Player Watch #41: Mabior Chol - FA to GC

[SunshineBoy]

I was happy with Nank's game. He was never going to outreach the big O but was valuable around the ground. Apart from this week we've got teams that have 2 tall rucks. Who spend a lot of time on the ground. I think its the best use of our resources to switch Broad in for Balta & bite the bullet and play Balta fwd ruck. With Lynch & JR. Broad can take tall or small fwds.

 

[tora tora tora]

We lost by bugger all against a very good side.

Lynch Comes in this week which means Chol goes to 3rd tall fwd/ 2nd ruck. He gets better match ups forward in that role and his actual game time is likely reduced.


He isn’t in great form right now but he is our best bet against most remaining sides and their ruck stocks.

God help us if Nank were to get injured during a game and Chol wasn’t in the side.

If Nank gets injured we don't win the flag. Marbs back up rucking may get us through one game no more. So may as well bite the bullet and get a forward line that can kick a winning score. Hence my wish is for Caddy IN too. I'm more confident about our ability to use the ball better in our fwd 50.

 

[SunshineBoy]

Watched him in the practice game, whilst he is a great kick for goal, probably our best , I don’t think he has the intensity or drive to make it , it’s a shame as he could be anything but wont.

thoughts

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

Watched him in the practice game, whilst he is a great kick for goal, probably our best , I don’t think he has the intensity or drive to make it , it’s a shame as he could be anything but wont.

thoughts

He's only 24 , his best years are the next four years.
He needs to seriously bulk up so he can contest properly in the forward packs.

 

[tigs2010]

Hard to disagree sadly

 

[beema limapep]

Was a big fan but its all gone to meh. I hope he makes an impact soon because even as a tall, at 24 the clock is ticking

 

[Bojangles17]

Watched him in the practice game, whilst he is a great kick for goal, probably our best , I don’t think he has the intensity or drive to make it , it’s a shame as he could be anything but wont.

thoughts

Footy nous , lacks it , doesn’t get to right spots often enough , call it what you will but it’s footy iq you got or you haven’t, I feel key defender may suit better where he’s taken to the ball rather than making the play

 

[sregit]

Weak footballer. Avoids the contest at all costs. Will be nothing but a list clogger at Richmond. tries to get cheap kicks out the back instead of smashing the pack. Will be Delisted / moved on at the end of this year. People who think he'll make a defender are kidding themselves. A good defender reads the play and intercepts the ball, is not led to the ball.
He'd be even worse in a defensive position. Imagine what a gun forward would do to that spud.

 

[Tygrys]

Chol is the worst kind of tease. He'll be invisible for an entire game and then do something breathtaking for a tall. And then it's like ' did you see that! we just have to persist with him, all he needs is one breakout game and boy what a player. And besides he's a tall, and we all know talls take longer, right?' Throw in Jack potentially being on his last legs and Soldo out for the year and the temptation to hold onto him until the very last moment is overwhelming. Hard to see him other than Todd Elton

Todd Elton

Age

30

Ht

197cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.0

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.2

2star

No current season stats available

D

7.8

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.2

3star

revisted.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Imagine what a gun forward would do to that spud.

But that gun fwd is up the other end.

 

[Ashman OG]

dud delist

 

[tropicaltiger]

as someone suggested already... put him on a wing/mid in the 2s for 10 weeks to sharpen up his nous and build his tank, if he dosent make a fist of it hes probably gonsky

 

[guruisatiger]

will be a premiership player this year
and i mean in the seniors...
im not giving up on him yet

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

Delist asap, I can't believe we got rid of Turner and kept Chol????

 

[tora tora tora]

will be a premiership player this year
and i mean in the seniors...
im not giving up on him yet

CCJ rucked well and was competitive when he went fwd. Took a nice diving mark. I think he gets Chol's games as 3rd tall/back up ruck

 

[guruisatiger]

CCJ rucked well and was competitive when he went fwd. Took a nice diving mark. I think he gets Chol's games as 3rd tall/back up ruck

as the great moe howard once said ' we shall see what we see'

 

[beema limapep]

as the great moe howard once said ' we shall see what we see'

Moe Howard would have CCJ in the team.

 

[Morro]

Footy nous , lacks it , doesn’t get to right spots often enough , call it what you will but it’s footy iq you got or you haven’t, I feel key defender may suit better where he’s taken to the ball rather than making the play

I think he was trialed as KPD when he arrived for the first 2-3 years. Clearly wasnt up to it.

I wish he had it above the shoulders as he has all the attributes to be a special player. Not many if any players his size can move how he does.

 

[The Mighty]

Footy nous , lacks it , doesn’t get to right spots often enough , call it what you will but it’s footy iq you got or you haven’t, I feel key defender may suit better where he’s taken to the ball rather than making the play

If you lack the intensity or ability to read the ball or the play as a key forward or ruck you are definately not making it as a key defender.

 

[db26]

I don't like to bag our own players, but I don't see why the coaching group rate him flash in the pan player and doesn't take the next step or improve year after year.Rather get a new kid and develop.

 

[Infamy]

I don't like to bag our own players, but I don't see why the coaching group rate him flash in the pan player and doesn't take the next step or improve year after year.Rather get a new kid and develop.

Maybe he's doing what the coaches ask of him and they are still seeing enough improvement

 

[Bojangles17]

If you lack the intensity or ability to read the ball or the play as a key forward or ruck you are definately not making it as a key defender.

That’s not entirely true at all, as a forward you make the play , as a defender you beat your opponent , not all defenders are interceptors that need to read it like a forward. Have you not ever heard most defenders are failed forwards, this is why

 

[guruisatiger]

Moe Howard would have CCJ in the team.

not in the first four weeks

 

[evo]

still doesnt seem to read the ball in flight very well. Hope he makes it, but slim chance he will.

 

[Thrasher97]

Don't know why we gave him 2 years...
Should of been on the chopping block last year instead of Turner or English.