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Is Howe the best contested mark you've seen?

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that mark in the late last q , just before siren went was a bloomin beauty , and it was right in front of me wow ! , hahaha i was was talking to some dude havin a [censored] at 3/4 time and he said are we gunna see a hanger from howie today , i replied , it will come only a matter of time , wooooohooooo went nuts , that alone was worth drivin 600 ks to see

Where is 300k's away BarnDee?

Enjoy todays game next weeks will be a slaughter

 

What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is an honest to god FOOTBALLER. Yes, you heard it. A footballer at the MFC. He can mark it, he can kick it AND (now this is key) he will bloody shepherd for you once he gives you the ball.

I'll admit up front that I didn't see today's game (engaging in my own sporting exploits, don't have foxtel), as such I take it as given that he played well today

I love watching him play as much as the rest posting on this thread, but i cannot let the 'good kick' comment through to the keeper. I went to both corporate dome games as well as the tiges match and his kicking was borderline shambolic in all 3. I'm sure it wasn't always this way, and have memories of him being actually quite good by foot (both set shots and around the ground), so he will hopefully turn it aroundsooner rather than later

NB my favourite Howe moment still remains the uncontested hanger over nobody in the pocket against the Giants, pure gold.

Where is 300k's away BarnDee?

Enjoy todays game next weeks will be a slaughter

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I just feel confident when the ball is kicked to him. I cannot remember the last time he has dropped a mark. I just expect a hanger from him every week.

This is why I want him in the foward line so he is a foward target just like today.


Possibly.

I've never really watched video of myself so it's hard to say.

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I did that trip quite a few times as a kid.

Takes a fair effort.

Peter Knights & Paul Van Der Haar also say Hi - At the Dee's only Robbo comes close in my time.

Howe is well on the way to joining some elite company, can't wait to see what he can produce in September.

 

Peter Knights & Paul Van Der Haar also say Hi - At the Dee's only Robbo comes close in my time.

Howe is well on the way to joining some elite company, can't wait to see what he can produce in September.

Hope you're patient. at this rate he'll be 30.

What we have here, ladies and gentlemen, is an honest to god FOOTBALLER. Yes, you heard it. A footballer at the MFC. He can mark it, he can kick it AND (now this is key) he will bloody shepherd for you once he gives you the ball.

Can take a hanger too. Very nice. I'd love to see him, Clark and Jurrah all fit and firing in the forward line, although I'm worried that Clark is going to kill a few of his team-mates unlucky enough to drift into his path next year. Can someone allay my concerns in that regard?

Also, add Cloke and we go from the worst forward line in years (ie the one we fielded today) to perhaps our best ever.

we won't get Cloke and as far as l'm concerned he is overrated, 1 million a year, you've got to be kidding. Get Josh Caddy and Travis Boak for that price, 650 to Boak and 350 to Caddy.


Now that forward line would get the kids putting on Demons jumpers again.

Went to a park in North Perth today and b#gger me, came across a kid no more than 4 in the full Melbourne strip!

I did that trip quite a few times as a kid.

Takes a fair effort.

nah not a big deal just jump in the car , get some good music on and go for it , , heehehehe helps if you like driving , lol lol was home at 7 so no biggy , i like the early game on sunday , wont do twilite games , why they do that ? stupid

From the article Middle men see Dees home:

Sylvia laughed when Howe was mentioned. He's becoming that sort of player that brings a smile to everyone's face. "As soon as we see Jeremy Howe one-on-one we just kick it to him and know he is going to take the grab," Sylvia said.

Having a teammate that you can just implicitly trust to take the grab must be invaluable.

Could well be one of the best recruits we've had in the last 5 years at this rate. Kid is a gun


I hope his development continues. I worry though that he is going to seriously injure himself one day. Tends to take the big leap all too often and he is not a power forward. I woud like to see him develop his skills for a more mobile lead up game.

On SEN yesterday they mentioned a number of times that he'd taken the fifth most contested marks in the AFL this year*. But I wouldn't say he's the best ever. I'd certainly have Wayne Carey and Jonathon Brown ahead of him. But I'm very happy with what I see out there.

I recall in Dean Bailey's first game as coach we had one contested mark for the whole game (Kyle Cheney). How the gameplan has changed!

*SEN didn't say who the four above him are. My guess: Pavlich, Hawkins, maybe Roughead (Hawthorn's, of course) and J Brown?

I wouldn't say he is the best ever but possibly the best at the moment! the afl could make a highlights video of solely him!

Could well be one of the best recruits we've had in the last 5 years at this rate. Kid is a gun

I reckon he is right now Hatchman and we have not had to wait 3-4 years for him to mature, put on weight, grow into his frame or all the other bull--it.

Was a goer from his first game

I reckon he is right now Hatchman and we have not had to wait 3-4 years for him to mature, put on weight, grow into his frame or all the other bull--it.

Was a goer from his first game

Yep, went out and watched him in the Casey game before he came up and looked the goods then, so did a young guy called Tommy Mc. had to ask a lady with a record out at Werribee, who is number???? think it was 74.


From the article Middle men see Dees home:

Having a teammate that you can just implicitly trust to take the grab must be invaluable.

The next step is to have teammates that you implicitly trust to shepherd, tackle and spread hard.

Another poster mentioned Paul Vander Haar and I agree. Howe has a way to go to catch the Flying Dutchman. I'm only talking "speccies" here, but I loved watching Trevor Barker, Knights and Modra for their marking exploits. Howe has every opportunity to be rated alongside, or better by the end of his career.

And I don't agree with the poster who said Ablett got higher.

nah not a big deal just jump in the car , get some good music on and go for it , , heehehehe helps if you like driving , lol lol was home at 7 so no biggy , i like the early game on sunday , wont do twilite games , why they do that ? stupid

just a toilet stop on the way to Portland!

(but yeah, Portland was just that little too far from the G. Now its 20 minutes via the Eastern freeway)

 

The next step is to have teammates that you implicitly trust to shepherd, tackle and spread hard.

I think that might also describe Howe, funnily enough.

Neeld could have taken the easy step after seeing Howe's marking ability and just thrown him forward and keep him there for his career. Good on Neeld for trying to make him into more then a highlight reel.


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