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I was underwhelmed with his performances up till this year. An average C Grader with no outstanding qualities.
I never watched the Lions games admittedly.
Admittedly we had a graveyard of failed midfielders as the No 1 midfield position was sown up for 10 years.
As Redden was played out of position, on a HF flank, i wasn't as scathing as some.
But boy oh boy wowee is he a beast of a player at a bargain price this year. Unbelivable what playing in your natural position does.
Well played WCE, well played.
I never watched the Lions games admittedly.
Admittedly we had a graveyard of failed midfielders as the No 1 midfield position was sown up for 10 years.
As Redden was played out of position, on a HF flank, i wasn't as scathing as some.
But boy oh boy wowee is he a beast of a player at a bargain price this year. Unbelivable what playing in your natural position does.
Well played WCE, well played.
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Thought we should have scrapped him last year. Extremely impressed with what he's been doing and how we've been playing without a #1 midfielder. Spreading the midfield is and always was the way to go. Yes it's a passing jab.
He’s had good games for us in the past but not followed up. He’s well experienced enough for there to be no real excuses to not play at about this level for the rest of the season now, so it will be interesting to track how he goes.
If he does keep performing at this level, it will go a long way to defining our success over the next few years.
Something seems to have clicked over the last few weeks because I thought he was pretty poor at the start of the year and he didn’t look like he ever wanted to take possession of the ball. I think he’s a waste of space as a defensive mid - so hopefully we only use Hutchings in that role when we decide we want a tagger. He looks much better when he’s hunting the footy.
If he does keep performing at this level, it will go a long way to defining our success over the next few years.
Something seems to have clicked over the last few weeks because I thought he was pretty poor at the start of the year and he didn’t look like he ever wanted to take possession of the ball. I think he’s a waste of space as a defensive mid - so hopefully we only use Hutchings in that role when we decide we want a tagger. He looks much better when he’s hunting the footy.
Did you guys not watch the last half of last season? even simmo said that he would have been best and fairest last season if it was counted from rnd 15 and onwards.
He averaged 24.2 touches, 10.8 contested possessions,5.1 tackles, and 4.1 clearances. He was very good in the back half of the year and adjusted to playing with Mitchell and Priddis. I was kinda disappointed with his start of 2018 due to how good he finished last season.
That’s what I mean. He has had good games/patches and then regressed back to spud level. I’m waiting for a full season of consistency (provided he stays injury free) before proclaiming he’s become the player we hoped he’d be.
Either way, he has looked far better in the last three games than he did in that purple patch last year. He’s showing a lot more poise and making better decisions
So happy for the Reddog to be playing well, you can tell he really wants it and is working hard.
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Enjoyed the fact that despite having a mare first half, fought through and ended up with a quality performance
Didn't just float off into the ether
Didn't just float off into the ether
Another beastly game. Love the fact he can drift forward and kick a goal or two amongst the in and under work he does.
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Is his improvement in part because his responsibilities have increased with Priddis gone?
Not Priddis bashing, just think it's played a huge part.
Not Priddis bashing, just think it's played a huge part.
Strangely enough the guy was a good mid at brisbane - he just got hal forward flanked to death here
100% IMO.
Quite often when you're the main man, alot of players usually step up to take their game to the next level with the responsibility on their shoulders. Much like captains in cricket, they tend to improve once given extra responsibilities.
Jack Darling was a good example of this when JK was unavailable at the start of the year and through patches last year.
Time to change the roast to a toast.
