And IIRC, very fumbley on the first touch yesterday too...inxs88 wrote: Yesterday he exhibited his worst two qualities:
1. Holding a tackle
2. Contested possession
#32 Will Hoskin-Elliott
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WHE's worst trait is that he goes missing. He disappears within games and can go for weeks without really lighting it up.
Maybe it's a preparation thing. Maybe a development thing. This is his 7th year but he has only played 76 games
Looking back at last year, I think we did well to recruit him and we got him at a fair to decent price. On average, he is good for us but there is variance. At the moment he is going through a quiet spell. I expect that will change soon enough
Maybe it's a preparation thing. Maybe a development thing. This is his 7th year but he has only played 76 games
Looking back at last year, I think we did well to recruit him and we got him at a fair to decent price. On average, he is good for us but there is variance. At the moment he is going through a quiet spell. I expect that will change soon enough
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Will Hoskin-Elliott
Just a bit of love for this outstanding trade-gift. He has been a major part of our resurrection this year.
Fifth on the Coleman medal tally (one goal behind third and fourth)., and few of those goals have been over-the-top freebies. He scores from strong leads, 50/50 contests and he has a great set of hands. At the start of the year we were all wondering where our goals would come from. His consistency and capacity to cause damage has been a very big part of the answer, and he is becoming one of the league's elite full forwards.
So good to have someone able to pluck a huge pack mark in the square like he did today.
Fifth on the Coleman medal tally (one goal behind third and fourth)., and few of those goals have been over-the-top freebies. He scores from strong leads, 50/50 contests and he has a great set of hands. At the start of the year we were all wondering where our goals would come from. His consistency and capacity to cause damage has been a very big part of the answer, and he is becoming one of the league's elite full forwards.
So good to have someone able to pluck a huge pack mark in the square like he did today.
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It only took 23 games for Bud to deploy in a position that maximises his X factor!Mugwump wrote:Just a bit of love for this outstanding trade-gift. He has been a major part of our resurrection this year.
Fifth on the Coleman medal tally (one goal behind third and fourth)., and few of those goals have been over-the-top freebies. He scores from strong leads, 50/50 contests and he has a great set of hands. At the start of the year we were all wondering where our goals would come from. His consistency and capacity to cause damage has been a very big part of the answer, and he is becoming one of the league's elite full forwards.
So good to have someone able to pluck a huge pack mark in the square like he did today.
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Yeah, I think he typifies what the club has learned through the recent tough spell: we also need players who can beat their opponent through individual giftedness who are more than just cogs in a machine. Think the three Ds: Daicos, Didak and Davis.
I don't mean this in the obvious sense that a club needs to recruit the 'best' players. I mean that we need a good handful of players who run to their own clocks and cut against the grain, particularly when everyone else is flat and we're three goals down and about to be overrun. Eventually, we can tame them just enough that they can also play a disciplined role within the team structure.
We've been beaten by such players in enough grand finals over the years that you'd think the club would never forget this, but the pressure to double-down on control and discipline is difficult to resist.
I was just watching Bucks' press conference, and my Beloved One asked me why the team is doing so well. At that moment, Bucks said he views Stephenson a bit like he views his own sons when they play. I got the impression he meant more than the fact he is particularly critical of Stephenson; rather, he was also hinting that the lad is of special interest to him, a bit like unique and gifted players such as Leon, Didak and Tarrant interested Malthouse and even Eddie. These were different to the players Malthouse respected as accomplished people, such as Clement and Wakelin, and different again to those he admired for getting the most out of themselves, such as Licuria and Presti.
I think the lesson is that we can't ignore difference and passion in recruiting and coaching any more than we can stop thinking of elephants, as the cliche goes. Mercifully, the side is now more 'eccentric', and as a consequence it has more strings to its bow, whether be individual pace, skill or mongrel. This adds zest and zing to the structure and discipline.
I don't follow the threads on here like I used to, but I think those such as David and Rudeboy who criticised the club for over-sanitising its culture and recruitment were probably right. As were those like yourself and Stui who were more of a mind to give the club and coach time to learn their way through the malaise.
Regardless of how the season unfolds against higher-fancied teams, I think we started to mature as a club last season, and deserve credit for our ability to learn new tricks.
I don't mean this in the obvious sense that a club needs to recruit the 'best' players. I mean that we need a good handful of players who run to their own clocks and cut against the grain, particularly when everyone else is flat and we're three goals down and about to be overrun. Eventually, we can tame them just enough that they can also play a disciplined role within the team structure.
We've been beaten by such players in enough grand finals over the years that you'd think the club would never forget this, but the pressure to double-down on control and discipline is difficult to resist.
I was just watching Bucks' press conference, and my Beloved One asked me why the team is doing so well. At that moment, Bucks said he views Stephenson a bit like he views his own sons when they play. I got the impression he meant more than the fact he is particularly critical of Stephenson; rather, he was also hinting that the lad is of special interest to him, a bit like unique and gifted players such as Leon, Didak and Tarrant interested Malthouse and even Eddie. These were different to the players Malthouse respected as accomplished people, such as Clement and Wakelin, and different again to those he admired for getting the most out of themselves, such as Licuria and Presti.
I think the lesson is that we can't ignore difference and passion in recruiting and coaching any more than we can stop thinking of elephants, as the cliche goes. Mercifully, the side is now more 'eccentric', and as a consequence it has more strings to its bow, whether be individual pace, skill or mongrel. This adds zest and zing to the structure and discipline.
I don't follow the threads on here like I used to, but I think those such as David and Rudeboy who criticised the club for over-sanitising its culture and recruitment were probably right. As were those like yourself and Stui who were more of a mind to give the club and coach time to learn their way through the malaise.
Regardless of how the season unfolds against higher-fancied teams, I think we started to mature as a club last season, and deserve credit for our ability to learn new tricks.
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