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While not under appreciated by the red and blue faithful, I think Jack Viney is massively overlooked in his progress and impact these past four years.

On Saturday he Captained and led the club to a stirring from behind victory.

He dominated

  • Clearances with 10 clearances, twice the next midfielder (Tyson on 5 and for Port's best, Gray on 5) and more than the mighty Max Gawn (on 7) 
  • Disposals with 28 at 71.4% DE, 9 more than Vandenberg (63.2% DE), 6 more than Boak (59.1%) who was Ports best in this stat.

At the start of the third quarter, the players huddled around him and he gave them the final rev up.

Not bad for a 21 year old small mid who would have won last years B&F if not for injury...

He's a ripper! 

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couldn't love this bloke anymore without needing a restraining order

if he stays fit he will play 24+ great games and make AA or come very close.

NAB game shortened by 30+ minutes so it really was a 35+ posession game

 

he is absoluetly pivitol to our teams rise and will certainly be named in the leadership team next month - perhaps VC

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I don't believe age matters in the case of Viney.

He should be in this years leadership group and earmarked as a future captain.

He is driven and will lead this team to success.

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I questioned Viney being in the leadership group but what i saw on Saturday was how a true captain should play the game. The fact that he also completely embarrassed Wines made it even sweeter.

You can almost pencil this bloke in after captain courageous himself in Nathan Jones. 

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34 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

While not under appreciated by the red and blue faithful, I think Jack Viney is massively overlooked in his progress and impact these past four years.

On Saturday he Captained and led the club to a stirring from behind victory.

He dominated

  • Clearances with 10 clearances, twice the next midfielder (Tyson on 5 and for Port's best, Gray on 5) and more than the mighty Max Gawn (on 7) 
  • Disposals with 28 at 71.4% DE, 9 more than Vandenberg (63.2% DE), 6 more than Boak (59.1%) who was Ports best in this stat.

At the start of the third quarter, the players huddled around him and he gave them the final rev up.

Not bad for a 21 year old small mid who would have won last years B&F if not for injury...

He's a ripper! 

Give him time and let him focus on his game.

The last time we had a young captain(s) it didn't work out too well you might recall.

Jones has been an exemplary captain and will retain it without question.

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I was impressed by the way he spread at speed, used the ball much more creatively by hand and mostly didn't waste it by foot. Not exactly shocked he got a lot of the footy with Gawn dominating so much. He'll definitely be in the leadership group and hopefully keeps elevating his game. 

The question for the coaches will be whether Bugg plays as a tagger or if they use Vince and Viney in that role for the right match ups at the right time again. 

Viney would be a good match up for Dylan Shiel who is one of the most damaging midfielders in the comp, but then again so would Bugg. 

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Just now, Petraccattack said:

Jack Viney is the player who goes down in history as changing the culture as far as leading from the front on the field and bleeding yourself dry for the Red and Blue.  Amazing player.

 

 

Our Joel Selwood

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Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Nah [censored] Selwood.

He's our Jack Viney.

True dat, loved the way he got stuck into the ducking king when we beat them last year, unsociable footballer

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Amazing really.

Weve been talking about this kid since he was about 12 years old and now he has a few seasons under his belt and ready to tear the competition apart.

Couldnt be more chuffed.

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43 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

True dat, loved the way he got stuck into the ducking king when we beat them last year, unsociable footballer

"Hey, Joel.. Why are you bleeding so much?"

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8 minutes ago, demonmerv said:

I don't think we will see Jack Viney tagging players this year. I would suggest he will be the one that will get tagged from now on!

 

lol, I can image that going down well in team meetings:

Coach: We need someone to tag Viney
*everyone looks at the floor*
Coach: Well, [censored].

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What we're building is a team that has players other people want at their club. Flash back 3-4 years ago I would say people liked Jones and maybe Frawley. 

Viney will be (is) one of those guys that any person would love in their team. 

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2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Give him time and let him focus on his game.

The last time we had a young captain(s) it didn't work out too well you might recall.

Jones has been an exemplary captain and will retain it without question.

exactly.  Jones is the current captain & should stay so for a while yet.    we have too many kids to have a youthful captain,  at this time.

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There was a huge improvement in breaking away from congestion, and transitioning from contested to uncontested ball. Viney was the main one responsible for this, though it's very much a team thing where you need players running past on the edge of the congestion, and the clearance specialist prepared to wait & look for the "give" rather than just blast it aimlessly upfield. Perhaps it's just getting the most team value out of Viney's undoubted talent at winning contested ball.

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