Bendigo Lost

[Merv]

Why not, that's what we need another slow midfielder.

Agreed.

There is very little in Bendigo that played today that would make it at AFL level

 

[mojon95]

I would like 2 see Essendon pick in the draft an incredibly good midfielder, called Rhys Falmer, who played in U18 Vic Country team. He runs his heart out and he is extremely fast and uses the ball well. He is exactly what we need in our midfield.

 

[ant555]

Does his shoulder affect his ability to run? There were plenty of times where he was in a good position to lay a tackle, mark or create a spoil.

His shoulder is fine. His heart isn't.

The thing you have to remember with Dick is until yesterday he played only a couple full games of footy for the year due to injury. He has missed a lot of footy and training. Yes he was ordinary but he is pretty rusty as well. I know there where a few stories going around about him being promoted early this year but thats all they where. He is on the rookie list because he is a project player who can do some special things when he has the footy in his hands but he has a lot of rough edges to smooth off.

ant555,
This was only the 2nd time I've seen Gumbleton and I must say he hasn't really impressed me so far.

For a No 2 pick he doesn't seem to have any sort of 'wow' factor that makes you sit up and take notice. Also to me is a little bit one dimensional in that once the ball is on the ground he seems a bit lost.

I know he's young but he was playing on kids himself today.

Then I see a kid like Selwood who looks fantastic.

Will be interested in what Thorp does for Hawthorn tomorrow because despite all the hype over the talls in last years draft, none of them have really set the world on fire.

I knew these comparisons would start coming up eventually. Yes Selwood looks like being an absolute star and would have been a worthy number one pick for us but we also needed to pick talls to develop for the future as well. Given we had the priority pick and second round pick to grab Hislop and Jetta im still comfortable with our selection. Even more so given Davey and Houli have also come on board. I know you dont rate talls that highly but i still think that we went the right way taking a good tall first and then drafting 5 smalls. Geelong look smart now but if they didnt have Hawkins already sown up they would have been looking at talls first.
Anyway back to Gumby , he has played seven games now. He has had 3 really good ones. One reasonable game and 3 poor games. Yesterday he didnt do much but coming of a serious hammy injury i always thought he may take 3 or 4 games to find the rythem again. You are right in saying that he hasnt had that wow factor in a few of his games but the thing i like about him is he can read the play and knows where to run. When you see players like Johns have a poor day they dont get to contests and seem to be leading to the wrong place. So far this year Gumby has shown that even on the bad days he has known where to lead and he has been getting to 10 or so contests in a game. He gets hands to the footy a lot of times. When his confidence is up he takes 7 or 8 of those pack marks. When it is down he drops them.Patience is all that is needed with him. Once he builds a bit of strength he will show his talents. Hopefully he gets a clear run with injury from now. In hindsight it is very easy to say we should have gone Selwood as most supporters where looking for a instant fix after last year.

By the way I think Carlton have a little beauty in Mark Austin.
I think he's only 17 but looks so composed.

Will be a good player for them.

Yes he is , he was one player i was hoping we would get a shot at in the draft at pick three but the Blues got in first. Given we got Davey with our third pick so it didnt end up that bad.

On Andrew Lee - If he can only just break square with Digny Morell then how is he going to handle guys like Brown, Rocca etc ?
Can't understand why he got a two year contract last season

With the form Lee is showing now it is very easy to question why he was signed for two years. The fact is he was pretty good last year so he was signed. This year he has struggled with injury and poor form so he looks bad.
Im sure all clubs would love the crystall ball that tells them players are going to be worse than the year before.
At the end of last year Lee's form was good enough to deserve a two year deal. Unfortuneatly this year he has gone backwards.

turn it up
poor gumby every time he went for a mark or had positioned himself well ,either,johns,bradley or number 14 would jump in his way

No turn it up about it . He didnt have a great day out. Not that im that worried at the moment. When he gets a bit of size about him he will be taking a lot of those marks as he will be able to hold his position rather than get pushed out of the contest.

 

[ant555]

I would like 2 see Essendon pick in the draft an incredibly good midfielder, called Rhys Falmer, who played in U18 Vic Country team. He runs his heart out and he is extremely fast and uses the ball well. He is exactly what we need in our midfield.

So would a few supporters of clubs bellow us . Even if we tank the rest of the year i suspect he may go before we have our first pick. All is not lost though there are 3 or 4 other real quality midfielders that we will get a shot at.

 

[GoDons]

For the Gumby knockers, do remember he was pitted against 3 guys for a reasonable amount of the match.

He didn't have a great day, but it wasa tough game for him to get too involved in.

I'm certainly not worried about him, take one look at his body and you'll realise that he's still in the aerly stages of development.

 

[Longy413]

Ryder did some things last season that made you realise that he was a unique talent. Gumbleton - I'm just not so sure at the moment.

I honestly reckon you've copped him on bad days.

I've seen him do some things that made me thing he has Lloyd like qualities. The kid has special all over him.

On Andrew Lee - If he can only just break square with Digny Morell then how is he going to handle guys like Brown, Rocca etc ?
Can't understand why he got a two year contract last season.

Because if we didn't he would have gone to Hawthorn.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

I honestly reckon you've copped him on bad days.

I've seen him do some things that made me thing he has Lloyd like qualities. The kid has special all over him.

Got to agree about Gumby. You can tell by the way he reads the ball and grabs it that he is a cut above your normal young KPP.

He reminds me of the way Jonathon Brown moves and reads the play.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

I would like 2 see Essendon pick in the draft an incredibly good midfielder, called Rhys Falmer, who played in U18 Vic Country team. He runs his heart out and he is extremely fast and uses the ball well. He is exactly what we need in our midfield.

I thinks its Rhys Palmer and I am pretty sure he played for U18 Western Australian team. Anyway he definitely looked good getting about 30 possessions and 5 goals in the game against Vic Metro. It would be good if we got him although I think he may get snapped up early in the draft.

 

[stander]

I honestly reckon you've copped him on bad days.

I've seen him do some things that made me thing he has Lloyd like qualities. The kid has special all over him.



Because if we didn't he would have gone to Hawthorn.

From what I have seen of him, it would have been a good move for the Dons.