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This guy is a pocket rocket. He keeps his feet and bounces off packs and gets out of trouble well. As I said earlier I believe he is going to be our Zorko. Watch this space. 

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Was stuck up forward in the 1st half then once he went into the midfield in the 2nd half he helped turn the game with his smarts and run. Incredibly strong who doesn't lose his feet.

a great game. 

I was surprised to hear him say in a recent interview that he will mostly play forward. He looks like more of a natural half forward or midfielder which was evident in his second half performance.

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4 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I was surprised to hear him say in a recent interview that he will mostly play forward. He looks like more of a natural half forward or midfielder which was evident in his second half performance.

I don't really believe in forward flanks of old - I think he will end up playing that extra wing role from the HFF. He is competing with a few there though; Kent, Watts, Petracca, etc. none of those play exactly the same but their role will be similar.

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He is a great combination of inside-outside, has pace and can finish off but is also tough at the contest and hates losing. 

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As I have said before I liked what I had seen at the filth and my mate was spewing he left them.

good debut, lots to like, really hope he builds on it and gets a good run at it which he never got at the filth.

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He did one thing that particularly caught my eye, where he collected the ball just as the opposition player positioned himself to collect him, but instead of just conceding the tackle and being wrapped up, he turned further into the tackle, opening himself up to some hurt while managing to burst free. Was in the 3rd on the RH wing, from where he switched play.

Was indicator of great body sense and courage, neat.

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I think it was a different one, but cant watch replay to find it...

was in 3rd quarter with 6:45 to go.

 

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Posted
19 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Was stuck up forward in the 1st half then once he went into the midfield in the 2nd half he helped turn the game with his smarts and run. Incredibly strong who doesn't lose his feet.

a great game. 

I think this is the key thing I learnt. He is a mid who may rest forward not a small forward you throw in for short mid bursts. Play him on a wing or as a high half forward. 

Posted
17 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Kid can play. He should get better

Did more today than Toumpas did in 3 years...

As did Toumpas!

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I thought Toumpas had a pretty good game.

He just reminds me of an overly excited cocker-spaniel on a slippery floor every time I see him though.

Wish him all the best though. Seems like a decent bloke. Glad we have Ben Kennedy.

 

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59 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said:

I thought Toumpas had a pretty good game.

He just reminds me of an overly excited cocker-spaniel on a slippery floor every time I see him though.

Wish him all the best though. Seems like a decent bloke. Glad we have Ben Kennedy.

 

Toumpas did a soft option in the 3rd, when he chose to kick off the ground instead of picking it up when hot.

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7 hours ago, PaulRB said:

He did one thing that particularly caught my eye, where he collected the ball just as the opposition player positioned himself to collect him, but instead of just conceding the tackle and being wrapped up, he turned further into the tackle, opening himself up to some hurt while managing to burst free. Was in the 3rd on the RH wing, from where he switched play.

Was indicator of great body sense and courage, neat.

Was it the one where he not only rode the bump but looked to use it to his advantage and knock him back to his feet and away from the contest? That was the one that impressed me.

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7 minutes ago, ickey_11 said:

Toumpas did a soft option in the 3rd, when he chose to kick off the ground instead of picking it up when hot.

What and then get tackled?

seriously..

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1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

What and then get tackled?

seriously..

Agree with you. For mine that was the most frustrating part of our game yesterday. In tight congestion our players ALWAYS look to take possession - they then get tackled and prolong the congestion (that or get pinged for holding it). Players need to be more aware of what's around, quite often there's an opportunity to tap to advantage. The good teams do this, I haven't seen us have those smarts for a while.

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9 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

Agree with you. For mine that was the most frustrating part of our game yesterday. In tight congestion our players ALWAYS look to take possession - they then get tackled and prolong the congestion (that or get pinged for holding it). Players need to be more aware of what's around, quite often there's an opportunity to tap to advantage. The good teams do this, I haven't seen us have those smarts for a while.

While I did notice this as well, I was impressed at how improved many of our players were in their ability to get their arms free in tackles to dish off handballs. Salem and Kennedy did this perfectly on several occasions.

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I really like what this kid brings to the table.. but two things worry me about this guy

  1. His eyes lights up when he sees goals. Doesn't really seem to see anything else apart from trying to nail the goal himself
  2. His lack of penetration in his kicking. He always tries to run on an arc and unleash a hook kick to make up for his lack of long kicking but always seems to shank it.

Other than that, think there is a lot to work with. Happy to have him in the team than Toumpas.

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5 hours ago, juzzk1d said:

I really like what this kid brings to the table.. but two things worry me about this guy

  1. His eyes lights up when he sees goals. Doesn't really seem to see anything else apart from trying to nail the goal himself
  2. His lack of penetration in his kicking. He always tries to run on an arc and unleash a hook kick to make up for his lack of long kicking but always seems to shank it.

Other than that, think there is a lot to work with. Happy to have him in the team than Toumpas.

 

I'd prefer Toumpas to be honest, still think he's got more upside.

Kennedy was poor today but apart from that I've seen enough of him to confidently predict he won't become anything more than a fringe player. Hope to be proven wrong.

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I like Kennedy, but he's little. Unless he's in space, he's gonna get outmarked by most AFL standard midfielders and considering we're so bad at kicking out of defence, that's gonna be the majority of the time.

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