Player Watch Ned Long

[Kreme Pie]

Many of us were so full of praise for the young man after a stellar start this season. Deservedly so.

Such a shame he’s dropped off the cliff in the last month at least.
Come back beast mode Ned, come back.

 

[danielnajdek]

Drop him and put Ed in.

 

[TradeDraft]

Many of us were so full of praise for the young man after a stellar start this season. Deservedly so.

Such a shame he’s dropped off the cliff in the last month at least.
Come back beast mode Ned, come back.

Not the only Player who done that

 

[regpies]

Many of us were so full of praise for the young man after a stellar start this season. Deservedly so.

Such a shame he’s dropped off the cliff in the last month at least.
Come back beast mode Ned, come back.

Clearly looks tired, the guys like him who have had to work harder with the mid season injuries and resting period.

He needs a rest, should’ve been rested instead of the sub, had to play a whole game with Howe’s concussion.

 

[sr36]

Clearly looks tired, the guys like him who have had to work harder with the mid season injuries and resting period.

He needs a rest, should’ve been rested instead of the sub, had to play a whole game with Howe’s concussion.

If he gets selected, it's a 9 day break. And then there's a bye after Melbourne. He'll get months of rest beginning in October.

 

[Rorzza]

 

[eddiesmith]

He must have compromising pictures of Fly to keep getting picked.

 

[Visions]

I just cant see it with Long. Panics when he gets the ball and disposes of it blindly to no one. Even when he has time with a set shot at goal, he is more likely to kick it out of bounds on the full than register a score.

Only thing he is good at is tackling, but that is no use when he doesn't do anything else well. Had two or so decent games earlier this year but has been shocking most of the last 6 weeks, yet is still picked to play. Selectors definitely not going the horses for course route with him.

 

[No SPIN]

I just cant see it with Long. Panics when he gets the ball and disposes of it blindly to no one. Even when he has time with a set shot at goal, he is more likely to kick it out of bounds on the full than register a score.

Only thing he is good at is tackling, but that is no use when he doesn't do anything else well. Had two or so decent games earlier this year but has been shocking most of the last 6 weeks, yet is still picked to play. Selectors definitely not going the horses for course route with him.

He is in the under 22 squad with ND - that’s very impressive recognition of his abilities.

 

[sr36]

He must have compromising pictures of Fly to keep getting picked.

It's this one that makes him look like a midget:

 

[cfc19902010]

He is in the under 22 squad with ND - that’s very impressive recognition of his abilities.

That’s all fantastic but he’s still not performing for us currently

 

[eddiesmith]

That’s all fantastic but he’s still not performing for us currently

Yep, Ed Allan got a rising star nomination, didn’t stop him getting dropped.

 

[Rorzza]

Go back and watch Kysaiah Pickett

36

Kysaiah Pickett

Age

24

Ht

171cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.0

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

3.3

3star

M

0.7

1star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

3.3

2star

M

0.7

1star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

0.8

1star

T

2.4

4star

CL

0.8

3star

v Ned Long, rd 13, 2025, hilarious!...Kysaiah looks like he's at training practicing clearances and tackling isn't allowed.

Ash Centra has 10x better skills than Ned!

 

[gouki88]

Go back and watch Kysaiah Pickett v Ned Long, rd 13, 2025, hilarious!...Kysaiah looks like he's at training practicing clearances and tackling isn't allowed.

Ash Centra has 10x better skills than Ned!

Wow, you’re telling us that one of the best players in the comp outplayed Long? What else?

 

[yeah man]

Go back and watch Kysaiah Pickett v Ned Long, rd 13, 2025, hilarious!...Kysaiah looks like he's at training practicing clearances and tackling isn't allowed.

Ash Centra has 10x better skills than Ned!

This is two very stupid comments in the span of 24 hours. Do you do this a lot?

Also just a reminder, don't forget to wipe the drool off your keyboard

 

[Kappa]

I just cant see it with Long. Panics when he gets the ball and disposes of it blindly to no one. Even when he has time with a set shot at goal, he is more likely to kick it out of bounds on the full than register a score.

Only thing he is good at is tackling, but that is no use when he doesn't do anything else well. Had two or so decent games earlier this year but has been shocking most of the last 6 weeks, yet is still picked to play. Selectors definitely not going the horses for course route with him.

He had 2/3 exceptional games not decent games. The past 2 months though has been utterly shocking. Not winning the ball on the inside and on the outside he’s very very poor

 

[Visions]

He had 2/3 exceptional games not decent games. The past 2 months though has been utterly shocking. Not winning the ball on the inside and on the outside he’s very very poor

He's heading down the same career path as Mark McGough.

 

[Kappa]

Feel sorry for his teammates.

80% of his possessions go to the oppositions advantage or to a 50/50. Some of his kicks tonight were laughable tonight, should've been dropped a long long time ago but it's probably too late now

 

[lethalburns]

We smashed them in the clearances tonight; Long was the least of our worries.

His contested work was good, and he gave us a lot of first looks despite some of the mistakes in tough conditions.

If we can get our running game going, and maintain last night's contested output, we'll do alright.

 

[Rusty Beam]

We smashed them in the clearances tonight; Long was the least of our worries.

His contested work was good, and he gave us a lot of first looks despite some of the mistakes in tough conditions.

If we can get our running game going, and maintain last night's contested output, we'll do alright.

No point getting the clearance in congestion if you are going to just turn it over in much more dangerous open space like Ned.

He is a VFL level player and we were seduced by a few decent games earlier in the season. The majority of his games have been woeful. Last night should have been the chance to try something different eg Perryman or Josh, but alas Fly seems too scared to make the big changes.

 

[lethalburns]

No point getting the clearance in congestion if you are going to just turn it over in much more dangerous open space like Ned.

He is a VFL level player and we were seduced by a few decent games earlier in the season. The majority of his games have been woeful. Last night should have been the chance to try something different eg Perryman or Josh, but alas Fly seems too scared to make the big changes.

He's no superstar but that might be selling him a little short.

Our mids were much better this week after last week's train wreck and gave us a good look at victory.

Not having a good crumbing forward in last night's conditions hurt us more than Long's few mistakes.

 

[WakeUpPies]

You can see why a side that values skills like Hawthorn let him go. Got the physical tools but is on par with HDM when it comes to poor disposals. Hopefully we can draft or trade in a better alternative. He’s getting games because our other options are somehow worse.

 

[PiCkLeJuiCe]

So much hate for this guy despite pedestrian efforts from McStay, McCreery (a serial underperformer), Checkers, Elliot (cameo king), Sidey (the pointing king), Houston, Skunk (did he sub himself out after Q1?) and Lippa (although not sure if he actually played)

 

[NomadPie]

Big bodied Tay Adams. Can't fault his effort but he's a liability with ball in hand. Still young enough to work with but he's the 1st out for mine. Bring Hill in, let pendles sidey, and crisp share the inside role.

 

[Monco Matt]

I think Ned just needs to understand and accept his limitations and play to his strengths a lot more. When he is contesting the ball and feeding it out into space he looks big, strong and imposing. When he is on the move trying to hit a target by foot or trying to score he looks cumbersome, uncoordinated and poorly skilled. Stick to your strengths Ned.