Whats the deal with Siposs?

[saintbrat]

Needs to develop a tank this preseason, but my guess is he is playing out his last AFL contract.

Word is he and several others are already in the gym at Seaford- within guidelines- ( mr finnis) and working hard

[plugger66]

Needs to develop a tank this preseason, but my guess is he is playing out his last AFL contract.

Word is he and several others are already in the gum at Seaford- within guidelines- ( mr finnis) and working hard

Chewing or Bubble?

[Armagizmo]

Needs to develop a tank this preseason, but my guess is he is playing out his last AFL contract.

Word is he and several others are already in the gym at Seaford- within guidelines- ( mr finnis) and working hard

Great work to them. Would love to see us develop a culture of going above and beyond and creating genuine competition for spots.

[Con Gorozidis]

Well with rhys gone the club bench press crown is up for grab

[saintbrat]

Well with rhys gone the club bench press crown is up for grab

from chatter I have seen Farren's not trying for it...

[Wayne42]

The club is trying to un-teach Siposs bad footballing habits taught to him by a junior coach..

[jonesy]

To me he has always looked to have elite ability stuck in a sub standard physical body, he has no tank....similar to myself(without the elite ability,though my right foot was fairly ridiculous in it's time)

[saintspremiers]

Should be delisted. No good.

[SaintPav]

Needs to develop a tank this preseason, but my guess is he is playing out his last AFL contract.

Word is he and several others are already in the gym at Seaford- within guidelines- ( mr finnis) and working hard

Great and so they should.

Notwithstanding getting over an injury, If you're serious about training you really don't want to stop for too long. It's a bit like sex, the more you train, the more you want to train. It is very addictive.

[noob]

Unfortunately has no worth ethic or tank.

[SemperFidelis]

I hope he makes it, but am realistic about the fact this is looking less and less likely.

If he could get through this season without re-buggering the buggered shoulder I'd feel more confident that he'd been given every opportunity.

Isn't it 2 in a row he's had surgery?

[Richter]

Not enough endurance. Not quick. Doesn't read the ball in the air all that well.

He's a big, booming kick, but not a particularly perceptive passer.

He's a very ordinary AFL footballer. He'll be delisted at the end of 2015.

[skeptic]

Siposs has had the same issue as a few others at our club.

Over a period of instability, multiple coaches and differing strategies by different people... he's another whose development has at least stalled due to an unclear role and being pulled into forever changing directions.

As many recall, he started as kind of a medium forward, but one that was directed to get on the end of short passes rather than take contested marks... this occurred in RL's last season IIRC. This kind of turned into more of a small forward type role when plan A wasn't hugely successful and then in SW's first season, he became a running HBF.

For an entire off-season he was trained to get easy kicks off a HBF and kick to contests... he had what... 3 games in the role before being shifted back forward and then kind of being directed into more of a Ryan O'Keefe running forward/mid... which clearly he at least at that point was not ready for.
Since htne he's been in and out of the team generally playing in more of a bomb it into the forward 50m where he either marks or gets crumbs whilst at Sandy, he actually spends a reasonable amount of time down back I believe, often in a more 3rd man up role and running the ball out.

Whilst I don't know if he's good enough, I think our lack of vision has absolutely butchered whatever chance this kid had. He now has a season to settle into whatever role AR has in mind for him now.

Our use of him reminds me a bit of how we managed McEvoy... couldn't quite decide if we wanted a contested marking beast of a man ... or an athletic, get to as many contests as u can type... ended being neither too good with us

[plugger66]

Siposs has had the same issue as a few others at our club.

Over a period of instability, multiple coaches and differing strategies by different people... he's another whose development has at least stalled due to an unclear role and being pulled into forever changing directions.

As many recall, he started as kind of a medium forward, but one that was directed to get on the end of short passes rather than take contested marks... this occurred in RL's last season IIRC. This kind of turned into more of a small forward type role when plan A wasn't hugely successful and then in SW's first season, he became a running HBF.

For an entire off-season he was trained to get easy kicks off a HBF and kick to contests... he had what... 3 games in the role before being shifted back forward and then kind of being directed into more of a Ryan O'Keefe running forward/mid... which clearly he at least at that point was not ready for.
Since htne he's been in and out of the team generally playing in more of a bomb it into the forward 50m where he either marks or gets crumbs whilst at Sandy, he actually spends a reasonable amount of time down back I believe, often in a more 3rd man up role and running the ball out.

Whilst I don't know if he's good enough, I think our lack of vision has absolutely butchered whatever chance this kid had. He now has a season to settle into whatever role AR has in mind for him now.

Our use of him reminds me a bit of how we managed McEvoy... couldn't quite decide if we wanted a contested marking beast of a man ... or an athletic, get to as many contests as u can type... ended being neither too good with us

Everything you have written is fair enough but when he plays seconds he just doesn't show enough. Its a very ordinary competition and if he is good enough he should at least be playing well every second week but he hasn't. I don't know if he lost confidence or just isn't good enough. Probably just isn't good enough.

[ace]

Contracted for 2015.

[Sainternist]

Will be playing to save his AFL career in 2015. Hope he can show his full potential.

[saintspremiers]

Will be playing to save his AFL career in 2015. Hope he can show his full potential.

Or at very least help Sandy make the finals again!

[resaintlee]

He appears to lose concentration easily and drifts a lot of the time.

[arpstk]

Agree with that last bit he can drift but he shows glimpses of being pretty agile and able to read the ball quite sensational at times. Think he's a confidence player and will be good to see if Richo can get the best out of him...lets face it we should be critiquing the coaches.... not the 20 year olds what would they know about football. Come on Richo turn Sippo into a star!

[older saint]

I think with Siposs its a case of expectations overweighing ability. He was pick 75 in the draft - not to many of them running around beyond 2 years. He is a beautiful kick which everyone is bedazzled by, but beyond that there is a reason 74 players went before him.
Realistically at best he will be a good player who plays off half forward as a third tall . Reality is i think he will again play a handful of games in 2015 , show glimpses of brilliance ( which will be more about kicking than anything else) and be delisted at the end of the year.

To last this long he has done well as a pick 75 , just pumped up too much by fans and media.

Hope i am wrong!!!

[gringo]

Unfortunately has no worth ethic or tank.

It's pretty disrespectful to say that he doesn't have a work ethic when you don't back it up with any evidence. He obviously doesn't have a huge amount of running endurance or he would have been earmarked as a big mid or wingman but when I met him he was a very switched on guy who was aware of how he was seen at the club and what he needed to work towards. On the fan sites people tend to equate not getting games with being a spud. He was clearly rated much higher by Watters than Richo but that could be just a new coach asserting himself or favouring different qualities. Perhaps he's not getting a fair go as he is pre judged. Watters didn't rate Shenton but he is clearly seen as a player by Richo. Not always through any fault of their own.

[Wrote for Luck]

imo he has had an interrupted development but showed better signs physically when he got a few games last season.
I wanted him to continue to play but was dropped for form? or injury?
fact; when he's switched on he is a level above in the VFL. between the ears is the main issue I reckon.
playing for the same spot next year; Membrey, Siposs, Markworth
this is probably why Dunell was dropped.
last chance saloon.

[stinger]

What position should he play?

Perhaps a little small for a key forward, but it seems he wants to play as one.

189 cm........heatley was 188cm whilst plugga was 190cm......just for the record....membrey is listed at 188cm whist a true forward in jack darling is 191cm.....

[bergholt]

fact; when he's switched on he is a level above in the VFL. between the ears is the main issue I reckon.

Here's his VFL results the last few years:

2014: 10 games, 7 goals, named in the best 1 time
2013: 7 games, 5 goals, named in the best 1 time
2012: 7 games, 9 goals, named in the best 3 times
2011: 7 games, 8 goals, named in the best 0 times

Looks like he's been getting gradually worse since 2012. Certainly doesn't suggest he's a level above VFL.

[Wrote for Luck]

Milera was the same.