AFL Player # 4: Kyle Langford - AA squad, Leading Goalkicker, McKracken Medal, 2nd in Crichton 🥈

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Restricted Free Agent 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 8, boncer34

 

[mmm beaut]

Loving his ability to stand up in tackle and give off the handball.

Dare I say it.....Jobe like.

Duck and Bruce said the same thing tonight. It's uncanny

 

[blitzer]

Best part about his game is that he stayed active throughout. In the past when he's only had around 15 touches you can almost forget he's playing for a while, but he did a hell of a lot of work around the ball and put pressure on all game.

Its fair to say that 15 touches and 3 goals is a fair bit different to just 15 touches. He's still spending plenty of time up forward so I wouldn't expect massive numbers but he's certainly doing his job. There was a stage early in the game about 8 minutes in where Langford had more tackles than Port Adelaide did.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Goals, marks, tackles were impressive but standing up to that tackle on outer wing and then that kick to Brown late in the third....that was brilliant

 

[adsla69k]

Loving his ability to stand up in tackle and give off the handball.

Dare I say it.....Jobe like.

Langford is better than Jobe at the same age.

 

[DERO]

Big arse in the stoppages

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Has really turned it around and is looking like he's got the ability to monster a few guys due to his size.

Rarely do you see a guy who freezes a bit with the ball turn it around so quickly. At the start of the year he looked like the decision making aspect of the speed of AFL was too much for him.

I'm not going to pop the champagne corks yet but with a solid pre season would be interesting to see if there's another level he can get too.

 

[Darealrath]

Goals, marks, tackles were impressive but standing up to that tackle on outer wing and then that kick to Brown late in the third....that was brilliant

I loved how he quickly summed it up and gave the kick everything he had to ensure it was to Brown's advantage.

 

[Highly Evolved]

Prepared to put my hand up as a convert if he continues to deliver next year.

Consistency and hunger at the footy have been my biggest knocks.

In hindsight, I love his attitude. Learning his craft in VFL rather than guaranteed forward time.

 

[Eleven 38]

I said at the end of last year if we don't replace Jobe we wont make finals. We probably didn't in the off season. But I reckon going into 2019 we have.

 

[Doss]

Every single one of his possessions are meaningful.

 

[Vindicater]

Has really turned it around and is looking like he's got the ability to monster a few guys due to his size.

Rarely do you see a guy who freezes a bit with the ball turn it around so quickly. At the start of the year he looked like the decision making aspect of the speed of AFL was too much for him.

I'm not going to pop the champagne corks yet but with a solid pre season would be interesting to see if there's another level he can get too.

What the hell dude!

Don't break character like that.

 

[dnbassador]

Thanks for doing naughty things and moving to Port Adelaide Paddy

 

[NAB777]

Langford is better than Jobe at the same age.

Nope, at 21 Jobe had his break out year & it was a better year than Kyle had this year - he was runner up in the B&F playing about 65% game time.

I sms'd SEN & said that he should have won the B&F by a street & the only reason he didn't was that Sheedy kept dragging him.

Having said that, I'm a huge wrap for Kyle - has some weapons that Jobe never had, particularly penetration with his kicking.

 

[vast]

He is going to become one of our most important players simply for his physical presence around the ball. Right now we also have Myers with that size factor but good to know we will at least have Kyle who can fill role and he will only get stronger.

 

[JayJ20]

11 tackles. It's not just the numbers. He makes it stick.

 

[Old man fletch]

I loved how he quickly summed it up and gave the kick everything he had to ensure it was to Brown's advantage.

He's picked Brown out for some beauties the last few weeks. The game against the saints he had a bomb down the middle of the ground from our defensive 50 straight onto Browns chest to cut open their defence, and did a similar kick to brown again the next week.

Can bomb them long but they don't hang in the air and are deadly accurate. Feel very confident with him delivering inside 50

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Duck and Bruce said the same thing tonight. It's uncanny

It actually is uncanny how much he looks like the 2nd coming of Jobe from behind and particularly hindquarters and below. The number just sets it off bad

 

[Yoda_]

Was barely sighted in the first half but as Doss mentioned, the touches he had were meaningful. Was nice to see a goal kicking midfielder in our line up. The other thing that has also been mentioned was that his tenacity around the stoppages and ability to hunt the ball. Genuinely tracked the ball at times like a killer hunting his prey.

Look forward to him going to another level in 2019. Should be a very good role player for us for many years to come.

Well done Kyle

 

[fairbump_playon]

Was barely sighted in the first half but as Doss mentioned, the touches he had were meaningful. Was nice to see a goal kicking midfielder in our line up. The other thing that has also been mentioned was that his tenacity around the stoppages and ability to hunt the ball. Genuinely tracked the ball at times like a killer hunting his prey.

Look forward to him going to another level in 2019. Should be a very good role player for us for many years to come.

Well done Kyle

I'm sure James Hird can tell him a few stories about tracking the ball.

 

[Towno78]

Was barely sighted in the first half but as Doss mentioned, the touches he had were meaningful. Was nice to see a goal kicking midfielder in our line up. The other thing that has also been mentioned was that his tenacity around the stoppages and ability to hunt the ball. Genuinely tracked the ball at times like a killer hunting his prey.

Look forward to him going to another level in 2019. Should be a very good role player for us for many years to come.

Well done Kyle

I don't think he will "be a very good role player for us". He will be the main man in the midfield within 12 months maybe, 24 months certainly imo.

 

[TheBrightSide]

Running in the GF sprint. Interesting choice!

 

[FlyingV]

Running in the GF sprint. Interesting choice!

Pretty sure he ran it either last year or year before and didn’t disgrace himself

 

[BomberFan355]

Heats were supposed to be at 12.15 but I didn't see anything, he make it through?

 

[eDPS]

Heats were supposed to be at 12.15 but I didn't see anything, he make it through?

Nah, would have come middle of the row in his heat

 

[Yoda_]

I don't think he will "be a very good role player for us". He will be the main man in the midfield within 12 months maybe, 24 months certainly imo.

I’ve only just seen this!

There is no evidence to suggest he can go from a 12 - 18 possession a game mid to a consistent 28 possession a game mid.

Me as much as anyone, want him to be a consistent AFL player. Not sure he will ever be a top 3 mid at the club.