Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
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Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
As per the title: kid has class, aggro, skills to burn, strength, and a massive future.
Make him captain and watch him soar and demand the same of the team.
Disagree if you like.
Make him captain and watch him soar and demand the same of the team.
Disagree if you like.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
Leadership qualities seem important in that role. Any comment on those?
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
VFL player with a few tricks, but needs to go up a lot of rungs on the ladder to be an effective player for us.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
Yeah, captain of Sandy would teach him to play responsibly, but would happen to Sandy on those occasions when he is required by St Kilda.
He definitely needs to learn to play responsibly
- no more flying for a mark against a key position team mate
- no more leading into a hole created for the benefit of a real marking target
- drawing his opponent away from contesting marking duels
- If his opponent zones off then becoming a marking target himself
- getting to the drop of marking duels
- he already chases aggressively when the opposition has the ball
He just needs to do what Lonie tries to do but who often lacks sufficient physical presence.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
Not sure which is more realistic: this thread or your sig...
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
Easily best 22.
His marking one on one is class. So is his pressure in the forward line.
Looking forward to more consistency!
His marking one on one is class. So is his pressure in the forward line.
Looking forward to more consistency!
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
Doesn’t find the ball enough.
Last three games he struggled to get 10 touches
In the side because Kent is not.
Last three games he struggled to get 10 touches
In the side because Kent is not.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
His best is a class above anything else we have . But only brings his best maybe once or twice a game at most, and then goes missing for extended periods.
If he can get his hands on the ball an extra 6 - 10 times per game he will easily be our most dangerous and exciting forward.
If he can get his hands on the ball an extra 6 - 10 times per game he will easily be our most dangerous and exciting forward.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
So how many bottles did you consume prior to posting?
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
hold on, is it off season already?
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
A few... but not so much that. I was throwin' it out there to get considered debate. Most people took the post on pure face value, sadly.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
I agree with what you say, and I just get the feeling being captain could help him improve his consistency. It's a risk, but in the end a small risk. If it doesn't work, fix it the next year.Zed wrote: ↑Tue 20 Aug 2019 11:06pm His best is a class above anything else we have . But only brings his best maybe once or twice a game at most, and then goes missing for extended periods.
If he can get his hands on the ball an extra 6 - 10 times per game he will easily be our most dangerous and exciting forward.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
He's pretty vocal onfield but I think not as vocal as he would be as a captain.
Family designed the jumper - it's a great emotional link to the club and I reckon he cares.
There are different kinds of leaders. I think Ben would make one in the mold of Viv Richards. He was probably a better player than a captain (Clive being the opposite). But he was a great captain at the time, because his arrogance and individual brilliance made others around him better.
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
Ah, the famous rotating captaincy, how we miss it!
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
Yes, Sam Rowe will be selected in the ones
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
18 touches and 6 marks against Fremantle last week.
Miss that game did you?
That or just deliberately making up lies now...
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Re: Ben Long is our best player and should be made captain
And therein lies the paradox. That game against Freo was good, but the game before he had 4 touches and last week 9. one of his main weapons, his tackling has dropped off with 1, 2 and 1 in the last 3 weeks.
Dont get me wrong, he is 21 years old, and has some talent, but needs consistency to lock down a place in our best 22 next year. I think he will do that, but if as predicted, we pick up Hill and one other mid plus King is a third tall and Bytel kicks on, spots will become competitive, particularly for that smallish forward spot.