Analysis THE "WE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SPP" TEARS THREAD

[RookiePick]

Passing on him was all part of the plan Develop venables for 2 years, Ebert the heck out of port at the end of next year for SPP, and they can both dominate for the next 10 years Shuey, Venables, SPP. The new Judd, Cousins Kerr

 

[Galileo9]

Here we go. This thread will now exist until spp or venables retires or gets delisted.

 

[QS]

HOW MUCH LONGER CAN VENABLES BE PLAYED

 

[mattyc75]

HOW MUCH LONGER CAN VENABLES BE PLAYED

Once would be nice

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[Galileo9]

Good player is young Venables - very good skills -wait and see

Logic isn't welcome on here!

 

[mattyc75]

As it stands now spp spends around a quarter of his time on the field making sure his comb over is in the right place.
He is playing awesomely so can afford to make this concession to vanity but what happens when he goes into full KB mode and has to spend 3 quarters of the game keeping the 3 strands in place? Is he good enough?
Now I know what your thinking he could just go the full telly savalas but will he? Is that a risk our club is willing to take to get him back to our club?

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[Milenko]

Interesting that Port specifically traded to get an extra first round pick to get both Marshall and SPP

Makes you wonder whether we should have attempted something similar if we rated both Venables and SPP (which we know Brad Smith did)

 

[Eaglespur]

Juries out till round 6 or 7 for me, sure he has looked good for the first two games but many players have shown signs early and faded.

 

[Chris_6678]

Juries out till round 6 or 7 for me, sure he has looked good for the first two games but many players have shown signs early and faded.

Plus he did play Freo....

 

[FatPizza]

The small WAFL highlights clip for Venables on the Eagles website looks really good (I know that's the whole point of them...). He just seems to be very sure of himself.

 

[eagles rule]

Juries out till round 6 or 7 for me, sure he has looked good for the first two games but many players have shown signs early and faded.

I don't want to pump him up but SPP JLT games were very promising as well ..
Meanwhile Venga pick does look awesome smooth mover and able to see the game unfolding and I'm looking fwd to watching him play ..

 

[Agent93]

The small WAFL highlights clip for Venables on the Eagles website looks really good (I know that's the whole point of them...). He just seems to be very sure of himself.

Yes, highlights. It'd be nice to see the foibles of some of the young blokes as well so that less level headed fans don't build him up to messiah status before his first AFL kick.

 

[Beutbrute]

http://www.westcoasteagles.com.au/video/2017-04-05/venables-dashing-league-debut
There sure are some similarities to Shuey in this clip

 

[SpaceClef]

The small WAFL highlights clip for Venables on the Eagles website looks really good (I know that's the whole point of them...). He just seems to be very sure of himself.

Looks to assess the situation in full and then quickly and efficiently gets into the best position to either dispose cleanly, break a tackle effectively, etc.

Probably doesn't make sense. But he just seems to look like a natural AFL level player.

Big question marks really are whether he can get enough of the footy and whether his body is durable enough.

If he ticks them both then he'll be a quality player.

 

[paran]

Good player is young Venables - very good skills -wait and see

Could be, but he's still under an injury cloud while SPP wasn't. Still a bit of overthinking that is prone to scouts IMHO.

 

[bl4ke]

Do dv is very injury prone? Is that what you're saying?

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No, 2 injuries. They have just been long ones. Nice try though

 

[liam123]

Interesting that Port specifically traded to get an extra first round pick to get both Marshall and SPP

Makes you wonder whether we should have attempted something similar if we rated both Venables and SPP (which we know Brad Smith did)

I'm sure we tried hard to do this but we had very little currency. However I do find it astonishing how we seem to be missing out on getable local talent lately. Menagola and spp are two obvious ones.

 

[mattyc75]

I'm sure we tried hard to do this but we had very little currency. However I do find it astonishing how we seem to be missing out on getable local talent lately. Menagola and spp are two obvious ones.

I think Charlie Cameron would've been awesome for us too

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[eagles rule]

I'm sure we tried hard to do this but we had very little currency. However I do find it astonishing how we seem to be missing out on getable local talent lately. Menagola and spp are two obvious ones.

Patrick Cripps pick 13 V Sheed pick 11 thats all ..

 

[BOND 007]

Could be, but he's still under an injury cloud while SPP wasn't. Still a bit of overthinking that is prone to scouts IMHO.

Projecting forward is always tricky but thats part of the gig. Venables base skill set was rated higher than Sam's. With the move towards disposal quality its not hard to see why that decision was made.

 

[LittleGreekGod]

A new challenger approaches?

I see Berry just had 29 disposals, 12 marks, 4 tackles and a goal in his first game for the Brisbane Lions reserves.

Berry named to play in the center in his first game for Brisbane

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

Berry named to play in the center in his first game for Brisbane

He could be a berry good pick up for them

 

[SpaceClef]

What about Gallucci tho

 

[Dark Sharks]

I believe he's known as Gadouche on this board.

 

[WCErevival]

I'm sure we tried hard to do this but we had very little currency. However I do find it astonishing how we seem to be missing out on getable local talent lately. Menagola and spp are two obvious ones.

Menagola? The guy that's played 8 games in 7 years?