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Tambling and Aaron Davey

Needs to put on a bit of weight then Tambling. Wells and McLeod both a good 7-8 kilos heavier than Tambling although similar heights. But he is young so has time to beef up.

Cheers
 
GoodOne said:
I'll take a McLeod type as well  ;) but I think he's quite a different build to McLeod.

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I agree. Watching the past couple of weeks, he has reminded me a lot of McLeod. Might be the red and white boots. I don't think he's a totally different build to McLeod. He just hasn't filled out yet. Although I also noticed that he's getting some gerth around the bicep region.
 
Have a look at this guy when he gets the ball around 70m out, instinct just kicks in for him and the rest is magic. Have a look at the replay of the hawthorn game, last quarter, bling setup on of our goals wif a def tough on the half backline. The problem for Bling is he has come from NT had a few injuries that can slow ur running up that little bit. Also noticed when both bling and lidders tried to use their body, it just didn't work. Lidders played all 22 games and adjusted accordingly. Bling given another few weeks im sure would have made the same adjustments.
Interesting to note that people rate Wells alot higher than Davey. Although Wells can be great he is very inconsistent. I'd rather Davey as he is alot more consistent from what i have seen!

Oh yer Bling won't be like a Mcleod or a Wells or a Davey, he will be the greatest aboriginal player to play the game!
 
tigerjoe said:
Aaron Davey IMHO is the epitomy of what a small forward should be.
Quick, skillfull, kicks 30+ goals a year and never lets the ball leave the forward line without an almighty fight.
At 22 years of age and 67 kgs, he is a true team player and rarely plays a bad game.
IMHO Davey is a major reason for Melbourne being in the finals this year.  He rarely makes an error and has defenders hearing footsteps whenever they take the ball.

Bling could do himself a huge favour by modelling himself on Davey.
With a full preseason under his belt and a fully healed hammy and lower back, he should be the next lightening quick top small forward of the AFL.

Comeon Richie forward line pressure is something we have lacked for too long and the crumbs that Richo spills would be enough to feed the poor in India.
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This sounds like the player Krak should be :(
 
For some reason I can't quite figure out, Bling reminds me of that other Dee enigma one T Johnstone. Maybe something about that low quick sort of shuffle run. And kicking style.

I wouldn't mind a Johnstone like player in the team at the moment - only one that chased, could lay a tackle, would shepherd and had a footy physique.
 
Heard comments that Bling is an excellent shot for goal and practices drilling them from the 50m mark. In a fast outside player (eg winger) an accurate shot for goal is a Godsend. If he can increase his poise over the footy, his speed should give him the 2-3m break he needs to slow and deliver accurately.
 
tigerjoe said:
Aaron Davey IMHO is the epitomy of what a small forward should be.
Quick, skillfull, kicks 30+ goals a year (never has kicked 30) and never lets the ball leave the forward line without an almighty fight (tackles less than Krakouer).
At 22 years of age and 67 kgs, he is a true team player and rarely plays a bad game. (In last 9 games only kicked more than 1 goal once.)
IMHO Davey is a major reason for Melbourne being in the finals this year (Doesn't look like he stood up in the slump).  He rarely makes an error (50:50 shot at goal this year)and has defenders hearing footsteps whenever they take the ball.

Bling could do himself a huge favour by modelling himself on Davey.
With a full preseason under his belt and a fully healed hammy and lower back, he should be the next lightening quick top small forward of the AFL.

Comeon Richie forward line pressure is something we have lacked for too long and the crumbs that Richo spills (IMHO Richo very rarely knocks the ball to the advantage of crumbers) would be enough to feed the poor in India.
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DAVEY  G    K   M   H    D    G    B   T
2004  19 131 21  50 181 28  20 50 
2005  22 189 48  80 269 29  31 69 

KRAKOUER
2004  22 169 54 113 282 20   8 95
2005  20 148 52   83 231 23 11 76

PETTIFER
2005 22 226 108   67 293 31 17 34

Point I would like to make here is that RFC supporters have developed selective perception. All too often posters extol the virtues of a player from another club and bag the crap out on ours. Let me emphasise my point is not that Krakouer/Pettifer are better players than Davey but that the gap is actually much smaller than many on this site seem to grasp. Perhaps thats why Krak and Pet kept getting picked this year.

I personally think that Krak had an ordinary last 5 games, but there are probably more than a few Melbourne supporters who would say the same about Davey.
 
Bill James said:
tigerjoe said:
Aaron Davey IMHO is the epitomy of what a small forward should be.
Quick, skillfull, kicks 30+ goals a year (never has kicked 30) and never lets the ball leave the forward line without an almighty fight (tackles less than Krakouer).
At 22 years of age and 67 kgs, he is a true team player and rarely plays a bad game. (In last 9 games only kicked more than 1 goal once.)
IMHO Davey is a major reason for Melbourne being in the finals this year (Doesn't look like he stood up in the slump). He rarely makes an error (50:50 shot at goal this year)and has defenders hearing footsteps whenever they take the ball.

Bling could do himself a huge favour by modelling himself on Davey.
With a full preseason under his belt and a fully healed hammy and lower back, he should be the next lightening quick top small forward of the AFL.

Comeon Richie forward line pressure is something we have lacked for too long and the crumbs that Richo spills (IMHO Richo very rarely knocks the ball to the advantage of crumbers) would be enough to feed the poor in India.
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DAVEY G K M H D G B T
2004 19 131 21 50 181 28 20 50
2005 22 189 48 80 269 29 31 69

KRAKOUER
2004 22 169 54 113 282 20 8 95
2005 20 148 52 83 231 23 11 76

PETTIFER
2005 22 226 108 67 293 31 17 34

Point I would like to make here is that RFC supporters have developed selective perception. All too often posters extol the virtues of a player from another club and bag the crap out on ours. Let me emphasise my point is not that Krakouer/Pettifer are better players than Davey but that the gap is actually much smaller than many on this site seem to grasp. Perhaps thats why Krak and Pet kept getting picked this year.

I personally think that Krak had an ordinary last 5 games, but there are probably more than a few Melbourne supporters who would say the same about Davey.
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I bag Pets and I would be happy to trade Krak but BJ that is nearly post of the year.
 
Stats are easy to quote and can be used to the advantage of just about every argument. Davey has a reputation of being a good defensive player who reguarly chases opposition players down in the dees fwd line. This alone is good for them because it creates a perceived pressure that can lead to opposition players turning the ball over simply because they think he is on their tail.

Tambo would do well to create the same sort of reputation.
 
BJ - A good post in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work. As stated by other posters, Davey's job is not to get possessions, but to chace, attempt to tackle, smother, and do anything he can to create a turnover. Very few of these turn into stats. Any possessions Davey does get he uses. Do you have a stat for 'effective' possessions? Davey's percentage would be very high.
 
goose said:
Stats are easy to quote and can be used to the advantage of just about every argument.  Davey has a reputation of being a good defensive player who reguarly chases opposition players down in the dees fwd line.  This alone is good for them because it creates a perceived pressure that can lead to opposition players turning the ball over simply because they think he is on their tail.

Tambo would do well to create the same sort of reputation.
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Subjective opinions are even easier to make up and can be used to the advantage of every argument.
 
Good post BJ.

On Tambling, I too would be dissappointed if he turned out only as good as Davey. The lad went top 4 in the draft coz he's a gun midfielder of the future, not a an opportunist small forward who will kick a couple of magical goals each week.
 
interested said:
BJ - A good post in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work. As stated by other posters, Davey's job is not to get possessions, but to chace, attempt to tackle, smother, and do anything he can to create a turnover. Very few of these turn into stats. Any possessions Davey does get he uses. Do you have a stat for 'effective' possessions? Davey's percentage would be very high.
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Thanks Interested, players who can do what Davey does are very few and far between. He is not simply an opportunistic small forward, he scares the living bejesus out of any defender who dares try to run the ball out of defence.
Pressure, footsteps and panic. If you have a player who exerts these elements on the opposition turnovers in the forward line can lead to very easy goals.

His smother in the last 2 minutes of the dees/dogs game lead to White's goal and their victory.

And no he didn't go missing in the dees slump, their midfield did. Its pretty hard to play a great game when the ball doesn't come into the forward line.
P.S. Interested, Give it to those pussies this week will you so we don't have to hear those whinging pussy supporters and coach till next year.
 
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