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Sam Weideman has been delisted

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35 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Everyone always focusses on the mongrel like it’s 1985 but to me big Sam had 3 issues:

1. Confidence, you could see it drain from his body. Even with a fresh start at Essendon he looked so much better until the year went on and he struggled again

2. Mobility. This was hurt by the repeated injuries he suffered, even before he was drafted. You have to be able to turn, jump, explode on the lead to beat key defenders these days. Young Weid had a bit of burst but it never developed.

3. Reading of the play. Was never easy in the Melbourne forward line but Sam always seemed a step behind the play to lead up at the ball or to pick the flight of the footy in the air. He wasn’t overtly physical but he was brave in the air and could crash a pack, but so often defenders had done him in before the contest was even occuring.

Decent assessment. Reading the footy in flight was a major issue.  I sometimes wondered if we should have sent him to Specsavers. 

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    I remember his last game for us against Freo at Optus in 2022. 1 kick, 1 mark and 1 goal all in the second half. He was so bad that day he couldn’t get up the energy to celebrate his goal which came at a handy moment for us. Was lucky to squeeze an extra couple of seasons with the bombers. He only played one game in defence this season in round 24 and looked hopeless and resigned to his fate. He knew his career was over. Best wishes for the future.

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    1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Everyone always focusses on the mongrel like it’s 1985 but to me big Sam had 3 issues:

    1. Confidence, you could see it drain from his body. Even with a fresh start at Essendon he looked so much better until the year went on and he struggled again

    2. Mobility. This was hurt by the repeated injuries he suffered, even before he was drafted. You have to be able to turn, jump, explode on the lead to beat key defenders these days. Young Weid had a bit of burst but it never developed.

    3. Reading of the play. Was never easy in the Melbourne forward line but Sam always seemed a step behind the play to lead up at the ball or to pick the flight of the footy in the air. He wasn’t overtly physical but he was brave in the air and could crash a pack, but so often defenders had done him in before the contest was even occuring.

    He was a double grabber. Could rarely take a one grab mark and that I am afraid is a death sentence in AFL 

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    49 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    He was a double grabber. Could rarely take a one grab mark and that I am afraid is a death sentence in AFL 

    Not always a death sentence. Buddy says hello.

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    11 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

    Not always a death sentence. Buddy says hello.

    Difference is Buddy was aggressive at the ball and had a lot more skills.

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    Just now, demon3165 said:

    Difference is Buddy was aggressive at the ball and had a lot more skills.

    Couldn’t agree more.  He was also so quick he had time for 2 grabs.  And Buddy had super confidence whereas Weid had none.  

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    2 hours ago, Kent said:

    Tall guys take time right?

     

    Good Luck Sam was never going to be

    Better footballer than your mate ( namesake) 

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    24 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

    Not always a death sentence. Buddy says hello.

    Buddy was the greatest double grabber to ever play the game.

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    2 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Everyone always focusses on the mongrel like it’s 1985 but to me big Sam had 3 issues:

    1. Confidence, you could see it drain from his body. Even with a fresh start at Essendon he looked so much better until the year went on and he struggled again

    2. Mobility. This was hurt by the repeated injuries he suffered, even before he was drafted. You have to be able to turn, jump, explode on the lead to beat key defenders these days. Young Weid had a bit of burst but it never developed.

    3. Reading of the play. Was never easy in the Melbourne forward line but Sam always seemed a step behind the play to lead up at the ball or to pick the flight of the footy in the air. He wasn’t overtly physical but he was brave in the air and could crash a pack, but so often defenders had done him in before the contest was even occuring.

    He was petrified for a bloke his size.

    Prances around with no intention of getting a hard ball.

     

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    26 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

    Not always a death sentence. Buddy says hello.

    Buddy had already won the battle with his defender by then.

    Weids would always allow a late spoil because he had no one on one strength 

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    2 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    Buddy was the greatest double grabber to ever play the game.

     

    15 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

    Difference is Buddy was aggressive at the ball and had a lot more skills.

     

    13 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

    Couldn’t agree more.  He was also so quick he had time for 2 grabs.  And Buddy had super confidence whereas Weid had none.  

     

    100%

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    12 minutes ago, 58er said:

    Better footballer than your mate ( namesake) 

    What has that got to do with anything wishing and hoping for Sam to come good was cruel and damaging

    Early decision required in this instance

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    40 minutes ago, Watson11 said:

    Not always a death sentence. Buddy says hello.

    Buddy could take a mark just not a pack mark but I get your point

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    3 hours ago, adonski said:

    Delisted free agent you reckon?

    On average it usually takes till the 3rd or 4th post for someone to suggest it. Good job adonski 😄

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    2 hours ago, DubDee said:

    Kneed Moore in the back too. Great pic!

    Taught him everything he knows?

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    3 hours ago, COOLX said:

    I would offer him a rookie position and only play him defence.

    Would’ve been much better off doing that with Tomlinson (especially given the Weid has never played in defence).

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    3 hours ago, mo64 said:

    I'm really disappointed. It's one less thing I can ****can my Bombers mates about. 

    You'll have pick 9 to replace him with.

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    6 hours ago, John Demonic said:

    For old times sake, I saved this classic back cover + headline + photo from 2020

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    Always enjoyable seeing someone take a big screamer over that chick from Bend it like Beckham. spacer.png

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

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    Some keyboard warriors taking the opportunity to land a few kicks, pathetic on your part.

    In the draft there was supposedly 3 of the best young talls in a while, all pundits, commentators etc agreed,  Josh Schache, Aaron Francis and Sam Weideman, all 3 went top 10, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

    Interestingly the knock on all 3 is aggression, perhaps the game evolved too quickly for them. 

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    Genuinely thought he was going to be a star forward for us after 2018.

    As others have point out, the moment he'd drop his head his confidence would be shot to the point where he looked like his emotions was going to spill over.

    Good luck to him.

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    3 hours ago, BDA said:

    I remember that Geelong final. He looked the real deal. Wasn't to be unfortunately.

    Best of luck Sam in the next stage of your life.

    100% spot on (and he also backed it up with 2 goals in the Hawks semi). 

    According to the coaches votes Weid got 9 votes in the 2018 Geelong final and Harmes got 8.

    Pretty amazing to think that two of our lesser lights were our best 2 players in one of the club’s most famous wins this century.

    I also thought Weid was showing progression in mid 2020 season.

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    His tackle on the wing was the moment I thought he’d become an AFL footballer. He played out of his skin that night. Might watch that game again over summer. 

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    28 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    Some keyboard warriors taking the opportunity to land a few kicks, pathetic on your part.

    In the draft there was supposedly 3 of the best young talls in a while, all pundits, commentators etc agreed,  Josh Schache, Aaron Francis and Sam Weideman, all 3 went top 10, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

    Interestingly the knock on all 3 is aggression, perhaps the game evolved too quickly for them. 

    Settle down - no one said that they were bad people

    Can't critique footy ability?

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    I can't quite recall the reason for Sam's move to Essendon? Please correct me accordingly, but did he choose to go in the hope to seek more opportunity, while the MFC had preference to retain him? Or was it mutual?

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