Edwards

[Croat tiger]

He's gonna be a gun,that is all continue with your business.

 

[jack_riewoldt_rulz]

OK thanks for telling us that.

 

[Croat tiger]

OK thanks for telling us that.

You're welcome.

 

[Haggard H]

You're welcome.

If it wasn't for Foley and Deledio and Thursfield and McGuane and Connors and Riewoldt and Tambling and Cotchin and Rance and Patto and Morton and Polo, we'd spend a lot more time raving about Edwards. The kid's pretty darn good.

 

[ToroHombre]

Edwards may have some flaws in his game at the moment, but he will be a star.

 

[tugga]

You're welcome.

Will be interesting to see where he ends up.
At the moment, his body is so light, he's really only any use to us in a forward pocket as a crumbing goalsneak.
Hopefully he develops a bigger body and a bigger engine and can push into the midfield. His evasive skills are very good. He has lightning speed. He also has that 6th sense that a lot of players don't possess.
I feel it will be a long road for him. We shouldn't expect him to be getting 25 possessions a week for at least three years.
He has the X-factor though. And the good thing about him is that 8 possessions from him will almost always be 8 good things that will eventuate.

 

[lids2004roar]

He's actually only medium paced, and his skills are good, not great.

He certainly has a 6th sense of where the ball is and looks like a decent midfielder (already has the tank for it).

Anyone who is that skinny who can play more than 10 games in their first year is going to be something special.

 

[TimeFor11]

He's actually only medium paced, and his skills are good, not great.

He certainly has a 6th sense of where the ball is and looks like a decent midfielder (already has the tank for it).

Anyone who is that skinny who can play more than 10 games in their first year is going to be something special.

Exactly what i was going to see he is decievingly slow. He reportedly has big engine from Draft Camp and as you have said he has a football brain.

He also posseses a great vert jump so i think he is going to have a nice career highlight reel its already got a few minutes of tape.

 

[GiveGasTheFlick]

I'd like to see Edwards & Connors in each back pocket they don't take a backward step which we lack at the moment.It's been a good draft but we do lack players with a little c**t in them.

 

[The Rusty Trombone]

I'd like to see Edwards & Connors in each back pocket they don't take a backward step which we lack at the moment.It's been a good draft but we do lack players with a little c**t in them.

Play him in the forward pocket with a license to roam where ever he wants , he is great at the stopages and he attacks the forward line so well. He'd be a great loose man across the centre.

 

[rfctigerarmy]

I'd like to see Edwards & Connors in each back pocket they don't take a backward step which we lack at the moment.It's been a good draft but we do lack players with a little c**t in them.

Errr... Edwards wouldn't fit in a back pocket. Especially now.

Going to be a keeper though, Shane.

 

[Calcium Man]

Does anyone know his 20 metre sprint time?? Sometimes he looks real quick other times he looks slow.

One thing im certain is that he is extremely quick between the ears, almost too quick. I remember picked up and handballed to krakouer in one motion before anybody else even realised he had the ball that was brilliant. Was certain then he would be inside/outside player.

He will be a very clever midfielder, hopefully puts some size on this pre season.

 

[tigertRANCE]

Will be interesting to see where he ends up.
At the moment, his body is so light, he's really only any use to us in a forward pocket as a crumbing goalsneak.
Hopefully he develops a bigger body and a bigger engine and can push into the midfield. His evasive skills are very good. He has lightning speed. He also has that 6th sense that a lot of players don't possess.
I feel it will be a long road for him. We shouldn't expect him to be getting 25 possessions a week for at least three years.
He has the X-factor though. And the good thing about him is that 8 possessions from him will almost always be 8 good things that will eventuate.

This is one attribute that Edwards naturally has in abundance. He has a massive engine. His endurance will be elite. He can run all day.

GO TIGES!!!

 

[tugga]

This is one attribute that Edwards naturally has in abundance. He has a massive engine. His endurance will be elite. He can run all day.

GO TIGES!!!

No he doesn't.
He's a spindly little kid for ****'s sake.
What makes you think he an elite endurance ahlete?
You all expect too much from our kids. he won't even begin to make a blip on the radar until he's in his early 20s. Until then he will chip with cameos, just like he in 2007. Each year for the next three or so years, the cameos will become supporting-actor roles and then when he's 22, bang, he gets the lead role.
But how you can say he has a massive motor when all he's done is play a quarter here and a quarter there is completely beyond me.

 

[tony_montana]

No he doesn't.
He's a spindly little kid for ****'s sake.
What makes you think he an elite endurance ahlete?
You all expect too much from our kids. he won't even begin to make a blip on the radar until he's in his early 20s. Until then he will chip with cameos, just like he in 2007. Each year for the next three or so years, the cameos will become supporting-actor roles and then when he's 22, bang, he gets the lead role.
But how you can say he has a massive motor when all he's done is play a quarter here and a quarter there is completely beyond me.

he does tugga, his aerobic capacity and will to go from contest to contest to contest to contest was legendary before he was drafted. Training at the elite level would have only improved on this. Hes robert harvey-esque with his ability to push himself from contest to contest without a break, which is also the reason why his kicks are sometimes shoddy, doesnt give himself a chance to recuperate. He'll learn and once he does he'll be one of our best midfielders

 

[tugga]

he does tugga, his aerobic capacity and will to go from contest to contest to contest to contest was legendary before he was drafted. Training at the elite level would have only improved on this. Hes robert harvey-esque with his ability to push himself from contest to contest without a break, which is also the reason why his kicks are sometimes shoddy, doesnt give himself a chance to recuperate. He'll learn and once he does he'll be one of our best midfielders

I know what you mean and also know what tigertrance is trying to say, but the fact is, his motor now is nothing like it will be in three or four years time, when he grows into his body and the pre-seasons get him stronger.
I said in my original post, that hopefully he develops a bigger engine. I stand by that. Put it this way, if at 18, his engine is as big as it's going to get, either he's no good, or the training staff are no good.

 

[PLSC]

he won the beep test at the draft last year so i think that says a bit about his endurance dont ya think?

he just needs to get a bit bigger before he can play an inside mid role (which i think he will), until then we'll see him in the fp in 08 mostly

 

[tugga]

he won the beep test at the draft last year so i think that says a bit about his endurance dont ya think?

he just needs to get a bit bigger before he can play an inside mid role (which i think he will), until then we'll see him in the fp in 08 mostly

Yes, but beep tests and tan runs just don't cut it when the ball is bounced and the game starts.
Perhaps I'm on a different line of thinking to everyone else. It's one thing to be able to run all day and have the stamina, but when big men are pushing you around and off the ball for 120 minutes every game, you need to add a little more to the tank.
Shit I can walk out the front door right now and go for a 12km jog without too many troubles whatsover, but that doesn't mean I'm going to beat Craig Mottram in a race does it?
I think people are confusing my comments that I'm having a dig at him. Not true. Liked him from day one. But what he is at the moment is not even even stark resemblance to what he'll be in three years time for many more reasons that I can be stuffed going into now.

 

[AFKAJR]

needs food.

 

[Weaver]

But how you can say he has a massive motor when all he's done is play a quarter here and a quarter there is completely beyond me.

There is no kid with an AFL engine. They run 7-10km in a junior match, that doesn't match Barry Hall let alone the elite mids who nudge 18-19km a game.

It takes multiple preseasons to build those stamina levels.

We have seen it before our eyes with Foley and how every season he has gotten better and gotten to more contests. Edwards will be the same.

He is an elite runner compared to his age-group, but not in AFL terms - yet.

 

[tugga]

There is no kid with an AFL engine. They run 7-10km in a junior match, that doesn't match Barry Hall let alone the elite mids who nudge 18-19km a game.

It takes multiple preseasons to build those stamina levels.

We have seen it before our eyes with Foley and how every season he has gotten better and gotten to more contests. Edwards will be the same.

He is an elite runner compared to his age-group, but not in AFL terms - yet.

Which is what I've been saying all along.
Nobody listens
I'm going home

 

[ToroHombre]

There is no kid with an AFL engine. They run 7-10km in a junior match, that doesn't match Barry Hall let alone the elite mids who nudge 18-19km a game.

It takes multiple preseasons to build those stamina levels.

We have seen it before our eyes with Foley and how every season he has gotten better and gotten to more contests. Edwards will be the same.

He is an elite runner compared to his age-group, but not in AFL terms - yet.

The good news is that we've got him
Edwards may be another Foley
Hell, no-one expected Foley to be as good as he is this time last year
It would be great if Edwards didn't get pinged for holding the ball so much but that should improve with age

 

[RichosGuns]

He looks good and he gets me very excited. I was talking to a mate last night who goes for Collingwood and he said he reminded him alot of Dale Thomas which is pretty accurate I reckon.

I just have one queery about him and that is does everyone think he has the potential to be a quality midfielder/rover or more of a half foward flanker/winger type?

 

[duckboy]

Which is what I've been saying all along.
Nobody listens
I'm going home

Go home and play with your boobs Tugga. I would....

 

[Calcium Man]

I just have one queery about him and that is does everyone think he has the potential to be a quality midfielder/rover or more of a half foward flanker/winger type?

I have no doubt he can become a midfielder/rover. He will run all day and is extremely clean with his hands. His handball is unbelievably quick.