Welcome Tyler Sonsie

[tigerdell]

Sidebottom!

A better sidebum?
Yeah thats possible and would make him very valuable in our next premiership team

 

[Don’t Argue]

Perhaps he could somehow elevate from there to a Cryan at Myers type maybe.

So there’s a chance he could develop into a sook and a whinging diver?

 

[Tig3]

On the other hand, he has a body of work at VFL level better than any of our other young players. 7 games of 30+ disposals, 21 games of 20+ disposals and regularly hits the scoreboard across 29 games to date.

Sonsie has his issues but is undeniably talented.

Yes, it seems people like to focus on his flaws but not his attributes. His delivery to leading forwards is fantastic, and can do it on both feet. He’s a consistent ball winner and showed that in 2022 in the AFL when he averaged 18 disposals and 7 score involvements across 7 games. He has shown he can play at the level, last year we stuck him deep forward then on a wing then didn’t play him again. Play him high half forward/rotating mid in the AFL and I’m sure he’ll match or better those 2022 numbers

 

[fastin bulbous]

The comparison I want to make is Lids. All the talent by foot but not the running power, maybe the blonde tips are doing it? But sidebum sounds about right. Makes up for his lack of pace with precision use.

But as we all know, fine words butter no parsnips.

 

[Coburgtiger]

Sonz was playing as the outside player at stoppages and MacAuliffe as the inside player. Many times yesterday it was MacA to Sonz Who then distributed it precisely (mostly).

Compare that to Hopper and Taranto who both jump on it and handball into each other's faces.

I like the Sonsie-McAuliffe juxtaposition.

 

[TigerMasochist]

Sonz was playing as the outside player at stoppages and MacAuliffe as the inside player. Many times yesterday it was MacA to Sonz Who then distributed it precisely (mostly).

Hacked the crap out of the ball in the second half, dinky round the corner turnover kicks when he had time n space to settle. Even his goal in the first half was a pure hide in the forward pocket lurk that almost hit the post from ten metres out because he had to do a dribble kick while there was no-one any where near him, and this is simply at magoos level, not AFL heat level.

 

[TigerMasochist]

im inclined to call him Cinderella his slippers are so beautiful

FMD. If he's playing pure outside soft *smile*. Then he's got to be playing with carving knives n razor blades not pretty little dancing slippers. He's not hurting the opposition with virtually every possession he gets at magoos level. How's he gunna do it when the heat doubles down at senior level?

 

[TigerMasochist]

The comparison I want to make is Lids. All the talent by foot but not the running power, maybe the blonde tips are doing it? But sidebum sounds about right. Makes up for his lack of pace with precision use.

But as we all know, fine words butter no parsnips.

So now we're putting Sonz into the category alongside Lids n Sidearse. Aaargh, at this point in time he's about as comparable as an ingrown pube to those blokes.

 

[fastin bulbous]

So now we're putting Sonz into the category alongside Lids n Sidearse. Aaargh, at this point in time he's about as comparable as an ingrown pube to those blokes.

I was just enjoying your last cantankerous anti sonz post TM. I have no idea how he’ll end up but I’m hopeful.

 

[TigerMasochist]

So there’s a chance he could develop into a sook and a whinging diver?

That'd be a hard running sook and whinging diver while also being a generally elite distributor, decent goal kicker and premiership player at senior level. I'll be more than happy if the Sonz develops to this level, but so far sadly. i'm not seeing it.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Big day for Tyler. Lets see if the strong preseason translates to snr footy. He'll need every bit of that conditioning against the running power of Sydney's midfield.
Fingers & toes crossed.

 

[tigertim]

After a summer of Sonz getting better with every game he didn’t play I hope he doesn’t play an average one and have PRE flip to “dud, delist”.

 

[Coburgtiger]

It's a bit of a hiding to nothing coming in against the form team of the competition, when we are at the edge of our limited depth.

If he can do more than Dow, I'll be happy.

 

[TigerMasochist]

Team n game wise I'm expecting very little this year. New coach learning what he's got to build with n a list that's smack bang in a transition period.
Sonz like many of the other youngsters gets the chance to put the hand up today n show that he's got enough game to build from so I'm hoping he does well just as I do for all our young blokes coming through.

 

[Tigers of Old]

After a summer of Sonz getting better with every game he didn’t play I hope he doesn’t play an average one and have PRE flip to “dud, delist”.

I'll just be hoping on an improvement from his four possessions last time out.

 

[Brodders17]

It's a bit of a hiding to nothing coming in against the form team of the competition, when we are at the edge of our limited depth.

If he can do more than Dow, I'll be happy.

I expect I'll do more than Dow, and I'll be sitting in the 2nd level of the Ponsford Stand.

 

[gutfull]

Having a good game ,must play all year

 

[DragaTheCro]

Sonsie is a gun!

 

[UKTiger]

Looked at home in the firsts

 

[Tenacious]

Looked at home in the firsts

Spot on - and hopefully he sees it himself and this becomes the norm