Steven and Peake

Con Gorozidis · Sun 10 Jul 2011 6:51pm

Have been the two stand-out improvers for 2011.
They have provided the spark in the last 6 week revival for the team.
Well done lads and keep it up.

StGoddard18 · Sun 10 Jul 2011 7:43pm

I agree! Both have really stepped up. Great to see

Vazelos · Post: # 1102687Post **Vazelos** » Sun 10 Jul 2011 8:23pm

Steven is going to be a top level player. I am hoping Peake can maintain this high level and its not just a rich vein of form. I had doubts on Peake after September but he has been excellent. Well done to both of them.

Buckets · Post: # 1102690Post **Buckets** » Sun 10 Jul 2011 8:24pm

Been fantastic for the getting the ball and using it well!

saint66au · Post: # 1102691Post **saint66au** » Sun 10 Jul 2011 8:25pm

Concur and would add McEvoy to the list

Bardon Saint · Sun 10 Jul 2011 10:54pm

saint66au wrote:Concur and would add McEvoy to the list

Agree with OP and McEvoy being the 3 standouts.

Steven: Always have been a believer

McEvoy: Waiting, waiting but he's here and only getting better, love that kid.

Peake: Wow! Has really done some great things after making me ill during last years' GFs

Bernard Shakey · Sun 10 Jul 2011 11:13pm

Expected Jack to perform and he has in spades.

Pasties is a pleasant surprise and I'll have to find a new nickname.

Big Mac is going ahead in leaps and bounds (think I might have said that the last couple of weeks).

saintspremiers · Sun 10 Jul 2011 11:26pm

This is why playing even just one final is useful this season.

It's all part of development.

Tom_Sainter · Mon 11 Jul 2011 12:18am

High level of respect for Peake for what he has done this season... playing 2 shocking GF's then being dropped to the 2s early in the year would completely ruin most players... but he has fought back with hard work and effort... and thats all we ask for. Keep up the good work

Furphy · Post: # 1103001Post **Furphy** » Mon 11 Jul 2011 9:34am

All of the above!

Animal Enclosure · Mon 11 Jul 2011 9:53am

Tom_Sainter wrote:High level of respect for Peake for what he has done this season... playing 2 shocking GF's then being dropped to the 2s early in the year would completely ruin most players... but he has fought back with hard work and effort... and thats all we ask for. Keep up the good work

And being told that the only reason that you're still on the list is because you're contracted.

Kudos to Peakey, playing very close to his outstanding form from 2006.

dragit · Post: # 1103016Post **dragit** » Mon 11 Jul 2011 10:19am

I am baffled at how Peake has gone from a turn-over king to just a beautiful kick in a matter of weeks.
Confidence? Fitness?
I have been a harsh critic in the past and written him off, but I take it all back, he is playing some great footy and is well and truly in the best 22 at the moment. Great to see.

joffaboy · Post: # 1103017Post **joffaboy** » Mon 11 Jul 2011 10:21am

Lets be frank. Peake is a receiver with abundant pace. Not a critisism a fact. If he get that ball in space it is his job to find a target.

His disposal has been less than ordinary throughout his career and it is just not good enough for a "receiver". He has realised that this is it for an AFL career and must have really worked terribly hard on disposal because it has improved out of sight this season.

Good on him.

Steven is playing excellent football and i believe he is the reason Dal Santo is in a rich vein of form as well. Respect to Armo but it seems that Jack has taken his spot in the mids, which isn't a bad thing as Armo is still good enough for the 22, but can be utilised in a number of positions. I thought he contributed well recently up forward, and yesterday as a sub.

McEvoy is still only 21, and will be an absolute gun. Huge test against the WCE this week and will need some support.

fingers · Post: # 1103021Post **fingers** » Mon 11 Jul 2011 10:24am

That run that Peake made down the boundary line - the give and take from Roo - and then Gamble missing the goal. Great run.

Peake actually kept running and if Gamble had looked inside Peake was ready to take it and may well have kicked goal of the week.

Great improvement from Peake this year.

dragit · Post: # 1103023Post **dragit** » Mon 11 Jul 2011 10:34am

For all the waffle about Geelongs youth,
I reckon that Steven, Armitage, McEvoy, Siposs, Cripps, Winmar, Ledger, Johnson & Lynch will be at least as good as
Menzel, Duncan, T-Hunt, Vardy, Christiensen, Motlop, Brown & Guthrie

Time will tellâ€¦

Solar · Post: # 1103142Post **Solar** » Mon 11 Jul 2011 2:08pm

dragit wrote:For all the waffle about Geelongs youth,
I reckon that Steven, Armitage, McEvoy, Siposs, Cripps, Winmar, Ledger, Johnson & Lynch will be at least as good as
Menzel, Duncan, T-Hunt, Vardy, Christiensen, Motlop, Brown & Guthrie

Time will tellâ€¦

Interesting that the cats youngsters did not look great (outside of one or two) in a struggling side in the past two weeks.

Kudos to macca, had written him off as not having the right stuff after grand final 2 last year but he has made me look stupid. Good work.

Love peakes work and steven is a little gem. I think we will see los of macca down to steven action in the next 5+ years

prwilkinson · Mon 11 Jul 2011 2:20pm

Peake looks as though he's trusting his own ability... As though he's finally realised that he can cut it at this level.

Thinline · Post: # 1103191Post **Thinline** » Mon 11 Jul 2011 4:11pm

prwilkinson wrote:Peake looks as though he's trusting his own ability... As though he's finally realised that he can cut it at this level.

Agree. Kudos to the bloke. Am really impressed. His whole game was good but he had a patch at one point during yesterday's game that was truly elite level for a player of his type, and one instance where Gamble absolutely OWED him a finish but couldn't ice it which was a shame.

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