Grigg

mrkyuss · Nov 25, 2006

Its seems everyone at Carlton are questioning this selection, i admit I wanted proud or hislop, but I have come around. Watching the vic vs sa game, grigg was the first person that stood out for me, apart from a few clangers at the start, for some reason he reminds me of a cross between Franlin and Embley, just the way he moves. Best of luck to the kid.

AndSmithMustScore · Nov 25, 2006

They don't make you All Australian winger if you are no good.

I'm happy with the recruiting department having made the right selection :thumbsu:

Big Footy is full of self proffesed draft experts who have "their" favourites and when they don't get picked up by their club they whinge about the player that was picked up not being any good.

C4[2]Yo`DooR · Nov 25, 2006

Seems a good size also.

its just sporn mum · Nov 25, 2006

I LOVE GRIGGA, but i love every carlton player, (except for the duds)

blues4flag · Nov 25, 2006

its just sporn mum said:
I LOVE GRIGGA, but i love every carlton player, (except for the duds)

That's nice of you

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BlueWorld · Nov 25, 2006

its just sporn mum said:
I LOVE GRIGGA, but i love every carlton player, (except for the duds)

You need a name change.

gandaal · Nov 26, 2006

BlueWorld said:
You need a name change.

Nah that's the best user name at bigfooty :thumbsu:

HBF · Nov 26, 2006

mrkyuss said:
Its seems everyone at Carlton are questioning this selection, i admit I wanted proud or hislop, but I have come around. Watching the vic vs sa game, grigg was the first person that stood out for me, apart from a few clangers at the start, for some reason he reminds me of a cross between Franlin and Embley, just the way he moves. Best of luck to the kid.

My thoughts exactly mate. Will sit down at some stage this week and have another look at his games during the carnival and form my own views. One player that i really didn't have a good look at during the build up to the ND as I thought we may have had other players on our radar.

blues2007 · Nov 26, 2006

mrkyuss said:
Its seems everyone at Carlton are questioning this selection, i admit I wanted proud or hislop, but I have come around. Watching the vic vs sa game, grigg was the first person that stood out for me, apart from a few clangers at the start, for some reason he reminds me of a cross between Franlin and Embley, just the way he moves. Best of luck to the kid.

Don't worry boys, Grigg can play, i have seen alot of footy from him both at the rebels and his school St Patricks College Ballarat. Know Grigg as well, great kid with his head firmly on his shoulders, he will run all day for us and be able to kick goals running forward. Is deceptivly taller than most think, very fit and know this kid will train bloody hard, very blue collar type player who should play i reakon 10 or so games next year. I reakon he will be the type of player to take over from the ageing Matty Lappin!

marcmurphy3 · Nov 26, 2006

blues2007 said:
Don't worry boys, Grigg can play, i have seen alot of footy from him both at the rebels and his school St Patricks College Ballarat. Know Grigg as well, great kid with his head firmly on his shoulders, he will run all day for us and be able to kick goals running forward. Is deceptivly taller than most think, very fit and know this kid will train bloody hard, very blue collar type player who should play i reakon 10 or so games next year. I reakon he will be the type of player to take over from the ageing Matty Lappin!

Can he win his own ball or is he predominatly a reciever (appears so from what I have seen)?

Johnny_3 · Nov 26, 2006

blues2007 said:
Don't worry boys, Grigg can play, i have seen alot of footy from him both at the rebels and his school St Patricks College Ballarat. Know Grigg as well, great kid with his head firmly on his shoulders, he will run all day for us and be able to kick goals running forward. Is deceptivly taller than most think, very fit and know this kid will train bloody hard, very blue collar type player who should play i reakon 10 or so games next year. I reakon he will be the type of player to take over from the ageing Matty Lappin!

he sounds thin if hes taking over from skinny. how tall and heavy is he?

marcmurphy3 · Nov 26, 2006

Johnny_3 said:
he sounds thin if hes taking over from skinny. how tall and heavy is he?

190cm, 78Kg
Big Frame. Reminds me of Goddard in terms of Build.

AndyWalkersGirl · Nov 26, 2006

He was giving his midfielders Matthew Austin and Shaun Grigg first use of the ball.

Height - 183cm
Weight – 76kg
D.O.B – 19/04/88
Grigg has a penetraiting left foot kick and is team orientated. He was an AIS-AFL Academy graduate in 20005 and represented VIC Country at the NAB Under 18 Championships..

The undefeated North Ballarat Rebels have provided the spine of the team with eight representatives lead by the talented Shaun Grigg. Grigg has been in outstanding form this season playing every game, averaging 23 possessions and booting 14 majors to date.

The Rebels remain undefeated after eight rounds and were impressive in defeating last year’s premiers Gippsland Power by 38 points, with the prolific Shaun Grigg again starring with 24 kicks, two goals and seven tackles.

Sounds like another young midfield star has slipped through to our hands...

WorthTheWaite · Nov 26, 2006

What impresses me most is his attitude. Plenty of youngsters have talent - Grigg certainly does, but he also has the right sort of attitude to actually make it. I really hope he 'makes' it.

Jeremias · Nov 26, 2006

Definitely not questioning this pick.

Have had my eve on him for quite a while, and I think he will be a very good player for us in the long term. Hopefully we see him a few times in the Navy Blue next year, but he definitely needs to bulk up.

Exciting prospect.

C4[2]Yo`DooR · Nov 26, 2006

HBF · Nov 27, 2006

marcmurphy3 said:
Can he win his own ball or is he predominatly a reciever (appears so from what I have seen)?

More outside than inside from what I have seen. But at 190cm and pretty handy leg speed, we may have found someone that nobody in BF rated.

Silvagnis · Nov 28, 2006

HugeBluesFan said:
More outside than inside from what I have seen. But at 190cm and pretty handy leg speed, we may have found someone that nobody in BF rated.

And that's why he'll be a player.

At least he's a tall and quick, goalkicking wingman which is something we haven't had in a long, long, time. I feel he's likely to be our Pendlebury who wasn't rated in the top five in 2005 but looks likely to justify his selection at 5. A player's character is as important as talent in the long run and in hindsight I'm glad we didn't go near some of the name players on offer this year.

Most of the draft experts on here are talking out their arses.

Tac match statistics.

While Playing for North Ballarat Rebels in 2006 TAC Cup
Season Statistics

Code:

M Last Gls GLR Bhd NB KE KIE HE HIE HR Tks FF FA HO CM UCM 
14 26/08/2006 23 - 12 10 183 85 56 21 122 46 13 18 2 10 49

Code:

Date/Time Played For Opposition No Gls Bhd B KE KIE HE HIE HR Tks FF FA HO CM UCM 
Sat 1/Apr 2:15 PM North Ballarat Rebels Geelong Falcons 3 6 1 1 19 5 2 1 5 3 2 1 - 1 5 
Sun 9/Apr 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Western Jets 3 2 1 6 15 4 4 2 5 4 - 2 - 1 4 
Sat 22/Apr 3:15 PM North Ballarat Rebels Murray Bushrangers 3 2 - 6 9 7 4 - 3 4 - 2 - - 2 
Sat 29/Apr 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Oakleigh Chargers 3 - 1 1 25 8 2 2 18 2 1 2 - - 7 
Sun 7/May 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Sandringham Dragons 3 1 1 6 18 6 5 2 9 4 1 1 1 2 3 
Sun 21/May 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Bendigo Pioneers 3 3 2 3 14 3 4 1 6 1 2 - 1 1 - 
Sat 27/May 7:30 PM North Ballarat Rebels Northern Territory 3 1 1 - 14 6 1 2 10 3 - 2 - 1 6 
Sat 3/Jun 11:00 AM North Ballarat Rebels Gippsland Power 3 2 - 1 11 13 4 1 10 7 2 1 - - 4 
Sun 16/Jul 10:30 AM North Ballarat Rebels Geelong Falcons 3 1 1 - 9 6 6 1 6 3 1 1 - - 4 
Sun 23/Jul 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Western Jets 3 1 - - 5 4 4 3 9 1 - 1 - - 2 
Sun 30/Jul 11:15 AM North Ballarat Rebels Murray Bushrangers 3 - 2 - 10 4 3 2 10 5 2 1 - 1 - 
Sat 5/Aug 2:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Oakleigh Chargers 3 - 2 6 10 4 6 2 8 4 - - - - 5 
Sun 20/Aug 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Sandringham Dragons 3 2 - 5 11 9 2 2 13 2 1 1 - 1 2 
Sat 26/Aug 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Bendigo Pioneers 3 2 - 3 13 6 9 - 10 3 1 3 - 2 5

While Playing for North Ballarat Rebels in 2005 TAC Cup
Season Statistics

Code:

M Last Gls GLR Bhd NB KE HE HR Mks Tks HO 
16 10/09/2005 13 - 11 9 271 101 - 80 32 1

Code:

Date/Time Played For Opposition No Gls Bhd B KE KIE HE HIE HR Mks Tks FF FA HO 
Fri 15/Apr 12:30 PM North Ballarat Rebels Geelong Falcons 5 - - - 6 - 9 - - 2 2 - 1 - 
Sat 23/Apr 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Dandenong Stingrays 5 2 - - 17 - 5 - - 5 1 2 - - 
Sun 1/May 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Western Jets 5 - - 5 17 2 6 2 - 7 2 - - - 
Sun 15/May 11:15 AM North Ballarat Rebels Eastern Ranges 5 1 - - 11 - 6 - - 3 9 - - - 
Sat 21/May 2:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Oakleigh Chargers 5 - 1 6 12 - 11 - - 5 1 1 1 - 
Sat 28/May 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Queensland 5 1 1 - 17 - 5 - - 4 4 - - - 
Sat 4/Jun 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Bendigo Pioneers 5 1 - 1 24 - 7 - - 7 1 1 3 - 
Sun 10/Jul 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Murray Bushrangers 5 3 1 6 18 - 6 - - 8 1 - 1 - 
Sat 16/Jul 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Gippsland Power 5 1 2 3 19 - 5 - - 4 2 1 1 - 
Sat 23/Jul 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Geelong Falcons 5 1 - 5 22 - 2 - - 6 1 - 1 - 
Sat 30/Jul 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Calder Cannons 5 2 1 4 26 - 5 - - 8 - 1 1 - 
Sun 14/Aug 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Western Jets 5 - 1 - 20 - 7 - - 6 5 - 4 - 
Sat 20/Aug 1:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Eastern Ranges 5 1 - 4 14 - 5 - - 3 1 - 1 - 
Sun 28/Aug 12:00 PM North Ballarat Rebels Oakleigh Chargers 5 - - 2 18 - 13 - - 4 1 1 1 1 
Sun 4/Sep 11:15 AM North Ballarat Rebels Dandenong Stingrays 5 - 3 - 13 - 6 - - 5 1 - - - 
Sat 10/Sep 2:10 PM North Ballarat Rebels Northern Knights 5 - 1 - 17 - 3 - - 3 - 1 1 -

HBF · Nov 28, 2006

Had another look at the 1st half of the WA vs Vic Country game yesterday and Grigg certanily stood out. He kicked the first 2 goals for Vic, had 8 touches in the first quarter and his disposal by hand and foot was very solid. Seems to have pretty good vision, and has a good turn of speed.

However, he is a very very one-sided player, but most left-footers are, but hopefully this is something he can work on once he starts training at Carlton.

Salaryman · Nov 28, 2006

HugeBluesFan said:
Had another look at the 1st half of the WA vs Vic Country game yesterday and Grigg certanily stood out. He kicked the first 2 goals for Vic, had 8 touches in the first quarter and his disposal by hand and foot was very solid. Seems to have pretty good vision, and has a good turn of speed.

However, he is a very very one-sided player, but most left-footers are, but hopefully this is something he can work on once he starts training at Carlton.

On the one sided issue....one thing i noticed from watching the champs is that most of the kids use their preferred foot 99% of the time. Occasionally you will see a bloke go out of his way to get onto his preferred foot, which Shaun did on a number of occasions....this tends to exaggerate their one-sidedness. I would like to have seen more of him and the other kids on tape before worrying about one-sidedness, as i suspect it is a skill that is really only developed to AFL level once you are in the system of a professional club. On the positive side of the coin, some images of Grigg doing this suggest he has a nice sidestep and the ability to sell the dummy and get around blokes, so it is not necessarily a bad thing and i don't think he is that far behind his peers as far as one sidedness goes. Would be an interesting exercise for people to watch the games again and see how many kids kick the ball with their non-dominant foot.....not many i suspect.

HBF · Nov 28, 2006

I think that's a fair enough comment Gilly, but I just thought it was more noticable with Grigg, maybe becuase he is a left-footer. Most kids use their dominant side, but they really do need to know how to kick on there non-preferred foot as well.

Hopefully he can use his right side as well, but I have yet to see him use it.

marcmurphy3 · Nov 28, 2006

Did Grigg get any contested ball in that game (didn't tape it)? At present he looks to be predominantly a reciever but I'm hoping that we can develop him so that he can play in the centre square and get his own ball.

its just sporn mum · Nov 28, 2006

he gets heaps of his own ball

parrot · Nov 28, 2006

Grigg looks to be a real talent. 190cm pacy midfielder with ton of attitude, class and goal kicking potential. Think I read somewhere he's a lifelong Blues fan as well. This could be another Hughes masterstroke.

HELL MAN · Nov 28, 2006

i am one of griggas good mates n he is a gun footballer and top bloke hopefully he goes well at carlton i have talked to him n he is pumped n ready 2 go

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