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Matthew Parker

bigwow

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Jul 24, 2003
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Liked his game, brings great enthusiasm, should be a much better player with more AFL midfield time which should allow him to gain a little more composure as he adapts to the pace
Yeah, if he stays, does a full pre-season, he'll be a handy bloke to have around next year.
 
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Bullarto Tiger

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He has a crack, has some skills (kicking a bit sloppy though), plays with endeavour.
Should play for the rest of the season and then we'll see if he makes it to pre-season.
 

TigerForce

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Liked his game, brings great enthusiasm, should be a much better player with more AFL midfield time which should allow him to gain a little more composure as he adapts to the pace
Yep. I reckon he'll be in our best 22 next season.
 

Harry

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Mar 2, 2003
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Gee he does 1 bad kick in the VFL and he's all of a sudden a poor kick. It's the Rance effect. His kicking is fine and some of his kicks today under alot of pressure were really good
 
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French Tiger

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Oct 6, 2004
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Giving more to the team than half of the other boys out there at the moment. Fair effort from him.
 
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yandb

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Plays a bit selfish when he has the ball in hand but is not used to our team first system.

His defensive game is right up there but is weak in the one on one marking contests and whinges to the umps when he loses.

I hope he is offered another year to see if he shed the rough edges and embrace the team ethos because there is plenty of positives to work with.
 

BillyJean17

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Jul 27, 2009
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Firming as a role player, consider his worth relative to Macca George or aarts . Personally I reckon Macca has had a poor year , too many piecing i50 straight to a defenders chest , crucial goals missed v WC and coll . So far Parker has impressed in that role, seems to accumulate ball a little easier than Macca or Pickett who have both platued on 13-14p his entries i50 good, 420m gained tells me he doesn’t *smile* around , he could Improve by holding his marks , once he cools his jets with some experience that’ll sort itself out
List management means you need output from lower paid players to get results , MP ticks that box
 
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daniel30

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Effort there , but poor kick is the issue how many we got in the side already like that
 
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T-Shirt Tommy

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Can't question his commitment , but seems like the type of player we would have recruited/traded for in 2013.
 
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Dyer'ere

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ATM he's got shock value. He's on players much sooner than they expect. He and Rioli are giving us the hustle we've been sadly lacking all year. He's definitely keeping his spot for now.

A running player.
 
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angle ankle

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Effort there , but poor kick is the issue how many we got in the side already like that
dou mean pace height aggression & tackling arent an issue?
weve got plenty that ry it - theyre just 5'10" medium paced & brushed off
& his kicking is not atrocious...ifit was elite he wouldnt have been traded