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Sam Lloyd
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Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
Still a whipper snapper in ruck terms, he's got really good skills for a bigman and can take a strong contested mark. I think he'll get some good opportunites in 2014.
tigs2010 said:
Still a whipper snapper in ruck terms, he's got really good skills for a bigman and can take a strong contested mark. I think he'll get some good opportunites in 2014.
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
Jackson said Lloyd could play midfielder and that's great but would we really need him to leave the goals?
Mids now include foley Jacko knights lids S Edwards Grigg Cotchin Martin Helbig Conca Arnott Ellis Vlastuin McDonough Williams Lennon and maybe Gordon. And that's with the rookie draft to be concluded
Jackson said Lloyd could play midfielder and that's great but would we really need him to leave the goals?
Mids now include foley Jacko knights lids S Edwards Grigg Cotchin Martin Helbig Conca Arnott Ellis Vlastuin McDonough Williams Lennon and maybe Gordon. And that's with the rookie draft to be concluded
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
I Agree with Bullus on this Topic tbh Tig's
Personally think that our mind was made up before the draft that at #50 we would take Gordon & #66 We would take Lloyd if they were available still
Personally if we had Wilson #50 & Templeton #66 with Gordon & Lloyd Rookies i would have rated our draft alot better
tigs2010 said:
I Agree with Bullus on this Topic tbh Tig's
Personally think that our mind was made up before the draft that at #50 we would take Gordon & #66 We would take Lloyd if they were available still
Personally if we had Wilson #50 & Templeton #66 with Gordon & Lloyd Rookies i would have rated our draft alot better
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
perhaps with the new interchange cap we want/need as many players that can rotate over the ground as possible, with the depth we have, although there's always more needed we would rather ready to go players as opposed to getting players that need 2-3 years to develope before they are ready to go. especially non KPP's
DirtyDogTiger said:
perhaps with the new interchange cap we want/need as many players that can rotate over the ground as possible, with the depth we have, although there's always more needed we would rather ready to go players as opposed to getting players that need 2-3 years to develope before they are ready to go. especially non KPP's
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
I know for 100% fact that didn't happen hence I've kept pointing it out. Gordon would have gone by 66. As did a number of other options we liked both at 50/66. People like to pot the club because we didn't take players they liked and tbh I can't be *smile* pointing out they are wrong anymore. People can just be upset about it.turk-d-tiger said:
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
Yep, to take it to the ridiculous, would we stil have taken Gordon at 50 if Tom Boyd was still available? Of course not. The club has a list of players in the order they would like them and who we get at 50 depends on what happens beforehand. I doubt we were always going to pick Gordon at 50 regardless.
tigs2010 said:
Yep, to take it to the ridiculous, would we stil have taken Gordon at 50 if Tom Boyd was still available? Of course not. The club has a list of players in the order they would like them and who we get at 50 depends on what happens beforehand. I doubt we were always going to pick Gordon at 50 regardless.
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
Contrary to the direction of thought, after only one VFL preseason I actually don’t see Llyod as a guaranteed ‘plug and play’ player.
Lloyd is old is age years, but he’s young in professional football years. It might take him a season to adjust to top level fitness requirements.
I am really interested by the pick, we’ll see how he plays, but we needed some goal kicking x-factor.
Contrary to the direction of thought, after only one VFL preseason I actually don’t see Llyod as a guaranteed ‘plug and play’ player.
Lloyd is old is age years, but he’s young in professional football years. It might take him a season to adjust to top level fitness requirements.
I am really interested by the pick, we’ll see how he plays, but we needed some goal kicking x-factor.
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
I like the pick, bush football legend, bit of x-factor, potentially has some upside because of his unconventional background. He’s an intriguing prospect and the worst case scenario is he doesn’t adjust to AFL fitness levels and is cut at the end of the year.
My point was that he’s not the typical VFL recruit whose done 3 preseason at AFL clubs and been around the ‘system’ for a long time.
GoodOne said:
I like the pick, bush football legend, bit of x-factor, potentially has some upside because of his unconventional background. He’s an intriguing prospect and the worst case scenario is he doesn’t adjust to AFL fitness levels and is cut at the end of the year.
My point was that he’s not the typical VFL recruit whose done 3 preseason at AFL clubs and been around the ‘system’ for a long time.
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
Intrigued by Lloyd's potential, but I doubt he's a plug and play.
Certainly not in the way dimma likes our small forwards to harass, pressure and generally scrap like junkyard dogs.
We're worried about kingy's fitness. All we had as cover this year was titch, and he was running mid.
Lloyd is depth only in 2014, and perhaps for his entire AFL career.
Intrigued by Lloyd's potential, but I doubt he's a plug and play.
Certainly not in the way dimma likes our small forwards to harass, pressure and generally scrap like junkyard dogs.
We're worried about kingy's fitness. All we had as cover this year was titch, and he was running mid.
Lloyd is depth only in 2014, and perhaps for his entire AFL career.
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
If he fails, he fails. At the very least we are targeting SLR's in areas that we have weaknesses in.
Method is fine, the right pick for the spot in the draft. Only gets a one year deal so the fallout isn't to bad if he fails.
These two picks are another indicator to me that we are trying to free up cap space to make a big swing at the free agency class next year.
If he fails, he fails. At the very least we are targeting SLR's in areas that we have weaknesses in.
Method is fine, the right pick for the spot in the draft. Only gets a one year deal so the fallout isn't to bad if he fails.
These two picks are another indicator to me that we are trying to free up cap space to make a big swing at the free agency class next year.
Re: Welcome Sam Lloyd
True but he played a full season plus state game in the VFL so he clearly has the fitness for that level. Add to that he has constantly played for the past few years in the country and mornington peninsula league, so yes he will need to build his fitness to AFL but he will already be at a pretty good level..if he is dedicated it won't be an issue.
Col.W.Kurtz said:
True but he played a full season plus state game in the VFL so he clearly has the fitness for that level. Add to that he has constantly played for the past few years in the country and mornington peninsula league, so yes he will need to build his fitness to AFL but he will already be at a pretty good level..if he is dedicated it won't be an issue.
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