Player Watch #5 Jack Ross

[Muddiemoose]

loved when he belted parish for the cheap shot. Passion and support for his teamamtes. What you want to see from a skipper/leader.

Had a bit of Nank about it who is always ready to fly the flag for his teammates

Really impressive stuff from Ross who keeps pleasantly surprising a lot of us who raised our eyebrows when he was elevated to the leadership group

 

[energyquant]

Has long been a favourite of mine. Goes about his business and is clearly enjoying being a senior midfielder in this team. Works hard, has neat skills, takes the right option most of the time and is a leader. Onya Rossy!

 

[Rich01]

The less Hopper plays in the middle the better Ross is.

I like the combo of Ross, Taranto and one of Cumming/Campbell in CBAs with our current available players.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

It going to be an interesting few years because from the few fit players we have left, several of them are finding surprisingly high levels.

Chief amongst those is Jack Ross. But Campbell, Retschko, Green, Miller and probably even Balta are starting to string some genuinely good performances together.

None of those are first round draft picks, and we have plenty of those to come back into the team.

But Ross, what a season he is putting together. Where he lacks a single outstanding feature in his game he now just seems to be a really good all round player.

An all-rounder, like in cricket?!
Is there such a position in AFL footy...a player with no standout features(master of non)
Jack Ross the master of non!

 

[Madtiger2006]

Make him captain now

 

[Vassp]

id rather he be captain than TT, shows more vision in the midfield. TT does work his ass off though, so he gets ahuge tick for that.

 

[RichoRichoRicho]

TT deserves the Captaincy. Way more runs on the board and has shown the ability to perform more consistently. Love that Ross is improving into a solid B+ player but to say he's elevated to Captain level is disrespecting TT. That's just the facts.

 

[Hoos]

Love that Ross is improving into a solid B+ player but to say he's elevated to Captain level is disrespecting TT. That's just the facts.

Your opinions are facts are they? Ross is showing at least the same amount of leadership on the field as Taranto, but with better vision and disposal.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Getting back to the player he was in his first season when he was 98kg bull. Plays a different role but his attack on the ball and man is back. Looks confident.

 

[RichoRichoRicho]

Your opinions are facts are they? Ross is showing at least the same amount of leadership on the field as Taranto, but with better vision and disposal.

Facts in the way bigfooty defines them. 1/2 of TT has played bigger games, carrying more players on his shoulders than Ross has. I'm loving Ross' season just like us all but he's played a fraction of the stand out games Tim has.

TT has 3 B&F's - 2 for us. I just think it is hard to argue that Ross starts to exceed most people's expectations here for 1/3 of a season and then over takes him.

 

[UncleBob]

Rarely wastes the ball. Holds onto it a bit longer too to gain the outside advantage.

Love his dare to take it on through the middle last night. Weaving and dodging - just great play.

 

[Hoos]

TT has 3 B&F's - 2 for us. I just think it is hard to argue that Ross starts to exceed most people's expectations here for 1/3 of a season and then over takes him.

Fair enough, although I honestly think that he's going to overtake him if he can keep this form up.

It's amazing what a bit of confidence and being played in his best position can do.

Now all we need is for Hopper to be forced out. Hopefully when MacAuliffe returns (wishful thinking I know).

 

[Barnzy]

Has long been a favourite of mine. Goes about his business and is clearly enjoying being a senior midfielder in this team. Works hard, has neat skills, takes the right option most of the time and is a leader. Onya Rossy!

One of our only mids who has composure and vision.

Taranto see ball get ball blast ball forward. Hopper is even worse at this. Ross always been ultra composed to wait for the right options to appear. Much smarter player.

He's been a slow burn and it's taken him longer than most to peak. But now he's getting the ball more people are noticing more.

 

[richolovesgoal]

All Australian captain

 

[THE_GUN]

Now did the club make a mistake by extending his contract

He was a RFA this year and would have gotten very good offers to get Richmond a Band 1 compo
did we miss an opportunity here

 

[tiger_tough]

Now did the club make a mistake by extending his contract

He was a RFA this year and would have gotten very good offers to get Richmond a Band 1 compo
did we miss an opportunity here

Did we miss an opportunity to lose one of our best players, a leader and an age bracket which we are desperate for?

heck orf.

 

[Hoos]

He's been a slow burn and it's taken him longer than most to peak. But now he's getting the ball more people are noticing more.

And finally being played in his best position.

 

[Hoos]

Now did the club make a mistake by extending his contract

No.

 

[Sol23]

Never gonna be an A grader but plays a role.

 

[Hoos]

Never gonna be an A grader but plays a role.

Right now he's doing an excellent impression of an A grader.

 

[THE_GUN]

Never gonna be an A grader but plays a role.

Do you consider Jai Newcombe to be an A grader

 

[Punt Road Feral]

Credit where credit is due he’s playing some career best footy in the past 6 weeks or so.

I was really critical of him at the Port game but he’s stepped it up a few notches since then.

 

[Timothy Luncheon]

45th rated player in the comp among those with 5+ games. Also our highest rated player (outside Nank with 2 games and Mansell with 1).

Next highest are Taranto at 64th, Campbell 86th, Lalor 87th, then Short at 206th rounds out our top 5.

 

[RJK Tiger]

Him stepping up over the last month has been really promising. He needs to keep it up. He is at the age now where he needs to play like that 80% of the time minimum. Makes the young guys job so much easier when blokes like him, Short & Taranto play like they did yesterday

 

[Turka]

Never gonna be an A grader but plays a role.

He's an absolute A Grader