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Watts he done wrong ?

JV7
in Melbourne Demons

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18 hours ago, Hellfish said:

I've noticed Watts sometimes leads too early for the ball carrier to really set and deliver which then either finds him too close to the kicker, out of position or cut off by defenders who have covered him

its just as important for the forward to pick and time their leads as it is for the other player to deliver.

that said there were a lot of stupid decisions made today all over the ground

Could be an issue of him being such a good kick he gives the ball carrier as much time as he would need to get the kick off, which could be a whole lot quicker than the ball carrier actually can.

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    It's not this season past seasons especially last year I noticed it as well. Many times Jack leads and gets ignored. So obvious yesterday when Hogan didn't kick it to him in the square. Jack is a beautiful user of the ball and I just feel so confident when he has the ball in his hands. 

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    1 hour ago, dees189227 said:

    It's not this season past seasons especially last year I noticed it as well. Many times Jack leads and gets ignored. So obvious yesterday when Hogan didn't kick it to him in the square. Jack is a beautiful user of the ball and I just feel so confident when he has the ball in his hands. 

    How good was the pass to Harmes? 

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    9 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

    How good was the pass to Harmes? 

    that was super  footy intelligent. Id have loved to have played footy with a bloke upfield who'd do that  for a forward

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    Watts still seems timid overhead on occasion, almost preferring to stay on the ground rather than jumping aggressively at the ball. Quite like him playing deep and hitting up on the lead if Hogan will kick it to him!

     

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    Happened on the wing in the Tigers game too.  

    Laughed at Watsons hi vis joke. But its true, he has always got to the right spots and not had the ball kicked to him. 

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    A few references here to past events possibly making his teammates a bit gun-shy. Are there any of those left?

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    On 5/23/2016 at 1:48 PM, Spirit of 26 said:

    That's what you deserve when you abandon your forward mates and go and hob-nob it in the ruck.

    My thinking is a bit of the above too. Share it around and give Jack a spell if he has to ruck as well.Other people there can kick goals as well, as well!

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    19 hours ago, dees189227 said:

    It's not this season past seasons especially last year I noticed it as well. Many times Jack leads and gets ignored. So obvious yesterday when Hogan didn't kick it to him in the square. Jack is a beautiful user of the ball and I just feel so confident when he has the ball in his hands. 

    I'm wondering if the problem is the way that Jack leads.  A friend at the game said after he was ignored " he must be wearing an invisibility cloak". 

    Reflecting on that seemingly innocuous comparison it may have some merit.

    That is he is difficult to see because he finds himself in so much space on his own. It is obvious to all of us in the stands....there he is standing out there on his own...look!

    But it may not be as obvious at ground level.  A hard running player is easy to pick out among the other players in the field of vision.  A near stationary target is not. 

    Perhaps he needs to change the way he leads, perhaps hang back a bit and then charge into space. 

    Just thoughts.......

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