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12 hours ago, DemonAndrew said:

he has no trouble getting the ball and making space offensively and pushing back defensively. he's developing nicely from a game style point of view.

 

however, his kicking is nothing short of appalling. he misses targets under no pressure repeatedly and regularly doesn't put it to the leading player's advantage.

 

he's a good footballer but he has a LOT of work to do.

High ball drop.

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I like Gus but he needs to work on his kicking,particularly on the run. Has an appalling ball drop and you can see the ball clearly wobbling as it heads towards his foot. He is good at kicking mungs that spin fwd not back. Frost is the same. TMac does the occasional one as well as does Grimes. Is it any wonder our guys cant hit targets or turn the ball over so regularly.

It actually really annoys me. Guys like Stynes learned from scratch how to guide the ball to his foot and while not a big kick was a very effective kick. Frawley now has a similar kicking action and is much more reliable so bad habits learned at junior level can be 'unlearned'..

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2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

I like Gus but he needs to work on his kicking,particularly on the run. Has an appalling ball drop and you can see the ball clearly wobbling as it heads towards his foot. He is good at kicking mungs that spin fwd not back. Frost is the same. TMac does the occasional one as well as does Grimes. Is it any wonder our guys cant hit targets or turn the ball over so regularly.

It actually really annoys me. Guys like Stynes learned from scratch how to guide the ball to his foot and while not a big kick was a very effective kick. Frawley now has a similar kicking action and is much more reliable so bad habits learned at junior level can be 'unlearned'..

Disagree. IMO his kicking on the run is brilliant, on either side of the body. We saw that on show all last year. Where I'd like to see him improve is having a little more composure inside the contest. This will come with experience and good coaching.

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17 minutes ago, AdamFphlebeb said:

Disagree. IMO his kicking on the run is brilliant, on either side of the body. We saw that on show all last year. Where I'd like to see him improve is having a little more composure inside the contest. This will come with experience and good coaching.

Agreed.

His mistakes are due to being a sub 30 game player and having less time to execute under pressure.  Once he's reached 50-60 games he's going to be a sensational young player.

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Posted
13 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Agreed.

His mistakes are due to being a sub 30 game player and having less time to execute under pressure.  Once he's reached 50-60 games he's going to be a sensational young player.

Yep, agreed. There were a couple of clearances yesterday that he rushed in the same way that Bernie and Jones often rush them. It made them far less effective. But against St Kilda he seemed to take his time a little more, get his head up early and make a more calculated and effective decision.

Can't wait to see him as a player with more games under the belt.

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38 minutes ago, AdamFphlebeb said:

Disagree. IMO his kicking on the run is brilliant, on either side of the body. We saw that on show all last year. Where I'd like to see him improve is having a little more composure inside the contest. This will come with experience and good coaching.

Well I disagree with you disagreeing :)

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One of the best young players at the club. He's played all of 30 games and will likely be a star


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Will be a gun but was horrendous yesterday with his disposal. There was a point in the game when viney (i think) earnt a free kick in the centre and gus had the ball with play stopped about 15 metres away from him. He went to kick the ball to viney and even missed that. Typified his day. 

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1 minute ago, Stinger said:

Will be a gun but was horrendous yesterday with his disposal. There was a point in the game when viney (i think) earnt a free kick in the centre and gus had the ball with play stopped about 15 metres away from him. He went to kick the ball to viney and even missed that. Typified his day. 

He messed some up but to be fair that was just about on par with every player on our list except maybe watts. Overall I thought he was good yesterday. 

 

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56 minutes ago, AdamFphlebeb said:

Yep, agreed. There were a couple of clearances yesterday that he rushed in the same way that Bernie and Jones often rush them. It made them far less effective. But against St Kilda he seemed to take his time a little more, get his head up early and make a more calculated and effective decision.

Can't wait to see him as a player with more games under the belt.

I agree with that, but against St.Kilda he also got run down twice.  I think he might have swung the pendulum a bit too far the other way and is rushing.  He'll find the right medium.

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49 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Well I disagree with you disagreeing :)

I think you're on the money jnrmac!

Another poster has pointed this out previously and they were spot on. Last year while he was involved in quite a few of our goals with his kicking it was always kicking long to space and someone like Garlett running on to it. I can not recall him ever hitting up a target on the lead last season and he still seems to struggle with this kick,

His kicking was exactly like this in the U18 championships and is an area in need of major improvement.

His ability to get penetration quickly out of a stoppage on either foot is a valuable asset. 

 

 

 

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51 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

I agree with that, but against St.Kilda he also got run down twice.  I think he might have swung the pendulum a bit too far the other way and is rushing.  He'll find the right medium.

Yeah, true. Although, I'd argue that against St Kilda inside the contest he was fine, but on the outside he struggled with the pace. But as you say, I'm sure he'll find that balance. 

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