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Blake Howes Re-Signs Until 2027

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Borderline insipid footballer, another Tim Lamb special

8 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

How so? Rioli done SFA today.

Because McVee’s mostly been on him.

4 intercepts from Howes. 2 score involvements. 170m gained from 10 kicks so he’s pretty much only going sideways. Panics under pressure. Doesn’t impact in the air despite plenty of height.

He’s pretty much just doing cardio out there.

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    10 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Borderline insipid footballer, another Tim Lamb special

    Because McVee’s mostly been on him.

    4 intercepts from Howes. 2 score involvements. 170m gained from 10 kicks so he’s pretty much only going sideways. Panics under pressure. Doesn’t impact in the air despite plenty of height.

    He’s pretty much just doing cardio out there.

    That's what Salem has been doing for four years, so Howes is in good company.

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    1 minute ago, poita said:

    That's what Salem has been doing for four years, so Howes is in good company.

    Salem on his worse day at least looks like he’ll win a one on one on the deck and wants the ball. Had a poor game today but has looked better this year. Howes has Salem’s apathy but no class. He doesn’t have a strength to his game to hang his hat on.

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    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    just another 'nothing' footballer

    good in the vfl; below average in the afl

    i thought he was better then majority today, id like to see him in the medium size fwd role think he would go okay he is not big enough to be a tall defender plus we have like 15 too many of them ffs

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    4 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Borderline insipid footballer, another Tim Lamb special

    Yep

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    3 hours ago, higgsy75 said:

    Best game for the club today I think. He’s put a couple of good ones together.

    Bog Average

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    Sticking the boot into a 20 gamer who took 7 marks, laid 6 tackles. 15 touches and had maybe one or two kicked on him is what this forum is all about! I remember Turner getting the same treatment. That aged well.

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    Howes was fine today and other then a turnover like majority of all our players ye was fine today.

    Only a goose would rate his game as 'insipid' as clearly they weren't even watching the game.

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    16 hours ago, Jjrogan said:

    Sticking the boot into a 20 gamer who took 7 marks, laid 6 tackles. 15 touches and had maybe one or two kicked on him is what this forum is all about! I remember Turner getting the same treatment. That aged well.

    When?

    Disco played one game in ‘22, looked ok, got knocked out at half time.

    He played 2 games in 23 and was fine. And whilst it was up and down he made an immediate impression last year in a foreign position.

    Repeated injuries are a concern and I’m a little iffy on his ceiling (is he good enough to be the main interceptor). But he’s always had AFL traits with his marking, the way he moves for his size and his ability to win the ball.

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    16 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Howes was fine today and other then a turnover like majority of all our players ye was fine today.

    Only a goose would rate his game as 'insipid' as clearly they weren't even watching the game.

    A good Howes game in the easiest position on the field is fine. A bad Howes game is a disaster that sees him throw the ball under pressure.

    He has 2 afl traits, he’s got good endurance and he’s tall for a flanker. The latter he doesn’t use right now, he might, but generally if you’ve got an overhead marking game you at least show glimpses of getting hands on the footy.

    The one thing he does do is mostly track opponents with reasonable discipline. Rarely wins contests with any conviction. Offers little in attack, if he could kick or break lines that would be nice but there’s no evidence of that.

    If this was year 1 or 2, maybe even 3 I’d be glad to have him. But it’s year 4 and there’s no significant progress. His contract extension is similar to Laurie’s on the back of some good preseason footy. It’s wishful thinking.

    He’s basically Cale Morton whilst being low enough of a draft pick not to get hate and high enough for people to think there’s upside.

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