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berwick boy said:
his pretty *smile*ing improved.
from ventrilloquist's dummy to 2nd most metres gained in 6 months.
stratospheric improvement
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Jayden Short
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his pretty *smile*ing improved.
from ventrilloquist's dummy to 2nd most metres gained in 6 months.
stratospheric improvement
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Jumping Jack
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Top 5 in kms travelled, so looking forward to see what people try to knock him on this week, given gut running is out of the question.
Jumping Jack said:
You need shorts Types in your team, beautiful kick, sensational runner, but has flaws.
He is the type of player that looks really good in a good team and he is the type that other clubs like.
I'm saying if a club came knocking and offered up pick 16 for him, you wouldn't take it.
Gold Coast? Brisbane?
What did freo give up for Wilson?
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zippadeee said:
Understand your point, but there is no way I’d be trading shorty, especially with Houli getting towards the end.
They used to tag Houli at times - wonder how shorty would go with a defensive rage.
He is only young and not yet played 50 games and iis having an impact. A pick 16 type can be a bit risky so if he keeps improving then then those little mistakes will hopefully disappear.
He is only young and not yet played 50 games and iis having an impact. A pick 16 type can be a bit risky so if he keeps improving then then those little mistakes will hopefully disappear.
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IanG said:
Pretty rough there. Umpire gave away one, as he clearly didn't go over 15 metres.
And the other, Prestia can take a bit of blame for, though it did highlight that Shorty's weakness is over head work. Perhaps the long distance floating pass to him which he had to sit under while an opposition player charged at him wasn't the best option. Was it a mark? Looked close.
He's a strange whipping boy, Shorty. He does have a couple of weaknesses (strength in the contest /Overhead strength) but he won a couple of important one on ones and is quick, skillfull, links up well, deadly on both feet, a great decision maker, and a very good runner.
I couldn't believe he was called "the worst runner at the club" on this thread. Pure garbage. Covered the most distance of any of our players bar Lambert last night.
That's almost the opposite of worst.
I actually see him as a Houli upgrade. He's a less familiar and practiced with his weaknesses than Houli (who has become quite good overhead, though still shaky one on one), but unlike Houli he's actually very good at his strengths. Short is a better kick, a longer kick, hits more targets, fumbles less, and hits the scoreboard more.
I'm not meaning to denigrate Houli. He is experienced, and stood up on the biggest stage in the biggest way.
But Short is arguably an upgrade. Which says a bit.
Got a long slow ball sat on his head n still almost held the mark, seen plenty of bigger n better overhead players lose that type of contest. One massive brain fart donated a nice hot chip with sauce on top for the big Albatross Jenkins. Apart from that Shorty had a very good game, plenty of run n carry, distribution to advantage plus a sausage of his own. Very composed n growing nicely for about thirty games played.
zippadeee said:
Disagree with you there Zips, Houli is not a close marking defender so to claim that he beats opponents one on one is very subjective.
I haven't seen too many contested marks from Houli.
Houli's strengths are his long kicking and run from defence. His short passes are hit and miss.
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