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[The Dr]

Excellent effort today - showed great hands, nice kick for goal, and pace, but for the first time I saw a bit of hardness and willingness to crash into packs.

After watching that, I am now confident, rather than just hopeful, that he will become a very good player in due time.

Well done no.4

 

[Deefolt]

spud kicking in the last quarter today, he needs to work severely on his endurance, can kick for goal though

 

[Pjkimber]

Excellent effort today - showed great hands, nice kick for goal, and pace, but for the first time I saw a bit of hardness and willingness to crash into packs.

After watching that, I am now confident, rather than just hopeful, that he will become a very good player in due time.

Well done no.4

I have been confident since watching him play U18S. Hasn't really had a full pre-season yet. Couple of more years in the gym and he will be bigger than Ben Hur.

As you said but, terrific effort today! Chased, Contested Possesions. Nice goal and almost another from Just on 50.

 

[Fairtex]

Id be a very happy man if he could continue this sort of form for the rest of the year, and hopefully build on his game today.

 

[Wonaeamirri33]

Loved his intensity and commitment to the contest above anything else today. That was fantastic to see...

 

[Fairtex]

Loved the celebration after he kicked that goal.

 

[DonMare]

Hopefully he can continue todays form and gradually improve over the remaning games this year, get a full pre-season in and kick ass next year.

 

[The Dr]

Loved the celebration after he kicked that goal.

Wow! I certainly didn't know he had any sort of muscles! Certainly a great frame to build on... in a couple of years, he will be a monster

 

[melbournemartin]

Do we really need a whole thread just because he played a decent game?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, a lot of his possessions were on the wing. Defenders concede those touches even to the top notch forwards. It was a good game but he only had a couple of touches inside the forward 50 where it counts most.

 

[Fairtex]

Do we really need a whole thread just because he played a decent game?

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, a lot of his possessions were on the wing. Defenders concede those touches even to the top notch forwards. It was a good game but he only had a couple of touches inside the forward 50 where it counts most.

Do we need a whole thread to state that "our team is shit"? Lets acknowledge that he is improving and it's good to see. Thats all.

 

[d33my]

Couple of things about Jack today, it was the first time I'd seen him play and he looked like he wanted to be out there, some great chases etc.
I was watching him closely (not just his game but what he was doing off the ball) and a couple of times when he turned the ball over etc he was really filthy with himself.
And of course backing himself and kicking that goal was nice too. Sure he didn't actually do all that much today but as supporters we can extrapolate this performance to a few years time, it shows glimpses of what he's capable of.

 

[Fight For It]

I think the difference is that he is not being played as a real forward 50 target.

The way he moved today impressed me, since he seems to have come to grips with the fact that he really needs to run at full tilt, and make use of his pace.

Used his body a little bit too which is nice, and when he was properly positioned in the 50 he took 2 marks.

I also noticed him make a couple of decent leads that weren't looked at by the kicker (most likely due to the big Saints zone which just about plugs all holes in the 50 in slow play)

 

[Supermercado]

I thought it was rude that in the last quarter he was required to kick inside 50 to Spencer. Caviar to a quarter pounder.

 

[d33my]

I thought it was rude that in the last quarter he was required to kick inside 50 to Spencer. Caviar to a quarter pounder.

Brilliant

 

[melbournemartin]

Do we need a whole thread to state that "our team is shit"? Lets acknowledge that he is improving and it's good to see. Thats all.

Nope. To be honest, there are a fair few threads that we don't need.

 

[d33my]

Nope. To be honest, there are a fair few threads that we don't need.

Start a thread about unnecessary threads, and the need to cut down on them?

 

[Fairtex]

Start a thread about unnecessary threads, and the need to cut down on them?

Thats the job for a mod.... but i dont think we have one TBH.

 

[Wonaeamirri33]

Start a thread about unnecessary threads, and the need to cut down on them?

Yeah, that sounds like fun...

 

[Deestroy]

Thats the job for a mod.... but i dont think we have one TBH.

You're right, we have 2.

 

[Dez!]

You're right, we have 2.

How dare you acknowledge Marns.

Slap yourself sir.

 

[Gazza_11]

Did he take any good grabs? Not speckies, but contested marks like against West Coast?

 

[d33my]

Did he take any good grabs? Not speckies, but contested marks like against West Coast?

His mark for his kick at goal was strong, iirc, but I can't remember much else apart from that.

 

[DemonBlood]

Shouldnt this be under the board Change Rooms where there is a thread to talk about the players and how they did on game day?

 

[Cudi_420]

I thought it was rude that in the last quarter he was required to kick inside 50 to Spencer. Caviar to a quarter pounder.

Well that's the greatest post I've ever seen.

 

[Captain Jack]

I thought it was rude that in the last quarter he was required to kick inside 50 to Spencer. Caviar to a quarter pounder.

haha crisp stuff, POTY material