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His decision making is timid and as such his lauded skills are not obvious. With that low a possession tally he needs to offer some comparative advantage like damaging disposal, aerial ability, agility or foot speed. His decision making needs to be more bold (not handing off a problem) and we'll see if the skills are there.
 

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His decision making is timid and as such his lauded skills are not obvious. With that low a possession tally he needs to offer some comparative advantage like damaging disposal, aerial ability, agility or foot speed. His decision making needs to be more bold (not handing off a problem) and we'll see if the skills are there.
Well vs GWS he had 5 Scoring Involvements and 6 Tackles. Lot of his Kicks are to Advantage.

He has not Handballed Off as Much as he did early in the Season
 

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Well with 11 Touches he needs to do more but He makes a Impact when he does.

Caff was the 1 dragging the Chain
Mccaffer was far more important to the win than Aish ever was.

Negated GWS's primary rebounder, was actually good to see him back playing that defensive forward role like he use to.
 
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Mccaffer was far more important to the win than Aish ever was.

Negated GWS's primary rebounder, was actually good to see him back playing that defensive forward role like he use to.
To be honest that is the only role what the team requires him to play. Greenwood is a far better player on the ball than McCaffer ever was.
 

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Didn't step up in the way he did against Carlton, and still seems a bit tentative. But I put that down to confidence, maturity and experience, all of which will improve.

I think he will become, for us, the player I expected Broomy to be. Can we have both in the team? Neither looks like being a great accumulator.
 

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Didn't step up in the way he did against Carlton, and still seems a bit tentative. But I put that down to confidence, maturity and experience, all of which will improve.

I think he will become, for us, the player I expected Broomy to be. Can we have both in the team? Neither looks like being a great accumulator.
You might be surprised with Broomy if he gets his chance through the middle in the seniors. Has been known to rack up the disposals with the best of them playing in ball in the VFL.
 

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You might be surprised with Broomy if he gets his chance through the middle in the seniors. Has been known to rack up the disposals with the best of them playing in ball in the VFL.
Both Aish and Broomhead get lot of Ball at VFL Level. It's can they Translate that to AFL Footy and Neither really has yet
 
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Clearly our worst player and was a real passenger in the first 3 quarters. Got at least 5 of his 11 possessions in the last quarter when the intensity had dropped off. A lot of posters are being too soft and forgiving on him. He's played over 40 AFL games now...yet he is showing nothing. We should all be expecting more than this from him. Compare him to Smith who has played 11 games, didn't cost us 2 second rounders and shows much much more. For me .. he is a worry... no speed, no strength, can't find the footy, can't win a contested ball, when he gets it he's safe but not damaging with his disposal.
 
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Shaw still had 20 Touches so was not Quite Taken out of the Game
Touches mean very little, the question should be what did he do with his 20 touches? Did he find a target? meters gained? rebound from defence to attack? score assist's? TURNOVERS????
 
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Looks like Aish got out of the shithole known as Brisbane just in time with reports suggesting a mass exit's at season end.
This is the problem when you pay significant overs for players without fixing you culture, that everyone wants more money.
 
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Slobbo says in The Tackle that Aish was tagging Scully:

"2. Match-up winners.Tagging has returned to the game and Collingwood took it to the extreme which, combined with pressure and intensity, had too many Giants being non-factors. Grundy disposed of Mumford after quarter-time continuing a rich run of scalps for the Collingwood ruckman.Other winners were Brent Macaffer on Heath Shaw, Ben Sinclair on Toby Greeneand James Aish on Tom Scully, a player in every third of the ground. Taylor Adams was a huge in the midfield, which Mick McGuane would be happy with, and we will say it again, when Jack Crisp is a factor with his aggression, the Pies are a far better team."
 
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