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

 

[doug85]

Hard to imagine that a couple years back this guy was everyones whipping boy.

Maybe the whipping boy of a vocal minority

 

[owen87]

Is that....

 

[citizen-erased]

Kyle Smashford!

 

[Call Me Cake]

The most underrated player on the list tbh.

 

[Yoda_]

From whipping boy 3 years ago to one of our most important players. May still be under appreciated by our own supporters as not a sexy player but one who just keeps getting the job done.

16 disposals, 5 marks, 1.2 goals a game since returning.

Bloody great stat line that

 

[citizen-erased]

From whipping boy 3 years ago to one of our most important players. May still be under appreciated by our own supporters as not a sexy player but one who just keeps getting the job done.

16 disposals, 5 marks, 1.2 goals a game since returning.

Bloody great stat line that

?
that mo begs to differ

 

[Yoda_]

?
that mo begs to differ

has more serial pest than sexy in it

 

[Yoda_]

Also, must admit, it was nice seeing a nasty streak when Hobbs got barrelled over early. Langers was first in to remonstrate, and again in a passage of play in the second he was putting in the hard yards to pressure the GCS players on the HF line

 

[citizen-erased]

has more serial pest than sexy in it

Shakes fist

 

[RedmanWasHere]

May still be under appreciated by our own supporters as not a sexy player

Excuse me.

Essendon's best looking player since Andrew Welsh.

 

[Old Campaigner]

From whipping boy 3 years ago to one of our most important players.

almost as if most people here have nfi (myself included)

 

[Albertross]

Excuse me.

Essendon's best looking player since Andrew Welsh.

Agree!

 

[Call Me Cake]

Agree!
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wtf i love aflw now

 

[carnthedons]

Agree!
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That one had temporarily vanished from the spank bank

 

[BLA60]

I am not surprised too see an improvement in our teams overall performance, and the return of this guy. Obviously some other players have improved greatly. But from a structure view, he is a key link in the chain.

Very happy to be wrong about this bloke, as I was not one of his fans early on.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I get “he always looks laconic it’s him” but at times today he was fair dinkum moving like a geriatric. Looks like he’s carrying something.

 

[MiguelM]

I get “he always looks laconic it’s him” but at times today he was fair dinkum moving like a geriatric. Looks like he’s carrying something.

It is the mo, weighing him down.

 

[Ambrosia]

Not impacting the Elliot contest physically was incredibly poor.

 

[bacon buster]

absolutely.

why he was playing a sweeper role i have no idea though??? he looked like he'd never played defence in his life (probably hasn't)

 

[eth-dog]

Feel like he needs to get up the ground a bit more.

 

[srobbo]

Was very ordinary & won’t want to re-watch that pathetic effort to defend Elliott.

 

[The Prosecutor]

Not impacting the Elliot contest physically was incredibly poor.

absolutely.

why he was playing a sweeper role i have no idea though??? he looked like he'd never played defence in his life (probably hasn't)

In fairness, if you look at the still at the point Bianco was about kick the ball inside 50, its easy to see why Langford hesitated. If he committed to Elliot, then BZT's opponent (on the point of the square) would've had open space running towards goal and a much easier shot.

 

[andleanback]

In fairness, if you look at the still at the point Bianco was about kick the ball inside 50, its easy to see why Langford hesitated. If he committed to Elliot, then BZT's opponent (on the point of the square) would've had open space running towards goal and a much easier shot.

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Yep he half hesitated for a second and it cost him. Would’ve loved Ridley or laverde there for that situation. Laverde would’ve flattened Elliot.

 

[owen87]

In fairness, if you look at the still at the point Bianco was about kick the ball inside 50, its easy to see why Langford hesitated. If he committed to Elliot, then BZT's opponent (on the point of the square) would've had open space running towards goal and a much easier shot.

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Looks like Mihocek's build from here, so probably a fair call to make sure he was covered. He actually made it to the Elliot v BZT contest in time just didn't impact it.

 

[Milanista28]

At least he was in the right place, a few of his friends needed to be more alert up the field.