On 12/08/2018 at 17:48, Rollo2 said:

That play was a huge turning point. We had momentum, the centering kick from Trac was genius, ANB just needed to take possession. He's lively and was involved a lot, but he's still just not composed enough with the ball. Someone needs to challenge him to stand up against good sides.

He just needed to take possession of Frost kick against Geelong as well!  Enough is enough!

  On 12/08/2018 at 17:04, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Simon Eishold, Lyndon Dunn, Michael Seddon, Michael Byrne . . . 

EIshold was never a regular to the same extent but was a better play and Dunn as a defender (the role he played when he was a regular) is a much much better player.  Byrne and Seddon pre-date the time period in question but Byrne was top 10 in a Brownlow and Seddon never played more than 16 games in a year.

ANB seems to run around like a headless chook. Never seems to do much with the actual ball.

  On 12/08/2018 at 13:22, Redleg said:

And you share them with me. This bloke absolutely cracks under pressure. That pathetic dropped mark in the middle, off the Petracca pass, which could have been better, granted, but nevertheless, ANB shat himself. It was obvious. That could have been the chance to do something and redeem himself, after at least 7-8 turnovers from him entering our F50. His skill errors kill us against good sides.

I don't give a damn how far he runs, he has terrible ball skills, fumbles, gets in the way, cracks under pressure and destroys our forward thrusts.

Yes he can snag a goal against the crap, but he is not AFL standard and IMO will never be.

 

The number of times he got in the way and/or spoilt the work of our mids at the contest (Oliver in particular) was astounding. Get out of the way Alex and take your fumbly mitts with you. 

This was on top of all the turnovers.

 

Simon Godfrey, Paul Hopgood, Alex Neal-Bullen

  On 12/08/2018 at 08:45, red&blue1982 said:

Garlett would be one. But he hasn't been good for awhile.

He's not fully committed to the footy... won't put his body in a place that will be hit.

  On 12/08/2018 at 09:15, Little Goffy said:

It was Nibbler's turn at the bathwater, with the extra praise and publicity recently.

He'll learn from it. He'd bloody better.

Nibbler is a work in progress, and he's progressing a lot every season so far.   Its not Nibblers fault, our position.

  On 30/07/2018 at 21:23, green_machine said:

You are all wrong about ANB.

He has the capacity to be elite.  He is only 22 improving every year.  More importantly he has elite vision.  He has the ability to spot the short option. 

Currently his execution lets him down but he will tidy that up and become elite assist player

*Facepalm*

Exactly what potential elite trait does he have? Besides running 16km a game like a headless chook?

Elite vision? Please.... 

Get Gaff and this bloke will be back at Casey.

Horrible decision maker with questionable skills.

  On 13/08/2018 at 04:32, McQueen said:

Get Gaff and this bloke will be back at Casey.

Horrible decision maker with questionable skills.

Actually, I'd argue that Gaff in would probably make Nibbler more effective as his role would become a little more focused and we wouldn't be worrying so much about Nibbler's clangers.

Oi vez, I just for a moment pictured our inside-50s being dominated by Melksham (the most effective inside-50/goal assist player in the game at the moment), Gaff (the best 'true' winger in the game at the moment) and Brayshaw with a bit more space from clearances once Viney is back in. I may have just had a 'moment' where I swing to the yes vote on getting Gaff.

Lots of people like to point to Richmond as the target to match, well, their triumph was built on a core of really excellent and experienced players who'd been together for as much as a decade, supported by a swarm of hard-working but only really 'good-average' players who provided the pressure and created steady opportunities.

Nibbler is not a star or part of the 'core of really excellent players' but he is most certainly in that layer of 'good-average hard workers' that fill out a team and, importantly, don't take up a whole lot of salary cap space while they do it.

Edited August 13, 20186 yr by Little Goffy

  On 13/08/2018 at 02:53, Fifty-5 said:

Simon Godfrey, Paul Hopgood, Alex Neal-Bullen

Take another look at his corridor passes against the cats two weeks ago in a pressure game. If Godfrey or Hopgood made kicks like that in their dreams they would wake up and apologise.

  On 12/08/2018 at 07:57, dazzledavey36 said:

Sorry but im copping the hits on this.

GTFO you spud! I counted at least 7 times he coffed it straight to a swans jumper. Shat himself in the middle when Petracca set himself up with a beautiful kick, and then 5 minutes to go we had all the momentum and yet he bombs it straight into no one inside our forward 50 but Aliir ready to sweep up.

Fumbles, turnovers, lack of awareness, momentum killer you name it.

Sorry but as I've previously state, he'll get found out in big pressure games and today was perfect example.

He was abysmal v the Swans. You have nailed it.

  On 16/08/2018 at 00:14, jnrmac said:

He was abysmal v the Swans. You have nailed it.

He won't get dropped, but i would easily bring Kent and Hannan for Spargo and ANB this week.

  On 16/08/2018 at 00:30, dazzledavey36 said:

He won't get dropped, but i would easily bring Kent and Hannan for Spargo and ANB this week.

No he won't. Mores the pity.

Not the only one who'll hang on by threads

Jumbo Returns, I hope you are reading this, but as a critic of Nibbler I think I owe him an apology.

Though I am still annoyed at his fumbles and turnovers, he has made a good contribution this year.

While his goal kicking accuracy is not great, he has still managed 26 goals to be 4th for us. He does tackle well and as has been pointed out by some, he is a leader of our pressure acts and running on game day.

If he could improve his accuracy in front of goals and his disposal, he could be a very good player for us and Nibbler, you have my apology.

 

  On 12/08/2018 at 14:31, goodoil said:

Ive watched every game for 30 years and he is the worst MFC player to play every game in a season i can recall

You weren't watching properly in 2012-2013 then. We had guys like Dean Terlich and Matt Jones finishing high in our BnF.

I'm not ANB's biggest fan but this is hyperbole. We've had a lot worse players than him.

  On 12/08/2018 at 07:57, dazzledavey36 said:

Sorry but im copping the hits on this.

GTFO you spud! I counted at least 7 times he coffed it straight to a swans jumper. Shat himself in the middle when Petracca set himself up with a beautiful kick, and then 5 minutes to go we had all the momentum and yet he bombs it straight into no one inside our forward 50 but Aliir ready to sweep up.

Fumbles, turnovers, lack of awareness, momentum killer you name it.

Sorry but as I've previously state, he'll get found out in big pressure games and today was perfect example.

Ooohhhh really.....

  On 09/09/2018 at 06:08, Cards13 said:

Ooohhhh really.....

Played well and so he should have. 

I still have my worries though.

Third best ranked Dee on the night, fourth overall. Disposal efficency of 70%, no clangers, 9 tackles and was leading pressure player in first quarter - I only saw that stat for 1st quarter - probably for the game too. Personally, I think he played well and I was happy with his game.

  On 09/09/2018 at 06:11, dazzledavey36 said:

Played well and so he should have. 

I still have my worries though.

Haha of course you do. 

Missed 2 easy goals we can't afford to miss against better sides, but yeah he was excellent. Won the ball, took the right options, excellent work rate, so often the 3rd man in to a contest. Stuck most of his tackles. 

Holding his tackles, not fumbling and taking the first option when it's their are the keys to his game. He does all of that and he's a good player.

our best small forward - runs hard all day, tackles, just needs to put it btw the big sticks (he's not alone there)

  On 09/09/2018 at 06:27, Cards13 said:

Haha of course you do. 

He stil has deficiency he needs to iron out. Dont understand why you didn't bump this thread up when he spent all day kicking down sydney's throat or fumbling and turning it over against West Coast.

I will absolutely give him praise for his game on friday night. Kept it simple and try not to bite off more then he can chew. Keep this up and he'll take his game to the next level.

Still fumbles way too much for my liking.

  On 09/09/2018 at 06:49, dazzledavey36 said:

He stil has deficiency he needs to iron out. Dont understand why you didn't bump this thread up when he spent all day kicking down sydney's throat or fumbling and turning it over against West Coast.

I will absolutely give him praise for his game on friday night. Kept it simple and try not to bite off more then he can chew. Keep this up and he'll take his game to the next level.

Still fumbles way too much for my liking.

I did stop reading it (also I didn’t bump it) and to be fair to you I try not to single people out, plenty could have been but I think we need to hold fire when evaluating players. Yours was one example but an over the top one. 

All players have room for improvement let alone a young bloke with a handful of seasons under the belt.

 

He's a better player than Jason Castagna who plays a similar role and is a fixture for the no. 1 side in the AFL:

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_compare?playerStatus1=A&tid1=15&playerStatus2=A&tid2=12&type=A&pid1=4123&pid2=4067&fid1=S&fid2=S