NAB Cup Player Watch and Rookie Watch: Discussion Thread

[Keeper27]

I would not be hanging my hat on Belly playing the start of the season just yet

That's fine - I have Belly in the forwards, not ruck :)

Rather have JMart

[RaisyDaisy]

I would not be hanging my hat on Belly playing the start of the season just yet

That's fine - I have Belly in the forwards, not ruck :)

Rather have JMart

Cant see what that has to do with the discussion of rucks, but OK cool!  ;D

[RaisyDaisy]

Good outing for Reid  ;D

116 Kieren Jack

112 Dayne Zorko

105 Josh Green

102 Heath Grundy

100 Rohan Bewick

99 Daniel Merrett

98 James Aish

98 Tom Rockliff

95 Dane Rampe

93 Josh Kennedy

91 Luke Parker

85 Lewis Jetta

84 Dayne Beams

83 Stefan Martin

82 Daniel McStay

82 Ryan Lester

81 Rhyce Shaw

80 Marco Paparone

78 Daniel Hannebery

78 Daniel Rich

76 Darcy Gardiner

75 Tom Mitchell

75 Lewis Taylor

73 Jack Redden

73 Claye Beams

70 Dean Towers

64 Jeremy Laidler

63 Isaac Heeney

62 Brandon Jack

61 Sam Mayes

59 Michael Close

58 Harry Cunningham

58 Jed Adcock

57 Liam Dawson

52 Daniel Robinson

47 Mike Pyke

45 Craig Bird

44 Matthew Leuenberger

36 Nick Smith

34 Justin Clarke

33 Lewis Melican

31 Xavier Richards

30 Tom Cutler

29 Toby Nankervis

29 Jack Hiscox

28 Jaden McGrath

27 Ben McGlynn

24 Brent Staker

19 Gary Rohan

17 Sam Naismith

12 Mitch Robinson

-4 Sam Reid

[plumdog millionaire]

Liam Dawson was amongst it fairly regularly, anyone have any thoughts on him?

[Keeper27]

I would not be hanging my hat on Belly playing the start of the season just yet

That's fine - I have Belly in the forwards, not ruck :)

Rather have JMart

Cant see what that has to do with the discussion of rucks, but OK cool!  ;D

My bad. I just threw it in there coz you said you had Belly in the forwards.
All the mid priced rucks are proving to be duds. Kreuzer injured. Leuey sucks. Belly is a spud.
Set and forget.

But since you have him in the fwd line I'd rather have JMart

[Mat0369]

I thought Hanners would have scored more then 78 but he did have quite a few clangers in the 2nd half which might have resulted in his score

Rampe is looking like another to watch

[sammy123]

Heeney played well hope he is in rd1

[shaker]

Heeney played well hope he is in rd1

He did but think he will only be a fringe player this year there is a pecking order and he might have to rely on injuries to get a decent run

[Blues Blues Blues]

Can anyone comment on how and where Tom Mitchell played - midfield? Forward?

I didn't watch the game. Scored 75 only, what was his TOG?

[sammy123]

Heeney played well hope he is in rd1

He did but think he will only be a fringe player this year there is a pecking order and he might have to rely on injuries to get a decent run

Coach loves him though and praises him very highly and said he was close to rd1 starter

[frenzy]

Can anyone comment on how and where Tom Mitchell played - midfield? Forward?

I didn't watch the game. Scored 75 only, what was his TOG?

I also never watched, but he had 74% TOG

[RaisyDaisy]

I posted the scores 6-7 replies earlier Nige ;)

[Nige]

I posted the scores 6-7 replies earlier Nige ;)

I'm actually going blind, oh man.  :-[ :(

[Mat0369]

Can anyone comment on how and where Tom Mitchell played - midfield? Forward?

I didn't watch the game. Scored 75 only, what was his TOG?

Because I am lazy I am doing a copy paste job from what I wrote last night

Tom Mitchell - Gun. The Swans are all about team balance so it will be interesting to see if he plays and if so where. In the guts he could easily push for a 100 average, in the NEAFL, well....The other problem with Tom is his body, he has never been healthy for a full season and at 400k I don't know if it is a risk worth taking

Quietly got a fair bit of the ball in the first 3 quarters. He didn't stand out but he got his touches. He spent a lot of time through the middle and he did use the ball by hand more often then not. I will keep my eye on him in the next couple if I want to save some cash and downgrade Swan.

In terms of TOG% it is difficult to gauge because players have been taking extended breaks on the bench. The AFL website has him at 74% TOG but they were wrong with Newton a couple of nights ago.

[Ringo]

Yep can not trust TOG % listed. Tom Cutler came on in 3rd quarter was a sub and his time on ground is listed as 96%.  Probably was on 96% of the time from when he came on so it appears both green and red vested sub TOG are distorted.