Player Watch #50 Marlion Pickett

[The Dice Man]

oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Bolton's footwork... Ninja-like.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

Often looks dis interested.

 

[Tenacious T]

He’s footwork in traffic and silky kicks are impressive but am I the only one to notice he actually struggles with handballs.

 

[SweetD]

Often looks dis interested.

Unbelievable statement.

His footy brain is that of an inexperienced player and he can make skill errors, but to question Picketts attack on the game is plain wrong. Dude is at every contest, throwing himself at every ball.

 

[cairo tiger]

marloin will be fine

 

[Googstar]

He’s footwork in traffic and silky kicks are impressive but am I the only one to notice he actually struggles with handballs.

Yea I noticed this as well. He takes way too long to decide then execute. He can get away with it in the lower leagues but not in the AFL.

 

[TJTIGER]

Nah,

Just journos over exaggerating?

Something ya don't see everyday.....

 

[Infamy]

The Port game would have been the highest intensity game he's ever played, he may be a mature recruit, but he's still adjusting to the level.

 

[jesterx]

anyone got a video for this bullshit forceful front on contact with powell-pepper he got fined for?

 

[mauricerioli]

Often looks dis interested.

It`s just his quiet, laconic nature I think.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

Unbelievable statement.

His footy brain is that of an inexperienced player and he can make skill errors, but to question Picketts attack on the game is plain wrong. Dude is at every contest, throwing himself at every ball.

It`s just his quiet, laconic nature I think.

I’m yet to be convinced , spends plenty of time watching when he could impact. Particularly when he doesn’t have the footy .

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Is growing week by week. If he were a 21-22 year old mature age recruit the moments of quality he has would be talked up a lot more and the expectation would be that after 20-30 games those moments of quality would occur more often. The fact that he is 28/29 doesn't change that he is stepping up from a lower level and needs time to adjust to the pace to become a more consistent player, I think there is still much more to come from Pickett.

 

[Sir_Rancelot]

Really happy with his progress and deserves his spot for sure.

 

[Jozzy]

I’ve enjoyed watching him play on the wing, has suited him really nicely!

 

[THE_GUN]

Very good game tonight and stepped in when we needed it and was clean

 

[tony__montana]

Is looking like he’s starting glide over the ground. Looked silky tonight, game awareness improving as he’s picking up the pace of AFL vs WAFL

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Gets better every game, picking up the speed of the game.... geez what a surprise.

 

[Do the Dew]

I enjoy that he has a bit of mongrel in him too. Yeah he might give away some free kicks but he also hurts opposition players if they take too long on the ball. From the ABC story about him, the WAFL coach also mentioned this - that Pickett is a scary bastard on field. Love it!

 

[Mr Magic]

I’ve enjoyed watching him play on the wing, has suited him really nicely!

I liked how he switched back to kick on to his left foot to kick the goal which threw the opposition defence out to

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

Best he has played when a game was in the balance , albeit the unnecessary high tackle to Ellis on the boundary line In the last .
That level of intensity including when the opposition has the footy is what he needs to provide consistently .

 

[Vassp]

he has my vote, guy is playing well overall.
has some magic to him.

 

[Soldo Gold]

I was actually surprised with his speed when he went for Ellis.

 

[theyellowsash]

has been getting low-mid teens and nearly a goal a game since he came back. you could probably translate that into high teens and a goal a game for a full size game, which i think we would all be happy with. tackle numbers are also right up there and he has taken some pretty good pack marks so the work rate is there. he looks laconic but i think he is genuinely working hard, he just holds onto the footy a bit too long sometimes.

i havent seen him at centre bounces much though, and his best plays in the gf came from him starting in the middle and pushing forward.

 

[ohhhBigMalcho]

playing his role

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Best he has played when a game was in the balance , albeit the unnecessary high tackle to Ellis on the boundary line In the last .
That level of intensity including when the opposition has the footy is what he needs to provide consistently .

Selected his target well. All of us knew from experience Ellis was no chance to score from there