AFL Player 4: Kyle Langford

[Beerfish]

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

 

[Yoda_]

need some serious consistency from this bloke now that Stringer has moved on.

Was AA Squad worthy 12 months ago bu didn't reach anywhere near the heights in 2024. We need him to contribute 12 - 15 touches, 6 - 10 marks and 1.5 goals a week (or there about cause I know Ethan will say player x was only one to be around that mark) lol

 

[ant555]

need some serious consistency from this bloke now that Stringer has moved on.

Was AA Squad worthy 12 months ago bu didn't reach anywhere near the heights in 2024. We need him to contribute 12 - 15 touches, 6 - 10 marks and 1.5 goals a week (or there about cause I know Ethan will say player x was only one to be around that mark) lol

If he does not have a hip injury again he probably will be okay . He started off well enough.

 

[Yoda_]

See this bloke being spoken about a bit in the other thread(s), I dont see why he couldn't become our Luke Breust

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Luke Breust

Age

35

Ht

182cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.7

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

1.3

1star

T

4.8

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

1.8

5star

.

LB obviously a fairly intellectual footballer, Langford could do the same imho

 

[faible]

See this bloke being spoken about a bit in the other thread(s), I dont see why he couldn't become our Luke Breust.

LB obviously a fairly intellectual footballer, Langford could do the same imho

You think the Kyle Langford who ran away from a ball-in-play to the interchange can be an intellectual footballer like Luke Bruest?

 

[Vander18]

need some serious consistency from this bloke now that Stringer has moved on.

Was AA Squad worthy 12 months ago bu didn't reach anywhere near the heights in 2024. We need him to contribute 12 - 15 touches, 6 - 10 marks and 1.5 goals a week (or there about cause I know Ethan will say player x was only one to be around that mark) lol

1. Teams worked out he’s our best forward and started to send their #1 defender to him somewhere around the halfway mark of the season.
2. Copped a hip injury that to me eye impacted his kicking for the rest of the season.

I have no concerns re Langford personally.

 

[P Money]

Yep I think that's the issue for Langford. If he's copping the best defender each week he is simply not big/athletic enough to beat them with any kind of consistency. So as long as he is our 'best' forward he is going to struggle.

 

[Rick Ross]

Yep I think that's the issue for Langford. If he's copping the best defender each week he is simply not big/athletic enough to beat them with any kind of consistency. So as long as he is our 'best' forward he is going to struggle.

For a guy to be our highest goal kicker (at 43 - it was even above Stringer!!!!) despite apparently being injured and copping the best defender is a sign of quality.

If he repeats that in 2025 and Caddy, 2MP/Drapper get second or third line defenders, I’ll happily take that.

No injury & hopefully better delivery into F50 - can he break out further? Shouldn’t go backwards???

 

[P Money]

For a guy to be our highest goal kicker (at 43 - it was even above Stringer!!!!) despite apparently being injured and copping the best defender is a sign of quality.

If he repeats that in 2025 and Caddy, 2MP/Drapper get second or third line defenders, I’ll happily take that.

No injury & hopefully better delivery into F50 - can he break out further? Shouldn’t go backwards???

I think as Vander18 said, around halfway through the year teams started sending their best defender to Langford and he was severely restricted from then on. May have been in part due to injury, but the eye test tells you that he's not a genuine key position forward and a real quality stopper is going to get the better of him more often than not.

As has been mentioned he's a Breust/Gunston type player - high footy IQ, reasonable athleticism and very accurate kicks for goal - who had great careers as 2nd/third forwards with players like Buddy and Roughy taking the biggest and best key defenders.

I can see him struggling to replicate 2024 if he ends up with the best defender on him for the entire season from round 1.

 

[Lore]

 

[yodellinhank]

Easy to forget how young the kid is, being November born.

 

[jmoo wan]

Easy to forget how young the kid is, being November born.

yeah she’s young - she was born 10 days ago

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

 

[The Donners]

Real men have daughters.

 

[jannissary]

joining the leadership group this year

 

[naraku]

Out for at least 1 month.

 

[doug85]

Out for at least 1 month.

Maybe back for Melbourne given we have the round 4 bye

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Ch 7 news said 4-6 weeks

 

[thebigboy]

Ch 7 news said 4-6 weeks

Club over the last 2 years have been very conservative & considering his history with hamstring injuries, I’d say he’s more likely a chance to come back for Anzac Day at the earliest

 

[Megabattimus]

My boy

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[Vindicater]

Ch 7 news said 4-6 weeks

So 8 weeks minimum then.

 

[windyhill]

Was gong well. FFS.

 

[MiguelM]

Yeah, looked like a bad one.

 

[ghostdog]

He's a pro. He'll get the rehab done.
Meanwhile, TEd gets lucky again.

 

[Lore]

given the amount of ice involved I’d be surprised to see him before mid-year

 

[katana]

given the amount of ice involved I’d be surprised to see him before mid-year

what a truly bizarre comment.