Seriously what is up with this guy?

I’ve never seen a 200cm forward other than Ben take as many two grab marks in my life, he doesn’t have soft hands at all, he could be an amazing player if he let the ball sink into his hands instead of trying to volleyball spike it every time he goes for a mark. And he is constantly outbodied unless the ball is lace out to him….. frustrating to say the least!

He needs a clear run and jump at the ball. The slightest body contact throws him off…………….but he is the best KPF we have at the moment.

He's well past it. 

He did alright in the finals and GF as I recall despite being so so early in the season last year. He’s here for the duration this season.

He will play some solid footy. Yes it’s frustrating, but he wasn’t far off having a big day yesterday.
There was one clear mark, the umpire didn’t pay. 
But we all know how corrupt yesterday’s umpiring was

He was good yesterday, constantly got hands to it in packs and outnumbered contests (his vertical reach in these cases is vital) and got his pair of goals, all of which would’ve pleased Goody. Not easy being the only real tall in the forward line currently, and wearing the best of the oppo’s defence, mostly in spoiling pairs. 

35 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

He will play some solid footy. Yes it’s frustrating, but he wasn’t far off having a big day yesterday.
There was one clear mark, the umpire didn’t pay. 
But we all know how corrupt yesterday’s umpiring was

When?

3 months of very ordinary footy this year & why does he get the luxury of continual games when others don’t?

1 minute ago, Billy said:

When?

3 months of very ordinary footy this year & why does he get the luxury of continual games when others don’t?

Simply that TMac is recovering from Surgery and the Weid is not a key forward 

I like the guy, but he was attrocious yesterday, and the previous round/s.

Doesn't bust a gut to get to contests, and when he does he just sticks an arm out lamely. 

Sadly not many (if any) other options.

I hear the concerns. He's down on confidence a bit but if he's chipping in with his goals then I feel he's still worth having. Would love him to clunk a few more marks.

It's hard to get him on leads at the moment but I'm confident he'll get his chances. Have faith!

14 minutes ago, layzie said:

I hear the concerns. He's down on confidence a bit but if he's chipping in with his goals then I feel he's still worth having. Would love him to clunk a few more marks.

It's hard to get him on leads at the moment but I'm confident he'll get his chances. Have faith!

I still think he will play well in September…. 

Brown of the Jonathan variety would struggle in our forward line with our delivery and game style. Fritter is struggling to have an impact most weeks

6 goals 7 in the last three matches - 13 scoring shots isn’t too bad when he’s been double teamed for most contests 

in comparison fritta has 5.3 and kozzie 4.0 

Brown is either out of form or cooked.
 

We need Brown to fully commit his body in the air or go with Weideman because Brown is a liability at the moment. 

Edited July 3, 20223 yr by Fat Tony

13 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

Brown is either out of form or cooked.
 

We need Brown to fully commit his body in the air or go with Weideman because he’s a liability at the moment. 

This comment contradicts itself

Hands like trampolines - the ball just bounces out of them. Seems to lack upper body strength. He’s not exploiting his reach the way he was last year. This is in contrast to TMac - I think they are much better in tandem 

His hands and judgement are shot -  couldn’t catch a cold - and decision making when he has the ball is poor -  needs to iron out game in 2nds

He needs someone to block for him to help him find space, TMAC was good at this. At the moment, he is 1 v 2 or 3. I think Brown/Gawn out has stopped him getting hands on it as he is our only dangerous key forward. 
Kicks to the top of the square are not his go either.

53 minutes ago, Billy said:

When?

3 months of very ordinary footy this year & why does he get the luxury of continual games when others don’t?

Runs on the board lack of a suitable replacement??

An ok game but needs a steak.  Easily moved out the way.

 

I think he's slowly finding form again. Set-shots have improved the last 2 weeks and at least he looks like taking a contested mark now. Before the bye he wasn't getting near it.

13 minutes ago, Canplay said:

His hands and judgement are shot -  couldn’t catch a cold - and decision making when he has the ball is poor -  needs to iron out game in 2nds

He can get this back I feel. He's still covering the ground well just needs the end product with a few solid grabs. Stick with him :)

If Max spends more time up forward, he’ll have fewer defenders to deal with.

Honestly I feel like some demonlanders are watching a different team to the one I’m watching. Our forward line instructions are clearly to prioritise bringing the ball to ground. You will see BB competing with 2,3 or 4 defenders regularly and halving the contest. If he goes up in a pack mark situation with soft hands he will only ever mark or be out marked, that is not our strategy. We play percentages and the number of individual goal kickers over the past couple of weeks tells me that our strategy works.

 He virtually never gets a block and without another genuine tall target he will rarely get space to run and jump. I’m not sure what key metric is telling people he is not doing his job, all I can think of is that his conversation on set shot, which is usually elite, is a little bit off lately. He does a power of work to get up the ground and provide an outlet.

 I’m honestly unsure what people are seeing that they could attribute to BB not playing his role.

Looks nothing like a fwd that could kick 50-60 goals

he doesn’t even kick straight anymore 

need to trade/draft key forwards

Edited July 3, 20223 yr by DubDee