Our best ball user

[Two Planks]

After watching teams cleanly take the ball from one end to the other compared to Geelong's scrappy attempts, who are you most comfortable with ball in hand. Even some of our best players are not great at hitting targets either by hand or foot.

 

[Seeds]

i dont think there is one. duncan has the best natural kicking style but has often been prone to turnovers in big games. We clearly havent recruited good kicks.

 

[Two Planks]

i dont think there is one. duncan has the best natural kicking style but has often been prone to turnovers in big games. We clearly havent recruited good kicks.

And Duncan is an iffy kick for goal as well.

I personally think Menzel is the best but just doesn't get enough of it.

 

[bulletproof]

Parfitt will be soon.

 

[Partridge]

i dont think there is one. duncan has the best natural kicking style but has often been prone to turnovers in big games. We clearly havent recruited good kicks.

Duncan would be my pick. But it doesn't seem like elite disposal is high on the list of desired requirements.

 

[Lana]

Thurlow, Duncan and Guthrie would be our best three best field kicks with Mackie and Tuohy rounding out the top 5.

 

[Seeds]

And Duncan is an iffy kick for goal as well.

I personally think Menzel is the best but just doesn't get enough of it.

Good call. Menzel is another that is up there. Maybe thurlow and touhy as well. But there ain't much else

 

[Seeds]

Parfitt will be soon.

Kicking is parfits greatest weakness. He is an awful kick.

 

[Matthew Jelley]

Mackie Duncan Tuohy and Hawkins are the best at making passes and setting up play.

 

[xtatik222k]

Dangerfield?







...Seriously though, you just have to laugh when things like this happen. What else can you do? Things just go wrong at the wrong time and seasons are done and dusted sometimes. Hopefully we can recover, but with the injuries piling up, the bullshit suspensions, and the tight ladder finish, I'm expecting us to bomb out of the finals pretty easily.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Tuohy. Mackie is not bad too.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Hawkins is actually our best field kick Seriously.

 

[Kyuss]

Menegola has delivered some incredible passes into our forward line. But then can also shank them.
Thurlows kicking is pretty good.

 

[Willo_]

When he gets full confidence and form back Thurlow will be our best kick and easily... the way he kicks the ball flat and with speed means he can make it impossible for defenders to spoil if he is going inside 50.

Duncan is a lovely kick but he lobs and weights his kicks more by comparison.. if he gets air in front of his target he draws them to the footy.. but he can also leave them hanging and kicks can be picked off

Tuohy is fantastic, I agree with Spazz Cat on Hawk... his field kicking is sensational.

Also Stewart is a lovely kick, keep in mind he's a first year player still finding his feet.. but some of his passes out of the defensive 50 have been sublime this year.

 

[Willo_]

Parfitt will be soon.

He's a bit Boris like in that he has the time and space... but he will need to work hard to bring his kicking up

 

[Spazz Cat]

Kicking is parfits greatest weakness. He is an awful kick.

Yep. That's the reason he slipped down to us in the draft though. It should be able to be improved a fair bit if he works hard on it.

 

[Two Planks]

Parfitt will be soon.

Wont be the next 2 seasons because that will be Ablett

 

[Vdubs]

Parsons by hand
And once he gets to his correct spot, so will his kicking.
Top shelf usage, just needs to get more of the ball.

 

[flatcat]

Menegola has delivered some incredible passes into our forward line. But then can also shank them.
Thurlows kicking is pretty good.

Agree. Thurlow is best kick in team. Also, your name rocks.

 

[Spazz Cat]

Agree. Thurlow is best kick in team. Also, your name rocks.

It is an awesome name ay.

 

[Daniel McL]

Thurlow would be No.1 for me. Then Duncan & Tuohy.

Hawkins & Menzel's field kicking is very good too.

 

[you pick one]

The majority are awful users of the ball by hand and foot,but they spend so much time at training perfecting that little one mtr handball in close to a player standing flat footed,you play like you train.I hope that changes this year with some really creative handball and precision field kicking,plenty of work to be done.

 

[CatTricks]

Wouldn't it be Gaz now?
Gaz, Duncan, Menzel?

 

[goyoucatters]

Duncan would be my pick. But it doesn't seem like elite disposal is high on the list of desired requirements.

Not just at the GFC either.

Since Hawthorn's ascendancy, there doesn't appear to be any teams that have a bunch of elite ball users.

It's interesting to note that Duncan is extremely highly rated in this area right across the competition. But not so celebrated here.

So I'm not really sure there are many teams who are significantly better off in this area than we are, really.

Certainly neither of the last two premiership line-ups have me awestruck by the way those teams used the footy.

 

[ShaunWDT]

Ablett easily.