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Welcome to the Tigers Marlion Pickett!
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It was interesting sitting in my normal wing position and seeing Marlion run it.
He had probably the play of the night with a spoil he had no right to, a flick handball that wasn't possible and a kick to advantage. He also closed down a couple of Carlton runs that may have been goals.
But he also did a whole lot of nothing. In stark contrast to KMac, who ran the same wing much more diligently.
There were a few aerial contests that he... I don't wanna use the word squibbed, but let's say, mistimed. There were some easy linking plays that he fumbled in a way which shouldn't be possible if you have access to at least half your fingers.
I watched him in the warm up miss almost every lead up kick to the line coach. His ball use is, and there is no kinder way to look at it, poor. A more critical person might say fatal.
On balance, and considering our embarrassment of wingers, I see why he was originally left out of the side.
He's not in my 22 right now.
He had probably the play of the night with a spoil he had no right to, a flick handball that wasn't possible and a kick to advantage. He also closed down a couple of Carlton runs that may have been goals.
But he also did a whole lot of nothing. In stark contrast to KMac, who ran the same wing much more diligently.
There were a few aerial contests that he... I don't wanna use the word squibbed, but let's say, mistimed. There were some easy linking plays that he fumbled in a way which shouldn't be possible if you have access to at least half your fingers.
I watched him in the warm up miss almost every lead up kick to the line coach. His ball use is, and there is no kinder way to look at it, poor. A more critical person might say fatal.
On balance, and considering our embarrassment of wingers, I see why he was originally left out of the side.
He's not in my 22 right now.
Id rather get a few games into our youngsters, I continue to see why he has fans and critics
re youngsters, if they're good enough it'll happen. Hard to get a game in the best side. Re fans/ critics. I can see that too, but I'm a fan. Like George, he's polarising. A chaos player, and therefore an important element. Does the impossible then stuffs up the simple, like early career Shed. The pros are he gets to contests he has no right to get to, hits hard, and gets it forward. The cons, he'll bobble a mark in the backline, spend it before he's got it on occasion.
Thought he was pretty good on the first half but I think he played half back after Vlastuin went off. He isn’t a back imo, winger/mid.
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I'm a Marlion tragic. Thought he was ok. As some have said, did some great defensive things and stuffed up some very straightforward things.
He was scratchy, but he had plenty of mates. Gee we dropped marks, slipped over a lot, and butchered the ball going into F50 (sounds like 2020).
Oh, and please can we now stop with the thought that Marlion is slow. His closing speed is something to see.
He was scratchy, but he had plenty of mates. Gee we dropped marks, slipped over a lot, and butchered the ball going into F50 (sounds like 2020).
Oh, and please can we now stop with the thought that Marlion is slow. His closing speed is something to see.
Bloke covers a lot of turf. Couple of things he did on the wing were special. Needs to tidy up some things though.
Agreed, Caddy just looked to slow. Picket made some errors but he's so quick as well as being hard.
It’s an interesting debate re Caddy and Pickett on the wing , I’d take Caddy over Pickett in the 22 ,however I prefer Pickett over Caddy in the wing role, especially the wing roles we play. Both boys could have good or bad years , however I don’t see any real improvement in either, both are AFL standard footballer, Caddy is not going to get quicker, Picketts disposal and occasional head drop is not going away now after all the footy he’s played , he’s been in the AFL system long enough now, personally I’m happy for both in the 22 ,I’d actually have Caddy forward, Pickett on a wing however not fussed either if a youngster jumps up and takes there spot, great times to be a Tiger
Odd, because it's the first game I've seen him live in ages.
All of last year I had him as a lock. On Yesterday, I place him as our 23rd player next week.
