Player Watch #32 Samson Ryan- Suspended 1 week

[Tackle Bag]

He's no Max Gawn.

Max gawn was just as bad in his first 5 years or so, believe it or not

 

[Dreamend]

Max gawn was just as bad in his first 5 years or so, believe it or not

Gawn was viewed as a horrifically poor footballer for a very long time. Xerri was seen as a stop gap battler.

Ryan is a confident player at VFL, is one of the better VFL rucks in general. Then goes to AFL and every bad habit he has seems to pop up.

Some of his taps were great and clearance wise we did better for him being in there. Unfortunately let himself down greatly a couple of times and he'll know that.

Playing AFL for the first time in a year off half a VFL game, I'm not shocked he gave away frees that often were fatigue or strength based.

 

[MadMaxfield95]

It's an indictment on our club on 3 fronts

1) He hasn't developed at all over 6 years
2) He STILL hasn't been coached to not drop his head, and to give a single second effort
3) We signed him on for 3 extra years, 1 year ago

Blair and Co had a lot of credits from our premiership years, but that shit is running dry real fast.

Ryan, Hopper, Gibcus deals are looking awful.

couldn’t agree more. What the club sees in Ryan I just don’t know. And 6 years in…. It’s a horrific list decision. Coupled with the fact our No1 ruck is bash and crash on last legs and they already have OHB who’ll never make it to the level. Such poor list management

 

[Rich01]

As bad as he was yesterday it was unforgivable that he’s gone and gotten himself suspended for such a stupid act.

Not only was it selfish, it’s affected the way the team may have to structure up next week without a ruckman.

Personally I’d bring OHB in and leave Samson in the reserves for a couple of games.

OHB is certainly not up to it right now, but that sort of crap from Samson should be punished.

 

[Tackle Bag]

Same ruck coach for 10 years. Time for a change

 

[Danog]

As bad as he was yesterday it was unforgivable that he’s gone and gotten himself suspended for such a stupid act.

Not only was it selfish, it’s affected the way the team may have to structure up next week without a ruckman.

Personally I’d bring OHB in and leave Samson in the reserves for a couple of games.

OHB is certainly not up to it right now, but that sort of crap from Samson should be punished.

Never know until we give him a go. Some players improve when they take the step up. At the very least, he'd be more competitive. Lockwood was 10x as competitive in his 2nd and 3rd efforts in the VFL compared to what Ryan dishes up, and he's giving up about 20kgs.

 

[prodigy1311]

Dont care if he wins a brownlow at another club, tye gut punch is inexcusable knowing the situation the club is in. Dumb af

 

[Truetiger]

1 Week suspension

 

[Julio Dulio]