Spot on.
Short isn't a defender.
He has never been a good defender.
Bring back Caffey & Torney
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Welcome to Richmond - Jayden Short
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Spot on.
Short isn't a defender.
He has never been a good defender.
Bring back Caffey & Torney
Torney was a good player really became a reliable player, then we let him go home under Spud.
I think there have been a number of improvements in Shorty's football since that mirage of 2018. I call the 2018 form a mirage because Shorty's numbers looked good but he was getting a shitload of cover. Too much IMO but it was a nurturing year. And his kicking looked good because, with a shitload of cover he was able to sag off (our real defenders working five on six - Alex Rance often drawing two) and with what proved to be unsustainable space and time Shorty would get an entirely unpressured disposal to a target in space. It was regular. It was tactical. It ended badly. 2018.
In early 2019 I noted that Shorty was clearly being asked to play football. No more of this rolling and sagging *smile*. He had an opponent. Without Rance to take two he had go make his own space. He had to use under pressure. Get it in traffic and create space. He was hopeless at most of this particularly disposal. To breathe on him was to force a limp turnover. But he got a little bit better most weeks. And that is very good. I wish I could get a bit better one week.* And he became a premiership player.
The space we create for him in 2020 is very finite. It can come from a ball winner like Baker acquiring when out of position and brilliantly sending Shorty 1m clear. And these days 1m clear can be enough for Shorty to hit a target. His ball use is much improved.
And furthermore a few times this year Jayden Short has broken a line. Acquired the defensive side of a line of opponents and run through that line. This *smile* is gold. It generates the outnumber. Short can now do some Bachar stuff. He had no idea how to do that in 2018 when his numbers looked good. Mirage numbers.
Was it against Hawthorn that Jayden Short flew at a ball carrying opponent, missed the tackle and fell with great force to the ground? He jumped over a bloke. Does Jayden Short usually throw himself at opponents? He can't tackle but he's lifting his attempts. His engagement in the actual game. His tackle numbers, already poor, are down. But his indicators are up.
Jayden Short is an improver.
* That's just a throwaway - I don't really give a *smile*.
In early 2019 I noted that Shorty was clearly being asked to play football. No more of this rolling and sagging *smile*. He had an opponent. Without Rance to take two he had go make his own space. He had to use under pressure. Get it in traffic and create space. He was hopeless at most of this particularly disposal. To breathe on him was to force a limp turnover. But he got a little bit better most weeks. And that is very good. I wish I could get a bit better one week.* And he became a premiership player.
The space we create for him in 2020 is very finite. It can come from a ball winner like Baker acquiring when out of position and brilliantly sending Shorty 1m clear. And these days 1m clear can be enough for Shorty to hit a target. His ball use is much improved.
And furthermore a few times this year Jayden Short has broken a line. Acquired the defensive side of a line of opponents and run through that line. This *smile* is gold. It generates the outnumber. Short can now do some Bachar stuff. He had no idea how to do that in 2018 when his numbers looked good. Mirage numbers.
Was it against Hawthorn that Jayden Short flew at a ball carrying opponent, missed the tackle and fell with great force to the ground? He jumped over a bloke. Does Jayden Short usually throw himself at opponents? He can't tackle but he's lifting his attempts. His engagement in the actual game. His tackle numbers, already poor, are down. But his indicators are up.
Jayden Short is an improver.
* That's just a throwaway - I don't really give a *smile*.
Not bad considering we have been slapped by small fowards in the last 2 weeks. Bresut/Wingard & Bulter/lonie.
Maybe he has an allergy that stops him from tackling.
That elbow injury he suffered against GWS would stop me from tackling.
The bullet to Lynch was his best kick in two years. And when he put his body on the line to cut off a kick inside 50, got hit and won a free I was rapt for the lad. Now he knows he can do that and get up, it has to be the standard.
It's a collaboration between AFL media experts - Barrett and Robbo.
Bullshiit numbers.
I've tried to work out how you gain points but anyway you look at its just typical AFL super coach bullshiit.
3 points for a mark?
2 for a tackle?
6 for a goal?
-2 for a clanger?
3 for a kick?
3 for a hand ball?
Who knows????
Yesterday, he was tough in the contest, backing into marks, and good in the air.
These are his areas of deficiency.
Improving.
These are his areas of deficiency.
Improving.
How many goals did we concede today?
3?
I reckon our backline went alright.
Short number 1 for disposals, and metres gained (542), at 85% kicking efficiency?
I reckon he went alright (BOG) too.
3?
I reckon our backline went alright.
Short number 1 for disposals, and metres gained (542), at 85% kicking efficiency?
I reckon he went alright (BOG) too.
