AFL Player 4: Kyle Langford

[Beerfish]

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

 

[Lore]

Has to be playing injured. Not that he was ever quick but he has lost any zip and his kicking penetration is gone as well.

It was a hip pointer or knee to the hip or something just after the bye. Hasn’t been the same since

 

[andleanback]

Has to be playing injured. Not that he was ever quick but he has lost any zip and his kicking penetration is gone as well.

Hip is cooked. Hurt it against Gold Coast and has just been playing through it. Second highest rated bomber on the ground on Friday night though

 

[DERO]

Our season is over and some people are melting hard which manifests as everyone either being sacked, delisted or traded.

I mean some people even want Hird back.

Might be a bit in some of the trade chat to be fair.

 

[naraku]

Kyle isn't our biggest problem but I would look at letting him drift up the ground more then he does.

Tbh, he has had 1 great year in 10 years.

Yeah, yeah I know out of position etc but I think he needs to be a lot more useful and accountable now. Former top 20 pick...ONE great year and most of this one are his only passes.

 

[Nifft]

Kyle isn't our biggest problem but I would look at letting him drift up the ground more then he does.

Tbh, he has had 1 great year in 10 years.

Yeah, yeah I know out of position etc but I think he needs to be a lot more useful and accountable now. Former top 20 pick...ONE great year and most of this one are his only passes.

It looked like he had license to roam up the ground more in the Brisbane game, and I thought it was the best he'd played since he'd been injured. He seemed to be moving a lot better.

 

[Zach Package]

Kyle isn't our biggest problem but I would look at letting him drift up the ground more then he does.

Tbh, he has had 1 great year in 10 years.

Yeah, yeah I know out of position etc but I think he needs to be a lot more useful and accountable now. Former top 20 pick...ONE great year and most of this one are his only passes.

It looked like he had license to roam up the ground more in the Brisbane game, and I thought it was the best he'd played since he'd been injured. He seemed to be moving a lot better.

There are only a couple of things that we should be taking into next year in terms of positional changes but Langford being more of a floater and having license to get up the ground and find a bit of ball and lose his man working back inside 50 or hitting other targets as a link up man should be one of them.

I like that role for him. it may mean he only kicks high 30s in terms of goals next year but he's be more involved and his assists and score involvements would do a lot for the people around him.

 

[naraku]

It looked like he had license to roam up the ground more in the Brisbane game, and I thought it was the best he'd played since he'd been injured. He seemed to be moving a lot better.

I hope this is his role next season. From our F50 and up to around the wing with occasional movements in and around the D50.

 

[faible]

I hope this is his role next season. From our F50 and up to around the wing with occasional movements in and around the D50.

Pretty sure you just described the CHF role?

 

[Godzke]

Need to figure out Harrison Jones's position before Langford's. He was effectively the lead up CHF before switching to wing.

He'd be a better lead up option than Langford. Faster, taller and more agile. And having played more footy this year than the previous two years combined, he should be the focus ahead of Langford.

 

[naraku]

Pretty sure you just described the CHF role?

Does CHF go that deep? I always thought around the center circle was roughly it fir them?

Anyway, if that's what it is...

 

[jdstorm]

CHF is Caddy.

Spent a top 10 pick good as advertised let’s not overcomplicate it

 

[jannissary]

Kyle isn't our biggest problem but I would look at letting him drift up the ground more then he does.

Tbh, he has had 1 great year in 10 years.

Yeah, yeah I know out of position etc but I think he needs to be a lot more useful and accountable now. Former top 20 pick...ONE great year and most of this one are his only passes.

he did it well vs. fremantle as a good blocker, just wish he did it more during the rest of the season.

 

[eDPS]

Kyle isn't our biggest problem but I would look at letting him drift up the ground more then he does.

Tbh, he has had 1 great year in 10 years.

Yeah, yeah I know out of position etc but I think he needs to be a lot more useful and accountable now. Former top 20 pick...ONE great year and most of this one are his only passes.

Accuracy a big thing for him this year, if he was just a little more accurate he would have pretty much matched last year. Considering how bad our entries are I’d say his last two years have been great overall.

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2023

 

[Just A Tragic]

Kyle, along with the team, looked pretty good in the first half of the season, basically playing as a smart undersized FF.
Somewhere along the way, he got an injury we never heard about publicity, but I see posters saying it was hip, which makes sense.
He lost his zip and kick. Without that, it doesn't matter how smart he is.
The question I have is, is it an injury that can be overcome?

 

[naraku]

Accuracy a big thing for him this year, if he was just a little more accurate he would have pretty much matched last year. Considering how bad our entries are I’d say his last two years have been great overall.

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Would you leave him forward then or let him move up the ground somewhat?

 

[eDPS]

Would you leave him forward then or let him move up the ground somewhat?

I would mix up with he and Caddy who goes up and who goes deep. Keep the defenders on their toes

 

[Howard Moon]

So it was the meniscus bothering him

 

[jannissary]

So it was the meniscus bothering him

where'd you see that?

 

[Old Campaigner]

where'd you see that?

Club injury update, went in to get his knee cleaned out

 

[jannissary]

Club injury update, went in to get his knee cleaned out

gotcha. it was clear as day he was carrying something, so.

 

[Kong]

Why would they not at least give him a few weeks to rest?

It wouldn't have healed a meniscus tear in that time, but it would give him a few %, and it's not like he played very well in the second half of the year anyway.

 

[the PILL]

I don't really like that the club kept playing him knowing he had meniscus tear, even if minor.

No wonder he was turning like a bus and could rarely get any separation off his man.

 

[ghostdog]

Why would they not at least give him a few weeks to rest?

It wouldn't have healed a meniscus tear in that time, but it would give him a few %, and it's not like he played very well in the second half of the year anyway.

Because StI77 iN CoNt3Nti0N

 

[yodellinhank]

Playing Cox or heck a warm fit body like Setterfield as a forward is better than playing an injured Langford.

Langford kicked 43 goals. How are you going to replace that?

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

I don't really like that the club kept playing him knowing he had meniscus tear, even if minor.

No wonder he was turning like a bus and could rarely get any separation off his man.

Bizarre statement. Majority of AFL players would be playing through some form of injury. He wasn’t completely useless out there he just wasn’t his prime self for the second half of the year. Club managed him well to get him through the season from what I can see.