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Re: Harry Taylor is the Q9

whether it eventuates or not I have been calling him the AA CHB for the last two weeks. love his elevation into our leadership group and everything i see / hear from him only make my belief in him grow. will be a 200+ gamer for sure. will dominate many key forwards this year and we will improve our defensive game alongside his development. do i sense another cult hero on the way?
 
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BarryG said:
Harry took some brilliant marks under pressure in the back line today. And gee he can kick a footy.
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It was very odd, someone on KRock suggested he wasn't a good kick. I'd suggest he'd be in the best 2-3 in the team, especially over distance.

He has a very good head on his shoulders too. In another team he might be looked at as a potential captain.
 
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Brasil2007 said:
It was very odd, someone on KRock suggested he wasn't a good kick. I'd suggest he'd be in the best 2-3 in the team, especially over distance.

He has a very good head on his shoulders too. In another team he might be looked at as a potential captain.
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Who the hell said that? You'd have to be blind. He's one of the cleanest, if not the cleanest kicks in our team.

I wonder if opposition fans still think he's a spud. They'll be eating their words for the rest of the year.
 
The one weakness of his game I feel are his handballs; he doesn't look very natural doing them for some reason. Sometimes I just wish he would just blast it down the middle, like Hunt; when you can boot it well 60, stop handballing so much! I know its part of our playing style and how we do things but againsty a high pressure team like Hawthorn sometimes you have to just take a kick. Especially when our midfielders are such strong overhead markers (get it near Bartel and Ling for instance.)
 

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Re: Harry Taylor is the Q9

Brasil2007 said:
It was very odd, someone on KRock suggested he wasn't a good kick. I'd suggest he'd be in the best 2-3 in the team, especially over distance.

He has a very good head on his shoulders too. In another team he might be looked at as a potential captain.
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BEST kick in our team since Ricco, Graham and Josh
 
Re: Harry Taylor is the Q9

For those who didn't hear it, ABC radio has a great interview with Harry, you can listen to the audio here: http://www.abc.net.au/sport/afl/audio/

They even bring up the previous criticism of his kicking, and Harry makes the point that he's been working on it over the summer.
 
Re: Harry Taylor is the Q9

Absolute gun. My favourite opposition player bar none.

Those eyes could turn any heterosexual male.

:heart::heart::heart:
 
thrillhouse said:
I admit I was a skeptic. I was critical of him at times sometimes too critical. Last night he backed up his brilliant performance in the GF by playing an outstanding game. Running hard, tackling, spoiling and taking good overhead marks.

If Egan makes it back to the team next year, could this be another Scarlett/Harley dynasty? Probably not but it will be as strong.
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This guy is a gun. He was thereabouts in his first year, but, most I talked to knew he would be good. He already had a great ability to determine where he needed to go. It helped already having Harley in the side, therefore, Taylor could match up on the third best forward.

That apprenticeship has made him into the player he is today. I'm glad that Wells and co, saw that in him and brought him over.
 
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HMac said:
They even bring up the previous criticism of his kicking, and Harry makes the point that he's been working on it over the summer.
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there hasnt been anything wrong with his kicking...he should have been working on those scoop loopy handballs.
 
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Harry Taylor is a gun :(

Just wish he didn't always look so sad :p

Has stepped into Harley's shoes very comfortably

Also, I hate you guys :)
 
Love Taylor, absolute gun! Regarding "The one weakness of his game I feel are his handballs; he doesn't look very natural doing them for some reason", I completely agree. When he goes to handball, he hits the ball with a cocked wrist, meaning he makes contact with either too high up his hand or even the butt of his palm sometimes. This odd action doesn't mean he always stuffs it up, but it does rob him of a strong handball technique.
He is one of my favourite players and probably our best kick... he would be a silky CHF if he wasn't such a crucial defender.
 

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Always had a lot of time for Harry. His kicking is superb, after all our woeful kicking for goal on monday when harry took that mark outside 50 i had no doubt he would kick a goal. I agree with the handball, he does not look comfortable at all in the action.
 
I tell you what, in the past I've heard that soon Geelong will be worried about its backline when Dasher and Scarlett retire.

All I can say is..... Q-****ing-9!!!!

This guy is quickly becoming one of the best backmen in the league in my opinion. So reliable, so consistent and takes some marks that you just stop and think "****kk I thought he was no where near getting to that!".

Incidently, I'd also like to know what happened I think it was in the 3rd quater when he took a mark, went to ground (?) and got up and looked at his opponent like he was about to knock his block off.

Yet another stellar player and stellar move by Geelong's recruiting.
 
Has to be favourite for AA CHB at this early stage. Its funny; commentators now acknowledge him, no doubt thanks to his GF performance
 
Harry has leadership written all over him and could make a great captain once Ling no longer lingers. Favourite AFL player
 
I love how our club has proven itself ahead of the pack once again.

The "whole footy world" has got its knickers in a knot this year over the success of the Dockers with Michael Barlow, and suddenly "every club will be looking harder at mature players in the upcoming draft periods".

Well I present to you:
- Podsiadly (2009 rookie)
- Mumford, Moles (2008 rookies)
- Taylor (2007)
- Davenport (2006 rookie)
- Stokes (2005)
- Egan (2004)

Even Maxy Rooke came onto the list in 2001 from Casterton as an older (19yo) player.

All taken from state or country leagues as mature players. That several of them (Mumford, Moles, Davenport) are now playing senior footy at other clubs just shows the brilliance of our recruiting and development over the past decade or so, which has given us such a deep list.
 
chaos said:
Incidently, I'd also like to know what happened I think it was in the 3rd quater when he took a mark, went to ground (?) and got up and looked at his opponent like he was about to knock his block off.
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I thought it was Brogan at first, but it wasn't, just some other PA player, but when Harry went up for the mark, the PA player was late on the spoil and ended up trying to rip his H's head off. H didn't appreciate it when it was clear he already had the mark, so fronted up to him.

That particular incident shows how mature H actually is, instead of going on with it, just went back and took his kick and let his footy do the talking.
 

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Reg Hickey said:
I love how our club has proven itself ahead of the pack once again.

The "whole footy world" has got its knickers in a knot this year over the success of the Dockers with Michael Barlow, and suddenly "every club will be looking harder at mature players in the upcoming draft periods".

Well I present to you:
- Podsiadly (2009 rookie)
- Mumford, Moles (2008 rookies)
- Taylor (2007)
- Davenport (2006 rookie)
- Stokes (2005)
- Egan (2004)

Even Maxy Rooke came onto the list in 2001 from Casterton as an older (19yo) player.

All taken from state or country leagues as mature players. That several of them (Mumford, Moles, Davenport) are now playing senior footy at other clubs just shows the brilliance of our recruiting and development over the past decade or so, which has given us such a deep list.
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You weren't that guy that called in on Harf Time to tell that were you? Because he said exactly the same thing, and I thought it was totally right. Shows you why it helps to have our own VFL team and strong leagues around to be able to develop from within, and why Wells is a gun at getting players from obscure places and making them great bargains.

As for Q9, awesome. Marking, kicking, everything. Will be our rock to build the post Scarlett defence around.

It was funny when the press asked Bomber if he knew why Q9 was angry. :D
 
Reg Hickey said:
I love how our club has proven itself ahead of the pack once again.

The "whole footy world" has got its knickers in a knot this year over the success of the Dockers with Michael Barlow, and suddenly "every club will be looking harder at mature players in the upcoming draft periods".

Well I present to you:
- Podsiadly (2009 rookie)
- Mumford, Moles (2008 rookies)
- Taylor (2007)
- Davenport (2006 rookie)
- Stokes (2005)
- Egan (2004)

Even Maxy Rooke came onto the list in 2001 from Casterton as an older (19yo) player.

All taken from state or country leagues as mature players. That several of them (Mumford, Moles, Davenport) are now playing senior footy at other clubs just shows the brilliance of our recruiting and development over the past decade or so, which has given us such a deep list.
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Recruits that can contribute to a team as soon as they are drafted are worth their weight in gold.

Have a think about how a playing list is structured. Depending on where your list is at in terms of challenging for a flag, you could have anywhere between 4 and 15(maybe more???) players on your list who simply are not yet ready to contribute in a meaningful way. These players may either be too young, physically immature, too injured, or whatever the case may be. They are dead spots on your list until these players develop.

Now clubs carry these "dead spots" on their list in the hope that the players develop into something special. It is a crap shoot though, and often a club finds it has wasted a draft pick, plus a spot on their list for 2,3,4 years waiting for a player to develop who simply doesn't.

Which is what makes players like Taylor, Selwood, Egan, Stokes, etc so valuable. Basically, we drafted them, they have contributed from Day1, we didn't have to waste a dead spot on our list and it meant our depth has been awesome.

The other thing is simply the value for money that these players provide. The first contract that a player signs is the cheapest. If you can get some meaningful contributions from a player whilst they are being paid peanuts it is so valuable. Most clubs can have their superstars who are big coin and carry a load. But having players who play straight away at a high level whilst earning bugger all is what turns good teams into great ones. It is no coincidence that we have been a super team whilst we have players playing big roles at the very start of their career.

Guys like Taylor and Selwood would have almost been the most valuable players in the league in the first couple of years of their careers when you take into consideration production vs salary cost.

If Pods keeps on at the current rate, he will be the bargain of the season. Minimum wage for a serious output. I am surprised clubs havne't done this sort of equation with mature aged players sooner.
 

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