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Nathan (Axel) Foley [MERGED]
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Re: Nathan Foley
Nathan is now averaging 13 posessions per game for his 'career' and 14 this season.
This is with limited game time as I'm sure you all have observed.
He has more hit outs than Lance Franklin :hihi
Keep it up...all the charts heading the right way!
Nathan is now averaging 13 posessions per game for his 'career' and 14 this season.
This is with limited game time as I'm sure you all have observed.
He has more hit outs than Lance Franklin :hihi
Keep it up...all the charts heading the right way!
Re: Nathan Foley
Looks like it.
Is it fitness that stops him playing 90 or 100 minutes? He'd easily be in the top 10 clearance players in the league if he continued that type of output over more TOG (and be in the lofty company of players like Judd, Hodge, Mitchell, Goodwin, etc.)
Looks like it.
Is it fitness that stops him playing 90 or 100 minutes? He'd easily be in the top 10 clearance players in the league if he continued that type of output over more TOG (and be in the lofty company of players like Judd, Hodge, Mitchell, Goodwin, etc.)
Re: Nathan Foley
Wallace is using him perfectly.67 minutes is just right IMO.
It's about time we had someone to come off the bench week in,week out who can still keep us competative in the all important centre clearance stakes.
Any player who keeps Chaffey playing for Coburg is all right by me.
Wallace is using him perfectly.67 minutes is just right IMO.
It's about time we had someone to come off the bench week in,week out who can still keep us competative in the all important centre clearance stakes.
Any player who keeps Chaffey playing for Coburg is all right by me.
Re: Nathan Foley
You're wrong. The run and carry game, starts from the middle. It's great to have four to five different styles of centre/midfielders, makes it harder for the opposition to match up. Cogs, Tivs, Tucky, Foley, Johnno, kraks, Lids have different qualities.
Cogs and Foley are both similar in pace, Cogs has a tall and stronger body, Foley has quick hands, both are gusty.
CptJonno2Madcow2005 said:
You're wrong. The run and carry game, starts from the middle. It's great to have four to five different styles of centre/midfielders, makes it harder for the opposition to match up. Cogs, Tivs, Tucky, Foley, Johnno, kraks, Lids have different qualities.
Cogs and Foley are both similar in pace, Cogs has a tall and stronger body, Foley has quick hands, both are gusty.
Re: Nathan Foley
20 possies and 5 clearances in 60 min is phenomenal!
So if he plays a full game can we expect 40 possies and 10 clearances?! ;D
20 possies and 5 clearances in 60 min is phenomenal!
So if he plays a full game can we expect 40 possies and 10 clearances?! ;D
Re: Nathan Foley
a guy who gets the ball that often and we leave him on the bench...
what if he actually play a full game? i dont see what there is to lose by playing him for a whole game, what if he gets 30 - 35 possies, sets up a few? i cant see what there is thats holding him back..
stupidest thing ive ever heard, got a complete ball magnet as a player so he plays 40 minutes and sits on the bench?
im no genius but this is as plain as black and white to me...
get the kid on!
a guy who gets the ball that often and we leave him on the bench...
what if he actually play a full game? i dont see what there is to lose by playing him for a whole game, what if he gets 30 - 35 possies, sets up a few? i cant see what there is thats holding him back..
stupidest thing ive ever heard, got a complete ball magnet as a player so he plays 40 minutes and sits on the bench?
im no genius but this is as plain as black and white to me...
get the kid on!
Re: Nathan Foley
He's starting to get media attention, too. Mentioned amongst others as one youngster who has a long future in the yellow & black ahead of him. today.
He's starting to get media attention, too. Mentioned amongst others as one youngster who has a long future in the yellow & black ahead of him. today.
Re: Nathan Foley
why hasn't he earned a rising star nomination??? it's staggering when you compare him to some of the other kids who have been nominated this year. he's played every game this year hasn't he? how many kids eligible for the rising star have played every game this year?
why hasn't he earned a rising star nomination??? it's staggering when you compare him to some of the other kids who have been nominated this year. he's played every game this year hasn't he? how many kids eligible for the rising star have played every game this year?
Re: Nathan Foley
One of Pattison Meyer, Foley and White can be nominated this week
checkside said:
One of Pattison Meyer, Foley and White can be nominated this week
Re: Nathan Foley
Something that really impressed me on yesterday was Nathan backing up Tambling when he took on the Neanderthal (Rocca).
When Rocca slung Tambling to the ground after the whistle was blown, Richie jumped up and went him.....loved it, David and Goliath, and then the next thing you know there are 2 more Tigers there backing him up, one being Foley and the other I couldn't see (maybe Newman :'( ).
It is an aspect of the Tigers game that has been seriously lacking over recent years and was good to see the kids going in to bat for one another, suggests some serious comraderie developing down at Punt Road. And the fact that it was Rocca copping it, made it that much sweeter.
Carn the Tiges!!!
Something that really impressed me on yesterday was Nathan backing up Tambling when he took on the Neanderthal (Rocca).
When Rocca slung Tambling to the ground after the whistle was blown, Richie jumped up and went him.....loved it, David and Goliath, and then the next thing you know there are 2 more Tigers there backing him up, one being Foley and the other I couldn't see (maybe Newman :'( ).
It is an aspect of the Tigers game that has been seriously lacking over recent years and was good to see the kids going in to bat for one another, suggests some serious comraderie developing down at Punt Road. And the fact that it was Rocca copping it, made it that much sweeter.
Carn the Tiges!!!
Re: Nathan Foley
He's getting his possessions competing against the 2nd/3rd rotation midfielders generally. He's averaging ~14 touches a game at this stage and has had four single digit possession games and three 10 possession games (7 of 12 appearances in other words). If he's going missing more than every 2nd game against the 2nd/3rd midfield rotation, then IMO he's not close to starting on the ball against the 1st midfield rotation yet.
Finally, he's not seasoned enough to spend more time on the ball than he already is.
Evo is right, he's getting the right amount of game time as it is and doing very well for us on occasion in the 2nd rotation. He's coming along steadily and overall has had a pretty good season, but he's nowhere near 1st rotation yet IMO...be another couple of seasons yet perhaps.
the claw said:
He's getting his possessions competing against the 2nd/3rd rotation midfielders generally. He's averaging ~14 touches a game at this stage and has had four single digit possession games and three 10 possession games (7 of 12 appearances in other words). If he's going missing more than every 2nd game against the 2nd/3rd midfield rotation, then IMO he's not close to starting on the ball against the 1st midfield rotation yet.
Finally, he's not seasoned enough to spend more time on the ball than he already is.
Evo is right, he's getting the right amount of game time as it is and doing very well for us on occasion in the 2nd rotation. He's coming along steadily and overall has had a pretty good season, but he's nowhere near 1st rotation yet IMO...be another couple of seasons yet perhaps.
Re: Nathan Foley
You seem to be missing the picture Rayzor - Foley is averaging 14 possession a game but not playing more than 60 minutes. That works out at about 28 possies for a full game which is OK in my book. I also disagree with your assessment that he plays against the second tier rotations. Usually starts on the pine but I notice Wallace inserts him when we need some centre clearances ususally when the game is in the balance. I think they can step him up a bit. I think he was viewed as a direct replacement for Campbell early on in the season but with Cogs out I think he can start playing 90 plus minutes per game. If he does, then, like Polo and Raines, he will give the rising star award a real shake!!
You seem to be missing the picture Rayzor - Foley is averaging 14 possession a game but not playing more than 60 minutes. That works out at about 28 possies for a full game which is OK in my book. I also disagree with your assessment that he plays against the second tier rotations. Usually starts on the pine but I notice Wallace inserts him when we need some centre clearances ususally when the game is in the balance. I think they can step him up a bit. I think he was viewed as a direct replacement for Campbell early on in the season but with Cogs out I think he can start playing 90 plus minutes per game. If he does, then, like Polo and Raines, he will give the rising star award a real shake!!
