Analysis Time for Fletcher Roberts to be the KPD he can be

[The Inbetweener]

(Yes I know we have a lot of other problems but...)

A big opportunity for you now Fletch.

I haven't been your biggest fan, but with Adams gone, there is a massive opportunity for you to not only establish yourself, but have a big say in our season.

Hope he backs himself in and proves a few of us (including me) wrong

 

[Bemoreboyddog]

Might wanna fix the thread title.

 

[DelRe]

Might wanna fix the thread title.

It was a subsconscious grading! Fletcher Roberts D.

 

[Bemoreboyddog]

I thought it was a game show and we'd all been Fletcher Robert'd.

 

[The Inbetweener]

Whoops. That's what you get for posting from your phone

 

[TommyD13]

I actually am a massive fan of fletch! Didnt wanr him dropped in the first place, but now I cant see him getting back in.

 

[Dogs 13]

I actually am a massive fan of fletch! Didnt wanr him dropped in the first place, but now I cant see him getting back in.

Did you miss him out there on Thursday night

 

[TommyD13]

Did you miss him out there on Thursday night

Holy crap!! My braindid not serve me well there!

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Did you miss him out there on Thursday night

Can't believe Joel Hamling got dropped as well. Surely he comes back in now

 

[TommyD13]

Can't believe Joel Hamling got dropped as well. Surely he comes back in now

alright alright fellas

 

[Zephiisdaman]

Sadly, he just isn't up to it. Say what you like to convince me otherwise but poor old Fletch ain't going to be the messiah.
I watched Hamling closely in Bris v Freo game and was spewing even more that he left. He did some outrageously good things in the game. The margin would have been greater if it wasn't for his efforts.
May, Lever and Allir should be major recruiting targets over the off-season. The loss of Moz is unthinkable really, my concern is that he will go over the edge of the cliff like Matthew Boyd or Josh Gibson. Then we will be truly f****d.

 

[ManOfClay]

Forever a hero, his name in gold on the #18 locker at Whitten Oval.


Sadly he is a battler though and not sure he will play 100 more games for the club.

 

[dergert]

Would like to see how he goes up forward for an extended period of time.
Sadly due to injuries this won't happen.

 

[Yojimbo]

It's breakfast time and this thread makes me wonder, What
does Fletcher Roberts have for breakfast ? What is the
breakfast of champions ? I have always felt sorry for
Fletcher Roberts as he was the guy who was not drafted,
but was an afterthought after a player returned to West
Australia for family reasons.

On a separate note had we drafted Xavier Richards last
year we would be in a better spot with our key position
depth. Xavier Richards is like the Bermuda triangle and
all the other mysteries of the world.

 

[who_let_the_dogs_out]

Xavier Richards is like the Bermuda triangle and
all the other mysteries of the world.

Well, he certainly went missing on gf day, maybe the legends are true

 

[BulldogJake]

Fletch is a bit akin to a Matthew Croft defender if my memory serves me correctly - was only young during Croft's latter years.

A bit lethargic, doesnt do anything 'special' but does all the simple things as a defender well.

His start to the season was great imo, and then fell back a little and was a little stiff to be dropped.

He'll make it, and I have the confidence he'll consolidate his spot in the next couple weeks. Played juniors as a forward so can swing up forward like we did with Adams if needed.

 

[bresker]

Solid but unspectacular defender, good clubman, unobtrusively does his thing. Will never beat the best forwards 1-on-1 but understands the zonal marking thing.

He's not an Adams replacement but he's as good as we've got. Pretty sure he played in all four finals last year and did his job.

 

[LondonBulldog]

Solid but unspectacular defender, good clubman, unobtrusively does his thing. Will never beat the best forwards 1-on-1 but understands the zonal marking thing.

He's not an Adams replacement but he's as good as we've got. Pretty sure he played in all four finals last year and did his job.

Nope missed the first two finals, was very lucky, come in against GWS because of their tall forward line and kept his spots for the Grand Final.

He is nothing like Matty Croft, whoever made that comparison. Matty Croft could mark and dominated the two's before finally getting a game.

 

[bresker]

So who did he replace in the backs from the first two finals?

I realise I could google this I'm just making conversation

 

[WallyStringhaus]

So who did he replace in the backs from the first two finals?

I realise I could google this I'm just making conversation

Suckling

 

[BEaston]

Solid but unspectacular defender, good clubman, unobtrusively does his thing. Will never beat the best forwards 1-on-1 but understands the zonal marking thing.

He's not an Adams replacement but he's as good as we've got. Pretty sure he played in all four finals last year and did his job.

If he ever gets to the level of Crofty then I'd be stoked. Long way off it at this point.

 

[ossie_21]

Piss off, he's better than Rance

 

[Martyn_30_]

Roberts is by far the most underrated player on here, he's the anti Webb. He'll never be a star but he gets the job done most weeks. Last year he was up there with the least amount of goals conceded by a key defender per game and showed in the finals that he can stand up under pressure.


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[The Inbetweener]

He is pretty slow which gets him caught out in the 1 on 1s, but his zone play is ok.

I'd like Cordy forward but feel he needs to go back now to support.

 

[BRG93]

He will be reborn as a Forward, Bookmark it