Foot Skills

Sick Nal Danto · Sun 18 Dec 2011 2:19pm

With recent recruiting, One thing that is obvious is that we have recruited guys who can kick, Pelchen and more importantly watters both rate it very highly

So I'd go through our list (only player who have played 15 + games) and rate their foot skills. This might make it easier to decide on the best 22

Elite : Dal Santo, Goddard, Gwilt, Montagna

Very Good: Hayes, Milne, Schneider, Koschitzke,

Ok: Riewoldt, Blake, Fisher, Gram, Ray, McEvoy, Armitage, Steven

Poor : Dempster, Peake, Gilbert, Jones, Clarke, Polo, Geary

No coincidence that the most maligned player, are the ones who have poor foot skills

I think in order to improve, we need better foot skills as a whole

How do you rate our skills by foot ?

Siposstar#2 · Sun 18 Dec 2011 2:27pm

Dempster???
I love to have him on a flank having shots from 60, nails them everytime!

PJ · Post: # 1183882Post PJ » Sun 18 Dec 2011 3:02pm

Sick Nal Danto wrote:With recent recruiting, One thing that is obvious is that we have recruited guys who can kick, Pelchen and more importantly watters both rate it very highly

So I'd go through our list (only player who have played 15 + games) and rate their foot skills. This might make it easier to decide on the best 22

Elite : Dal Santo, Goddard, Gwilt, Montagna

Very Good: Hayes, Milne, Schneider, Koschitzke,

Ok: Riewoldt, Blake, Fisher, Gram, Ray, McEvoy, Armitage, Steven

Poor : Dempster, Peake, Gilbert, Jones, Clarke, Polo, Geary

No coincidence that the most maligned player, are the ones who have poor foot skills

I think in order to improve, we need better foot skills as a whole

How do you rate our skills by foot ?

I'd have

Demster - OK

Gram - Poor

As much as I love Lenny his kicking in general is IMO OK not "very good"

Monty - good not elite (he misses heaps of shots on goal)

Steven will have to improve to be OK

ralphsmith · Sun 18 Dec 2011 4:02pm

I'd also have Montagna as good but not Elite.

Dal Santo, Goddard 100% absolutely elite kickers of the football. What a pleasure it is to watch those guys kick.

Gwilt. Very close to elite.

bobmurray · Post: # 1183894Post **bobmurray** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 4:56pm

Siposstar#2 wrote:Dempster???
I love to have him on a flank having shots from 60, nails them everytime!

Not sure that statement is correct.....Ross played him as a forward a few times and he couldn't get the ball to go through the big sticks, however many shots he had.....Definitely a backman/tagger

saintsfreak · Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:03pm

Sippos elite.

jays · Post: # 1183896Post **jays** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:09pm

saintsfreak wrote:Sippos elite.

is a gun

savatage · Post: # 1183897Post **savatage** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:18pm

Crocker - Elite.

Dr Spaceman · Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:20pm

Sick Nal Danto wrote:So I'd go through our list (only player who have played 15 + games) and rate their foot skills. This might make it easier to decide on the best 22

Elite : Dal Santo.....

I've seen Dal Santo and no way is that a foot.

Would be lucky to be six inches!

Well someone had to say it

crippa2sipa · Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:21pm

In addition to Sippos, Crocker by all reports is an elite kick too. The 4 youngsters we drafted last year are just so damned exciting,..

skeptic · Post: # 1183900Post **skeptic** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:22pm

Clarke is an interesting one...

His football skills are very good but his decision making ain't great resulting in some poor kicking at times

crippa2sipa · Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:25pm

Sorry freaky, I missed yr post

clarky449 · Post: # 1183903Post **clarky449** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 5:45pm

skeptic wrote:Clarke is an interesting one...

His football skills are very good but his decision making ain't great resulting in some poor kicking at times

I have seen many dropped marks from him and kicks that go along the ground. He is poor.

Devilhead · Post: # 1183909Post **Devilhead** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 6:04pm

clarky449 wrote:
skeptic wrote:Clarke is an interesting one...

His football skills are very good but his decision making ain't great resulting in some poor kicking at times
I have seen many dropped marks from him and kicks that go along the ground. He is poor.

I've seen many courageous brilliant marks from him and pin point passes - He is good

clarky449 · Post: # 1183911Post **clarky449** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 6:18pm

Devilhead wrote:
clarky449 wrote:
skeptic wrote:Clarke is an interesting one...

His football skills are very good but his decision making ain't great resulting in some poor kicking at times
I have seen many dropped marks from him and kicks that go along the ground. He is poor.
I've seen many courageous brilliant marks from him and pin point passes - He is good

Yes i have seen many courageous things from Clarke. He has average skill.

Sick Nal Danto · Sun 18 Dec 2011 6:23pm

jays wrote:
saintsfreak wrote:Sippos elite.
is a gun

Lovely kick, but my prerequisite was at least 15 games

NO surprise that all of our recent draftees can all kick

clarky449 · Post: # 1183914Post **clarky449** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 6:26pm

Dont see how players cant hit a target anyways. It isint hard to drop the ball and kick a drop punt on to a chest!

plugger66 · Post: # 1183915Post **plugger66** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 6:27pm

clarky449 wrote:Dont see how players cant hit a target anyways. It isint hard to drop the ball and kick a drop punt on to a chest!

It obviously is or they could all do it. The pressure of the game on some players obviously effects their skills.

clarky449 · Post: # 1183928Post **clarky449** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 7:48pm

plugger66 wrote:
clarky449 wrote:Dont see how players cant hit a target anyways. It isint hard to drop the ball and kick a drop punt on to a chest!
It obviously is or they could all do it. The pressure of the game on some players obviously effects their skills.

Yes certain players. But a player like Jason gram who is just a dodgy kick should kick ALOT better. Also ive seen players at training under no pressure miss targets alot of times.

Sobraz · Post: # 1183929Post **Sobraz** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 7:50pm

Siposstar#2 wrote:Dempster???
I love to have him on a flank having shots from 60, nails them everytime!

Very occasionally kicks a long goal, but misses far more than he kicks... And same goes with field targets...

Don't really know where this goal kicking myth re Dempster comes from..??

hungry for a premiership · Sun 18 Dec 2011 8:19pm

I'd definitely remove Schneider from "very good" and place him in "elite." His kicking, both for goal and to team mates, is nothing short of immaculate. He kicks to where a player is going, not to where they are. Not just his kicking, either. His hand-passing is the same.

Eastern · Post: # 1183941Post **Eastern** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 8:28pm

skeptic wrote:Clarke is an interesting one...

His football skills are very good but his decision making ain't great resulting in some poor kicking at times

Agreed. Would put him in the OK-Good category. I'd drop Lenny from Very Good to OK-Good too !!

Rosco · Post: # 1183952Post **Rosco** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 9:30pm

hungry for a premiership wrote:I'd definitely remove Schneider from "very good" and place him in "elite." His kicking, both for goal and to team mates, is nothing short of immaculate. He kicks to where a player is going, not to where they are. Not just his kicking, either. His hand-passing is the same.

Agree on his goal kicking, especially for set shots in the 35 to 50 range - very reliable. Last time I went to the footy with my wife he kicked about 3 in that range. She asked me "Who is that little guy that isn't Milney?" I said "Schneider, he's about 40 out so this is a goal". And backed it up twice more.

Spinner · Post: # 1183953Post **Spinner** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 9:33pm

Montagna is not elite, Dempster is a great kick, and I'd have Schneider as elite.

bergsone · Post: # 1183956Post **bergsone** » Sun 18 Dec 2011 9:39pm

Gram...very poor

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