Watter on Gram
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Watter on Gram
in interview
"I admire the way jason plays"
"He will be absolutely a required player"
hmm...Coach an idiot, or a few a little bit out in their assesment of Gram
"I admire the way jason plays"
"He will be absolutely a required player"
hmm...Coach an idiot, or a few a little bit out in their assesment of Gram
coach is an obvious idiot who needs to be sacked.
Lance or James??
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It's called PRBigMart wrote:Did he have to say that he admired the way he played???
Did he Lie?
The question was about StK trading out a big name player such as Gram...
He could have simply said NO.
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Re: Watter on Gram
I never got the gram hate on here. There are many others that played far worse. Yes at times he was inconsistent, but so were many this yr...look at BJ. He is a talent, and a bit of tweaking in his approach could do wonders...BigMart wrote:in interview
"I admire the way jason plays"
"He will be absolutely a required player"
hmm...Coach an idiot, or a few a little bit out in their assesment of Gram
Maybe also the RL game plan didn't quite fit for him, and what watters admires is how he plans to use him (more offensively) in the new game plan....
So we have a coach who is not straight down the line and is a spin doctor....doubtful
or
He was actually telling the truth??
Maybe he actually notes that Gram has a very good career read....
He also liked Lynch....but at least one dope on here reckons he was hopeless...
All australian U18, Tested well at the draft camp, VFL Runner Up B&F, Played AFL footy.....but slow and hopeless
Whatever
or
He was actually telling the truth??
Maybe he actually notes that Gram has a very good career read....
He also liked Lynch....but at least one dope on here reckons he was hopeless...
All australian U18, Tested well at the draft camp, VFL Runner Up B&F, Played AFL footy.....but slow and hopeless
Whatever
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Even if you rate Gram's ability to get the footy and break the lines, "admire" is not a word you'd use when talking about him. He has the physical presence of a 90 year old woman with a hip replacement and Lenny Hayes probably works harder warming up on the bikes than Gram does on the field. An ability to read the play and a bit of natural pace isn't what I'd call admirable.
I'm very disappointed that we didn't take a pick for him if Carlton really were interested.
I'm very disappointed that we didn't take a pick for him if Carlton really were interested.
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Cuddles' mode of operation already on display. Publicly he will love all our players - he will make them feel good about themselves - he will make them feel wanted , and that they all have a part to play. Warm and fuzzy, warm and fuzzy. Talk about one extreme to another.
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Capable that's the key word isn't it? Jason Gram has looked very much like a player with a long-term injury issue in the last 18 months.
He's altered his game and his kicking style to such an extent that he's unrecognizable. The strange lobbing, slow-foot, kicking action he adopted for the last half of this season, very characteristic of younger players managing groin injuries, wasn't effective and he's copped plenty of criticism.
This has occured when we've reputedly had first class conditioning and fitness staff.
I hope he recovers his touch but more than that I'd really like to see him get fit. I hope he can.
He's altered his game and his kicking style to such an extent that he's unrecognizable. The strange lobbing, slow-foot, kicking action he adopted for the last half of this season, very characteristic of younger players managing groin injuries, wasn't effective and he's copped plenty of criticism.
This has occured when we've reputedly had first class conditioning and fitness staff.
I hope he recovers his touch but more than that I'd really like to see him get fit. I hope he can.
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I am of the same impression, Gram was injured in the finals in 2010 and has looked to be struggling since. In the GF that year he looked like walking was hard. His output, contesting the ball and disposal have dropped since. Misson didn't have a great year last year for "the best". BJ, Gram, Kosi, Montagna, Raph, NR, and nearly all our new guys were injured for long periods. Geary, Eddy, broke bones so weren't counted neither was Lenny's injury as his was circumstance not soft tissue.Hemi Baxter wrote:Capable that's the key word isn't it? Jason Gram has looked very much like a player with a long-term injury issue in the last 18 months.
He's altered his game and his kicking style to such an extent that he's unrecognizable. The strange lobbing, slow-foot, kicking action he adopted for the last half of this season, very characteristic of younger players managing groin injuries, wasn't effective and he's copped plenty of criticism.
This has occured when we've reputedly had first class conditioning and fitness staff.
I hope he recovers his touch but more than that I'd really like to see him get fit. I hope he can.
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Gram was great a couple of years ago, but hasn't had anywhere near the same output in the last two seasons. At times he seems to shirk hard contests as well, which is more disappointing. However, given we've not traded him I just hope he manages to get fit and produce the form he's capable of. We need him back kicking behinds from outside 50.
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Gram's best is brilliant. Hopefully cuddles can squeeze that out of him on a more consistent basis. Most of it's on Gram though. He's looked like he could lose a few thousand of his namesake for a while. That, and somebody needs to sit him down and gently break it to him that he's not one of the great shots in the game from outside fifty.
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As long as Cuddles plays guys on performance, and not reputation and past achievements, I don't think any of us will have too many complaints.vacuous space wrote:Gram's best is brilliant. Hopefully cuddles can squeeze that out of him on a more consistent basis. Most of it's on Gram though. He's looked like he could lose a few thousand of his namesake for a while. That, and somebody needs to sit him down and gently break it to him that he's not one of the great shots in the game from outside fifty.
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