Jump to content


Recommended Posts

Posted

Got a text from a Pies mate today. Said "Are you enjoying Kennedy's kicking".

The run in to open goal was a complete stuff up, tried to massage it through instead of kicking it properly, other times he tries to kick the cover off it. Surely better he reconciles that like Matty Stokes he can only kick 40m and his team mates learn that too than him ever trying to launch long bombs.

If he can learn to relax and compose himself he might offer something, but it might take 1-2 years and 20 or so games for that moment to come and it's going to be painful watching. 

By the way I think he was clear open 40m out from goal at one stage in the 2nd quarter when for whatever reason Grimes took an extra  sidestep and launched it in to Harmes for the hanger. 

Posted
9 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

Got a text from a Pies mate today. Said "Are you enjoying Kennedy's kicking".

The run in to open goal was a complete stuff up, tried to massage it through instead of kicking it properly, other times he tries to kick the cover off it. Surely better he reconciles that like Matty Stokes he can only kick 40m and his team mates learn that too than him ever trying to launch long bombs.

If he can learn to relax and compose himself he might offer something, but it might take 1-2 years and 20 or so games for that moment to come and it's going to be painful watching. 

By the way I think he was clear open 40m out from goal at one stage in the 2nd quarter when for whatever reason Grimes took an extra  sidestep and launched it in to Harmes for the hanger. 

I was listening to that moment on the radio, sounded like he was stuck in between kick the goal or pass it off. Sounds like he got it horribly wrong. 

I still like the sound of him, it seems like he's been working on forward pressure which is really important in todays game.

Posted
1 hour ago, Pates said:

I was listening to that moment on the radio, sounded like he was stuck in between kick the goal or pass it off. Sounds like he got it horribly wrong. 

Players do this quite regularly, but it's a simple fix. All the players need to do is keep bouncing toward goal and two things can eventuate from it

  1. You draw the sole defender to you, where you can handball over to your free team mate sitting in the goal square
  2. The defender gets stuck and sticks on his opponent, allowing you to run and close in around 20m from goal where you can easily nail the goal

He panicked and kicked it from just inside 50, where all he had to do was keep running..

  • Like 2
Posted

Looks like he wins more one v one contests then loses, i think he can play a role, certainly an upgrade on some of the blokes who have been getting a run in recent years and should have decent scope to improve

Posted
1 hour ago, Redleg said:

Hasn't impressed me so far. I saw plenty of young Bulldogs better on Sunday. 

You weren't impressed with him last week? I thought he was outstanding after half time and was one of the key reasons for our comeback.
Wasn't as impressed yesterday, and his last quarter stuff up was cringeworthy, but I've been pleasantly surprised with him overall.

  • Like 1

Posted

Ben might find it harder to get a game as  more players come back into contention. Hes a trier though

Posted
4 hours ago, Good Times Grimes said:

You weren't impressed with him last week? I thought he was outstanding after half time and was one of the key reasons for our comeback.
Wasn't as impressed yesterday, and his last quarter stuff up was cringeworthy, but I've been pleasantly surprised with him overall.

I don't see him in our best 22. I rate him behind ANB and I don't rate him as in our best 22.

  • Like 1
Posted
3 hours ago, Redleg said:

I don't see him in our best 22. I rate him behind ANB and I don't rate him as in our best 22.

He's much quicker (leg speed) than ANB. Therefore he will get a game ahead of him in the foreword line to keep the intense pressure up in our forward press.

ANB seems to have a better goal sense and as silly as this seems is less important to our forward structure.

Posted

We brought him across to give him a consistent shot of games. 

He's making the errors he's known to make at AFL level and doing well in the things he does well in.

As I said earlier it might be a case of picking him and living with some bad kicks for a month or so. There's certainly no reason to bounce him between sides and all signs point towards him not really improving at VFL level. 

I guess he was the guy available but he seems so similar to Kent and Harmes. At least competition for spots should encourage those 3 to go to the next level.

Posted

I think that everybody is unduly worried as Kennedy will probably play a big slab for Casey unless we have a bad run with injuries again. Last Sunday's list has to be trimmed by four (interchange) plus we have to find room for Hogan and eventually Petracca and Trengrove. He is better depth than we have had in past years.

  • Like 1
Posted

For mine  BK represents a somewhat better quality of insurance.   I think he'll try very hard to break into a senior spot. He'll be hungry. Thats good.  He needs to work on some area of the game and if he takes this attitude to the coaches  he may well step up. In mean time when more established players return to availability  Kennedy will be playing for the Scorps.


Posted
16 hours ago, Redleg said:

I don't see him in our best 22. I rate him behind ANB and I don't rate him as in our best 22.

I think his speed and ball winning ability is why he's valuable. I like ANB, but think he's more of an inside mid than he is a small forward, while I think Kennedy offers more in the forward line while also able to win the hard ball. Not sure it'll stay that way in the future, but for now I have him ahead of ANB. 

When I make my best 22 (fully fit side) Kennedy doesn't make it. But I think that with Trengove/Petracca/Brayshaw out there's a very good chance he plays round one. I like his endeavour and speed, and see him as being very handy depth over the long term.

Posted

Ben Kennedy was clearly shanking the ball a lot on the weekend but I think he'll prove a great pickup by the end of the year.

He's a better user than what was on display on Saturday. Both kicking for goal and to team-mates.

 

  • Like 1

Posted

Players that have been traded to the club for genuine currency seem to get picked first. I expect Kennedy and Bugg to be in the round 1 team as would likely Lumumba and Dawes be if fit. Frost may be a loading issue back from a long lay-off but I doubt it. That said, I really liked what I saw from BenKen in the second half of NAB 1 and imagine he'll be a solid fixture season long. Just needs to be informed the sub rule no longer exists.

Posted

I'd still prefer someone who actually gets the ball and provides some run than a bloke like Toumpas who goes missing when he makes a mistake or the team is getting smashed.

  • Like 3
Posted
2 hours ago, stevethemanjordan said:

Ben Kennedy was clearly shanking the ball a lot on the weekend but I think he'll prove a great pickup by the end of the year.

He's a better user than what was on display on Saturday. Both kicking for goal and to team-mates.

 

Steve interested to know what you're basing this on as he's never demonstrated this?

Collingwood supporters used to tear their hair out over his disposal.

Posted
2 hours ago, Members' Wing said:

Steve interested to know what you're basing this on as he's never demonstrated this?

Collingwood supporters used to tear their hair out over his disposal.

Yeh, he needs to bridge the gap but he has a really fluent action when he's not trying to kick the [censored] out of it which is what he was trying to do on the weekend.

In many draft write-ups his kicking was always mentioned as a strength and it is and can be.

As I said, on the weekend he went for too much... He has class, but he can just try and be too cute sometimes. His draft video shows that he's a natural kick. 

 

 

  • Like 1
Posted

Would have thought Petracca would play a similar role to Kennedy and from all accounts would be an upgrade..?

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    2024 Player Reviews: #15 Ed Langdon

    The Demon running machine came back with a vengeance after a leaner than usual year in 2023.  Date of Birth: 1 February 1996 Height: 182cm Games MFC 2024: 22 Career Total: 179 Goals MFC 2024: 9 Career Total: 76 Brownlow Medal Votes: 5 Melbourne Football Club: 5th Best & Fairest: 352 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 6

    2024 Player Reviews: #24 Trent Rivers

    The premiership defender had his best year yet as he was given the opportunity to move into the midfield and made a good fist of it. Date of Birth: 30 July 2001 Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 100 Goals MFC 2024: 2 Career Total:  9 Brownlow Medal Votes: 7 Melbourne Football Club: 6th Best & Fairest: 350 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 2

    TRAINING: Monday 11th November 2024

    Veteran Demonland Trackwatchers Kev Martin, Slartibartfast & Demon Wheels were on hand at Gosch's Paddock to kick off the official first training session for the 1st to 4th year players with a few elder statesmen in attendance as well. KEV MARTIN'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Beautiful morning. Joy all round, they look like they want to be there.  21 in the squad. Looks like the leadership group is TMac, Viney Chandler and Petty. They look like they have sli

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 2

    2024 Player Reviews: #1 Steven May

    The years are rolling by but May continued to be rock solid in a key defensive position despite some injury concerns. He showed great resilience in coming back from a nasty rib injury and is expected to continue in that role for another couple of seasons. Date of Birth: 10 January 1992 Height: 193cm Games MFC 2024: 19 Career Total: 235 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 24 Melbourne Football Club: 9th Best & Fairest: 316 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons

    2024 Player Reviews: #4 Judd McVee

    It was another strong season from McVee who spent most of his time mainly at half back but he also looked at home on a few occasions when he was moved into the midfield. There could be more of that in 2025. Date of Birth: 7 August 2003 Height: 185cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 48 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 1 Brownlow Medal Votes: 1 Melbourne Football Club: 7th Best & Fairest: 347 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 5

    2024 Player Reviews: #31 Bayley Fritsch

    Once again the club’s top goal scorer but he had a few uncharacteristic flat spots during the season and the club will be looking for much better from him in 2025. Date of Birth: 6 December 1996 Height: 188cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 149 Goals MFC 2024: 41 Career Total: 252 Brownlow Medal Votes: 4

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 9

    2024 Player Reviews: #18 Jake Melksham

    After sustaining a torn ACL in the final match of the 2023 season Jake added a bit to the attack late in the 2024 season upon his return. He has re-signed on to the Demons for 1 more season in 2025. Date of Birth: 12 August 1991 Height: 186cm Games MFC 2024: 8 Career Total: 229 Goals MFC 2024: 8 Career Total: 188

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 7

    2024 Player Reviews: #3 Christian Salem

    The luckless Salem suffered a hamstring injury against the Lions early in the season and, after missing a number of games, he was never at his best. He was also inconvenienced by minor niggles later in the season. This was a blow for the club that sorely needed him to fill gaps in the midfield at times as well as to do his best work in defence. Date of Birth: 15 July 1995 Height: 184cm Games MFC 2024: 17 Career Total: 176 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 26 Brownlow Meda

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 8

    2024 Player Reviews: #39 Koltyn Tholstrop

    The first round draft pick at #13 from twelve months ago the strongly built medium forward has had an impressive introduction to AFL football and is expected to spend more midfield moments as his career progresses. Date of Birth: 25 July 2005 Height: 186cm Games MFC 2024: 10 Career Total: 10 Goals MFC 2024: 5 Career Total: 5 Games CDFC 2024: 7 Goals CDFC 2024: 4

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 9
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...