Brad Hill: Overweight, slow and a tad soft

[stax on the mull]

At Fremantle the coaching instruction from Lyon was "give the ball to Hilly".

 

[raffrox]

At Fremantle the coaching instruction from Lyon was "give the ball to Hilly".

Which meant BHilly played some good footy for us but it also meant that there was a fair amount of circle work going on at times.

 

[stax on the mull]

Which meant BHilly played some good footy for us but it also meant that there was a fair amount of circle work going on at times.

Yes, that's where St Kilda have to work out the balance. I didn't see Geelong vs St Kilda yesterday, but I saw the St Kilda vs Gold Csoast game. There were a lot of times in the final quarter of that game when the scores were close where Hill gave the short option and was ignored or ran around the back for the first receive handball and wasn't used, but St Kilda still got the win.

He has that hard run that gains a team 120m of forward ground with the get-give-receive-run-pass, to open up play from congestion by getting through the defensive traps and breaking out into space. At Fremantle the instructions probably went over the top, and a little to the detriment of other players in the team not being given the responsibility to make a decision with ball use.

 

[ROOTA#6]

Gotta use him better. The amount of times he should get the ball and doesn’t is ridiculous. Watch him close...he runs his arse off to get into good positions but gets ignored or missed. We need him delivering the footy into forward 50 if we want to achieve anything

 

[Atomboy]

Saints aren’t getting much bang for their buck considering what they paid at the trade table and the $ Hill is on.

When the team is winning you can fly under the radar a little. Reckon he’ll be in the sights of fans and media this week.

Hope so

 

[Supercoach Bargain]

I don't wanna rip too hard into the guy but he is seriously a pathetic footballer. He is that pissweak he wouldn't win a contested ball in AFLW. If he's not getting the cheap out the back handball then he's just useless. The softest player I've ever seen play league footy. If he had the kicking skills of a guy like Stewie Dew you could probably justify him being on an AFL list but he doesn't.

Not rip too hard?

you’d give a good spray.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

Not rip too hard?

you’d give a good spray.

Only the softest player he's ever seen lmao

 

[ROOTA#6]

Gotta use him better. The amount of times he should get the ball and doesn’t is ridiculous. Watch him close...he runs his arse off to get into good positions but gets ignored or missed. We need him delivering the footy into forward 50 if we want to achieve anything

And turns out he was crook last night

 

[little hawk gmf]

And turns out he was crook last night

Of course he was. And the previous 8 rounds or so?

 

[WCEbrody]

Dunno about overweight and soft, but he's always been pretty overrated due to the club he used to play for.

He's a Tom Scully,Jared Polec,Isaac Smith level player with a bigger media profile.

 

[station to station]

Don’t underestimate the effect the hubs and covid is having on some players.

 

[estibador]

I was pretty concerned when we traded for him that he was coming over here to settle into a nice retirement after achieving everything he'd wanted out of football. He ended up playing so well I quickly had to admit I was wrong.

Maybe I was just a few years and one club too early.

 

[lordo2000]

Not rip too hard?

you’d give a good spray.

Was gonna go harder but I decided to ease off a bit.

 

[Tasmanian saint]

Was gonna go harder but I decided to ease off a bit.

Hill may well be soft no arguments here but you do realise how many downhill skiers Essendon currently have in there starting team we’re completely dominated around the ball buy a young Gold Coast team the score board flattered you this bombers team is one of the softest in your clubs history

 

[OniAu]

Don’t underestimate the effect the hubs and covid is having on some players.

Irrelevant if all clubs are in same boat. Deal with it, paid big bucks to kick a footy.

 

[station to station]

Irrelevant if all clubs are in same boat. Deal with it, paid big bucks to kick a footy.

It’s not irrelevant. Depends on family situation and whatever personal issues a player might have.

 

[lordo2000]

Hill may well be soft no arguments here but you do realise how many downhill skiers Essendon currently have in there starting team we’re completely dominated around the ball buy a young Gold Coast team the score board flattered you this bombers team is one of the softest in your clubs history

Yeah ummm this is a bit embarrassing. We won the contested ball and lost clearances by 6......"dominated" ok
29 to 18 inside 50's in the second half (our way) "young gold coast team" their midfield was Greenwood, Swallow, Miller, Weller and Ellis......so young!!
Absolutely humiliated yourself

 

[Tasmanian saint]

Yeah ummm this is a bit embarrassing. We won the contested ball and lost clearances by 6......"dominated" ok
29 to 18 inside 50's in the second half (our way) "young gold coast team" their midfield was Greenwood, Swallow, Miller, Weller and Ellis......so young!!
Absolutely humiliated yourself

Gold Coast should have won had a number of opportunity’s to win the game Essendon were very lucky to get away with a draw this is the main problem with Essendon supporters still believe your a contender when you can’t even get over the line against a young developing team everyone knows your midfield is one of the softest in the comp yet you refuse to recruit the type of players needed

 

[Tasmanian saint]

Yeah ummm this is a bit embarrassing. We won the contested ball and lost clearances by 6......"dominated" ok
29 to 18 inside 50's in the second half (our way) "young gold coast team" their midfield was Greenwood, Swallow, Miller, Weller and Ellis......so young!!
Absolutely humiliated yourself

I feel very confident st kilda will put you to the sword this wknd

 

[lordo2000]

I feel very confident st kilda will put you to the sword this wknd

We're coming off a 4 day break so it'll be very embarrassing if you don't win

 

[lordo2000]

Gold Coast should have won had a number of opportunity’s to win the game Essendon were very lucky to get away with a draw this is the main problem with Essendon supporters still believe your a contender when you can’t even get over the line against a young developing team everyone knows your midfield is one of the softest in the comp yet you refuse to recruit the type of players needed

Our midfield is actually pretty good considering how undersized they are.
Don't think we're a contender at all but after seeing you guys get absolutely smacked by geelong, I know you guys aren't either

 

[mightymouse75]

He is a great outside runner with average footy skills.
Looks good when he is passed the ball.
Still think he needs to lift his defensive game given the amount he is being played.

 

[Tasmanian saint]

He is a great outside runner with average footy skills.
Looks good when he is passed the ball.
Still think he needs to lift his defensive game given the amount he is being played.

Very strange post hills definitely has his weaknesses but skills isn’t one of them has some of the best foot skills in the competitive for hitting targets especially on the run

 

[Vintage]

He was a great player the last few years with Freo (and before that with Hawks). People are too eager to get stuck into him and forget the last 6 years. He’ll come good for the saints I’m sure - if not maybe we can take him back for peanuts in 2022?

 

[Tasmanian saint]

We're coming off a 4 day break so it'll be very embarrassing if you don't win

I can see why dodo is held in such high regard at Essendon look at the powerhouse midfield he has built did you see them in action tonight!