I think we'll see him a few times. Issue is that he hasn't played for a month with concussion/bye/COVID. Hopefully when we play north or something like that he gets a game or two.
Player Watch Aaron Naughton - Something Special
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Hope she has more kids like him then.
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The Flying Sheepskin goes very well, great to watch, fearless in the air.
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Should be a backman & wow, what a backman
Naughton, Weitering & Moore the 3 all Australian tall back for the next 5 years.
Wow!
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Naughton, Weitering & Moore the 3 all Australian tall back for the next 5 years.
Wow!
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Nah. Teams can curate good defences with fairly limited players. A player of Naughton's ability must be utilised up forward.
Plus, imagine his kicking coming out of defensive 50...
Sorry, but Im just not seeing anything beyond a short lived hype factor. Pretty much has one trick in his bag. Takes a hanger. Accuracy is a concern, does very little else. Will be great when the dogs win big.
Im not invested until he completes his game
Im not invested until he completes his game
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Literally got 8 coaches votes last week off a 1 goal game
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Probably my favourite current non-Geelong player.
Thought Jack Henry might be able to match him for fearlessness in the air tonight.
I'm with the Op; Naughton is Something Special.
Thought Jack Henry might be able to match him for fearlessness in the air tonight.
I'm with the Op; Naughton is Something Special.
Of the key forwards according to stats pro:
- Number 1 in the comp for marks inside 50.
- 8th for average disposals, 6th if you exclude Daniher and Jackson who regularly ruck
- 3rd for mark on the lead
- 4th for score involvements
-4th for average shots on goal
- 7th for uncontested possessions
- A respectable 23rd for pressure acts and tackles inside 50
The Stats say he does pretty much everything apart from goal kicking at a decent standard. No doubt there's some forward craft and leading pattern stuff for him to work on. He's not Tom Hawkins, Jack Riewoldt or Tex Walker like levels of craft. But to say he has one trick is flatly wrong.
as I mentioned previously, I talked about more than his marking ability. I don't disagree with what you're saying.
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Sport in general, at every level is about hype.
It’s not until a good player in our game is around 25 years old with 6 or 7 years of experience that we can seriously lay genuine scrutiny on their worth as a pro player.
Naughton has been a major factor in the Dog’s rise to the top this season and deserves praise for his relentless attack on the ball as a forward.
The hype comes from media knob brains. You’ve been sucked in and lost perspective on how hard it is to make it as a tall forward in this league.
Wake up ffs
Maybe that was a bit ott to suggest one trick. That probably wasn't a fair assessment.
I am aware that he is young, but I really do hate it when the media hype the * out of players and set everyone including the player up for disappointment. Look at all the times in the past players got hyped up and put under so much expectation.
It happened with Wingard.
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That's an interesting way to interpret those stats.
If those stats are based on Key Forwards, they're not overly flattering - except for the Marks related stats.
Considering the Bulldogs lead the comp in I50s and Effective Disposals, it's no surprise to see him marking the ball a lot in F50 either.
Having said that, He is an exceptional mark. No doubt. Beyond that, he's not outstanding.
Interesting that in addition to those stats, the Bulldogs also lead the comp in Goals - but Naughton isn't in the top 15.
OP put the Moz on his own man.
The old OP/commentators curse .
Talk a bloke up then guaranteed to get injured or lose form.
The old OP/commentators curse .
Talk a bloke up then guaranteed to get injured or lose form.
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He's equal 6th in the Coleman.
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Coming along very nicely.
Get him a haircut and the boy might actually go places.
Get him a haircut and the boy might actually go places.
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Well I bolded the part of your quote I was referring to just to help you out a little, and I thought you might remember anyway considering you typed it out 4 hours earlier, and Testekill has already given you a hand, but just to reiterate it;
In response to your claim that Naughton isn't in the top 15 for goals, despite the Bulldogs leading the competition for goals, he does in fact sit equal 6th in the Coleman tally, kicking 29 goals for the year. After Ben King kicked 2 for the Suns yesterday, he's now equal 5th. Well done, Aaron. Climbing the ladder even after being injured and missing half a game.
I assumed it was obvious I was referring to Average Goals.
Given I'd referenced Averages twice in the same post, I thought that was fairly straight forward.
Not sure how you work out the rest of your post either?
The stats I'm looking at for Totals, has him dropped down the 7th after the weekend, with Ben King up to 4th.
I rate Naughton highly but I do think he's more effective when he allowed to play high forward rather than deep. Has the tank to do that as well
He is now.
He was equal 17th at the time of my post.
So I was absolutely correct.
Normally he does. Bruce is generally the deeper option.
Naughton at his best is a CHF.
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He’s definitely overhyped, fantastic player but a pretty s**t forward tbh
