Toast Welcome Blake "Sherrif" Acres

[simpsonwillo]

Seems very composed with ball in hand.

 

[Freoforever86]

Another solid game.

 

[Bring back Drum]

He is definitely an outside player, his positioning around the contest in the 2nd half was first class. Always there as the outlet option & used the ball pretty well in the conditions & circumstances.

Also pushed back to the goal square in the last to support the defence & saved a scoring opportunity.

 

[Spirit Level]

I remember he was doing well in the preseason before getting injured. Could be a very astute pickup for us

 

[nurries]

Seems to be a solid link up player

 

[Unique Name]

Not going to lie, he lost me in the Geelong game.

But to his credit he has been very good in the last two games. Aish and Acres on the wings is looking fairly promising. Both only 24yrs old.

Brayshaw and Serong our main inside mids.
Cerra and Tucker our inside/outside mids.
Aish and Acres our wingers.

 

[Bring back Drum]

Not going to lie, he lost me in the Geelong game.

But to his credit he has been very good in the last two games. Aish and Acres on the wings is looking fairly promising. Both only 24yrs old.

Brayshaw and Serong our main inside mids.
Cerra and Tucker our inside/outside mids.
Aish and Acres our wingers.

It’s interesting that on the Afl & Dockers site, Cerra has been ranked & compared amongst the wingers of the competition.

The young Docker among AFL's wing kings

AFL.com.au rates the wingmen who are making the biggest impact this year

www.fremantlefc.com.au

 

[Monument Hills]

Not going to lie, he lost me in the Geelong game.

But to his credit he has been very good in the last two games. Aish and Acres on the wings is looking fairly promising. Both only 24yrs old.

Brayshaw and Serong our main inside mids.
Cerra and Tucker our inside/outside mids.
Aish and Acres our wingers.

very exciting next 5 years for the club (injuries and trades aside)

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

If Acres can make that wing his own, you'd reckon its potentially a large piece of the jigsaw. Him and Hogan reaching their potential could be what pushes us from top 8 to top 4 in the next couple of years

 

[wayToGo_]

If Acres can make that wing his own, you'd reckon its potentially a large piece of the jigsaw. Him and Hogan reaching their potential could be what pushes us from top 8 to top 4 in the next couple of years

+ Sturt and Henry. And possibly Young in the backline. There are three areas we need to improve (a lot) imo...

1) Retaining the ball in our forward 50. Sturt looked more composed in his 3 games than any of our other forwards have looked all season. Henry just needs time to settle in and focus on the basics first. These two could release the monster inside Hogan. And should take a bit of pressure off Walters in the process. It seems way to 'panicky' in our forward line currently - maybe they should watch Cox go to work?
2) Be more attacking from half back. Getting some KPDs back will likely help but someone who can launch the ball like Young could allow us to be far more aggressive from the back half. Wilson got caught on the weekend and it seemed to stop him from taking the game on from that moment onward - but he needs to back himself and be given a licence to do so - we look so much more dangerous when he is running the ball from our backline imo.
3) Better mid to forward connection. The forward line need to coordinate better to create space for each other and the mids need to honour leads (preferably not just into the pockets). Cerra, Aish and Acres are all pretty composed with ball in hand. I'm bullish on Freddy becoming far more composed in time as well (he doesn't seem to realise how much separation he gets from his speed), and adding to the wing rotation. I think these 4 guys are capable of some pretty sweet i50 delivery if the forwards get their spacing and timing right.

Do those three things and I'd bet on our scoring increasing exponentially. I personally think we already have the personnel we need, we just need to make sure we have the right assistant coaches, a renewed S&C team and give JL some time to bring it all together.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

+ Sturt and Henry. And possibly Young in the backline. There are three areas we need to improve (a lot) imo...

1) Retaining the ball in our forward 50. Sturt looked more composed in his 3 games than any of our other forwards have looked all season. Henry just needs time to settle in and focus on the basics first. These two could release the monster inside Hogan. And should take a bit of pressure off Walters in the process. It seems way to 'panicky' in our forward line currently - maybe they should watch Cox go to work?
2) Be more attacking from half back. Getting some KPDs back will likely help but someone who can launch the ball like Young could allow us to be far more aggressive from the back half. Wilson got caught on the weekend and it seemed to stop him from taking the game on from that moment onward - but he needs to back himself and be given a licence to do so - we look so much more dangerous when he is running the ball from our backline imo.
3) Better mid to forward connection. The forward line need to coordinate better to create space for each other and the mids need to honour leads (preferably not just into the pockets). Cerra, Aish and Acres are all pretty composed with ball in hand. I'm bullish on Freddy becoming far more composed in time as well (he doesn't seem to realise how much separation he gets from his speed), and adding to the wing rotation. I think these 4 guys are capable of some pretty sweet i50 delivery if the forwards get their spacing and timing right.

Do those three things and I'd bet on our scoring increasing exponentially. I personally think we already have the personnel we need, we just need to make sure we have the right assistant coaches, a renewed S&C team and give JL some time to bring it all together.

I'm just starting to name everyone as important here and it's weird off only a couple of games but I think Sturt may be close to our most important forwardline piece. He rounds out the forwardline really nicely with poise, pressure and an ability to actually kick goals.

Reckon he would have made a massive difference in a few of our games

 

[Van_Dyke]

It’s interesting that on the Afl & Dockers site, Cerra has been ranked & compared amongst the wingers of the competition.

The young Docker among AFL's wing kings

AFL.com.au rates the wingmen who are making the biggest impact this year

www.fremantlefc.com.au

he was lining up basically exclusively as a wing during our games at home

 

[wayToGo_]

I'm just starting to name everyone as important here but it's weird off only a couple of games but I think Sturt may be close to our most important forwardline piece. He rounds out the forwardline really nicely with poise, pressure and an ability to actually kick goals.

Reckon he would have made a massive difference in a few of our games

Yep so much pressure to heap on a youngster but I completely agree. He's got speed to get separation, a good set of hands, solid set shot routine and a beautiful kick. If we are talking mid to forward connection, he very well could be our best option just 3 games in.

 

[CapitalA]

I'm just starting to name everyone as important here but it's weird off only a couple of games but I think Sturt may be close to our most important forwardline piece. He rounds out the forwardline really nicely with poise, pressure and an ability to actually kick goals.

Reckon he would have made a massive difference in a few of our games

How good is he. We also miss his pace and his field kicking is very good too just seems a bit brittle really hope he can build some resilience.

We're going to have a very skillful team once these kids get going. Cerra, Sturt, Young, Henry all capable of becoming elite field kicks.

 

[Monument Hills]

I'm just starting to name everyone as important here and it's weird off only a couple of games but I think Sturt may be close to our most important forwardline piece. He rounds out the forwardline really nicely with poise, pressure and an ability to actually kick goals.

Reckon he would have made a massive difference in a few of our games

IMO Sturt in terms of natural ability, talent, self-confidence in ability reminds me of a young Fyfe but with beast- and mark on your head-modes swapped out for speed, and elite kicking.

 

[wayToGo_]

IMO Sturt in terms of natural ability, talent, self-confidence in ability reminds me of a young Fyfe but with beast- and mark on your head-modes swapped out for speed, and elite kicking.

So low expectations then?

 

[Taylor]

Fyfe had plenty of injury interrupted years early before he held his breathe and inflated into the beast he was prior to the middle of this season.

 

[Spirit Level]

I will gladly wear the egg on my face after the criticism I gave him after the Geelong game.

Has turned into a beauty

 

[ilikepotatoes]

Reminds me a lot of pre 2010 Mundy. There's something there.

 

[dont bowl there]

I will gladly wear the egg on my face after the criticism I gave him after the Geelong game.

Has turned into a beauty

He deserved every bit of that criticism, much like he deserves the praise after the last three games. He always had this football in him, great to see.

 

[Deathly]

Yeah, Acres was shocking back then and deserved every bit of criticism. But now he deserves every bit of praise for how he's chosen to respond and conduct himself since. Worked hard off the field and it's showing on it.

 

[Tbonefreo]

Acres was good again

 

[showemhowtorock]

the fact that he is playing this well as a wingman for us, when the team that chucked him out switched to paying fat coin for a bloke doing s**t all in that position fills my soul with joy


and thats before going into the fact that we got Serong out of it too

 

[Yeti]

I'm holding my previous judgement until it's consistent.

If he becomes a consistent player for us and doesn't revert to type I'll happily suck eggs.

 

[Mesc]

He's doing better than Billy this season...