sr36
TheBrownDog
He's a cyborg. Unstoppable.
They love playing footy - it's great. It's the the culture you want. Obviously the club has to be willing to make the right calls about stumps though.
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They love playing footy - it's great. It's the the culture you want. Obviously the club has to be willing to make the right calls about stumps though.
sr36
TheBrownDog
Yeah good player. He played 5 games for saints in 2011. Then the following year moved to Adelaide and got 6 games. Then gradually developed into a very good player.
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JuniorB
Norm Smith Medallist
If he's still playing at 40, it will be for Myrtleford.
sr36
TheBrownDog
Almost certainly. He's just saying how much he loves playing footy and doesn't want to stop playing footy.
There's a lot of talk of his imminent demise with him listed as someone that needs to be replaced soon, despite him still being arguably the best two way runner in the team. Against GWS, he was still top 5 on the ground (both teams) for both kms covered and number of sprints and those sprints are still pretty quick. He's got a fair bit of physical decline to go to be too old.
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Stuart1966
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Thought he did ok! as well he has a lot of upside with more game time
My only criticism of his game is that he handballs a bit to much and at the moment gives it off to someone under more pressure but the will be corrected with more time and experience
Personally I think he should be in the starting centre bounce team as have Perryman and Pendles in there at the start makes us slow if we do get first hands on the ball
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Post-Human
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I actually thought he his Handballing was quite good and handballing to players in Descent Postion
Though would be Nice to use his Speed bit more
sr36
TheBrownDog
In terms of with the ball - he needs to balance more before kicking, but otherwise was good.
JuniorB
Norm Smith Medallist
Yes, the behind he kicked could have been a goal if he'd taken a little more time to steady.
Things like that will be fixed over time, the more games he plays.
DaicosDisciple35
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Thought Ed Allan was a serious bright spot, when he got it out of the mid lace out to Jamie who kicked a goal I freaked out - such a good sign
JuniorB
Norm Smith Medallist
That's an example of why we need to keep him in the side, and play him in the middle.
sr36
TheBrownDog
Even though it worked for a goal, I think the one to Elliott was the same thing - miskick because blood was pumping and he didn't balance. I thought there were a couple of other too. He'll get more confident and better composed though.
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jmac70
On the porch
He’s been dropped.
I’m sure he’s been told why and what to work on.
jmac70
On the porch
Is that unusual?
A lot of our premiership players have a pretty decent reputation of winning important games.
Watch that footage again, yes his speed away from the middle was great, but he shanked that kick big time, pure luck that it found Jamie on the lead, even Dermott commented on it at the time
His kicking when at pace needs work on , I’m surprised he was dropped though.
When you quickly kick to advantage you can often get away with a less than perfect kick. There’s only upside with this kid.
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Post-Human
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So why keep Older Players who would not done not much more?
Swoop Luke makes the case for Ed very well and backs it with stats.
jmac70
On the porch
Swoop doesn’t pick the team or know the strategy.
Domus, do you honestly think he knows more than any of our coaches? I’m a little disappointed Allan was dropped to, but I won’t pretend like I know more than the coaches. We all want him to succeed but perhaps maybe he’s just not up to it yet.
There’s def been conversations behind closed doors and he will know what he needs to improve on
