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People are definitely overeacting about his game tonight. 10 touches is very low but not as low as you might think given our style of play and that he was barely in the midfield.
People are definitely overeacting about his game tonight. 10 touches is very low but not as low as you might think given our style of play and that he was barely in the midfield.
Sorry if he was barely in the midfield then who was for Melbourne?
He's been given the captaincy. All of a sudden he's got to start thinking about other things. But he'll come good. I actually think Melbourne have dodged a bullet in hanging on to Trengove and losing Scully. Trengove has a lot more s**t about him and that's part of what makes good teams into better teams. Once Melbourne get their s**t together you'll see what I'm talking about.I feel his year so far deserves his own thread...
Last year he looked exactly like the player we thought he was going to be, but this year is something different entirely. Why? Is it his body? Is it the captaincy?
He looks slow, both in terms of top speed and acceleration. Gets run down by opponents so often that it stuffs his disposal.
Last year he was taking lots of grabs, quite a few beautys in the air. This year none.
And that kick for goal from 30m out tonight that didn't even make the distance, well...
Whats up Trenners?
Hands up who remembers him being a midfielder.
I'm not a medical expert but he's showing symptoms of OP - slow as a wet week & can't kick over a jam tin.
This.He's also coming off a limited preseason.
He is slow at the moment but was never a big kick. Some guys can just casually boot the ball 50 but for Trengove it has always looked like every long kick is a big effort.
THE YOUNGEST skipper in VFL/AFL history, Jack Trengove has acknowledged that assuming the captaincy had been a “massive challenge” in just his third listed season, but he says the benefits have been integral to his game.
Trengove was appointed at the start of the year alongside Jack Grimes as Melbourne co-captains. In the process, Trengove secured his place in the game’s records, being handed the captaincy at just the tender age of 20.
But he said that what he learned in 2012 will only help him over what should be a decade-plus career in the AFL...
Unfortunately, Jack hurt his foot a couple of weeks ago, but prior to that was going strongly. He showed really good leadership throughout the pre-season period, but due to his injury, Jack will be out for up to eight to 10 weeks.
Jack Trengove has one simple aim for the rest of the pre-season: to be fit for Melbourne’s first round against Port Adelaide at the MCG on Sunday, March 31.
But the hard work clearly continues for the co-captain, who suffered a stress fracture in his left foot pre-Christmas.
“My main goal now is to get ready for round one,” he told melbournefc.com.au.
“I’ve just got to make sure I’m doing everything right in the next couple of months to give myself every opportunity to be right for the start of the season.
''My sole focus going into the season last year was to nail all the team aspects, because I was co-captain of the club and I needed to be seen to be leading the way in all those things,'' the 21-year-old said.
''And that was a good thing, but as a result it probably did impact on my own natural flair in a way - that sort of went out of my game a little bit.
''So at the end of the season I sat back and thought, 'well, the main reason why I'm in the position I'm in [co-captain] is because of that flair. So, if I lose that, then that can really have a huge effect'.
''Finding that flair again is going to be really important for me this season.''
MELBOURNE co-captain Jack Trengove will find out tomorrow whether the rehabilitation he hopes has been timed to the minute for Round 1 remains on track.
Trengove said:"The way we have worked the training program is that I'd be ready to go round one. Obviously there's a few boxes I have to tick."
"There's this weekend playing my first trial game for the season. It'll all depend on how I go in that game.
"I'm feeling really fit and ready to go, and hopefully I can have a big year myself."