4 minutes ago, Young Angus said:

green banana analogy a good one

Demonlanders will find him a peeling when he's ripe.

A good game yesterday against one of the low teams in the VFL Doesn't make him yet ready for AFL. That is  his first good game. All the rest have been average on his good days. 2025 unless he strings 4-5 good games together. 

5 hours ago, Young Angus said:

Petty is pretty hopeless right now, he has a good game every now and then that keeps him in the frame but he's not doing well.

Jeffo coming along very nicely, glad to see it, can't wait till he's ready to go!

Depending on what the Crows offer us, I’d be tempted to trade him. Way too injury prone and inconsistent. Yes we are desperate for KPP’s, but he is not the answer long-term.

1 hour ago, Demon Disciple said:

Depending on what the Crows offer us, I’d be tempted to trade him. Way too injury prone and inconsistent. Yes we are desperate for KPP’s, but he is not the answer long-term.

Some games he is...1 in 5 games or so he seems to deliver, would love it to be more consistent and I'm sure he would too.

Edited May 27, 20241 yr by Young Angus

2 hours ago, Young Angus said:

Jeff will be gold but would hate to rush him, green banana analogy a good one, he comes in when the time is right he is a long term prospect and will hopefully be great alongside JVR.

this is what i hope as well, and ultimately it'll allow petty to return to his premiership / 'natural' position of defence

Showed a bit more grunt today, impacted contests, got involved and had a hand in a couple of goals, Could have had 3 or 4 today, but breakout game hopefully is looming. Anyone else notice the times he made good position but was ignored? At any rate impacted where he needed to!☺️

too weak in the contest and doesn't work hard at all defensively

perservere for the rest of the season but he needs a massive between seasons

For Jeffo to make it he needs to be able to nail those 50 % shots at goal. He doesn't have many other strings to his bow.

I thought in the second half today he showed a lot. But he needs to spend the summer learning to be a deadeye. His kicking for goal is poor, but he is a full forward! If he could become a deadeye, he looks like he might make it. Look at BBB - he never got a lot of the footy but for almost all of his career he was absolutely deadly with a set shot. That got him a Coleman or two. Jesse Hogan is the same. Jeffo needs to develop a routine that works and then make it totally habitual.

First year Jeffo was rubbish in the VFL with just the most minor of flashes.

Last year he looked fine in the VFL.

This year he’s looked too good for the VFL and mostly not good in the AFL with just the most minor of flashes.

He’s a year 4 or year 5 guy which is frustrating for a first round pick but sometimes that’s what it takes.

Even though he presented well today, he just appears to be not hard enough at the ball. For his role, this is a must.

He needs to get a hold of Thiltorpe's program from this previous off season. If he can add some size and wrestle with his opponent, he might have a chance.

Used to be OK at ice hockey too

41 minutes ago, biggestred said:

Used to be OK at ice hockey too

not pacey tho

I rewatched the game again today and was surprised at just how involved he was, took some heavy punishment as well but I guess he would cop a bit at VFL level. His handball to Ed to Chin and goal was excellent, I agree with Ollie, he needs improve his conversion as well and I liked that he lead away from the other fwd’s to create an option. Hope they continue playing him and Rooey together for the rest of the year providing they are both fit of course.

Why canna he kick a banana?

What canna he play on from the boundary and have a shot.

The people coming out of the Casey programme are years behind boys coming out of decent junior programmes.

Time to change it up in my book.

18 minutes ago, bluey said:

Why canna he kick a banana?

What canna he play on from the boundary and have a shot.

The people coming out of the Casey programme are years behind boys coming out of decent junior programmes.

Time to change it up in my book.

Jeffo came from Oakleigh/Wesley before Casey. He’s a nice snap, but also a very nice drop punt when he hits them clean.

I thought his miss to the city end was right on the distance out and angle that a drop punt is a perfectly good option. Snapping from outside 40 gets tricky.

His 4th quarter miss could’ve been either a left foot snap, a right foot checkside or a drop punt. Most teams seem to favour left foot over the drop punt or checkside, opening the angle up seems to be worth the higher chance of miskicking.

I need a much larger body of evidence before I’ll be ‘sold’ on Jeffo, but yesterday’s signs were encouraging! Play him for the rest of the season, and let’s see where that takes us.

I surely hope that @picket fence has been on the money all along!

Edited July 14Jul 14 by Deeoldfart

23 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Jeffo came from Oakleigh/Wesley before Casey. He’s a nice snap, but also a very nice drop punt when he hits them clean.

I thought his miss to the city end was right on the distance out and angle that a drop punt is a perfectly good option. Snapping from outside 40 gets tricky.

His 4th quarter miss could’ve been either a left foot snap, a right foot checkside or a drop punt. Most teams seem to favour left foot over the drop punt or checkside, opening the angle up seems to be worth the higher chance of miskicking.

Edited July 14Jul 14 by bluey
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2 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

I need a much larger body of evidence before I’ll be sold on Jeffo, but yesterday’s signs were encouraging! Play him for the rest of the season, and let’s see where that takes us. I surely hope Pickett Fence has been on the money all along!

I’m with you, I’m not convinced he will make it but I sure hope I’m proved wrong. The kid is still developing and is still young enough to persist with.

I haven't been able to watch the full game, but it's really heartening to hear Jeffo given praise because honestly the rest of the conversations have been far more negative (forgetting that he is a year younger than JVR).

I really want them to persist with him in the team, and I'm hopeful that with Petty likely to return they send Petty back to defence to cover May. Or at the very least keep him in the team and have JVR/Jeffo alternate as the second forward.

We have to give them time, if they don't make it then so be it but we can't say we didn't try.

Just now, bluey said:

  26 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Jeffo came from Oakleigh/Wesley before Casey. He’s a nice snap, but also a very nice drop punt when he hits them clean.

Interesting, I would have thought Jeff would have a go too shot from different positions inside the fifty, a drop punt from the boundary is low percentage .

Koz always takes off.

On 13/07/2025 at 17:01, Ollie fan said:

I thought in the second half today he showed a lot. But he needs to spend the summer learning to be a deadeye. His kicking for goal is poor, but he is a full forward! If he could become a deadeye, he looks like he might make it. Look at BBB - he never got a lot of the footy but for almost all of his career he was absolutely deadly with a set shot. That got him a Coleman or two. Jesse Hogan is the same. Jeffo needs to develop a routine that works and then make it totally habitual.

Is BBB still close to the club, the club that earned him a Premiership medal 🥇?

He has had some experience in coaching - could he help the errant forwards at least with their set shot routines.

Ben, where are you?

On 13/07/2025 at 18:02, GS_1905 said:

Even though he presented well today, he just appears to be not hard enough at the ball. For his role, this is a must.

He needs to get a hold of Thiltorpe's program from this previous off season. If he can add some size and wrestle with his opponent, he might have a chance.

Has he been involved with the Max Viney grappling programme? Worth a try.

10 hours ago, monoccular said:

Ben, where are you?

At Essendon.

13 hours ago, Deeoldfart said:

I need a much larger body of evidence before I’ll be ‘sold’ on Jeffo, but yesterday’s signs were encouraging! Play him for the rest of the season, and let’s see where that takes us.

Jeffo needs a larger body too.

Definitely some positive signs in terms of forward half movement and marks. Just needs to nab a few more goals and the year on a high.

And hit the ground (and weight room) running hard in 2026.

Thought he was great, loved to see it, was being spotted more and more and just needs to be kept in the side with his future mate JVR so they can develop together and just get used to the big stage properly. He's a great kick in VFL, I'm sure he can be at AFL too. Hope he just puts on some more size because that would surely help.