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Anyway back on topic .As most posters are saying outs for this week should be Bolton and CEllis I sincerely agree with them.
On Bolton as I discussed with a few blokes today he shouldn’t be given another game as his tank is still 1:76 Marklin size. He has a highlight reel that is magnificent, but they’re exhibits compiled from many games. He just isn’t physically ready for AFL footy and needs to be built up in the twos. Remember he was almost a year younger than most in his draft so he’s physically just not strong enough to run out an AFL quarter let alone a game.
I was really concerned about him playing based on my vfl observations which were quiet for long patches with magic bursts and moments. He did string an excellent second half against Box Hill in the midfield where he replaced CEllis in that spot, but he did zip in the first half. The hardest I’ve seen him run is when he ran 60m to the bench at Victoria Park after kicking a miraculous goal . He needs time and I wouldn’t be paying anymore than 150k for him next year bc he’s got some hard work to do to get his game to the standard. No way should he be playing AFL games this year . He’s a tremendous talent with a body severely in need of maturation and hard work.
CEllis on the other hand was dominating afl games on the surface , but his games against the teams with better midfields he was placed back to the hbl . Those being Williamstown and BoxHill where his heat map would have resembled a banana on the boundary line from hb to the wing.
VFL form is really confusing this year as
most sides are really poor so you really need to look at players carefully in their roles and other things they’re bringing into their game. CEllis plays his football with no intensity or heat and actually gets lost in spectating. His best games in the midfield were when he had blokes dish easy balls out to him as he in VFL is lucky enough to be afforded time and space , but he still fails physically to win his own ball. He is an outside player as outside could ever be and he wants an easy ball based on a turnover.
He is caught out at AFL and it looks bloody ugly bc he’s slower than treacle on a frosty Winter morning.
Speed is his biggest killer and add a lack of confidence with his introverted nature he becomes an eyesore and a liability. Just cannot play again in the ones and if he was delisted it wouldn’t even be noticed. Just no.
We’re now at the business end of the season so we need to add that hard edge to the side , so Kmac or Townsend should not be playing vfl before the two mentioned already. Even Lloyd would have offered more as we know although he’s not great , but he has the tank and
ability to play multiple roles. Stengel l have observed all year and he has actually performed his role diligently where he could perform to the standard
above. He is like an octopus when he tackles and chases and runs players down with pressure acts. He’s a smart footballer and ahead on Bolton bc of fitness and better work ethics. Oh and he can kick a goal even if he’s fatigued in a last quarter.
On Bolton as I discussed with a few blokes today he shouldn’t be given another game as his tank is still 1:76 Marklin size. He has a highlight reel that is magnificent, but they’re exhibits compiled from many games. He just isn’t physically ready for AFL footy and needs to be built up in the twos. Remember he was almost a year younger than most in his draft so he’s physically just not strong enough to run out an AFL quarter let alone a game.
I was really concerned about him playing based on my vfl observations which were quiet for long patches with magic bursts and moments. He did string an excellent second half against Box Hill in the midfield where he replaced CEllis in that spot, but he did zip in the first half. The hardest I’ve seen him run is when he ran 60m to the bench at Victoria Park after kicking a miraculous goal . He needs time and I wouldn’t be paying anymore than 150k for him next year bc he’s got some hard work to do to get his game to the standard. No way should he be playing AFL games this year . He’s a tremendous talent with a body severely in need of maturation and hard work.
CEllis on the other hand was dominating afl games on the surface , but his games against the teams with better midfields he was placed back to the hbl . Those being Williamstown and BoxHill where his heat map would have resembled a banana on the boundary line from hb to the wing.
VFL form is really confusing this year as
most sides are really poor so you really need to look at players carefully in their roles and other things they’re bringing into their game. CEllis plays his football with no intensity or heat and actually gets lost in spectating. His best games in the midfield were when he had blokes dish easy balls out to him as he in VFL is lucky enough to be afforded time and space , but he still fails physically to win his own ball. He is an outside player as outside could ever be and he wants an easy ball based on a turnover.
He is caught out at AFL and it looks bloody ugly bc he’s slower than treacle on a frosty Winter morning.
Speed is his biggest killer and add a lack of confidence with his introverted nature he becomes an eyesore and a liability. Just cannot play again in the ones and if he was delisted it wouldn’t even be noticed. Just no.
We’re now at the business end of the season so we need to add that hard edge to the side , so Kmac or Townsend should not be playing vfl before the two mentioned already. Even Lloyd would have offered more as we know although he’s not great , but he has the tank and
ability to play multiple roles. Stengel l have observed all year and he has actually performed his role diligently where he could perform to the standard
above. He is like an octopus when he tackles and chases and runs players down with pressure acts. He’s a smart footballer and ahead on Bolton bc of fitness and better work ethics. Oh and he can kick a goal even if he’s fatigued in a last quarter.
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