Cameron Wood

[DermiesLuvChild]

His time has come. Jolly will replace him next week.
Has played 8 games (7 wins 1 loss), however did not dominate any of those games, was beaten in the hit outs by all opposition rucks.
Stats - avg 11 disposals 3 marks 23 hitouts
Only kicked 1 goal in the 8 games, not enough marks, not enough presence around the ground.
I was really hoping he would take this opportunity, he did gradually improve, however I feel he hasn't done enough & has let it pass.

 

[absy]

Re: Wood

delist, he just dosn't want it enough

 

[10571z]

Re: Wood

He did alright. Was a blessing getting the games into him. Imgaine round 24 jolly injures himself ill feel a bit better knowing wood has a few games into him.

TOUCH WOOD

 

[Daicos Mullets]

Re: Wood

Wood's definitely shown improvement since his first game this season against Richmond, but not as much as I would have hoped. I actually think his game last night against the Swans was possibly his worst of the year. Assuming he's fit & ready to go, Jolly's a certainty to return next week.

 

[Jesus Baulks]

Re: Wood

 

[September Action]

He just doesn't seem to have the confidence in himself. So many times last night, he was in the slot and the ball just bounced off his hands. Must be hard with Jolly in the wings.

 

[Zahki]

Will be delisted at the end of the year. I just can't see any point keeping him at the club, he's horrible, I think trading our first rounder for him, no matter how badly we needed a ruck at the time, was a massive screw up.

 

[Heater39]

Granted I didn't see much of last night's game but I felt he's been pretty solid filling in for Jolly the last 2 months.

It'd be crazy to delist him, who comes in if Jolly gets injured next year?

 

[mattys123]

Granted I didn't see much of last night's game but I felt he's been pretty solid filling in for Jolly the last 2 months.

It'd be crazy to delist him, who comes in if Jolly gets injured next year?

Exactly, he won't be delisted.

The only way he won't be at the Pies next year is if he wants to leave, and then we will use him in a trade with another club.

I think he will still be at Collingwood next year, although we will never win a premiership with that bloke in our side.

Jolly will be back next week thankfully.

 

[DIDAIC0S]

I've been supporting Wood for a while but last night was his worst game. I was hoping our midfielders were going to wise up and start sharking taps from Seaby, cos we couldn't get it out of the centre.

Good to get games into him, good as a back up, lets hope Jolly is around until Witts can take over though!

 

[Soul_Pie]

No way will he be delisted but he really needs to pick up his game.

This season is a fair way ahead of the rest of his past seasons in terms of pure hitout stats, and I feel like he is being let down by Leigh Brown who is not doing nearly enough to justify his place in the side.

He's nowhere near the calibre of Jolly but then again few ruckmen in the comp are. He's already better than Fraser in terms of rucking in my view.

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

He's already better than Fraser in terms of rucking in my view.

Not even close. Wood is not worthy enough to tie Josh Fraser's boots.
At the same age, Fraser was one of the best ruckman around the ground. Only Jeff White was his equal. Also although he wasn't strong in the centre bounce he competed and certainly wasn't disgraced like Wood has had been this season against 2nd rate ruckman like Minson, Seaby and the Richmond ruckman who is now in the 2nds.

Wood is getting thrashed in the centre and is completely useless around the ground.

I'm sick of Collingwood supporters giving Josh Fraser a bum rap by saying that Wood is a better ruckman. The current midfield is 10x better than Fraser's midfield years and yes I understand that included Buckley.

Just because Swan, Pendlebury, Ball are smart players and read the opposition ruckman and thus generally help Collingwood win the clearances deflects criticism away from Wood when it should be still warranted.

 

[jmac70]

Trampoline hands.

 

[rhys_22]

I think some posters in this thread are being extremely impatient. I don't think much of wood at the moment,i think there is a hell of a lot of improvement to go for him but i do think he is getting a tiny bit better week by week. Alot of collingwood supporters bagged harry o'brien,ben reid,ALAN TOOVEY,etc.when they were first starting up.Don't forget this. I do understand its been a long time for wood to develop but collingwood knows what they are doing.

 

[Kirby]

He was shithouse yesterday for sure but he is no chance of being delisted.

 

[Drizt]

I'm not really sure he has any redeeming features. If we had anyone else ready to go he would not be in the team. If we can get anything for him in a trade we should do it.

 

[Buena]

I just wish he would clunk a few big pack marks to get me excited. He drops uncontested marks. He needs to go so much harder at the ball.

 

[smiddaz123]

Anyone who truly thinks he should be delisted is quite frankly stupid. He is clearly the second best ruckman we have on the list. You do not, under any circumstances, just delist your second best ruckman.

You possibly trade them if you can get a good deal and you have confidence in a guy lower down the pecking order stepping up, but you never simply cut the cord and delist.

Gets beaten in ruck contests more than I'd like, but he actually has reasonable skills for a ruckman. I don't mind him with the ball in his hands.

 

[Zahki]

Whats the point of keeping him on the list if he'll never be in our best side? Thats the definition of a list clogger. Anyway there's no guarantee that he'll be our second best ruckman next year with the way he's stagnated, I'd probably be for giving Ceglar games ahead of Wood in 2012.

 

[Optimax]

Honestly Shae could lose the hit outs and be almost invisible around the ground too whilst his mediocre opponent dominates.

In fact at least with Shae you'd k kw he is busting his ass to make sure that isn't the case.

Anyway wood will never ever be more the depth, one you hope you don't have to use but depth never the less. He or Shae need to be kept for another couple of seasons and then hopefully ceglar/witts will be ready for game time

 

[PieBeast]

Whats the point of keeping him on the list if he'll never be in our best side? Thats the definition of a list clogger. Anyway there's no guarantee that he'll be our second best ruckman next year with the way he's stagnated, I'd probably be for giving Ceglar games ahead of Wood in 2012.

Yep, lets get rid of Wood and gift Ceglar games when Jolly is injured or needs a rest so he suffers the same fate as Josh Fraser.
Great idea.....

PS. Shae is as far from AFL standard its not funny.

 

[Zahki]

Yep, lets get rid of Wood and gift Ceglar games when Jolly is injured or needs a rest so he suffers the same fate as Josh Fraser.
Great idea.....

The whole idea that Fraser got injured because he carried the rucking himself is a myth. Hopefully Jolly doesn't get injured next year but if he did then after another preseason I reckon Ceglar could fill the gap as well as Wood has, all he needs to do is lose the hit outs and be totally useless around the ground, shouldn't be too hard.

 

[PieBeast]

The whole idea that Fraser got injured because he carried the rucking himself is a myth. Hopefully Jolly doesn't get injured next year but if he did then after another preseason I reckon Ceglar could fill the gap as well as Wood has, all he needs to do is lose the hit outs and be totally useless around the ground, shouldn't be too hard.

Yeah I agree, he's doing this with ease at VFL level

 

[Optimax]

Yeah I agree, he's doing this with ease at VFL level

Where as shae is breaking even in the hit outs and doing better then wood ever did around the ground the past 5 or so weeks in the VFL

You don't have to be a very good ruckman to be at Wood's level, honestly losing the hitouts and doing nothing around the ground, shit we could get Stretch Richards back

 

[Zahki]

Yeah I agree, he's doing this with ease at VFL level

And yet one is a first year rookie and the other got drafted in 2005 and came onto our list in 2007. Pretty sure I know which ones performances have been more embarrassing.