When he started last year he was incredibly good at getting to the front of the pack and marking. But that seems to have disappeared from his game now. Maybe it’s opponents working him out or maybe it’s different tactics from us. I think different tactics - we started him as a forward - with the ba...

Are you saying Billings has never played a good game against good opposition? Not sure I agree with that? I just look at his body of work over 160 games as a HF/wing And his numbers stack up It’s a bit like the false narrative that he is soft lol. Well he’s definitely not hard. Billings is definite...

Yeah was missing for most of last night, I don't think a short run in the 2s would do him any harm, let him dominate a bit at a lower level and gain some confidence. He was pick 10, not pick 50. I fail to see just what his AFL level strengths are. He's too short for a key position player these days...

Sorry just saw other thread. Mods lock this one please

Some elbow off the ball. Bloody hell

Wish he wouldn’t try those screw kicks from more than 30m out. Otherwise a fantastic small fwds game and massive improvement on last week

Allowed Bobby Hill to get goal side at stoppage near goals in last quarter. Cardinal sin of defender. Put zero pressure on Hill for easy goal. Then followed up with absolute howler allowing his kick to be smothered. Basically we/he let pies back into the game last quarter

Played really well. Well done Seb

Of course you can ask I personally don’t see any lack of confidence and the goal he kicked tonight proves it I love the way he goes about it and I reckon he is getting better every game If his numbers aren’t any better next week, I will put my hand up and say okay but I doubt it As I have said, I h...

5 - windy
4 - NAS
3 - Owens
2 - King
1 - Higgins

Sensational. Watching these kids dominate was as good as 04.
Windy, NAS, Owens. And King to a lesser extent as he’s a couple of years older.

There is a bit more balanced view of this: Pros: No injuries, we are fitter and more available next week. Sincs to come back in, Crouch and Windy better for the run. Plenty of footage to watch and learn from Cons: Disagree that Geelong are good. That game was one of the worst of the weekend. If we ...

The Fireman wrote: ↑Thu 21 Mar 2024 11:45pm Definitely keep playing him

Can I ask why? For mine his game was no different to last week, ineffectual and tbh, needs more aggression. Has lost confidence and needs to find it. His 1 wood should be his marking. Never see him run, jump and take marks anymore.

The other kids were all superb

I personally think that ppl are just sick of the kid being gifted games every week when clearly he's struggling. I've said this often, you don't have to be in the best but you have to show that you're footy is progressing to some degree. What we are questioning is, why is he constantly getting games...

Teflon wrote: ↑Wed 20 Mar 2024 10:54pm Tony was over for a bbq last night
We talked about the constant negative attitude on here, shared a laugh…a tear and a few awkward silences before we both decided ….lets log on to see what’s going on at Bigfooty?

....I think he's the opposite of a player who competes hard. What I've seen on the field (not training) is a kid who is not competing hard or having a go. I think he'll be as good as BJ Do you remember the doubters who questioned Goddard's worth? Goddard didn't have a break out game in his first 2 ...

nostalgicsaint wrote: ↑Mon 18 Mar 2024 9:38pm People questioned Lenny too early days....

His attack on the ball was NEVER questioned. Maybe his speed was

The lad goes hard and doesn't squib it. He is 19. This is where we disagree. He needs to be harder as far as I'm concerned. He is still a kid and sometimes that sort of thing doesn't come natural. I'm not sure why you think we're crucifying him because we want him to go back to Sandy? No-one is sug...

He hasn’t had a breakout game in 24 games. In my opinion he is not a goer nor does he compete hard. His skills are standard AFL. The excitement, as far as I can tell, is that he’s tall, and potentially a big body who can potentially take a big mark. His kicking isn’t laser like but it can be long W...

I suppose we need to understand what various posters expectations are of a young second year top 10 draftee thrown into the midfield. Is he expected to perform as well as a Dangerfield or a Ross, somewhere in between? Has he had a breakout game we can benchmark or are judgements based on impossible...

Windy did some important things in second half, as did Owens. Owens took some great marks but didn’t finish off his work, I can live with that for now. Windy caused some horrible turnovers too. Owens only had 1 clearance...Pou had 3...Windy had 2 clearances. Both Pou and Mich had 20 pressure acts. ...

I disagree that our season is over or that it is time to start panicking. We are unlikely to win against the pies but we will not get flogged. It will be a 3 to 4 goal loss so all the Ross Acolytes can say but we have injuries, we played the best team in the comp and we would have beaten them at Ma...

We're about building a Premiership List. So we need to get 50 plus games into Phillipou (and Owens, Windhager etc) as quickly as possible. There is no utility in Phillipou playing VFL. He doesn’t have to be in the best 5 each week for our team, but he does need to show something every week. Apart f...

We lost a game of footy and some people think the finger needs to be pointed at Mattaes instead of the senior players I'd be starting threads on Crouch, Hill and Mason Wood before people criticise a 2nd year player. Spot on. Can you imagine the uproar from the same posters if our top ten draft pick...

There is a bit more balanced view of this: Pros: No injuries, we are fitter and more available next week. Sincs to come back in, Crouch and Windy better for the run. Plenty of footage to watch and learn from Cons: Disagree that Geelong are good. That game was one of the worst of the weekend. If we ...