Needs to improve his vision and decision making as well as his actual disposal. 

He's not a natural in any of the above areas but those skills can be taught ... but learning all that requires a total buy-in by the individual.

His asset is his pace (obviously) but being quick will only take you so far. 

But to be fair,  we have a number of players who are deficient in the base skills (AFL standard) Less so than in previous years but nonetheless,  the list still needs a fair bit of improvement. 

Edited February 29, 20205 yr by Macca

His 1st involvement in the NM game was a serious tackle, no doubt he needs to recover some of his skills, but he has always had an appetite for the 1% stuff and team 1st attitude. I too thought he was flat after he knocked himself out. Always struck me as humble as well, don't know if that is true or not, but lets get around him and wish him the best.

  On 28/02/2020 at 23:52, drysdale demon said:

I never bag the players, and I am quite happy to meet up with any posters to discuss the players and club face to face at any time.

OK, I'd meet ya. You see you bag others for making their personal critiques of the players.  And often the players deserve and need critiquing.  And respond to critiquing because they, are not so thin skinned to be banged up personally. 

You wanna meet before or after a game, I'm in.  A quiet beer, or a pie in the face who cares.  You put it out there.   And i'm here.

(edit: spelling.)

Edited February 29, 20205 yr by MyFavouriteMartian

Hunty was one of the first people out there for pre-season coming back with the first to fourth years, and he's rarely missed a training session. I think he's a bit miffed playing with the reserves after all the hard work he's put in on the track over summer. 

I'm hopeful he'll get his confidence back, because when he was playing HBF in 16/17, breaking lines and doing courageous spoils, he was one of my favourite's to watch. 

  On 29/02/2020 at 11:20, Caligula's cohort said:

Hunty was one of the first people out there for pre-season coming back with the first to fourth years, and he's rarely missed a training session. I think he's a bit miffed playing with the reserves after all the hard work he's put in on the track over summer. 

I'm hopeful he'll get his confidence back, because when he was playing HBF in 16/17, breaking lines and doing courageous spoils, he was one of my favourite's to watch. 

You have a personal connection to Hunty?

  On 29/02/2020 at 12:17, dazzledavey36 said:

You have a personal connection to Hunty?

Not really, but we have a chat after training every now and then. 

Frost traded out, now Hunt seemingly out of favour.

Will take a big turnaround to un-stamp his papers IMO.

 

I reckon Hunt’s okay. He’s very a good player, he just needs to be used appropriately.

He’s best 22 IMO.

 

  On 28/02/2020 at 10:09, drysdale demon said:

It is easy to bag players whilst sitting on the boundary.

And satisfying

  On 29/02/2020 at 10:45, MyFavouriteMartian said:

OK, I'd meet ya. You see you bag others for making their personal critiques of the players.  And often the players deserve and need critiquing.  And respond to critiquing because they, are not so thin skinned to be banged up personally. 

You wanna meet before or after a game, I'm in.  A quiet beer, or a pie in the face who cares.  You put it out there.   And i'm here.

(edit: spelling.)

No problem, I will pm you in next few days, 2 home games coming up. I am particular on which type of pie you might wanna place in my face.

Edited February 29, 20205 yr by drysdale demon
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  On 29/02/2020 at 05:41, DemonWheels said:

They’re amazing highlights. Fingers crossed he can get back to that level this year.

 Absolutely!  I'd forgotten how valuable he can be when he's 'on song'.  His dash and line breaking abilities are great assets, but there's limited opportunity to use them playing out of the forward pocket.  I suspect that he's being 'squeezed out' of our best 22 because he hasn't yet found a position to call his own.  His confidence is consequently down, and he's unsure of himself right now.  I hope he gets it back, because at his best, he can be a 'point of difference' player.

  On 29/02/2020 at 23:12, drysdale demon said:

No problem, I will pm you in next few days, 2 home games coming up. I am particular on which type of pie you might wanna place in my face.

No pie in your face, I was talking about your aggression, so pie referral is to do with my face, if you tend to be aggressiv

I'll meet, face to face, no probs.   I'm in Gippsland, but i have elderly friends in Portarlington, and Clifton Springs who I haven't visited for over a year.  So I need to visit Portarlington before Betty passes.

We'll catchup, and put faces to avatars.

he's been on the slide for a couple of years now. probably needs a fresh start somewhere else under a new coach if he cant find the form to get games this year. IMO he needs to try and reinvent himself as a solid reliable defender again, like when he first started. I remember at times he showed great courage throwing his body in and spoiling strongly down back, running back with the flight of the ball, playing tight and saving goals. but he seemed to get carried away with the more attacking side of his game then that all fell away, as he become less accountable of his man.

and just look at how that all worked out for Frost.

  On 01/03/2020 at 01:00, MyFavouriteMartian said:

No pie in your face, I was talking about your aggression, so pie referral is to do with my face, if you tend to be aggressiv

I'll meet, face to face, no probs.   I'm in Gippsland, but i have elderly friends in Portarlington, and Clifton Springs who I haven't visited for over a year.  So I need to visit Portarlington before Betty passes.

We'll catchup, and put faces to avatars.

No worries

  On 28/02/2020 at 22:55, Neil Crompton said:

This is what I'd like to see from Jayden again.

Straight lines? what a load of BS.

Wish we could see this from him again, but it looks like he's lost all sorts of confidence in himself.

Good discussion here and I think most of us want to see Hunt back in the team with his pace and burst style of play exciting to watch. If he can regain form, he’ll be a great asset, probably used off the bench.  Otherwise he may find trade suitors at year end. 

Gold Coast game last year, wouldn't have won without his attack on the ball in the last minute, twice.

Jayden knows this year he has to fight for a spot in the side

Up to you young man.....

some of the opinions about Hunt have me in the confusion room- again.

can we get some facts involved- i know it takes a bit of work- but it lifts the stadard of the discusison.

Fact 1- Hunt was second in the goal scoring behind Trac last year

Fact 2 - Hunt came 10th in teh B and F, so the club thinks he played better, during the year than 30+ other players

Fact 3 - his 24 so has plenty of time to get better, he is just entering the period when AFL players mature and stop doing some of the silly mistakes - yet a lot of people on this post seem to be prepared to write of his whole carreer

Fact 4 - "the need for speed" is now treated as a premium - Hunt is fast- his skills can get better - slow players tend not to get fast

i for one think he has a bright future at MFC - and that Torpedo is still a highlight for me 

 

  On 28/02/2020 at 23:38, ArtificialWisdom said:

His set shot is strangly better than his field kicking.

Set shot kicking is technically far easier than field kicking, the target is much bigger and it's stationary.  The problems players encounter are mostly mental.

TMac and Hunt are 2 players who manage this.

Edited March 1, 20205 yr by Fifty-5

  On 01/03/2020 at 09:58, Sargent Shultz said:

some of the opinions about Hunt have me in the confusion room- again.

can we get some facts involved- i know it takes a bit of work- but it lifts the stadard of the discusison.

Fact 1- Hunt was second in the goal scoring behind Trac last year

Fact 2 - Hunt came 10th in teh B and F, so the club thinks he played better, during the year than 30+ other players

Fact 3 - his 24 so has plenty of time to get better, he is just entering the period when AFL players mature and stop doing some of the silly mistakes - yet a lot of people on this post seem to be prepared to write of his whole carreer

Fact 4 - "the need for speed" is now treated as a premium - Hunt is fast- his skills can get better - slow players tend not to get fast

i for one think he has a bright future at MFC - and that Torpedo is still a highlight for me 

 

Frost finished ahead of him in the best and fairest, where is he now?

 

  On 01/03/2020 at 02:02, Win4theAges said:

Wish we could see this from him again, but it looks like he's lost all sorts of confidence in himself.

In that highlights reel he has space all around him or is able to run into space. He doesn't have that luxury anymore.

  On 01/03/2020 at 21:13, Lord Nev said:

Frost finished ahead of him in the best and fairest, where is he now?

 

That's an interesting point LN

I would not have traded Frost for what its worth  A few on here also wouldn't have. Not sure why Hunt would be in the gun. The highlight reel is fantastic. Here hoping he gets his attacking game back big time. Exciting to watch

  On 01/03/2020 at 21:31, Kent said:

That's an interesting point LN

I would not have traded Frost for what its worth  A few on here also wouldn't have. Not sure why Hunt would be in the gun. The highlight reel is fantastic. Here hoping he gets his attacking game back big time. Exciting to watch

I love Hunty, has some assets that if; used properly and put in a role where he can utilize them; make him a weapon, but looking at the changes we've made under Goodwin he just strikes me as one that could be on the line this year.

Given our well noted disposal and skill problems, I don't think just being fast is enough to keep you safe anymore, which is why I think the Frost example fits Hunt for now. He'll get a chance to show he can be more than that this year, so it's a big year for him in that way IMO.

Edited March 1, 20205 yr by Lord Nev

  On 01/03/2020 at 21:31, Kent said:

That's an interesting point LN

I would not have traded Frost for what its worth  A few on here also wouldn't have. Not sure why Hunt would be in the gun. The highlight reel is fantastic. Here hoping he gets his attacking game back big time. Exciting to watch

great highlight reel but just doesn't get involved often enough. He needs to double his output.