Atta boy Jack. Fantastic to see.

Good on ya Grimesy!

I'm thrilled for Jack.  His first game of the season.  The pressure must have been immense on him to perform.  And, he stepped up to the plate beautifully.  Couldn't have asked any more of him!  Well done!

Came here to see if anyone would be picking apart anything miniscule.

Completely belonged out there tonight. Great at finding space and linking up

I knew it. Withhold a player for 10+ weeks and build up his hunger and he'll deliver. Now to apply this technique on some other players.

Rapt for him

mentally tough little bugger, our jack

Not a bad return game. 

Still has a massive issue with disposal, while he played well he still tends to panic kick long.

Something to build on. I'd expect him to play next week, and hopefully he can build again

Mopped up beautifully.

Grimes was good mmmkay 

Fremantle are bad mmmkay 

 

I'm a massive Grimes fan and hope he can get a few more games under his belt before the end of the season - but I reckon his style of play doesn't align with the rest of the team.

If he gets caught in traffic he'll hold onto the ball and lock it in. Every other demon player now tries to move the ball forward - no matter how scrappy.

If the ball comes to him and he's almost out of the scrimmage he tends to then handball back in and often so quickly it's a complete waste of a posession as no opposition players have moved towards him to then create space for the person he handballs back to.

Flat out can't kick to a team mates advantage - which is a particular concern when he's often kicking to a contest:

He's often kicking to a contest because once he gets a mark he doesn't move the ball on quickly.

Love his effort and would love for him to be part of the team going forward but until he can get a bit more urgent and forget the teachings of previous coaches I'm not sure he stays in the best 22.

1 minute ago, Eyes on Red & Blue said:

I'm a massive Grimes fan and hope he can get a few more games under his belt before the end of the season - but I reckon his style of play doesn't align with the rest of the team.

If he gets caught in traffic he'll hold onto the ball and lock it in. Every other demon player now tries to move the ball forward - no matter how scrappy.

If the ball comes to him and he's almost out of the scrimmage he tends to then handball back in and often so quickly it's a complete waste of a posession as no opposition players have moved towards him to then create space for the person he handballs back to.

Flat out can't kick to a team mates advantage - which is a particular concern when he's often kicking to a contest:

He's often kicking to a contest because once he gets a mark he doesn't move the ball on quickly.

Love his effort and would love for him to be part of the team going forward but until he can get a bit more urgent and forget the teachings of previous coaches I'm not sure he stays in the best 22.

Great summary. I hope he can build with time but i can only swe him being a depth player at best.

There once was a fella named Jack

Against Freo it was his first game back

He was put through the ringer

Before flipping supporters the finger

By putting in and having a crack!

 

Welcome back, Jack!

8 minutes ago, Eyes on Red & Blue said:

I'm a massive Grimes fan and hope he can get a few more games under his belt before the end of the season - but I reckon his style of play doesn't align with the rest of the team.

If he gets caught in traffic he'll hold onto the ball and lock it in. Every other demon player now tries to move the ball forward - no matter how scrappy.

If the ball comes to him and he's almost out of the scrimmage he tends to then handball back in and often so quickly it's a complete waste of a posession as no opposition players have moved towards him to then create space for the person he handballs back to.

Flat out can't kick to a team mates advantage - which is a particular concern when he's often kicking to a contest:

He's often kicking to a contest because once he gets a mark he doesn't move the ball on quickly.

Love his effort and would love for him to be part of the team going forward but until he can get a bit more urgent and forget the teachings of previous coaches I'm not sure he stays in the best 22.

this reminds me of the old "No offense... But" line.

"I'm a massive Grimes fan"... but.

He played well, leave him alone.

 

 

Pumped for Jack! Great return indeed.

Whenever he had any pressure on he didn't look like it winning the footy and he didn't do anything with the ball.

Made a terrible error by not manning the mark that led to a Pavlich goal in the 3rd quarter when the Dockers were coming. Baffling from a senior player.

The only positive compared to Bugg is that he has an opposite foot, but it's shaky. 

I'm almost certain he won't play well against the Saints and therefore I wouldn't pick him. A 100th and farewell game against Carlton or Gold Coast would be fine by me. 

I'm sorry if this upsets people or they find it cruel and out of spirit from this thread but too bad.

Looks like he will earn the 100th

Didn't think he would get there, but he deserves another one after tonight 

28 points are still on offer. Keep winning and you never know...

Just now, DeeSpencer said:

Whenever he had any pressure on he didn't look like it winning the footy and he didn't do anything with the ball.

Made a terrible error by not manning the mark that led to a Pavlich goal in the 3rd quarter when the Dockers were coming. Baffling from a senior player.

The only positive compared to Bugg is that he has an opposite foot, but it's shaky. 

I'm almost certain he won't play well against the Saints and therefore I wouldn't pick him. A 100th and farewell game against Carlton or Gold Coast would be fine by me. 

I'm sorry if this upsets people or they find it cruel and out of spirit from this thread but too bad.

You're in la-la land.  That's what's too bad.

Just now, Wiseblood said:

You're in la-la land.  That's what's too bad.

Yup. Spot on.

He and Grimes both have weaknesses to their games but they both put in time and time again and so it's hard to not enjoy their efforts and scream in frustration at their stuff-ups.

 

Both should clearly hold their place for next week.

Good game Jack! 

Without doubt he's earned and should get a 100th game or more. 

I'd prefer to rest him next week & play him the following week though, because I fear he tried so hard today, I therefor predict he'll be tired & play worse next week & then be dropped for the rest of the season. 

Perhaps if we play him the week after next, instead of next week, we'll get more good games from him this year.  Just a thought to use our depth to keep a fresher team on the park each week so we don't lose the week following each win.  Cheers.

Came home and saw the horrible turnover early in the game and I was really sad, then I saw the rest of game. Good'on'ya Grimesy!

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

Whenever he had any pressure on he didn't look like it winning the footy and he didn't do anything with the ball.

Made a terrible error by not manning the mark that led to a Pavlich goal in the 3rd quarter when the Dockers were coming. Baffling from a senior player.

The only positive compared to Bugg is that he has an opposite foot, but it's shaky. 

I'm almost certain he won't play well against the Saints and therefore I wouldn't pick him. A 100th and farewell game against Carlton or Gold Coast would be fine by me. 

I'm sorry if this upsets people or they find it cruel and out of spirit from this thread but too bad.

Nah, just says a whole lot more about you than it says about Grimes. Not picking teams according to form is a great idea ... 

"If his cards really are marked (which I fear they may be), at least it did his trade value no harm." What even you could have said. 

I really hope he can hold his spot. Love seeing him racking up wins that he never got to experience as captain.

13 minutes ago, Akum said:

Nah, just says a whole lot more about you than it says about Grimes. Not picking teams according to form is a great idea ... 

"If his cards really are marked (which I fear they may be), at least it did his trade value no harm." What even you could have said. 

What is form? VFL form. The same form that ANB, Michie, Spencer and others have had all year? AFL form - 1 game, plenty of touches - as did the rest of our midfield and half back line, no real influence. I don't see it as form. 

I could talk about his trade value but I don't think he has any. There's plenty of players in every club who dominate in the state leagues each week and don't get traded.