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I liked seeing Aish at half back versus Freo yesterday. He was quiet in the first few quarters but put his body on the line. With some more time I could see him becoming creative there. The one thing he's missing is pace -- that's my biggest concern, and I think we'll miss Sinclair for that.
 

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Yeah he did ok as a defender. He is suffering by not being in our core midfield, so im glad to see bucks play him across half back because he has the skills to be a handy distributor
That is something we lacked last year was good Distributor of the Ball down back.

Him and Scharanberg could do that Role Very Well
 

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Starting the year at VFL at this rate. Given he's a fourth year player with just shy of 50 games to his name with his talent being ok doesn't cut it. He just doesn't do enough and others have overtaken him in WHE and Phillips.

FWIW I am a fan, but a different type to TD...
 

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Starting the year at VFL at this rate. Given he's a fourth year player with just shy of 50 games to his name with his talent being ok doesn't cut it. He just doesn't do enough and others have overtaken him in WHE and Phillips.

FWIW I am a fan, but a different type to TD...
Phillips might but I have WHE and Aish about the Same. Both Lovely users of the Ball but don't get much of it.

So Scodog10 you think this is the Year where he will make it or not then?
 

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Phillips might but I have WHE and Aish about the Same. Both Lovely users of the Ball but don't get much of it.

So Scodog10 you think this is the Year where he will make it or not then?
That's fair enough, but I think WHE will get the nod for his x factor forward of the ball because its clear to me that our defnse won't cut it this year so we need to score.

I hope so because he's approaching the 60 game sweet spot, but I'm starting to have serious doubts. For me I'd love a 400+ possesion season for him because of what he can do when he gets it (think Jake Lloyd at the Swans), but right now he's a long way off it because we won't play him in his best role.
 
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That's fair enough, but I think WHE will get the nod for his x factor forward of the ball because its clear to me that our defnse won't cut it this year so we need to score.

I hope so because he's approaching the 60 game sweet spot, but I'm starting to have serious doubts. For me I'd love a 400+ possesion season for him because of what he can do when he gets it (think Jake Lloyd at the Swans), but right now he's a long way off it because we won't play him in his best role.
That's our fault, not his.

If they don't play him in midfield then they might as well delist because it was more than apparent last season that he's not AFL standard in all other positions. Further, our midfield depth sets it up perfectly for him because he will never be tagged or given attention and he's a very bad 1v1 player at this stage. It should be a similar position to what Didak was in 2010 where he becomes a lot better on the back of a quality midfield.

Buckley has a weird obsession with players who do the 1% but what we really need is some class around the ball. If he can't see that from some of Aish's games in the second half of the season then he can't coach imo. Aish is 1/2 the athlete of WHE but he's basically a better player imo. Also does his fair share of goal scoring though not as spectacular as WHA. Both of them can put in some truly pathetic efforts in contested situations though. In theory Broomhead should be better than both imo.

cliffnotes: If Aish lines up anywhere other than midfield in our best 22 then it's time to sack the coach :mad:
 

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That's our fault, not his.

If they don't play him in midfield then they might as well delist because it was more than apparent last season that he's not AFL standard in all other positions. Further, our midfield depth sets it up perfectly for him because he will never be tagged or given attention and he's a very bad 1v1 player at this stage. It should be a similar position to what Didak was in 2010 where he becomes a lot better on the back of a quality midfield.

Buckley has a weird obsession with players who do the 1% but what we really need is some class around the ball. If he can't see that from some of Aish's games in the second half of the season then he can't coach imo. Aish is 1/2 the athlete of WHE but he's basically a better player imo. Also does his fair share of goal scoring though not as spectacular as WHA. Both of them can put in some truly pathetic efforts in contested situations though. In theory Broomhead should be better than both imo.

cliffnotes: If Aish lines up anywhere other than midfield in our best 22 then it's time to sack the coach :mad:
That's definitely a fair assessment. But the problem Aish faces is that there are numerous players better at doing his best role than what he is. Aish needs to get better at doing the other roles. There are naturally going to be injuries, that's when he can step up like he did at the end of last season. But until then he needs to justify his place in the team in other ways.
 

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Just finished watching the replay on Fox.........he had a really good last quarter.

He hasn't earnt the right to play on ball...........he might just have to bide his time in defence now that Sinclair is not there.
 

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That's fair enough, but I think WHE will get the nod for his x factor forward of the ball because its clear to me that our defnse won't cut it this year so we need to score.

I hope so because he's approaching the 60 game sweet spot, but I'm starting to have serious doubts. For me I'd love a 400+ possesion season for him because of what he can do when he gets it (think Jake Lloyd at the Swans), but right now he's a long way off it because we won't play him in his best role.
I say WHE can play at HFF and Aish at HBF.

So IF Aish does not live up to Expectations you would put him on the Trade Table.

Aish showed great Signs late last season and his last qtr Yesterday was Promising
 

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Just finished watching the replay on Fox.........he had a really good last quarter.

He hasn't earnt the right to play on ball...........he might just have to bide his time in defence now that Sinclair is not there.
Then how doe she Earn to get on-ball by playing Down Back?

I agree that he is might need to add a bit of Versatility to his game as at the Moment he has some Good Players ahead of him he get Midfield Time

His Last Qtr was Really Good and Hope it Builds his Confidence for Next Week and he can keep Building from now
 

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Then how doe she Earn to get on-ball by playing Down Back?

I agree that he is might need to add a bit of Versatility to his game as at the Moment he has some Good Players ahead of him he get Midfield Time

His Last Qtr was Really Good and Hope it Builds his Confidence for Next Week and he can keep Building from now
He isn't good enough at the moment to displace anyone on ball..........it's that simple Dave.

It doesn't mean he will not make it. As they say Dave the season is a marathon not a sprint.
 

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Just finished watching the replay on Fox.........he had a really good last quarter.

He hasn't earnt the right to play on ball...........he might just have to bide his time in defence now that Sinclair is not there.
He had a decent first and 4th quarter went quiet in between but given his ToG was only 67% that may explain his absence as he literally was not on the field for a quarter and a half.
 
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