I made this criticism late last year and I haven't changed my view. Nothing last night changed my view. He is predictable, his kicking is ineffective. He always tries to bust bust tackles and get onto his right foot. His kicking action is restricted, maybe by OP, and this means he doesn't follow through. The result is a kick with with trajectory that floats at the end. it is inaccurate and easy to spoil. The doggies couldn't capitalize on these turnovers last night but many times it has frustrated me in the past. I'm not bagging him, I just don't think he will be the gun engine room player that people seem to think he will be. Whaddya reckon?

I made this criticism late last year and I haven't changed my view. Nothing last night changed my view. He is predictable, his kicking is ineffective. He always tries to bust bust tackles and get onto his right foot. His kicking action is restricted, maybe by OP, and this means he doesn't follow through. The result is a kick with with trajectory that floats at the end. it is inaccurate and easy to spoil. The doggies couldn't capitalize on these turnovers last night but many times it has frustrated me in the past. I'm not bagging him, I just don't think he will be the gun engine room player that people seem to think he will be. Whaddya reckon?

The physio staff were busy on the sidelines working furiously on his groin during the game while he was on the bench.

IMO he is still majorily affected by OP.

Furthermore he is too top heavy.

He needs to trim down a bit in the same manner that Nathan Jones did over summer.

He is lacking fitness and game time and as a football club we can't afford to have a core midfielder down so much. If he cant get his body right over pre season he might not be worth anything to us. Travis Johnstone has been similar but atleast when he does play he produces the goods.

I will reserve judgement on him until next year, we all know the last 2 have been injury riddled and no real pre season to speak of, if you think back he was very effective in his first year with us.

I will reserve judgement on him until next year, we all know the last 2 have been injury riddled and no real pre season to speak of, if you think back he was very effective in his first year with us.

Correct, many people forget he finished 4th in the B & F in his first year with the club. That year was relatively injury free, and he has been dogged by injury ever since. Hopefully a full pre-season under his belt lets us see the real Beamer.

ther real beamer is hard and aggressive, with long kicking to our forwards

ther real beamer is hard and aggressive, with long kicking to our forwards

the real Beamer is hard and aggressive, with long kicking towards our forwards

I'm his biggest fan and I can be bias at times, but really why is he playing?

He clearly isn't 100% and why not let guys like Bode play out the year and rest Beamer until next year?

He is of no real use in this state, he can't run out a game, his kicking is down and his pace is down (He isn't naturally super quick but has reasonable pace, but with OP he is caught easily).

I also agree he should lose a bit of muscle to help his fitness and he'll be slightly quicker as well.

He has missed nearly 2 years of footy with OP.

FCS, we should give him every opportunity to feel the leather in a match when he is physically capable of doing so.

He has missed so much footy that to miss more he would have to re learn it out of a textbook.

If he is not 100% he should be rested so he has the best chance of doing a good pre season.

I tend to agree with Rhino on this one. Moloney has missed far to much football to be continually rested. With the end of the season closing in though, it probably would be best to put him out to pasture for a bit.

His first season with us was a very consistant one. His run from half back and entry into the forward line seems to have been forgotten, sure some of his kicks tend to come down with ice on them but generally his disposal was pretty good in that first year, he also had a bit of pace which he seems to be struggling with now under the OP.

He has missed nearly 2 years of footy with OP.

FCS, we should give him every opportunity to feel the leather in a match when he is physically capable of doing so.

He has missed so much footy that to miss more he would have to re learn it out of a textbook.

Thats the Key Rhino he's missed too much footy. To be an effective midfielder you need a huge pre - season and need to play every week.

2008 will be a deifying year for him.

Look at the year Jones has had, noted big pre season and I think has played every game.

Moloney is severely hindered by OP. He cant take off and stand up in tackles as well as he should. Go watch 2005 clips, and you will see that behind Travis (who won the Bluey), Moloney was our second best midfielder and had a consistent good year. He represented Australia in the international rules series against Ireland, and was picked due to his long kicking and PACE. He is hindered at the moment, but people forget that when he is up and going, he can work up quite abit of momentum and smash right through tackles instead of being caught. I mean it was only the start of this year he was having an impact. He was amongst our best for the first few weeks until his groin flared up. We need him to get over his OP, because he could be a really useful player for us. But you'd think if his battle with it doesn't improve over the next year or two, that he will be traded off or cut loose