Miles debut

[battye]

He looked good out there, he looked like he belonged at AFL level. A very solid debut I thought... his kicking under pressure will improve over time, as he adapts to the speed of the game.

[SaintSimmo]

better than dawson??

[S.A Saint]

agree was in the best dozen or so players...good first game and hopefully he builds on it

[noob]

was good to see he was having a real crack.

[StNoodles]

Looks like a player. Would take that performance every day of the week but I have no doubt he'll improve a huge amount with experience.

[Moccha]

I hope he gets another crack, he only fluffed one kick

[saintsareprettygoodhey]

Tall boy! Has a future ahead of him as a solid player I reckon

[starsign]

I'm impressed!!!

Well done young fella!!

[Statsman]

There was a lot to like about Miles. He definitely has some toe, is a good height and is prepared to put his body on the line as well. He looked a mile (pardon the pun) ahead of Stanley, Lynch and Heyne in terms of being ready for AFL level.

[sendmehomehappy]

What a pleasant surprise to see him play like that, especially on debut.

There were a few on here, in a recent thread,nominating him to be delisted at the end of the season. Not to blame them, who really knew; except the coaches and Luke.

Our depth for the finals, just got a bit better.

[Eastern]

Definately grabbed his opportunity with both hands !!

[SaintDebi]

A really solid debut I thought. A lot to look forward to with this young man.

[saintsRrising]

Very good debut.

Will have earnt him another year to make it.

[vacuous space]

I was really impressed by his game, but once again awed by his athleticism. His vertical leap is absurd. I don't think he did anything particularly special with it in that game, but it's pretty clear he can launch himself a lot higher than most. Maybe not BJ. I did say 'most'.

Those who want more speed must have been impressed too. I kept wondering if he might have been a better matchup for Cotchin than Dempster.

[Solar]

has pushed himself into finals calculations. Decision making was alot bettter then usual for him and has the leap and sped to play at this level. Good back up IMO

[Bernard Shakey]

I think Ross is asking himself "Why did I have this bloke as an emergency for half of last year and never play him?"

[Foz]

He played with a certain flair for a first gamer. I liked his attack on the ball and ability to spread - this allows someone like Gilbo to play a similar attacking role as the options build out of defence.

His one fluff of a kick seemed to be when he injured himself (hammy twinge?) took the mark and was quick to play on.

Nothing at all against Farren Ray but he is more a player who takes a mark, holds his ground, assesses option, looks to go backwards. Miles instead looks pretty confident to chance his arm.

[saintbrat]

here's hoping the pull up in the last quarter was mostly cramp.....

came back on as did Schneids

[Bernard Shakey]

here's hoping the pull up in the last quarter was mostly cramp.....

came back on as did Schneids

I'm sure it was cramp with Miles.

Schneids may have been embarrassment.

[saintspremiers]

needs to back it up next week.

Look at Steven - was a gun vs Geelong and now a reserves player again.

[CeilidhSaint]

Metric looked great - apart from BJ's mark was the best thing about the game. Reminds me of Rob 33 Elphinstone. I think actually we missed Dawson today when they have a key FF we are forced to put 25 on him and it just didn't work.
Good leap and quick.
Good to put on some poundage but as a mature age player may never do it.
Could be a good replacement for Raph and will be good for him to play only 5 games and be a premiership player!

[Pwoit]

here's hoping the pull up in the last quarter was mostly cramp.....

came back on as did Schneids

I'm sure it was cramp with Miles.

Schneids may have been embarrassment.

Schneider got a bad cork to the top of his knee and hobbled off ran out the game but had no impact as you would think

[sainta]

I was really impressed with Miles. I remember seeing him in the NAB cup games and thought he looked a good player so watched him closely.

He was willing to talk to his team mates, yell out to set up etc which some first gamers may be shy about doing.
He thinks and assesses the situation well, for instance there was a long bomb deep to the tigers forwards and instead of launching himself into the pack he noticed Taylor coming in from the side and went and blocked him legally from having a good crack at the mark uncontested.
I also like that he was confident enough to take them on. I love it. Big fan.

[SainterK]

Great debut, well done to him....nice to have someone come in and look comfortable at senior pace.

[Teflon]

I was really impressed with Miles. I remember seeing him in the NAB cup games and thought he looked a good player so watched him closely.

He was willing to talk to his team mates, yell out to set up etc which some first gamers may be shy about doing.
He thinks and assesses the situation well, for instance there was a long bomb deep to the tigers forwards and instead of launching himself into the pack he noticed Taylor coming in from the side and went and blocked him legally from having a good crack at the mark uncontested.
I also like that he was confident enough to take them on. I love it. Big fan.

Good call.

I too remember that NAB game and was impressed with him then and today again......clearly has the ability to cut it at AFL level....it will now be about consistency.....get that going and weve found something..