Brendan Goddard
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Brendan Goddard
I'm sure many on here have heard it before but I reckon that Goddard is now our best player for the fact that his skills are the best at the club.
I found myself shouting to the players to kick it to Goddard all day yesterday, so good is his foot skills.
It's a real shame that there are not 2 more players with these kind of skills in the team as we would move the ball in the forward line sooo easily with 3 Goddards!!
I found myself shouting to the players to kick it to Goddard all day yesterday, so good is his foot skills.
It's a real shame that there are not 2 more players with these kind of skills in the team as we would move the ball in the forward line sooo easily with 3 Goddards!!
BJ goes about quietly collecitng his 22 possessions, 10 long kicks and 8 marks a game.
if riewoldt wasn't there, or we played a full time FF, i reckon BJ would be getting the accolades.
probably the second best mark in the team and the best kick in the team.
give him 10 shots a game from 50m and he'll get 7 of them in between the big sticks i reckon.
if riewoldt wasn't there, or we played a full time FF, i reckon BJ would be getting the accolades.
probably the second best mark in the team and the best kick in the team.
give him 10 shots a game from 50m and he'll get 7 of them in between the big sticks i reckon.
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with bj and rooey in the forward line and kosi floating around occassionally....SaintWodonga wrote:He's an absolute gun... I remember when Gerihg 1st came to the club & played down back, I said "wait to he goes up forward"... Well I feel the same about BJ now. I'd love to see him in positions where he can hurt (on the score board) the opostion more often.
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I was down in Launceston about 3 or 4 years ago at an after-match function. I talked to a woman about who the best players were on the St Kilda list. I went for the pretty safe ones - she said Goddard.
I was of the view then that he often seemed lost on the ground - not knowing where he should be or where his opponent was. However, she was adamant that he was the best player in the team.
It was his Mum, and you can forgive her biases, but maybe she was on the money.
I was of the view then that he often seemed lost on the ground - not knowing where he should be or where his opponent was. However, she was adamant that he was the best player in the team.
It was his Mum, and you can forgive her biases, but maybe she was on the money.
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another we stole from the blues.... rumour has it shes a saint true and true nowcasey scorp wrote:I was down in Launceston about 3 or 4 years ago at an after-match function. I talked to a woman about who the best players were on the St Kilda list. I went for the pretty safe ones - she said Goddard.
I was of the view then that he often seemed lost on the ground - not knowing where he should be or where his opponent was. However, she was adamant that he was the best player in the team.
It was his Mum, and you can forgive her biases, but maybe she was on the money.
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there was a reason he went number 1.....brown-coat wrote:Football brain 100%.
Best long kick in the game.
This is the kind of player we should be looking to draft in 2009 and onwards because he sees how the ball moves and can create and setup punishing plays with his foresight. Much like Zinedine Zidane.
Excellent player.
agree, hard to teach someone how to read the game
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Will never be a forward. His marking "style" of ducking his head does not suit as he tends to take the ball above his head rather than out in front (remember Hamill, who could also jump). I would have hoped he would have improved that aspect after almost six years but not so (he did take one against Collingwood). He is much better coming from the back.
His foot skills are second to none at club, being one of only six Saints players who can kick both feet (cf Geelong at least 15!). Just why he looks for "no way out" handpasses to teammates is beyond me.
His propensity to try to "direct traffic" is also a major fault, holding up play and allowing the opposition to get back on the forwards. He, like Gram and Dal Santo, needs the in and under players to get it to him so that he can then kick long to position, namely right to a leading forward.
He is still only 23, so has at least 14 more years left in him!
His foot skills are second to none at club, being one of only six Saints players who can kick both feet (cf Geelong at least 15!). Just why he looks for "no way out" handpasses to teammates is beyond me.
His propensity to try to "direct traffic" is also a major fault, holding up play and allowing the opposition to get back on the forwards. He, like Gram and Dal Santo, needs the in and under players to get it to him so that he can then kick long to position, namely right to a leading forward.
He is still only 23, so has at least 14 more years left in him!
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the only player i rate higher apart from rooey and possibly max on our list is bj
bj for mine........i have always been a fan....next to banger he is our most consistant good player......better skills than all the rest too......
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BJ has always been a solid performer - and unfairly compared in the media with Daniel Wells who is a lot more flashy but nowhere near as consistent as BJ.
I think since coming back from his knee injury he has just decided to start imposing himself .. and I think 2009 will see him move up to level pegging with Reiwoldt as the most valubale player in our lineup.
I think since coming back from his knee injury he has just decided to start imposing himself .. and I think 2009 will see him move up to level pegging with Reiwoldt as the most valubale player in our lineup.
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Supporters should keep this in mind before writing off our other developing players. Taken him a few years to reach max potential.perfectionist wrote: He is still only 23, so has at least 14 more years left in him!
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I remember a few years back, these old ladies behind me at a game were giving BJ heaps of crap. I was only 14 back then so wasn't as obsessed with the team as I am now, didnt really know much about BJ, anyways, it seemed to have an impact on me and I watched him thinking 'yeah he aint that great...'
But now he's really coming of age. Gonna be a great asset for us for many years.
Not only a great player, but a great ambassodor (think thats the word) for our club,
But now he's really coming of age. Gonna be a great asset for us for many years.
Not only a great player, but a great ambassodor (think thats the word) for our club,
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I'm a pretty big fan of Goddard.
I still don't think he's got back the feel for the game that had him regularly looking a cut above before he did his knee. I am glad that he's been seeing more opps in the middle too - he was drafted as a big skilled mid, I think this is where he can really do damage. His skills mean he can play anywhere, but IMO it's as that extra gun midfielder that he'll in the end make his mark.
He can mark (even take a speccy), both contested and read the play well enough to get the uncontested. He can win the ball on the ground. His leading and tackling aren't top notch, but both are good enough.
And good lord can he kick.
I still don't think he's got back the feel for the game that had him regularly looking a cut above before he did his knee. I am glad that he's been seeing more opps in the middle too - he was drafted as a big skilled mid, I think this is where he can really do damage. His skills mean he can play anywhere, but IMO it's as that extra gun midfielder that he'll in the end make his mark.
He can mark (even take a speccy), both contested and read the play well enough to get the uncontested. He can win the ball on the ground. His leading and tackling aren't top notch, but both are good enough.
And good lord can he kick.
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perfectionist wrote:A real test of character is what a person does in times of adversity. After he did his knee, he would do anything just to be around the club and to help out. I'm sure I wasn't the only one to notice this.
a good footballer.......loves the game....and a good bloke to boot......
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hes definitely in our top 2 or 3 players. no doubt ( roo is 1 then lenny and bj).Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:with bj and rooey in the forward line and kosi floating around occassionally....SaintWodonga wrote:He's an absolute gun... I remember when Gerihg 1st came to the club & played down back, I said "wait to he goes up forward"... Well I feel the same about BJ now. I'd love to see him in positions where he can hurt (on the score board) the opostion more often.
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wetting yourself? we are 8th! just ahead of the tiges and the blues and the lions. imagine what youd be like if we were actually any good.
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I am BJ's biggest and number 1 fan and I can tell you that there is nothing sweeter than watching BJ effortlessly load up a perfect 50/60m pass lace out and hit Rooey on the chest so that he doesnt even have to break stride. It just doesnt get any better than that. BJ is a line breaker and match winner. He can do it all and on both sides of the body. When he came back from his knee it was like he had never been away. IMO the top 5 at the club at present are (in no particular order) Roo, BJ, Lenny and Fish with the 5th spot a toss up between Harves and Bally. This is based on current performance. (Bally was in top touch before that hammy twanged) If the others on the list could match the output and consistency of these top flight players we would be the outright favourite to topple the Cats from their perch instead of still trying to cement our spot in the 8.
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