Welcome to Demonland: Trent Rivers

[dazzledavey36 55,318]

Absolute gun. Loved how he was taking the kick ins and backing himself. Has a booming kick.

Tough and fearless. Reminds me a lot of Brayden Maynard.

[Deesprate 1,324]

Yes just look a player just such a contrast with so many of our other B graders. Rivers; Jackson are the only good thing that have come out of this year. Liked he was hurting at end of game showed he really cared.

[drdrake 3,187]

Just hope the WCE don't come knocking they will be on the hunt to replace Hurn and Jetta, Rivers would slot nicely onto their half back line

[DeeZee 7,445]

The only positive from the last two weeks

[Lord Travis 10,763]

Was happy when we landed him in the late 20s and reckon he'll be a ripper. He's already showing poise, toughness, skill and a bit of dash. Unlike some of his team mates, he looked like he was giving it his all last night even when he was clearly in pain from a big hit.

Respect to the kid. Please stick with us and don't go back to WA!

[roy11 3,893]

54 minutes ago, Deesprate said:

Yes just look a player just such a contrast with so many of our other B graders. Rivers; Jackson are the only good thing that have come out of this year. Liked he was hurting at end of game showed he really cared.

Cry me a Rivers.

Jokes aside he has been a very good selection with hopefully a lot more to come for the red and the blue. 

[Altona-demon 321]

To see his efforts this week and last week - for those sick sadists like me who rewatch the tape.  Just look at how he runs after disposing to give a second effort, he's an attacking player, runs just like Hibbo used to before he got cooked.  He's an All Australian waiting to happen for sure.  

To watch him hurting like he did today SCARES the sh&t out of me, BECAUSE here we have a player who genuinely hates losing and is a competitor (like Steven May) and our f89king shocking loser acceptance culture can gobble that up and turn you into a player who doesn't know how to win anymore. 

Look at how bereft of confidence for example Kozzy Pickett has become from that young confident player we used to have just 6 weeks ago. Our inability to kick in straight lines to predictable areas inside forward 50 is killing our developing forward line in Fritsch (a great reader of the ball and mark), Weideman (a developing key forward with a good overhead mark), and Pickett (a man who has to run to the f*&ng boundary line to try and find a crumb) - it's embarassing and it's been the same old story for about three years now. 

[Engorged Onion 10,223]

bump....

There was a great mark in the first quarter last night (against GWS) I believe, whereby Trent would have been expecting heavy contact, but was able to be composed, sustain the hit from his opponent and then mark and hold on to the ball.

To me, the signs are great for him, in his sense of composure, and his willingness to demonstrate commitment and put his body on the line for himself and his team mates.

[Pickett2Jackson 3,904]

No worries about Riv, another gun in the making from our 2019 SUPER DRAFT

[Dr.D 1,771]

he just needs to learn a few things. his errors are usually costly. Like when one of the gws players had the ball on the boundary line he ran at them too quickly and it resulted in him being side stepped and an easy goal. When all he needed to do was corral the gws player to the boundary line and make him make a decision. This is the small stuff that he needs to work on. 

[chook fowler 19,530]

12 minutes ago, Dr.D said:

he just needs to learn a few things. his errors are usually costly. Like when one of the gws players had the ball on the boundary line he ran at them too quickly and it resulted in him being side stepped and an easy goal. When all he needed to do was corral the gws player to the boundary line and make him make a decision. This is the small stuff that he needs to work on. 

He makes an occasional mistake but who in the backline doesn’t? Started slowly this year but is building. 90+% efficiency is better than most. He’s a gun.

[Diamond_Jim 12,627]

2 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

He makes an occasional mistake but who in the backline doesn’t? Started slowly this year but is building. 90+% efficiency is better than most. He’s a gun.

not quite a gun but a solid contributor.

I like his work under pressure. I think as you do we've found a good one.

[dazzledavey36 55,318]

Had 16 disposals last night and ran at exactly 100% disposal efficiency. 

Already in our beat 22 and just does his job. Takes the game on and not afraid to go for the intercept marks.

I reckon he would be a Mark Williams favourite. 

[Damo 3,374]

An immense kick. Look in the 1st qtr with 16:30 to go. Takes contested mark on the wing, plays on, kicks inside centre square, lands inside the goal square. Goes long and accurately most times. Good to watch. In our best 18.

[Guest]

Solid and reliable back flanker who will get better and be a fixture.  Reminds me of Joel Corey.

 

[Mickey 4,731]

Pleasantly surprised to see this thread was bumped to pump up Riv. Has copped a bit this year on here but for a 2nd year player he is cool, calm and collected. Is developing very nicely.

[deebug 1,754]

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Had 16 disposals last night and ran at exactly 100% disposal efficiency. 

Already in our beat 22 and just does his job. Takes the game on and not afraid to go for the intercept marks.

I reckon he would be a Mark Williams favourite. 

As is one of our fav as well?

[BDA 22,875]

Nothing wrong with his game last night other than the weak effort to tackle the giants player in the back-pocket which led to a goal for them. He'll nail that tackle in future.

We're fortunate to have the perfect environment for him to develop and grow. He has May, Lever and Tomlinson as the senior defenders who'll mop up or cover for a mistake.

Hibberd has his work cut out trying to win his spot back from him.

[spirit of norm smith 16,587]

I’ve been a huge fan from when he was drafted.  He has energy, toughness, good skills, good pace and takes the game on.  Perfectly suited to 10 years across half back.  The Riv is one of JTs absolute best. ??

[MurDoc516 1,529]

Anyone know why Rivers fell so low in the draft? 

How many you taking ahead of him know?

[Chook 15,022]

Rowell, Jackson, Pickett, Serong, Rivers.

I was a massive wrap on Rivers from day dot, and he's going to get better and better.

[adonski 12,427]

Dunno if this has been posted before, but this was our rankings for the draft (a fair bit of it covered unfortunately), as shown very brief in the To Hell & Back series. No idea if this is a week out from the draft, or months, so not sure how much movement would have occurred, but interesting to note we went against the grain with a few rankings - Noah Anderson ranked 5th, and McAsey 20th (taken pick 6 by Adelaide). 

[whatwhat say what 22,933]

22 minutes ago, adonski said:

Dunno if this has been posted before, but this was our rankings for the draft (a fair bit of it covered unfortunately), as shown very brief in the To Hell & Back series. No idea if this is a week out from the draft, or months, so not sure how much movement would have occurred, but interesting to note we went against the grain with a few rankings - Noah Anderson ranked 5th, and McAsey 20th (taken pick 6 by Adelaide). 

 any clue who we had after Rowell, Jackson, Green?

Edited April 15, 2021 by whatwhat say what

[adonski 12,427]

3 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

 any clue who we had after Rowell, Jackson, Green?

Young, Anderson (as far as I can tell)

[joshua 74]

28 minutes ago, adonski said:

Dunno if this has been posted before, but this was our rankings for the draft (a fair bit of it covered unfortunately), as shown very brief in the To Hell & Back series. No idea if this is a week out from the draft, or months, so not sure how much movement would have occurred, but interesting to note we went against the grain with a few rankings - Noah Anderson ranked 5th, and McAsey 20th (taken pick 6 by Adelaide). 

Would say this was pretty close to the draft because I remember seeing everywhere that Jackson’s draft range jumped very late