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  two sheds jackson said:
I agree with him; Newton is very very good at kicking footballs and marking footballs and playing football on a football oval. I believe if I was playing a game of football, and Newton was on the other team and I was playing on Newton, then Newton would probably kick alot of goals on me because he is very very good at football.

Yeah he's not bad

but for a person standing at someone roughly 190cm, HE NEED TO LAND IN HIS HANDS!!!

Cant mark for shiezen

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  robbo king said:
Yeah he's not bad

but for a person standing at someone roughly 190cm, HE NEED TO LAND IN HIS HANDS!!!

Cant mark for shiezen

Please make reference to 2007 Mark of the Year.

Point proved.

Thank You

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Newton will certainly be a valuable player for us for many years IMO .

He has had a poor year because of injury and suspension - obviously being unable therefore to gain momentum .

There are , however ,giant upsides to the guy who is extremely young and inexperienced in football terms . He is very tall and extremely agile for his size; very smart ( albeit lazy ) on the field ; a huge , and usually accurate kick ;and with a body that is ripe for developing over the summer .

You don't give up on players of his size when there is so much to gain with patience !

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Still a country mile from making it at AFL level.

I hope he does but I am not holding much hope, will struggle this week against fletcher, Ryder and Micheal I reckon.

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  condemned 84 said:
Still a country mile from making it at AFL level.

I hope he does but I am not holding much hope, will struggle this week against fletcher, Ryder and Micheal I reckon.

On last week's effort, will struggle to hold his place in the team.

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i read somewhere he has played like 14 AFL games which is as much as Morton?

Is that correct?


Posted
  mousey said:
i read somewhere he has played like 14 AFL games which is as much as Morton?

Is that correct?

yes 14 games. he is in his second year of afl, but has been on the list for 4 i believe. he has kicked 20 goals in his 14 games, average 4 marks, 10 possessions and 1.5 tackles.

if you dont think those stats are pretty reasonable for a 21 year with 14 games to his name and a lot of development to do, then go to footywire.com and compare his career stats to the career stats of david neitz...

yes he needs to work a bit more. he needs to make sure he holds all those marks. but i think people have been very harsh on a young player who is still learning the game. give him time. i think he will prove his worth, but given the position he plays, his body size etc, he deserves another year or two on the list imo

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  H.B.K said:
There is one thing that I will point out that he needs to work on and that is his balance, if you watch videos of him playing late in the season, he goes to ground too often gor my liking and to fix this he needs to work not only on his strength, but also his positioning to enable him to be in the best position to take the mark or gather the spill.

He can't always take the screamer and as much as we would love him to, because who doesn't like a spekky, he needs to work on this aspect of his game

Otherwise Juice for GOD.. Fast becoming a fav player....

While I was correct way back then.. It is becoming obvious that not only does he go to ground very easily in a contest, but he also goes to ground when under little pressure as well..

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Beyond one mark and a couple of goals, he must be being "good" when im not watching.

Much work to do to earn a consistent spot at AFL levels. I agree he has the body and maybe the agility to get there but his ethic seems lacking.

When he is drawing the comments from commentators similar to what he was getting on MMM last sunday, he is not yet "good".

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i dont question his potential, he has the attributes to be a very handy player in the forward line.

The only question is his desire to be a better than handy player, to get better and work on his flaws.

Posted
  deanox said:
if you dont think those stats are pretty reasonable for a 21 year with 14 games to his name and a lot of development to do, then go to footywire.com and compare his career stats to the career stats of david neitz...

Seriously, you're not trying to compare him to David Neitz are you? One difference, Neitz was a gun as a junior. Second difference, I don't remember Neitz ever having short arms or going to ground as easy as Newton does!

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  Mattress said:
Seriously, you're not trying to compare him to David Neitz are you? One difference, Neitz was a gun as a junior. Second difference, I don't remember Neitz ever having short arms or going to ground as easy as Newton does!

Stats don't lie.

One thing you cannot compare is Neitz started off at CHB or the backline, so goals are somewhat out of the equation.


Posted
  Mattress said:
Seriously, you're not trying to compare him to David Neitz are you? One difference, Neitz was a gun as a junior. Second difference, I don't remember Neitz ever having short arms or going to ground as easy as Newton does!

look i know he couldnt tie neita's bootlaces, however, i think the point is valid. everyone keeps saying 'newton doesnt tackle enough'. 'newton doesnt take enough marks' 'newton doesnt kick enough goals' etc. but in reality given the position he is playing he is doing reasonably well, especially for a 14 gamer.

he needs to learn. he needs to improve a lot. he has a lot of things to work on. but he has shown, to me anyway, that in a team devoid of tall forwards, he is capable of kicking a goal or too. and for me thats enough to persist with.

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