Player Watch #32: Mason Wood -

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If he had kicked the hard goal when we needed it rather than the late one when we didn't really I would say definitely keeps his spot. As it is, he was okay, hope he gets a few good weeks of top level exposure, but he's not made himself essential by any means.
 

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Was at the game with a Wood cynic tonight (cough Massive Unit, cough) and he still wasn't convinced at the end.

I suggested that there were 17 other teams watching tonight who would love to have Mason on their list. Almost a gun.

Easy to see why opinion is divided, though.
 

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Must stay in. Give the kid a chance, first game in the seniors for ages bound to be a bit rusty and lacking for confidence. We've got a potentially very good AFL player, persist.
 

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Wasn't expecting a big game but I was expecting him to drop off severely as the game went on, he had great touch and knew how to track the ball. From what I have seen so far himself, mckenzie, garner, wells, harvey, cunnington are a few that have the ability to make the game slow down a bit and stay in control with the ball in hand.
 

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For whatever reason Mason gets marked pretty harshly here.

His kicking skills are excellent, comparatively Garner has only gotten over 13 touches once in his 16 games. Mason had strings of 19, 22, 22 touch games people forget last year. Today would of been Taylor's second best game possession wise.

Yes Taylor has a lot of intangibles, but he also consistently gets 10 touches in a position where his direct opponent usually gets around 25 and provides a huge amount of run.

I think Mason probably makes us a better balanced side until Taylor can start consistently kicking 2-3 goals a game and upping it to around 15 touches as a minimum.
 

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Wasn't expecting a big game but I was expecting him to drop off severely as the game went on, he had great touch and knew how to track the ball. From what I have seen so far himself, mckenzie, garner, wells, harvey, cunnington are a few that have the ability to make the game slow down a bit and stay in control with the ball in hand.
McKenzie? You mean in VFL or years ago?
 

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Marking was excellent. Had a clanger in the 3rd, and missed a gettable goal. Kicked one late (but not so late that it didnt matter, was important). 3 tackles was decent.

Needs to work on his defensive positioning (no surprises there).

Overall I thought he did a great job. Looking forward to him lining up next week.
 

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Was good. And shit.

A real odd game.
He certainly should remove the chip pass into the corridor from his repertoire for the time being.

The overhead marks at full stretch were pretty impressive though. He would have taken another one in the last - in front of the interchanges- if Goldy hadn't crashed into his back.

Overall, a reasonable game for one of our under-exposed youngsters.
 

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This is the critical point.

The issue is whether he can get that time in the near future. Hope he can, somehow.
Has to make the most of the unfortunate hammie strains to garner and jed. Gotta say we are fortinate for mid forward depth. Iam a little more concerned how we may have fared losing a couple of key defenders.
 

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Has to make the most of the unfortunate hammie strains to garner and jed. Gotta say we are fortinate for mid forward depth. Iam a little more concerned how we may have fared losing a couple of key defenders.
When Taz was down for a bit it was heart in mouth type stuff.
 
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