Roast We need to talk about Lachie

[Ah12]

Can you teach the composure part of the game? Feels like something that mostly comes naturally and he hasn’t adapted to the speed of AFL in the slightest.

 

[Macca19]

You can teach players how to handball, kick, fitness, gameplan, structure, positioning etc. I'm not sure ball handling is a skill that can be taught at that age. It's like he's constantly playing with detergent on his hands and has been like it for 3 years.

There's parts of his game I like. He's tenacious, he tackles hard, he's a decent enough kick and can kick goals, he's got good pace. But I don't know where we can play him. He can't play in defence with hands like that. It just gives up goals. He can't play midfield as you have to have good hands for it to work.

Someone needs to roll a footy to him 10,000 times in the next 6 months and get him used to picking the ******* thing up without double/triple handling it

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

His first game was his best.

If I were Josh Carr

Josh Carr

Age

43

Ht

179cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

7.2

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.8

3star

I’d be throwing balls at those bouncy net things to improve his agility, anticipation and ball handling skills 30 hours per week

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

You can teach players how to handball, kick, fitness, gameplan, structure, positioning etc. I'm not sure ball handling is a skill that can be taught at that age. It's like he's constantly playing with detergent on his hands and has been like it for 3 years.

There's parts of his game I like. He's tenacious, he tackles hard, he's a decent enough kick and can kick goals, he's got good pace. But I don't know where we can play him. He can't play in defence with hands like that. It just gives up goals. He can't play midfield as you have to have good hands for it to work.

Someone needs to roll a footy to him 10,000 times in the next 6 months and get him used to picking the ******* thing up without double/triple handling it

Literally exactly what I said 10 seconds later.

Sure that Kelly guy with weird teeth from he’s can sort it out

 

[Ah12]

You can teach players how to handball, kick, fitness, gameplan, structure, positioning etc. I'm not sure ball handling is a skill that can be taught at that age. It's like he's constantly playing with detergent on his hands and has been like it for 3 years.

There's parts of his game I like. He's tenacious, he tackles hard, he's a decent enough kick and can kick goals, he's got good pace. But I don't know where we can play him. He can't play in defence with hands like that. It just gives up goals. He can't play midfield as you have to have good hands for it to work.

Someone needs to roll a footy to him 10,000 times in the next 6 months and get him used to picking the ******* thing up without double/triple handling it

That drill where you bounce the ball along the ground and the player has to come forward to pick it up should be all he does for the next month at training. Have 2 players come at him from the side with pressure and repeat.

 

[Revan11]

He literally fumbled the ball onto Thilthorpes boot for a goal.....

 

[KenGaveUsWhatHeDeserved]

Never seen someone fumble as much

He's a slightly more energetic version of sam colhoun. with more upside.

i want him to succeed....but this thread is so true. its like he has cakes of soap for hands

 

[KenGaveUsWhatHeDeserved]

That fumble on the defensive goal line sums up his career to date

im still confused as to what he was trying to achieve there

 

[davesnothere]

More than happy to have Lockie spend an extended period in the SANFL.

We would get more out of putting games into Tom McCullam who probably isn't ready but I back him to at least offer as much as Lockie is giving and a significantly higher upside.

This won't happen whilst Ken is here.

You can't draw a line with sanfl form the structure of the side is laughable but I liked what I saw of him yesterday.

 

[sobrave]

He was utter s**t and seems to have lost the "ferocity" he attacked contests with when he first came in.

Now just plays vanilla, while being very bad.

 

[afl2004]

He was utter s**t and seems to have lost the "ferocity" he attacked contests with when he first came in.

Now just plays vanilla, while being very bad.

Just like butters , classic hinkley mentality

 

[Interstater]

I look forward to how he responds to a new coach once the dog squad is gone.

 

[rumoursofwinter]

He needs to be coached.

 

[afl2004]

He will get personal training from hinkley like mitchy g did 2 weeks ago and we know what a stellar success that's been

 

[Zakk Wylde]

He's a bigger, faster Tom Logan

Tom Logan

Age

38

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.3

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.8

5star

M

4.7

4star

T

2.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

.

But I'm not giving up on him yet.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I don’t think i’ve ever seen an AFL player with worse ball handling skills than him.

He is giving Simon Phillips a good run to take his title as the fastest fumbler and bumbler in the west. Impey challenged Phillips at one point.

Phillips ----> Impey ----> Jones.

When he played at WWT Jade Sheedy gave him a job on the oppo key forward, and usually was giving away 5 to 10cm height but he kept it simple and played a simple defensive game. He wont play on a KFP at AFL level.

Trouble is in the AFL he hasn't settled into one position and he just goes flat out at the ball which means he fumbles a lot because he isn't a naturally clean player. He needs a one on one coaching with a development coach.

 

[Mutha F]

He's a bigger, faster Tom Logan.

But I'm not giving up on him yet.

Rookie pick v pick 16. And I still prefer Tommy. What a waste of a pick, even in a s**t draft year

 

[Schulzenfest]

There are lots of players on our list who are struggling right now but who I look forward to seeing under a new coach. Lachie isn't one of them. It's not Ken's fault he can't execute the most basic of skills. He doesn't have the requisite skill and talent to be an AFL footballer and he never will.

 

[JUSTWORK]

There are lots of players on our list who are struggling right now but who I look forward to seeing under a new coach. Lachie isn't one of them. It's not Ken's fault he can't execute the most basic of skills. He doesn't have the requisite skill and talent to be an AFL footballer and he never will.

He just cant take the ball without fumbling it, unfortunately not something that is likely to improve.
If he was built like butters, he'd be playing amateur league.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Someone nailed it earlier.

If he didn’t have that hair and mo, you wouldn’t look twice at him

 

[Cam1870]

Rookie pick v pick 16. And I still prefer Tommy. What a waste of a pick, even in a s**t draft year

A young player playing in a poor system under a clueless coach... He's not where I hoped he would be, but FAR too early to put a line through him yet

 

[power09]

He's a bigger, faster Tom Logan.

But I'm not giving up on him yet.

if you put Logan in the sanfl he could easily rack up 30 touches, i got a feeling Jones would struggle.

 

[RossFC]

I wonder if he gets any specialist training, just rolling a ball at him, or doing scrubber kicks at him 100 times and working on cleanly grasping the footy.

 

[FightForYourRight]

Hinkleyfied.

 

[P4Life]

His inability not to double grab has worried me from day one.
If he does not fix it he will be out of the AFL by the end of 2025.
It is probably the worst trait to have in today's football.