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My 3 word player analysis V Collingwood


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2 hours ago, Monbon said:

Geez, you guys have so many 'expectation'. I'm not trying to be an a/whole, and I ask respectfully, but have you played much footy? I emphasize, I'm just curious...

No, I havent which makes me an absolute expert 😁

I like JJ and I think he deserves more game time than he gets.  But i rate him as a good honest foot soldier.

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23 minutes ago, Jontee said:

No, I havent which makes me an absolute expert 😁

I like JJ and I think he deserves more game time than he gets.  But i rate him as a good honest foot soldier.

Thanks for your answer: I appreciate your honesty. 

And, for the record, it doesn't mean I don't value your opinion, it just helps me understand your perspective. I've followed the D's since a958 when I was 8, I am very familiar with how easy it is to form opinions about the value of players and it's only since age had mellowed me that I understand there was a lot more in the world than I could imagine: same with footy.

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2 hours ago, layzie said:

Was this meant for me? 

I was also crediting his work rate when it was suggested he did very little. His 22 pressure acts helped to setup our intercept game in the front half. Not going to hear me say he did nothing!

Sorrow recorded. Appreciate your insight and your reply. My mistake.

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People keep calling for JJ to have a permanent spot, but the reality is he's just not quick or dynamic enough to be included over others.

Most teams have a slowish workhorse style accumulator - and they're almost always fringe players.  They can't really play forward or back, and eventually get overlooked for someone with more pace when the whips are cracking.

There's a limit to how many slower players we can carry at once.  With Tomlinson, Brayshaw, Gawn, Lever, May, Grundy we are capped out.  And JJ doesn't have height on his side.

If I was him I'd get out asap and try his luck somewhere else at the end of the year.

 

 

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15 hours ago, layzie said:

Far from his best game and I agree he can do more, he would know it too. His effort is there, just needs to get back to basics a bit. 

Someone should tell him then, because it's there as common as his magic moments.

This is coaching / guidance as much as anything imo.

It also seems that Kossi, having signed on again ,is now getting " less" time in the midfield again rather than the  "more" he (supposedly ) requested

Coaching 

 

 

 

 

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On 6/12/2023 at 7:23 PM, joeboy said:

Jordan - performed as expected

What I really wish is that player's names could be spelled correctly. 🥲

Also, I've never played AFL, but it doesn't mean I can't have a valid opinion.

FWIW, one of the world's most respected and commercially-successful golf course architects, Tom Doak, is an 11 handicapper who has never played professional golf. By contrast, not too many people like the courses designed by Peter Thomson as being far too hard. Down at the National they ripped one of Thomson's courses up because no one wanted to play it. It goes to show that sometimes those outside the professional game can have just as good a perspective. 

 

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On 6/13/2023 at 12:33 PM, Jontee said:

Yep a good ordinary player.  Has no elite skill and is not very quick.  For one who sat on the bench for 3 quarters did not have much zip.

Seriously??

thought he had a real impact when he came on

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