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Agreed. I came away yesterday even more so than previously thinking "Bloody hell he's good, but he's bought all the tickets himself to the Izak Rankine show".
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I think most see some selfishness in the vision, I do like some arrogance in a player though. I'm sure that selfishness could be coached out of him in an AFL system, he gets in with a good group of players and the leaders/peer influence would also temper that selfishness IMO. Agree, disagree?
Do you blame him? Bloody good show, 4.5 stars out of 5
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I think confidence is vital. Selfishness can get teammates off side regardless of quality. However it’s not something that can’t be fixed at AFL level as you said.
He can win games off his own boot but also cost teams games. I think if you look at the Dusty’s, Buddy’s, De Goeys, those guys that are strong and have that swagger, they have that confidence and game breaking abilities but have the ability to bring others into the game. To stand up when needed is important but to have the ability to know if there is a better option is also important. He’s a gun but will be interesting to see how he matures.
Those names you've mentioned certainly got plenty of help from teammates to develop a more rounded game on and off field.
He'll be fine. Most AFL players are selfish in some shape or form, you need to be or you won't survive. Rankine just has more swagger and kvnt factor than most. Not a bad thing unless it completely consumes him and he turns into a raging angry man when things don't go his way. But I reckon he'll be just fine. His strengths are his ability to beat his man and beat any man that tries to take him on, he believes he's better than them and that's fine by me because by the time he's 21-22 he'll be better than 99% of AFL footballers.
I agree to some extent. Is an immense talent and some poor aspects can certainly be worked on. Perhaps he is trying to remain in Adelaide, but some attributes concern me.
- Conditioning looks poor
- When the opposition has the ball, he seems lazy unless he is in striking distance
- Trying to take players on, is healthy, but not when he has teammates in better positions
- Turning his back on play after a mark
- Most times when he has a decent patch, he won't work hard enough to stay in the chain after his first disposal
Trouble is in 2 years he would claim intense home sickness is threatening his mental health, and the media would ream the club for not putting the players welfare first.
I watched an SANFL game a few weeks back when Rankine's selfishness cost his team the game. Good player but needs to understand there are other players out there besides himself.
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Well for a change he is not Vic player, i doubt Victoria media will care about his welfare if his destination was Adelaide compare to eg the king Twins , Bailey Smith , Wash .
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Rankine requesting a trade home isn’t the death sentence many crows fans tell us it is. I mean, it’s not like it would be the first time a players left a club and they haven’t exploded with the power of a thousand suns.
Is Colin Young his manager already?
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Cheers - at least he stands a fighting chance of getting some good advice then
some very strange "hot takes" on Rankine.
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