Billings

[SuperSaint]

Watched this guy all night. No point having skill when you have no heart to win the contested ball. An outside soft player of the purest form.

[CURLY]

Watched this guy all night. No point having skill when you have no heart to win the contested ball. An outside soft player of the purest form.

Get stuffed clown

[Trixilver]

Never seems to have enough space Billings. When he does he can use it well but most of the time there's 1 or 2 opponents right on him so has to resort to a quick handball backwards.

[SuperSaint]

Watched this guy all night. No point having skill when you have no heart to win the contested ball. An outside soft player of the purest form.

Get stuffed clown

No you get stuffed mate. I stand by what I saw tonight. He is an outside player who lacks hardness at the ball.

[Wayne42]

It was the Saints that kicked 13-19, not the Umpires, that's why we lost.

It's the guys having a shot on goal that can't hit the side of a barn..

[Bluthy]

It was Billings in that first half making so much happen with his vision and great field opening kicking. They shut him down in the second half. I think you get his endurance up and keep getting him chasing the footy cos he makes things happen. When he gets his talented team mates like Acres and Gresham and Steele surrounding him as consistent onball players we will be able to rotate some real quality through there and have another fab four to really create things from the middle.

[6621104]

IF you want to be a good player at this level you have to be able to get into the game - Billings is good when the game comes to him, I have yet to see him make a difference on his own. So I sort of agree with the post.

[Con Gorozidis]

Watched this guy all night. No point having skill when you have no heart to win the contested ball. An outside soft player of the purest form.

44 games
28 goals 35 behinds.

What skill?

[Impatient Sainter]

Not his fault we lost, but he does go missing when the team needs him.

[SemperFidelis]

Did you delete that post Con? Good move.

[BigMart]

Underwhelming

[shrodes]

IF you want to be a good player at this level you have to be able to get into the game - Billings is good when the game comes to him, I have yet to see him make a difference on his own. So I sort of agree with the post.

Yeah I don't disagree, but he basically won the game off his boot against the Bulldogs a couple of years ago. Need to see more of that in the big moments.

[Con Gorozidis]

Time to face the facts that Billings isnt going to be a star.
Might not even make it as an average player. < average at this stage and nothing has changed.

Best comparison I can think of is Nathan Brown from the Dogs/Tigers

Same age comparison:

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_p ... 1=O&fid2=O

[devil saint]

Did you delete that post Con? Good move.

That deleted post was absolutely disgraceful. Awful to speak about a 21 year old living the dream he is still working so hard for like that.

[Statsman]

I'm trying to be patient with Billings, but I'm not seeing enough signs often enough. Other than that one quarter against the Bulldogs he's never really taken the game by the scruff of the neck and really dominated.

[Con Gorozidis]

Did you delete that post Con? Good move.

Why?
Were you offended?
Offend your sensibilities and sense of decency or some other tribal identity?

[SemperFidelis]

Did you delete that post Con? Good move.

Why?
Were you offended?
Offend your sensibilities and sense of decency?

Yeah. It did. I think calling any of our players a corporate suckhole is disgraceful.

I think your talent with insults could be better directed tonight.

[SuperSaint]

IF you want to be a good player at this level you have to be able to get into the game - Billings is good when the game comes to him, I have yet to see him make a difference on his own. So I sort of agree with the post.

Thank you. You expect a hell of a lot more from a number 3 who has now been in the system for a few years. The Bont threw himself at the contest last night on 2 occasions creating goals out of nothing. Inspiring play and he showed this time and time again throughout 2016 and the GF. Billings stands back waiting for the ball and struggles to make the play himself. I've watched Billings enough times to be confident of my assessment of him.

[Wayne42]

IF you want to be a good player at this level you have to be able to get into the game - Billings is good when the game comes to him, I have yet to see him make a difference on his own. So I sort of agree with the post.

Thank you. You expect a hell of a lot more from a number 3 who has now been in the system for a few years. The Bont threw himself at the contest last night on 2 occasions creating goals out of nothing. Inspiring play and he showed this time and time again throughout 2016 and the GF. Billings stands back waiting for the ball and struggles to make the play himself. I've watched Billings enough times to be confident of my assessment of him.

Maybe we could trade him to Collingwood for their first round draft pick, that will be much higher pick than the Hawthorn first round pick we have for the next draft.

[SuperSaint]

I'm trying to be patient with Billings, but I'm not seeing enough signs often enough. Other than that one quarter against the Bulldogs he's never really taken the game by the scruff of the neck and really dominated.

The Bulldogs had run out of legs in that game and in that last quarter he had space and time to execute his skills. He needs to be able to perform when the contested ball is there to be won. Unfotunately, he struggles in this situation. Greesham showed a lot more tonight and I believe will pass him as a player.

[SydneySainter]

I think that Billings may be the kind of player who does the odd nice thing on the field and will probably warrant being in our best 22, but may not evolve into a star.

At pick 3, we definitely overpaid, but I think he can still be a handy player for us in the long term.

[CURLY]

I'm trying to be patient with Billings, but I'm not seeing enough signs often enough. Other than that one quarter against the Bulldogs he's never really taken the game by the scruff of the neck and really dominated.

The Bulldogs had run out of legs in that game and in that last quarter he had space and time to execute his skills. He needs to be able to perform when the contested ball is there to be won. Unfotunately, he struggles in this situation. Greesham showed a lot more tonight and I believe will pass him as a player.

What crap complete crap

[SemperFidelis]

I'm trying to be patient with Billings, but I'm not seeing enough signs often enough. Other than that one quarter against the Bulldogs he's never really taken the game by the scruff of the neck and really dominated.

The Bulldogs had run out of legs in that game and in that last quarter he had space and time to execute his skills. He needs to be able to perform when the contested ball is there to be won. Unfotunately, he struggles in this situation. Greesham showed a lot more tonight and I believe will pass him as a player.

I think you're right about Gresh. But at 21, I don't want to give up on Billings yet.

I'm hoping if he stays fit, his confidence will build and he will take it on more. I agree he needs to show more than a couple of good quarters each week.

[Wayne42]

I'm trying to be patient with Billings, but I'm not seeing enough signs often enough. Other than that one quarter against the Bulldogs he's never really taken the game by the scruff of the neck and really dominated.

The Bulldogs had run out of legs in that game and in that last quarter he had space and time to execute his skills. He needs to be able to perform when the contested ball is there to be won. Unfotunately, he struggles in this situation. Greesham showed a lot more tonight and I believe will pass him as a player.

What crap complete crap

Did you complete tonight's game with a crap ?

[Griggsy]

I want to defend billings but nothing he does is standing out that we don't get from others. A lot of standing around the edges with arms out waiting for it to fall in his hands. Had 1 or 2 truly damaging kicks tonight but his skills are meant to be his strength, don't know if it's enough.