2009 Player Review - # 4 Jack Watts

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I'd like to see a few games next year with Miller, Watts and Jurrah all playing forward and switching about.

I have basically given up on Miller being any better than average, but he has been around for a while and should know how to orgnaise a forward line. This would hopefully benefit Jurrah and Watts.

[Sir Why You Little 37,051]

I'd like to see a few games next year with Miller, Watts and Jurrah all playing forward and switching about.

I have basically given up on Miller being any better than average, but he has been around for a while and should know how to orgnaise a forward line. This would hopefully benefit Jurrah and Watts.

I still believe Brad will be ok with good delivery. He's a big unit.

Maybe it's more "want" but i still think Miller can be a class act. It's all confidence.

[beelzebub 23,380]

I still believe Brad will be ok with good delivery. He's a big unit.

Maybe it's more "want" but i still think Miller can be a class act. It's all confidence.

if Brad is still on the books come '10 then I would expecct him to be used ( as experimentation ) as a lead up half forward ( yes....again ).. . Here now things change as with Watts and Jurrah playing whatever roles on the forward line then Miller only really has to turn and put it into the danger zone. He ( BM ) doesnt need to concern himeslf with goals per se just delivering quickly into the forwards. . Possibly the rest best kept for the actual BM thread..lol

Watts... will get better .,...and better ...and better with each game and each kilo and continued fitness.

As the confidence grows down the sharp end so will the results

Edited September 20, 2009 by belzebub59

[Jerry Lundergard 420]

if Brad is still on the books come '10 then I would expecct him to be used ( as experimentation ) as a lead up half forward ( yes....again ).. . Here now things change as with Watts and Jurrah playing whatever roles on the forward line then Miller only really has to turn and put it into the danger zone. He ( BM ) doesnt need to concern himeslf with goals per se just delivering quickly into the forwards. . Possibly the rest best kept for the actual BM thread..lol

Watts... will get better .,...and better ...and better with each game and each kilo and continued fitness.

As the confidence grows down the sharp end so will the results

The problem with this scenario, is that Miller takes an eternity to make a decision.

In today's footy, half of the other teams midfield will have flooded back into our forward line by then.

[Al`s DEMONS 0]

playing miller is going backwards, my forward line would read aussie green jurrah hf watts bate sylvia

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Clearly they believe that they'll be able to get enough work into him that he'll be able to make significant inroads next year.

In other words, I too believe that he'll be physically capable of playing most games next year due to the work he'll get through the preseason. Dappa is a very 'half empty' type of guy, so I understand 'cautious' approach.

I am?

I'm far more "glass-half-full" then certain posters... and mods for that matter. Anyone who backs PJ in the way I do has to have a BIT of GHF about them.

But fair enough. My cautious approach has served me well in the past. I didn't expect much of us in 2007 when others did. I think mostly I just aim a little under the accepted groupthink mentality... mostly to stave off disappointment. eg, I didn't think Jurrah would be anywhere near as good as he was this year. I thought those singing his praises were just effervescent dees supporters who love their players unconditionally, but as it turns out, there were those among them that knew all along how good he could be... The end result? A nice little surprise.

There are other players I hold massive concerns over that put me outside the main group on here. Blease is probably the biggest name there. Cheney I worry about too.

With Watts, however, I've been informed of certain tidbits of information that lead me to believe he's not going to feature a LOT next year. Or more specifically, that he's not expected to be given too much opportunity. Read into that what you will... but even if the sauce is a bit off, I think the chances are good that he won't be pushing Rich or Hurley next year. I expect him to do well, and certainly improve on 2009, but not to become the star #1 pick we all want and need him to be. In other words I think you can feel dees supporters on here itching for a Watts or Bennell or Jetta to have a breakout season in the way Garland, Frawley and Sylvia have in the last couple of seasons. I jst CNNOT see it happening, despite his obvious talent. I certainly expect it to happening either 2011, or 2012 though. In fact, I'm expecting a Riewoldt like quickening, as per when HE was in his early 20s.

If that's GHE, then I guess I'm GHE. Happy to be proven wrong though.

[rpfc 28,537]

I am?

I'm far more "glass-half-full" then certain posters... and mods for that matter. Anyone who backs PJ in the way I do has to have a BIT of GHF about them.

But fair enough. My cautious approach has served me well in the past. I didn't expect much of us in 2007 when others did. I think mostly I just aim a little under the accepted groupthink mentality... mostly to stave off disappointment. eg, I didn't think Jurrah would be anywhere near as good as he was this year. I thought those singing his praises were just effervescent dees supporters who love their players unconditionally, but as it turns out, there were those among them that knew all along how good he could be... The end result? A nice little surprise.

There are other players I hold massive concerns over that put me outside the main group on here. Blease is probably the biggest name there. Cheney I worry about too.

With Watts, however, I've been informed of certain tidbits of information that lead me to believe he's not going to feature a LOT next year. Or more specifically, that he's not expected to be given too much opportunity. Read into that what you will... but even if the sauce is a bit off, I think the chances are good that he won't be pushing Rich or Hurley next year. I expect him to do well, and certainly improve on 2009, but not to become the star #1 pick we all want and need him to be. In other words I think you can feel dees supporters on here itching for a Watts or Bennell or Jetta to have a breakout season in the way Garland, Frawley and Sylvia have in the last couple of seasons. I jst CNNOT see it happening, despite his obvious talent. I certainly expect it to happening either 2011, or 2012 though. In fact, I'm expecting a Riewoldt like quickening, as per when HE was in his early 20s.

If that's GHE, then I guess I'm GHE. Happy to be proven wrong though.

I'm not talking of a 'break-out' season.

I can't speak for all but I want Watts to play 16+ games. If he happens to play well in 5 of those games, well that's great.

Performances do not interest me, development does.

We need to give him games; if he is fit and his head is on straight - he plays.

[beelzebub 23,380]

The problem with this scenario, is that Miller takes an eternity to make a decision.

In today's footy, half of the other teams midfield will have flooded back into our forward line by then.

I agree this is the weakness in this scenario... however he ( Miller ) has been playing on a lot more this season ( when there..lol ) . Often in the past he has looked up to see nothing.. he hesitates.. he's done !! If he's intructed to waste no time what so ever...eye up best option as quickly as possible and play on if poss....there is potential in this.

Watts-Jurrah...add in say Maric and one or two of a handful of other options and if delivered with confidence the defenders will have headaches.

[Akum 2,660]

I'm not talking of a 'break-out' season.

I can't speak for all but I want Watts to play 16+ games. If he happens to play well in 5 of those games, well that's great.

Performances do not interest me, development does.

We need to give him games; if he is fit and his head is on straight - he plays.

Agree with this. When I wrote earlier that "by this time next year we'll be in no doubt that he's well worth his #1 pick", this was what I meant. Not that he'll be an out-and-out star by then, but that he'll show definite signs of what he's capable of, the player he's going to be.

This may happen simply with more game time. Others have remarked how this year he found space on his own a number of times but wasn't noticed by the ball-carrier. Once the mids are awake to this, work out where he runs to etc, they'll look for him more. Let's face it, the mids aren't used to the sight of someone in a Dees jumper on their own in the forward line!

Or else it may just be that his Vic Metro mates in Blease, Scully & Strauss, who know better how he plays, will look for him more and deliver to him better.