Waste Of Space
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Waste Of Space
When Ryder kicked the first goal and Longer stood there transfixed, waving his arms to no where in particular and not even near the arc of the goals. He failed to put any pressure on and looked totally clueless. The writing was on the wall!!
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Re: Waste Of Space
... and zero pressure!
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
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He doesn't even do that.
According to the AFL website Hickey has been better than Longer this year in the ruck. 8.6 hitouts to advantage 4.7 clearances per game on his own vs 6.8 and 1.7 clearances.
Hickey has had 17 center clearances on his own and laid more tackles and more 1%
http://www.afl.com.au/stats/stats-pro#/ ... sonTab=h2h
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Re: Waste Of Space
He doesn't even do that.
According to the AFL website Hickey has been better than Longer this year in the ruck. 8.6 hitouts to advantage 4.7 clearances per game on his own vs 6.8 and 1.7 clearances.
Hickey has had 17 center clearances on his own and laid more tackles and more 1%
http://www.afl.com.au/stats/stats-pro#/ ... sonTab=h2h
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Re: Waste Of Space
Hickey better than Longer.....but face facts....we dont have a first ruckman.
In Marshall we may have a 2nd ruckman.
Play him for the rest of the season with Hickey.
Longer HAS to go...will never make it.
In Marshall we may have a 2nd ruckman.
Play him for the rest of the season with Hickey.
Longer HAS to go...will never make it.
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Re: Waste Of Space
Probably right but I'm not convinced Hickey is as bad as some say yet, the team has been playing terrible football this year and that never helps. He's been serviceable in most of the games I've seen and then he played one bad one and Richo drops him.
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Re: Waste Of Space
It’s funny, my match report of Longer at the Sandy vs Frankston the week before he came in copped a lot of criticism here...
At the time I said that despite being the dominant ruck, he offered little around the ground with the suggestion that there was little to indicate that he’d developed his game.
A few know it alls ripped in saying he was a physical beast that took 5 contested marks, got to contest after contest and was very physical...
Isn’t it weird that Longer could apparently play a game like that and then in the 3 games that followed in addition to the fact that he typically doesn’t play that type of game, completely fail at demonstrating those qualities again.
At the time I said that despite being the dominant ruck, he offered little around the ground with the suggestion that there was little to indicate that he’d developed his game.
A few know it alls ripped in saying he was a physical beast that took 5 contested marks, got to contest after contest and was very physical...
Isn’t it weird that Longer could apparently play a game like that and then in the 3 games that followed in addition to the fact that he typically doesn’t play that type of game, completely fail at demonstrating those qualities again.
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Re: Waste Of Space
Longer actually spoiled the ball in the marking contest and Ryder stayed down & ran onto it kicking a great goal.
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Re: Waste Of Space
He's always going to dominate hit outs at VFL level he's a cut above in that regard for VFL but his ball in hand and around the ground work is to be honest not even VFL seconds standard.skeptic wrote: ↑Sat 07 Jul 2018 9:45pm It’s funny, my match report of Longer at the Sandy vs Frankston the week before he came in copped a lot of criticism here...
At the time I said that despite being the dominant ruck, he offered little around the ground with the suggestion that there was little to indicate that he’d developed his game.
A few know it alls ripped in saying he was a physical beast that took 5 contested marks, got to contest after contest and was very physical...
Isn’t it weird that Longer could apparently play a game like that and then in the 3 games that followed in addition to the fact that he typically doesn’t play that type of game, completely fail at demonstrating those qualities again.
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Re: Waste Of Space
What I find VERY hard to believe is that 2 people who watch football could actually think Longer is any good. I just dont think that is possible.. The only conclusion I can draw from that impossibility is that
Stonecold must be Richo!!
We have Richo as a regular on the forum!
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Re: Waste Of Space
I think what you guys are not taking into account are the unmeasurables, which Longer measures very highly in!! ![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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Re: Waste Of Space
Are they the 0%ers??
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Re: Waste Of Space
True the stuff only the insiders see. The off ball blocking for example.
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Re: Waste Of Space
Yep. Even if you have poor skills you can still at least have a dip. Zero intensity
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Re: Waste Of Space
anyone who raps up Longer on here is mentally bereft.................
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Re: Waste Of Space
We have 2 half ruckman. Longer competes and does provide a physical presence ( put Gawn on his butt a few times last week) but gives us nothing around the ground . Hickey is a better footballer, especially around the ground but provide minimal physical presence and at times you question his want to even compete. Put Longer' aggression to the contest with Hickey's around the ground skills and we would have a good ruckman.
Longer to Geelong, Hickey to Richmond and go get Lycett.
Longer to Geelong, Hickey to Richmond and go get Lycett.
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Re: Waste Of Space
We should be throwing money at a quality ruckman, not another tall flanker.
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Re: Waste Of Space
Yeah sorry, my statement was just in general, I wasn’t referring to the Lycett post.
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