Taking advantage of global warming
I really hope we get at least one flag before doomsday.
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Taking advantage of global warming
We’ve got enough of a mix of forwards now that any deficiencies from the talls aren’t exacerbated by a lack of smalls in wet weather. The way things are going it probs wont rain much this winter anyway.
We could have had all our talls being useless at ground level, but Cam and Hogan are good for it, so I'm not so worried about being too tall as a consequence.
Get Pav back. He kicked something ridiculous like 27 straight didn’t he? Perfect example. Just a few tips and mental things and he ll be kicking bags.Great marking performance, but looked like he was leaning back a little on his set shots, rather than kicking through them. Should be an easy fix, and hopefully the club will have him practising like crazy!
Get Pav back. He kicked something ridiculous like 27 straight didn’t he? Perfect example. Just a few tips and mental things and he ll be kicking bags.
100% .Like a lot of forwards with the yips, Tabs can kick the difficult set shots (non-preferred banana on Saturday) but struggles with the ones he feels he should kick.
Nothing wrong with the mechanics, he just needs to get his head right.
He doesnt ever take marks from the side. Took at least four pack marks against GWS in one game. None from the side. Third in contested marks in the afl he's one of the best at taking marks with a player near him so far this year. This year he's thriving when there's player contact in marking situations.Taberner’s issue isn’t really technique or ability, it’s mental. He doesn’t need Riewoldt over and he had about five years to learn everything from Pavlich.
He needs someone to tell him a few home truths and to also nurture him.
He’s a big boy. He’s a good kick. He just shits himself. It’s why he can only take marks from behind or the side - footsteps spook him, getting hurt is his worst fear even though with impact he’d be the one doling it out. The set shots are the same thing.
He’s probably a really nice guy. He’s just too nice as a footballer.
The fact he never changes his expression shows a bit of that.
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He's not really a coward on the field like your Darling types, his main weakness is he just doesn't really have a given natural footy brain despite having most of the physical tools out there.
The fact he can take a contested grab is huge. But you’re right, he needs a bit much of that aggro or bully mentality. Rough up his opponent. He can do it, but seems like he holds himself back. Against West Coast, he failed to really bully Barrass and knock him around. He did a fair bit against GWS though.Taberner’s issue isn’t really technique or ability, it’s mental. He doesn’t need Riewoldt over and he had about five years to learn everything from Pavlich.
He needs someone to tell him a few home truths and to also nurture him.
He’s a big boy. He’s a good kick. He just shits himself. It’s why he can only take marks from behind or the side - footsteps spook him, getting hurt is his worst fear even though with impact he’d be the one doling it out. The set shots are the same thing.
He’s probably a really nice guy. He’s just too nice as a footballer.
The fact he never changes his expression shows a bit of that.
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Tabs has been the most dominant tall of the past 2 weeks, against good sides in West Coast and GWS
42 touches, 35 kicks
21 marks, 7 contested 11 inside 50
14 shots on goal and if he was kicking them at his career average he'd 9 or 10 instead of 5
This week he comes up against the dogs and he should be eyeing up a bag, their defense is putrid.
If we are to play finals we need to dominate at home to keep the percentage high, Taberner owning a favorable match up this Saturday at home in Mundy's 300 and the len hall is important to that.
IMO your missing the most important part and that's the fact that he makes a defense put time into him which frees up our elite KPF in Hogan and that's all we need from Tabs. Very few teams have two elite KPD that can stop Hogan and Tabs, then throw Lobb and McCarthy/Cox at them as well.Rarely seen a player that looks so close yet so far of being an elite KPF, yes he is structurally important and is an awsome contested mark but i can't stop feeling that there is clearly something missing that will stop him from ever being a great player. He is more than servicable nonetheless but to put it simply, built like a Ferrari, plays like a Fiat.
Just my opinion, i know that's worth f**kall and a lot of people would disagree but i am sticking to it.
Nice photo, he's being held, punched in the head, and taking the mark.
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And managing it all with his eyes closed
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