Spot on, he gets thrown around a bit into off ball positions. He actually is quite consistent now, but if you see him get 12 touches and dashing clearances one quarter and then he spends alot of time off ball the next it seems like he is down on tv.
Well you compared apples and oranges actually, it was acres is a better winger than o'meara is an inside mid.
Ok - I think Acres is a top ten to 15 wingman in the comp. Jaeger is not a top 20 inside mid.
All good. Just reporting what the people who watch him most think. For me there are some alarm bells there. And contradicts talk of seeing him as a leader. Sure he may have a good attitude or something, but what we would be looking for is performance ability in finals.
One of the stats that made me question him going missing is his 20+ pressure acts, 5+ tackles and 1.4 one percenters per game. Those stats won't really get noticed when you're expected to be racking up disposals.
Well I'd like to see your list of 20 inside mids that are better than him in that case.
Yeah he is an all rounder when it comes to midfielders. He will be apart of your rotation to protect the young guns, he also offers a good game from the flanks and other roles so you can easily rotate him in and out depending on what's going down on ball.
Mitchell more likely. O'Meara still a bit to go. I don't think Hawthorn are budging at all on the price.
Just an example of a club that sometimes goes the enforcer.
Id say the biggest reality check was Collingwood in the finals. They bullied our mid's something shocking and we really didn't have that big bodied mid to get in there and sort it out.
Yep Pies with Crips and Degoey, Doggies are another teams that hits hard as well when they want to.
Freo beat Geelong in Geelong. Without Fyfe, Darcy, Taberner...
Either way, I think his general presence even if he isn't winning the ball will help the likes of Brayshaw and Serong stay in the game. Especially if you add Fyfe into the mix next season, teams wont be able to afford to leave them both free and between them they cant definitely take back control of the midfield battle, something that the likes of Acres sure as hell wouldn't be able to do.
They have massive cap space.
This is actually why most Hawks fans would rather keep O'Meara over Mitchell. Newk is a big boy, and Ward doesn't take a backwards step but they don't have seasoned body's yet. O'Meara does alot of protecting l getting inbetween big hits. You don't get stats for these things.
Very different time of year. I reckon if we played Geelong in finals it wouldnt have been pretty.
The dockers have a decent history of beating Geelong at Kardinia Park
Cash for a pick is a good move by a developing club.
Probably not but most teams have 2 maybe 3 wingman while having 4-6 inside mids. Depth for inside mids is always going to be stronger
