With Trade Week right around the corner, the one name that keeps getting brought up is Dom Tyson. So what do you think? Keep or Trade him?

I have been arguing about Dom with several mates for a few years.  They reckon he is a gun.  I reckon he is a plodder.

He starts on the ball & should be compared to other starting mid fielders like Treloar, Shuey, Hannaberry, Marc Murphy or Zorko.

I reckon he is slow, doesn't take many marks, not a high goalkicker & only has average disposal skills, just does not often impact the game or hurt the opposition.

Clearly the coaches seem to love him - what do other Demonlanders reckon ? 

 

Edited September 11, 20177 yr by Demonland

In short trade him, the gaps from his best to worst are staggering.

He is not in the same class of those guys that you mentioned.

I would trade Tyson. His disposal is not good enough for a player of his pace, he cannot play any other role than inside midfielder and our midfield lacks balance with too many inside players. 

13 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

I have been arguing about Dom with several mates for a few years.  They reckon he is a gun.  I reckon he is a plodder.

He starts on the ball & should be compared to other starting mid fielders like Treloar, Shuey, Hannaberry, Marc Murphy or Zorko.

I reckon he is slow, doesn't take many marks, not a high goalkicker & only has average disposal skills, just does not often impact the game or hurt the opposition.

Clearly the coaches seem to love him - what do other Demonlanders reckon ? 

 

Not nearly good enough 

Another demon who continually fails to have sustained impact

Together with Salem the trade is looking more and more like a bust

 

Doesn't struggle to find the ball at all, which is disappointing because he is very talented in that respect. But his decision making and in particular his kicking, is deplorable. I think he'll be superseded by Neal-Bullen in the near future, but maybe it won't be so bad when Tyson is our 5th or 6th best midfielder.

I'll answer this in a month's time. Too raw

15 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

I would trade Tyson. His disposal is not good enough for a player of his pace, he cannot play any other role than inside midfielder and our midfield lacks balance with too many inside players. 

Please name them.

Who of our "too many" inside midfielders are actually up to scratch?

Who will make our midfield one of, if not the best midfield in the competition that is capable of pushing for a flag?

I can think of two players. That is all.

Keeper

Still plying his craft

Not a gun, but not a shocker either

3 minutes ago, ignition. said:

Please name them.

Who of our "too many" inside midfielders are actually up to scratch?

Who will make our midfield one of, if not the best midfield in the competition that is capable of pushing for a flag?

I can think of two players. That is all.

Three...Oliver, Viney, Trac.

We need to get more class in there.

If we got a third-round pick for him we would be laughing.

 

TRADE

LMAO, look at everyone demanding him to be traded, and when I put his name up for the Lever deal I got put to the slaughter and was called out for even mentioning his name as a trade option. 

 

6 minutes ago, ignition. said:

Please name them.

Who of our "too many" inside midfielders are actually up to scratch?

Who will make our midfield one of, if not the best midfield in the competition that is capable of pushing for a flag?

I can think of two players. That is all.

Oliver, Viney, Jones, Petracca, Brayshaw, Salem, Lewis, Vince, ANB, Vandenberg and perhaps Maynard all look capable of winning the ball on the inside, but we need some pace and quality kicking skills to compliment them. 

Our biggest need is a player like Isaac Smith, Sidebottom or Higgins. 

6 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

If we got a third-round pick for him we would be laughing.

 

Rubbish trade.

Turnover king.  Won't kick the ball.  Keeps giving the ball to others who are in a worse position.  Can't hit a target.

 

Just now, george_on_the_outer said:

Turnover king.  Won't kick the ball.  Keeps giving the ball to others who are in a worse position.  Can't hit a target.

 

Too slow to dispose of the ball and can't run fast enough.

Gets the ball but does nothing with it.

 

Amount of times he has coughed it up at the worst possible moments is staggering. Time and time again he kicks it directly to a oppostion player or to a team mate in danger of being tackled.

 

If there is a replacement for him, it wouldnt be a loss IMO.

I am always for improvement.

Right here and now - who would you replace Tyson with that is on our list.

At this stage no-one. So it is like anything - if we can trade to advantage then fine. But at this moment Tyson is not keeping anyone out of the team.

I absolutely hope we can get better midfielders as this Saturday showed exactly where we fell down. We could not hit a target to save ourselves. One of the keys to winning any game is footskills and we are lacking. Tyson unfortunately sits in the "iffy disposal" category which is a shame as he doesn't have a problem getting the ball.

1 hour ago, Fat Tony said:

I would trade Tyson. His disposal is not good enough for a player of his pace, he cannot play any other role than inside midfielder and our midfield lacks balance with too many inside players. 

Tyson? Pace? lol

8 minutes ago, nutbean said:

At this stage no-one. So it is like anything - if we can trade to advantage then fine. But at this moment Tyson is not keeping anyone out of the team.

If Richmond (or someone) gave us a first rounder I would take it...there's always been a bit of tiger talk around him.

Otherwise a keeper...

he's a second rotation midfielder and there's no difference btw him and a myriad of other similar types of players at other clubs

you wouldn't be trading him for a pick; it'd put you backwards

a like-for-like would achieve nothing

A no from me.

Roos should put his hand up and say he got it wrong on that trade.

I've been going into bat for Dom for a while now, however it feels more like defending the indefensible. 

Trade bait for mine, if he wasn't contracted to 2019.

Wouldn't get a game at any of the top 6 clubs. Can't run, can't kick. He's just a taller version of Miles from Richmond - the major difference being Richmond got him for free and we gave up the oppportunity to bring in Kelly or Bontempelli, the two best young players in the competition, for Tyson. 

The Tyson trade and the Vince trade (the pick that got Matt Crouch) look just terrible now.

 

IMO not gold class and we should never, never ever, recruit a midfielder who isn't gold class ever again if we are truly serious about a flag. Reasonable player with reasonable skills,  but slow legs, ( like all our other midfielders) slow decision maker, not ruthless enough, doesn't punish or hurt the opposition much. Trade if there is one suitable, or keep as back up possibly.