AFL Player #15: Jayden Laverde

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Unrestricted Free Agent 2025
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 7, Nuggs Bunny

 

[boncer34]

Not sure he's going to make it and just be one of those good VFL players.

Yeah write him off after his first game back.

 

[PhoenixBonez]

Tough game for a medium lead up forward given our forward 50 entries.

 

[Zyzz]

Greens had months of crap games with no impact, so i expect laverde to get the same opportunities

 

[Aussie Assault]

Yeah write him off after his first game back.

I will and have.

 

[boncer34]

I will and have.

Good work

 

[Yoda_]

Rusty as you would expect. Didn't do as much as we had all hoped but you can't expect too much from a kid who has played 3 games in almost 10 months. Predominantly inside the F50.

The will to compete was there, will be better for the run. Expect him to stay in and get better with each week

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Rusty first game, looking forward to him shaking off the cobwebs in the coming weeks.

 

[JayJ20]

I'd keep him in against Bulldogs.

Obviously still getting used to the pace at AFL level

 

[YEMOC NAYR]

Not sure he's going to make it and just be one of those good VFL players.

Shut up

 

[Rack Watts]

Rustier than Francis' nuts.

 

[Donakebab]

Should have kicked two. One from a straightforward miss, the other with the BS advantage paid to Raz. Nails those and a different tune would be sung.

 

[JayJ20]

His tackle in the 3rd quarter though! They took the advantage, but that was Laverde's goal

 

[WEEVZ]

Very poor today. Didn't seem to know his role for the most part. Used the footy badly and was even worse without it.

Hopefully just rusty nerves.

AFL is a whole other level to VFL in terms of speed. He's just rusty, it's only his 4th game back (VFL and AFL) from injury just need to give him time to settle in. I hope Woosha sticks with him. I'd drop Colyer before him (he's been pretty iffy for a few weeks now).

 

[blitzer]

Should have kicked two. One from a straightforward miss, the other with the BS advantage paid to Raz. Nails those and a different tune would be sung.

Fair points. I think on the whole his game wasn't a lot different to what Green has been providing us in truth. Certainly not worse than his average standard over the last month.

 

[Zach Package]

The fact that he played a game and didn't get injured is my highlight of 2017 bar none

 

[mike14]

AFL is a whole other level to VFL in terms of speed. He's just rusty, it's only his 4th game back (VFL and AFL) from injury just need to give him time to settle in. I hope Woosha sticks with him. I'd drop Colyer before him (he's been pretty iffy for a few weeks now).

Yup, you could see he just half a step slow. Will be much better for the run and put himself in enough good positions to retain his spot

 

[calyam]

Not a big impact but he did a few nice things. Shame he missed a relatively easy goal but I did enjoy his big rundown.

 

[BrunoV]

Thought that he played Green's role a bit too well from what I saw.

 

[mad_monkey_j]

Played about as well as I expected. Easily gets another game to work his way into it.

 

[Parish2McGrath]

An 'almost' game from our Lav.

Good to see him out there. Could and should have kicked two.

 

[bacon buster]

showed a couple of signs, but was obviously rusty
the bump on Mcdonald probably showed the kind of beast he could be.

 

[Summer Nights]

Why is everyone using the word rusty? Is that his nickname or something?

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Thought he moved well first game back will a need a few.

 

[Doss]

Persist.

 

[yodellinhank]

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