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Welcome to the Tigers Oleg Markov
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Thought he played quite well. Broke the lines & used his pace which at times got him out of tight spots. Have never been a huge fan but he did well last night.
He was 10 times worse than where he is today and I'm really surprised with how much his decision making has improved.
I'm really pleased that he has gone back and worked on the very thing that he needed to get right.
If he can string a few matches together and get some consistency he could join Shai in the "Superstar Apprentice" category.
He looks like a mini David Cloke : https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/325174035569727307/?nic_v2=1b3i9Hqcu
He has been good in both his games but it is going to be hard to keep his spot with Houli and possibly Dave coming back.
Wing? He has the endurance to play the Brandon Ellis role, which I think we really miss.
Half-forward? Gives us the tackle intensity. Can he kick goals? Personally, I prefer he to Stack or Aarts at this stage. Castagna has been less than inspiring this year and is running out of chances.
Hope he can somehow stay in. He might just provide a Townsend 2017- style boost. Premiership teams need this.
Wing? He has the endurance to play the Brandon Ellis role, which I think we really miss.
Half-forward? Gives us the tackle intensity. Can he kick goals? Personally, I prefer he to Stack or Aarts at this stage. Castagna has been less than inspiring this year and is running out of chances.
Hope he can somehow stay in. He might just provide a Townsend 2017- style boost. Premiership teams need this.
Advocated he be tried forward this year in a chat with Caesar on one of his training report threads. But JC was nowhere near as positive as me, replying amongst other things, that he thought Oleg would be cut from the list end of this year.
He has only been allowed 17 games since drafted in 2016, albeit injuries have hampered him. He is nowhere near his threshold yet. Remember the 50 games of experience marker that really enables a player to start feeling comfortable at the highest level?
Oleg's great pace and strong marking and kicking skills are just what we need now to alter our style in the contemporary AFL world where teams have devised effective flooding, mark-kick plans and have duplicated our high-pressure tactics to counteract our style. The midget FL game we developed is much less effective. (Just watch how Geesook are now playing).
Agree with your ideas here for how/where he can be played.
You want to leak more goals? Baker is vital in our BL. Have you been watching any of his games this year - like last night? Markov cannot be expected to be that good down back at this time with much less AFL experience: 33/17 games. Bakes a premiership player. Different types too.
Houli back into defence; Short to the wing; Markov forward. Castagna out.
Was drafted as a forward but due to his pace, height and kicking skills we trained him as a HB.
I think he would be great as that lead up mid size forward, would be bloody hard to match up on due to his height and speed. If we can get him leading out of 50 he will be a great asset.
BTW he's got a big boot on him, can kick goals from 50-60m out if he is given the licence to do so.
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
For so long he was competing with Menadue for his spot, but if list spots are reduced it may well be Fraser Turner and Patrick Naish he outlasts.
