2019 Player Reviews: #7 Jack Viney

[Demonland 72,217]

Despite an injury-interrupted preseason co-captain Viney played 21 games, averaging 21 disposals and five tackles per game. He led from the front and finished third in the Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Memorial Trophy polling 323 votes.

Date of Birth: 13 April, 1994
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 84 kg

Games MFC 2019: 21
Career Total: 119

Goals MFC 2019: 4
Career Total: 31

Votes 2019 Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy: 323 votes

[Big Carl 333]

Very similar average disposal number to Nathan Jones and a lot on DL calked for Jones to retire. 

Where to from here for Jack? 

Gets caught way too often.

[John Crow Batty 8,871]

Chance for him to show

40 minutes ago, Big Carl said:

Very similar average disposal number to Nathan Jones and a lot on DL calked for Jones to retire. 

Where to from here for Jack? 

Gets caught way too often.

Chance for him to show something different now that his old mans and Jones shadow are not hanging over him. Will be a better play IMO. Want to see him do smarter things and involve teammates more rather than doing it all himself. Tends to hunt and get his own ball rather than like Jones demanding everyone gives it to him these days. Lingering injuries have also scuppered him this season. Hope he gets a solid full pre season in.

Edited October 7, 2019 by america de cali

[Laughing Goat 308]

Stella year for Jack.....3rd in the B & F.

Congratulations!!!

[Sir Why You Little 37,046]

Viney 3rd in the B&F is a solid indication of how the team went in 2019. 

He had a very average year. He is a tough unit, i admire that, but his skills were very average 

I don’t know why he is Captain, i hear him on the Demon Podcast and he is just a big kid. That is fine, but i think we can do better in the Leadership Department. He needed to lift the team in 2019 and i didn’t see it

interesting 2020 coming up

[Diamond_Jim 12,592]

along with Oliver handballing to someone's feet and Viney getting caught with the ball it does say something about the coaching staff and their Band F voting.

A very underwhelming performance in a totally underwhelming year.

I hope we get to rate Goodwin in this activity

[Big Carl 333]

24 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

along with Oliver handballing to someone's feet and Viney getting caught with the ball it does say something about the coaching staff and their Band F voting.

A very underwhelming performance in a totally underwhelming year.

I hope we get to rate Goodwin in this activity

Finishing 3rd in the B & F days a lot about MFC and the 2019 season.

[Diamond_Jim 12,592]

2 minutes ago, Big Carl said:

Finishing 3rd in the B & F days a lot about MFC and the 2019 season.

Take your point but as I understand the award the votes by the coaches are heavily weighted to team contribution,adherence to gameplan etc.

If Viney's efforts were so valued by the coaches it suggests to me that they set the wrong KPI's for him.

[picket fence 17,172]

On 10/7/2019 at 12:29 PM, Laughing Goat said:

Stella year for Jack.....3rd in the B & F.

Congratulations!!!

I thought him very ordinary , yet finished 3rd in B&F ?? We also finished 17th under his and Jones leadership.

Needs r=to follow Jones and relinquish the Captaincy. Max to Captain in his own right!

[Watson11 2,240]

Put the B&F voting in perspective.  If he had that season in 2018 he would have finished 13th one vote in front of ANB.  About where his season was imo.

I hope he bulks back up to return to the scary beast that he can be, ala 2018 when fit as per photo, as opposed to the skinny easily tackled runs out of energy version of 2019.

 

[DemonWheels 1,055]

Needs to start eating properly again. Feel like he hasn’t played to his potential since we heard about the ‘fasting’ he does. 

Would also like to see him used purely as a tagger which would create a bit more variety in our centre square make-up. We’re a bit vanilla in there at the moment and a different approach from just one of the very similar type/style players would be worth looking at.

[picket fence 17,172]

3 minutes ago, DemonWheels said:

Needs to start eating properly again. Feel like he hasn’t played to his potential since we heard about the ‘fasting’ he does. 

Would also like to see him used purely as a tagger which would create a bit more variety in our centre square make-up. We’re a bit vanilla in there at the moment and a different approach from just one of the very similar type/style players would be worth looking at.

A Tagger that is super Slow???? Now u really have got me worried!!

Limited footballer I;ve said it before!!

[dazzledavey36 54,951]

Don't rate him or his leadership skills. Would rather trade.

[DemonWheels 1,055]

14 minutes ago, picket fence said:

A Tagger that is super Slow???? Now u really have got me worried!!

Limited footballer I;ve said it before!!

He’s not super slow at all. Albeit I feel he lost a bit of pace this year like most of our team.

Not sure there are (or have been) too many specialist taggers that have ever been super quick. If they were they wouldn’t be taggers.

Cameron Ling was a great tagger – not quick – as one example.

[picket fence 17,172]

7 minutes ago, DemonWheels said:

He’s not super slow at all. Albeit I feel he lost a bit of pace this year like most of our team.

Not sure there are (or have been) too many specialist taggers that have ever been super quick. If they were they wouldn’t be taggers.

Cameron Ling was a great tagger – not quick – as one example.

Cameron Ling?Tempted to say ..... Champion!! JV EONS away from that!!

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

54 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Don't rate him or his leadership skills. Would rather trade.

Was our arguably our most important player in last year's two finals wins. That was after how many weeks out? 

He is a proven performer with a pre-season under his belt. It's all he needs. Is a limited player, but his one wood at its best is almost unmatched. 

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

Ps, @Demonland

I'd be careful about using the term "interrupted pre-season" around here..

 

[whatwhat say what 22,775]

most important thing is that he got through a full season

he had some right barry crockers; but he had some good games too

i want that beast mode viney we had back