Player Watch Jake Soligo

[jackster83]

This reminds me of the Nathan Van Berlo threads from the mid noughties

Party pooper.

 

[crows dude]

Edwards was an absolute gun and was underrated because of those players you mentioned. Soligo being another Edwards would be amazing.

Edwards was never a gun. If McLeod, Goodwin, Roo were not there he would have not been half the he was.

 

[spenze]

Is he too far gone for the rising star?

 

[Samcro24]

Edwards was never a gun. If McLeod, Goodwin, Roo were not there he would have not been half the he was.

I don’t really agree but this post makes me think of Rory Laird.

We all loved him loose in the backline, but as a mid he’s pretty much a whipping boy on here.

If there were 2-3 guns ahead of him in the guts, would he be regarded as good ol’ criminally underrated Rory?

 

[ams4crows]

Is he too far gone for the rising star?

Yeah played too many games needed to be under 10 and he played 14 or 15 games I reckon

 

[FR0GGY]

I don’t really agree but this post makes me think of Rory Laird.

We all loved him loose in the backline, but as a mid he’s pretty much a whipping boy on here.

If there were 2-3 guns ahead of him in the guts, would he be regarded as good ol’ criminally underrated Rory?

I still think he’s underrated on here. He’s usually in top 10 for both disposals (6th) and tackles (3rd)

 

[crows dude]

Not one of your smartest posts IMHO,

He was a champion club man. Credit to him for turning his career around as even though he played in both premierships Blight had dropped him on a few occasions. In 2000 he became a totally different player. Ayres turned his career around and he became a champ of the club. But please he was no McLeod or Roo.

 

[Trigger13]

Wow, this has quickly turned into the ‘let’s embarrassingly devalue Tyson Edwards

Tyson Edwards

Age

49

Ht

178cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.0

5star

K

11.7

4star

HB

7.3

5star

M

4.5

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

2.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

0.6

3star

’ thread. He was an absolute GUN. End of story.

 

[Samcro24]

I still think he’s underrated on here. He’s usually in top 10 for both disposals (6th) and tackles (3rd)

Underrated is an upgrade on whipping boy though, which I think he is here.

 

[ABAB]

Underrated is an upgrade on whipping boy though, which I think he is here.

When has Laird been the whipping boy?? He isn't MacKay were everyone continually said he shouldn't be in the team. Some just see him as a very solid B grade midfielder whereas other see him as B+. If he continue with those disposal inside 50m he showed in the preseason matches, he will go to A grade midfielder from B+.

 

[Golumless]

Underrated is an upgrade on whipping boy though, which I think he is here.

I don't think Laird is a whipping boy. Ned, Murphy and ROB really are at the moment.

 

[StickerMan]

Laird isn't a whipping boy as much as his disposal sometimes prevents him from being mentioned with the elite of the comp.

Otherwise he is criminally underrated.

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[FR0GGY]

Laird isn't a whipping boy as much as his disposal sometimes prevents him from being mentioned with the elite of the comp.

Otherwise he is criminally underrated.

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His disposal efficiency is great, his kicking efficiency not so.
His inside handball is elite, not many better in the afl if any.

 

[Samcro24]

I don't think Laird is a whipping boy. Ned, Murphy and ROB really are at the moment.

No, he's not at their level, but for a 3 time BnF I think he cops a bit.

 

[StonesThrow]

Edwards was borderline elite. Not in the same category as Roo and McLeod not not far behind. We don't have any of these players currently (probably Tex of the last two years) so yeah it'd be great to have one.

Laird is A grade nothing more nothing less. Could win another jacket and even top 10 in Brownlow.

 

[cmndstab]

Edwards was never a gun. If McLeod, Goodwin, Roo were not there he would have not been half the he was.

He was a champion club man. Credit to him for turning his career around as even though he played in both premierships Blight had dropped him on a few occasions. In 2000 he became a totally different player. Ayres turned his career around and he became a champ of the club. But please he was no McLeod or Roo.

First you say he was never a gun, but then you say he became a champ of the club in the 2000s? So... you mean the latter two-thirds of his entire career?

Tyson Edwards was an exceptional player. If anything, "gun" is underselling him.

Sure, he wasn't McLeod or Ricciuto, but those two are on the shortlist for best Crows player in history. Edwards is on the very next rung below them, and comfortably so.

 

[Big Dub]

When has Laird been the whipping boy?? He isn't MacKay were everyone continually said he shouldn't be in the team. Some just see him as a very solid B grade midfielder whereas other see him as B+. If he continue with those disposal inside 50m he showed in the preseason matches, he will go to A grade midfielder from B+.

He was in the all australian squad, which objectively puts him somewhere from the 8th to 14th best mid in the comp for 2022.

Whether you uner or over rate him depends on where your (and everyone elses) line for B+ to A sits.

 

[texanmike]

Malcolm blight giving huge raps on soligo on sports day sa today, pumped to see what he can do this year.

 

[Velvet George]

Nice to see the great man agree with me on Soligo and winning grand finals requires scoring goals regularly during the year and that means moving the ball quickly so you’re forwards aren’t out numbered.

 

[cleanhands]

Nice to see the great man agree with me on Soligo and winning grand finals requires scoring goals regularly during the year and that means moving the ball quickly so you’re forwards aren’t out numbered.

Good to see he agrees on the 15 + goals is what is winning GFs

 

[StonesThrow]

Nice to see the great man agree with me on Soligo and winning grand finals requires scoring goals regularly during the year and that means moving the ball quickly so you’re forwards aren’t out numbered.

What did you say about Soligo?

 

[Velvet George]

What did you say about Soligo?

It’s in this Soligo thread, but basically we’ve had very few mids with his ability to make great decisions and execute and he’s only starting his second year. That’s he’s a gun and is going to better than that, once he starts on average racking up 25 touches the rest of the industry will take note how good he is and that I love him. He will be better than Edwards.

But the more important take from what Blight said is the way we need to play, sure defence is important but the premiership sides have averaged over 16 goals. That’s not something you just flick the switch on, you’ve got to be producing that during the year and that means getting the ball into forwards quickly so your forwards aren’t out numbered.

Given our forward line is our strength we have to play to it. We played like that against West Coast, we pumped them and everyone took note how good we looked. We’ve just got to have the courage to play that way against better opponents and even if we cop some bad losses.

 

[martyparty]

It’s in the Soligo thread, but basically we’ve had very few mids with his ability to make great decisions and execute and he’s only starting his second year. That’s he’s a gun and is going to better than that, once he starts on average racking up 25 touches the rest of the industry will take note how good he is and that I love him. He will be better than Edwards.

But the more important take from what Blight said is the way we need to play, sure defence is important but the premiership sides have averaged over 16 goals. That’s not something you just flick the switch on, you’ve got to be producing that during the year and that means getting the ball into forwards quickly so your forwards aren’t out numbered.

Given our forward line is our strength we have to play to it. We played like that against West Coast, we pumped them and everyone took note how good we looked. We’ve just got to have the courage to play that way against better opponents and even if we cop some bad losses.

Yes. With Berry and Laird being 1 and 2 in the AFL for tackles in 2022, Soligo with his skill full manner of getting the ball forward, it is going to be the tight reliable midfield to the drive the team. Adding stints by the Rankchele twins is really going to make a midfield to keep oppos coaches awake at night.

 

[StonesThrow]

It’s in this Soligo thread, but basically we’ve had very few mids with his ability to make great decisions and execute and he’s only starting his second year. That’s he’s a gun and is going to better than that, once he starts on average racking up 25 touches the rest of the industry will take note how good he is and that I love him. He will be better than Edwards.

But the more important take from what Blight said is the way we need to play, sure defence is important but the premiership sides have averaged over 16 goals. That’s not something you just flick the switch on, you’ve got to be producing that during the year and that means getting the ball into forwards quickly so your forwards aren’t out numbered.

Given our forward line is our strength we have to play to it. We played like that against West Coast, we pumped them and everyone took note how good we looked. We’ve just got to have the courage to play that way against better opponents and even if we cop some bad losses.

The recruiters and the club must have really seen something in him early on

 

[Velvet George]

The recruiters and the club must have really seen something in him early on

They certainly did. Can’t work out how they can then **** up better picks where you’ve got more choices