#14 James Aish

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Back on Aish..

Going in for Hip Surgery

Only at Collingwood. Hammy tightness turns into Hip Surgery.

[HAL]

Oops. Too much data.

[blakis]

Better in the last round than the first.

Sure was. Come along way since start of season.

Was very sad had to end season with Hammy

Yep, he ended the season a much better player than at the beginning. I think he will be a solid player for us. Never doubted him at all, always showed faith in his abilities and now I am being rewarded.

I'm hoping that was sarchasm. Your comments at the start of this thread don't echo that sentiment.

[RudeBoy]

Players I feel safe with when they have the ball.

Tier 1
Pendlebury
Aish
Moore
Fasolo
Elliott
Reid

Tier 2
Greenwood
Grundy
Crocker
White

Tier 3
Treloar
Sidebottom
Blair
Adams
Goldsack
Wills
Phillips

Tier 4
Cloke
Howe
Brown
Marsh
Smith

I love your work Cam, but in all honesty there's just too many tiers for my liking.

[Dave The Man]

Back on Aish..

Going in for Hip Surgery

Only at Collingwood. Hammy tightness turns into Hip Surgery.

Hopefully last Donavoron's last Victim.

[Member 7167]

Back on Aish..

Going in for Hip Surgery

Only at Collingwood. Hammy tightness turns into Hip Surgery.

Hopefully last Donavoron's last Victim.

How can you put a hip injury down to Davoren. That is ridiculous.

[Tannin]

Which Smith is in tier 4? The one who plays for us is tier 2, pushing tier 1. He's a decent kick (not a Fasolo or a Pendlebury, but solid and generally reliable) but more to the point he has the knack of finding a spare second to steady and do something sensible with the ball. (Last week he had a bad day. First one in a very long time. Don't judge him on that, look at the totality of his performance for us in this, his first year.

When Smith gets it, you can relax. Nine times out of ten he does something unspectacular and sensible with it, which is all you want. He doesn't do the spectacularly clever pin-point pass no-one else even saw the way Leon used to all day long and our very best current ball users (Pendlebury, Fasolo, Sidebottom if he doesn't buggerise round wasting time and chipping it backwards the way he used to) do, Smith just plays good, positive football, getting to a teammate closer to goal. That's more than enough, and way more than some of our disposal butchers in the back half do.

Aish is young yet, but his disposal is a delight to watch. Very much looking forward to seeing his development over the next couple of years.

[Cam]

I like Smith, he plays good solid football. Except in the last 10 minutes of games when he has slipped over, missed marks, overrun balls or been flatfooted in crucial times in at least 3 winnable games this year. Cut that out of his game and I'll trust him more in crunch time.

[Monco Matt]

Sure was. Come along way since start of season.

Was very sad had to end season with Hammy

Yep, he ended the season a much better player than at the beginning. I think he will be a solid player for us. Never doubted him at all, always showed faith in his abilities and now I am being rewarded.

I'm hoping that was sarchasm. Your comments at the start of this thread don't echo that sentiment.

Most perceptive of you.

[Dark Beanie]

Back on Aish..
Only at Collingwood. Hammy tightness turns into Hip Surgery.

Hopefully last Donavoron's last Victim.

How can you put a hip injury down to Davoren. That is ridiculous.

Have to blame someone, it seems to be the Aussie way these days.

[inxs88]

I remember in 2007 Paul Medhurst against Fremantle on a Friday night copped a heavy knock before handballing off to a Pies teammate resulting in a Collingwood goal.

James Aish attack on the ball tonight in a 50:50 was huge in neutralizing an important contest at a vital time. This is exactly what his career needed. Full respect!

[Monco Matt]

Agree. Was the best thing has done for the team. Shame it ended his night though. Would have been better if he got up and thumped Hodge in the mouth first if he knew his jaw was cracked and was gonna miss a month anyway. But either way, it was a significant moment and it probably gave us a spark.

[BazBoy]

Cant think of many fair dinkum bloke,s that would
not want to belt that pea heart Hodge

I certainly would

[BazBoy]

More important than dwelling on Hodge
Who comes in for Aish

[Presti35]

^
One of:
C. Brown
K. Kirby
B. Crocker
M. Scharenberg (Not a position-match tho)

NOT:
C. Mayne
J. Ramsay
T. Broomhead