I meant his first few games in 2022 not just on his first game. Sorry for the lack of clarity in the way I worded it last night. It was obvious in the few things he did at times that he had that X-factor, special quality about him. It was more obvious in his Sandy games but it was there, just like Windhager but Owens was electric with some of his bursts of play.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 8:13amSurely you're joking. Was one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. Kid literally didn't touch the ball. (maybe once or twice) and looked all at sea. Was played in the midfield against the pies and ran around like a headless chook. Fast forward 10 or so games and he literally looks like he could be anything. No way you could see that from his debut though
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I always advice waiting to pass judgement after 7 games.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 8:13amSurely you're joking. Was one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. Kid literally didn't touch the ball. (maybe once or twice) and looked all at sea. Was played in the midfield against the pies and ran around like a headless chook. Fast forward 10 or so games and he literally looks like he could be anything. No way you could see that from his debut though
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Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 10:47amI always advice waiting to pass judgement after 7 games.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 8:13amSurely you're joking. Was one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. Kid literally didn't touch the ball. (maybe once or twice) and looked all at sea. Was played in the midfield against the pies and ran around like a headless chook. Fast forward 10 or so games and he literally looks like he could be anything. No way you could see that from his debut though
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If anyone was to take any advice from you, they would lead a miserable existenceVortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 10:47amI always advice waiting to pass judgement after 7 games.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 8:13amSurely you're joking. Was one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. Kid literally didn't touch the ball. (maybe once or twice) and looked all at sea. Was played in the midfield against the pies and ran around like a headless chook. Fast forward 10 or so games and he literally looks like he could be anything. No way you could see that from his debut though
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Right, yes, I see where you're going but 7 is the key number here, think about it:
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I don’t see it that way. Talent wise I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off. I just can’t see them winning many games this year. Come back to this thread in rd24 and we will see who was right lol.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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They do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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Had nothing to do with our pressureVortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:43amThey do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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Does that make us only just AFL quality??Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:43amThey do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
They still had 51 i50s
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So was the difference The Suns - or was it Our Pressure and solid all round defence denying them clear football at the scoring end.?
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I thought we looked mostly AFL, it wasn't the prettiest of standards in parts, lots of skill errors by both sides but where we got them was with our pressure and willingness to keep running and attacking the contest at speed. It actually looked like they gave up which will be highlighted in the media during the week.Sainter_Dad wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:50amDoes that make us only just AFL quality??Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:43amThey do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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Yeah that play sums up Howard perfectly for me unfortunately.
Basic skill error leads to a turnover, then running back he refuses to go with the Suns player and let’s him run passed and take an uncontested mark.
He’s fallen well behind Wilkie and Battle IMO.
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He would look better and cut down on rushed kicks if, after taking a mark or getting a free kick, he moves back his 10 or so metres as quickly as possible. It will open up his vision afield, give him space to kick and reward team mates who have already run to create space.
He should be dragged every time he meanders back from the man on the mark. Such a basic error, such a simple fix.
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IMHO He was fixated on drawing the 50 for a while and this is what has caused this behaviour.Ghost Like wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 1:09pmHe would look better and cut down on rushed kicks if, after taking a mark or getting a free kick, he moves back his 10 or so metres as quickly as possible. It will open up his vision afield, give him space to kick and reward team mates who have already run to create space.
He should be dragged every time he meanders back from the man on the mark. Such a basic error, such a simple fix.
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Howard very good again last night. A few of you get a bee in a bonnet about a player and continue to look for affirmation. Guy makes far less disposal errors than applauded players like nasiah and sinclair, but he cops heat? One clanger and it's that the garners discussion? Be happy we have him - he and Wikie work brilliantly together.
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Wasn't the impression I got from their coach in the aftergame presser. He seemed to think that the 1st quarter was the best they had played all year. He credited the saints pressure and their inability to handle it as a key factor in their downfall.Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:43amThey do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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Oh, he would say that wouldn't he.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:21pmWasn't the impression I got from their coach in the aftergame presser. He seemed to think that the 1st quarter was the best they had played all year. He credited the saints pressure and their inability to handle it as a key factor in their downfall.Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:43amThey do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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The bonnet wearers are a terribly fascinating bunch, some refuse to update to the more modern bonnet that prevents bees from entering but I find that's where the true entertainment can be found.desertsaint wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:06pm Howard very good again last night. A few of you get a bee in a bonnet about a player and continue to look for affirmation. Guy makes far less disposal errors than applauded players like nasiah and sinclair, but he cops heat? One clanger and it's that the garners discussion? Be happy we have him - he and Wikie work brilliantly together.
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I agree with Dew, 1st quarter was an even contest, GC looked like if they could maintain what they brought in that 1st then it would have been tight, they turned up their toes part way through the 2nd, waved the white flag in the 3rd. That's not lack of talent though, they have plenty of talent, they just can't find consistency, it could be the first coach kill.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:21pmWasn't the impression I got from their coach in the aftergame presser. He seemed to think that the 1st quarter was the best they had played all year. He credited the saints pressure and their inability to handle it as a key factor in their downfall.Vortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:43amThey do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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The skill error wasn’t the disappointing part, it was his refusal to go with the Suns player afterwards that is damning.desertsaint wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:06pm Howard very good again last night. A few of you get a bee in a bonnet about a player and continue to look for affirmation. Guy makes far less disposal errors than applauded players like nasiah and sinclair, but he cops heat? One clanger and it's that the garners discussion? Be happy we have him - he and Wikie work brilliantly together.
The pecking order in the backline is Wilkie - Battle - Howard at the moment for me, Howard has all the attributes to be number 1 tho.
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It's that one clanger that is a constant but easily fixed, IMO. That's on the coaches as much as the player. Defensively as a unit, they are very good but no team can afford any defender to continually make an easily fixable error.desertsaint wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:06pm Howard very good again last night. A few of you get a bee in a bonnet about a player and continue to look for affirmation. Guy makes far less disposal errors than applauded players like nasiah and sinclair, but he cops heat? One clanger and it's that the garners discussion? Be happy we have him - he and Wikie work brilliantly together.
It is very obvious this year he doesn't even look at getting the footy after a behind. Now that's an instruction.
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I didn't realise just how fast Howard is. Like greased lightning.
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Dougal did a few excellent field kicks, pin point, Sat. Brave, very hard to get a kick on, big body hard to move or get around. He's very good. Enthusiastic as a two year old.
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That would be the reigning premier?King Max wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:41amTheir only win was against the bottom team at home.Yorkeys wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:24amTongue in cheek?Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
Suns are a good side. Fast, good talls. They wont be last or close to it.
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Well, it looks like the messiah got that one wrong.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. Talent wise I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off. I just can’t see them winning many games this year. Come back to this thread in rd24 and we will see who was right lol.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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Not at all. Thought we were excellent in Q2 & Q3. Just think the suns are a really poor outfit. I don't see were all this proven talent is because to me their list on paper isn't much different to North's or the hawk's.The Fireman wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:45amHad nothing to do with our pressureVortex wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:43amThey do have a significant amount of talent but they played incredibly poorly last night, they were VFL standard for 3 quarters.Brunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 11:40amI don’t see it that way. I think their list is close to worse in the league. Collins, Miller, king, Anderson and then a massive drop off.Moods wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 9:30amAs Ross said before the game. They have far more talent than us. They beat Cats last week. They have some great players. Very strange commentBrunswicksainter wrote: ↑Sun 09 Apr 2023 2:17am Cannot stress enough how bad the suns are. They will go close to last this year, they were pitiful.
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