good.

 

[Calcium Man]

I feel like you don't know who Miller Bergman and Corey Warner are

Or the fact we didn’t have access to Owens.

So in the 22 picks after brown that are on that list (but not soligo for some reason), indicates an 18% chance of getting a player.

 

[Yze does it]

Brown is solid, kicking can be a weapon, but needs to develop more hurt than that

looked fast in that chase down tackle that won us the WCE game last year, but doesn't seem to use this pace to break lines off HB?

Gibcus, back. . Balta in the backline. Banks playing okay. Grjl. Vlas the other one out. TresIze dropped for vlas
Broad retiring opens a spot. Trainor not playing either...on the back of poor kicks. Smith and Burton won't play much you'd reckon.

Our KPFs. Lynch and Jack R Chol and CCJ depart. We had no depth. Soldo could kick a goal
Lynch injured, Jack R aged. Takes a spoon to draft KPFs . And its 3 years before they come good.
Sims got good traits but slightly small for ruck.. going to be years before the team is contending

 

[Daka]

Bring him back to play Forward in front if Jonty Faull is out.

He has showed he can mark it and go fwd and kick goals when being switched there.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

His physique after 5 years still looks iffy. Not everyone can be blessed with a great rig but his looks sloppy, dough armed

 

[Muddiemoose]

His physique after 5 years still looks iffy. Not everyone can be blessed with a great rig but his looks sloppy, dough armed

Plenty of discussion to have around Brown but this is probably the biggest non factor

Jezza Cameron looks like a noodle and has been the most dominant key forward and probably has a claim to be the most dangerous player in the comp

 

[tigerdan]

100%… always an easy way to spot someone that doesn’t know what they’re talking about when they say he took ages to come good.

Felt like 100 games.

 

[richoplzbreed]

Plenty of discussion to have around Brown but this is probably the biggest non factor

Jezza Cameron looks like a noodle and has been the most dominant key forward and probably has a claim to be the most dangerous player in the comp

Yeah but in Cameron's first 5 years he had earnt AFLPA best first-year player, GWS leading goalkicker 5 years straight, All Australian, All Australian squad, basically with runs on the board like that no one can question the player. This is Browns 5th year and he's basically waiting on an injury to reclaim his position and reports are his preseason was very ordinary.

In Brown's time at Punt Rd it took him til very last game of his 2nd year to debut and he hasn't done a great deal besides a 3 goal game, a nice rundown tackle and a couple of good kicks a game. Apparently he can run yet he's only taken 9 bounces in his entire career, and always looks like a plodder.

 

[Danog]

Can we PLEASE just play him on the flipping wing.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

Plenty of discussion to have around Brown but this is probably the biggest non factor

Jezza Cameron looks like a noodle and has been the most dominant key forward and probably has a claim to be the most dangerous player in the comp

Clutching here mate... Jezza has muscle and tone and obviously a much stronger core. I was seriously surprised when Tom was micd up during the pre season, his body shape looked sub par.

 

[DickieKnee]

Clutching here mate... Jezza has muscle and tone and obviously a much stronger core. I was seriously surprised when Tom was micd up during the pre season, his body shape looked sub par.

Mick Mcguane had the body of a homeless hobo but was a handy player.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

Mick Mcguane had the body of a homeless hobo but was a handy player.

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And he still does

 

[Drunken Wookie]

Mick Mcguane had the body of a homeless hobo but was a handy player.

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could pull the arms off a gundark

 

[Calcium Man]

Clutching here mate... Jezza has muscle and tone and obviously a much stronger core. I was seriously surprised when Tom was micd up during the pre season, his body shape looked sub par.

Have to agree. He really lacks definition in his arms in some of the preseason vids.

 

[_RT_]

Brown has played 42 games in his career, and it would appear that he is being given a bit of a wake up call to remind him that just because he played 23 games last year he isn't necessarily a walk up start this year especially given the group that we have to select from for the medium sized defenders role. I have him earmarked for the Vlastuin role moving forward and Trainor for Broads role. Given it's R1 of the season there is no need to be concerned that both are currently in the VFL side. Hell they may even spend the majority of the year there if we have a good run with injury and form, which won't hurt them in the slightest as they will be able to still develop their games and gain confidence to play those roles once they do get back into the senior line up.

 

[Achilles Heel]

Mick Mcguane had the body of a homeless hobo but was a handy player.

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Looks ok now

 

[59Stanley]

Trade bait for sure. he kicks neatly and marks well but just does not work hard enough to get enough ball and unfortunately he will never get a lot of it.

 

[Rubber Hips]

I feel like you don't know who Miller Bergman and Corey Warner are

I know who they are and I’m glad we don’t have them

 

[Rubber Hips]

Brown has played 42 games in his career, and it would appear that he is being given a bit of a wake up call to remind him that just because he played 23 games last year he isn't necessarily a walk up start this year especially given the group that we have to select from for the medium sized defenders role. I have him earmarked for the Vlastuin role moving forward and Trainor for Broads role. Given it's R1 of the season there is no need to be concerned that both are currently in the VFL side. Hell they may even spend the majority of the year there if we have a good run with injury and form, which won't hurt them in the slightest as they will be able to still develop their games and gain confidence to play those roles once they do get back into the senior line up.

I reckon he will come good. too…

I don’t mind that he is not an automatic selection …this should be plied to all/ most players …it’s the slap across the chops that players need from time to time….let’s hope he gets rewarded for hard work and is selected into the seniors on merit…and plays well