#46 Mason Cox

[Cuthbert Collingwood]

Might not be able to kick well in general play E but he has great hands. Big brained footy player that one

[AN_Inkling]

[Damien]

The kick he stuffed up is probably the highest risk kick in footy. He'll learn from that cos he is a smart bloke. Every week is an education for the big fella and he is an exemplary student.

[Member 7167]

Did anyone else notice that before the first bounce 5 Cats players surrounded Mason and attempted to rough him up and put him off his game. They attempted the same tactic at the beginning of other quarters. He certainly weathered the storm and made them pay.

Pathetic tactic in my opinion and attempting to do this to inexperienced players is not a good look for the game. I saw the Pies do it once and held the same opinion.

[Culprit]

[stui magpie]

[yin-YANG]

[stui magpie]

And he has a sense of humor.

Just tweeted this:

[Flashman]

[Pies4shaw]

There is simply no plausible basis for selecting Moore ahead of Cloke beyond player development. Moore hasn't had a single good game this year (although he did have a reasonable second half against Carlton after failing to get a kick in the first half). Cloke was dropped after 2 games in succession in which he had more of the ball than Moore has had in any game this season. That could have been done (and no doubt was) for all sorts of reasons - but one of them wasn't that Moore was playing better. In fact, the stats show that in those 2 games, Cloke had 24 kicks - precisely, as fate would have it, 3 times the 8 Moore had over those 2 games. If you count handballs, Cloke only had twice as many disposals as Moore but he did kick 4 times as many goals.

[Cam]

Moore missed that goal because of the booing of the Cats fans because it was a contentious free when it appeared on the big screen. I walked down to get a pie and didn't watch it because I thought he might miss. He's a young player and that hasn't happened to him before.

He will learn from that experience and nail them in the future. Unfortunately Cloke's leaning back mechanism in his kicking technique will continue to make him a random misser. I noticed him leaning over more noticeably in some of the VFL coverage of his goals from last night, but it was only as he was lining up.

Note to Trav: You need to keep that position for longer - its not just your grip you must keep that hunch over the ball until you let it go so that your head is looking at the ball when you drop it.

Watch from 0:39 - 0:55 and 1:50 - 2:10 of this Lockett video to witness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkNruKMENs

now watch Trav [albeit kicking a goal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pIIQmCgfP4

Check out this comparison... the key frames are the last 3 of each. Note Trav's back's more exaggerated angle away from vertical. That's the crux of his problem. He's working on his ball drop but its that last bit that keeps killing him. Keep in mind that video is Trav at his best, I'm guessing that when he's falling apart his arms and not bringing the ball down low enough and his head is not looking down at the ball at the last moment, they are probably looking at the goal, which is the wrong technique. Thankfully our other kickers, Moore & Fasolo have great techniques, even Mason Cox. Is it too late for Travis.. maybe, but I hope not. When he's up and about he's just the beast our forward line needs to contend with experienced backlines.

[Culprit]

He has a great sense of humour.

[Culprit]

[Bob Sugar]

I hope he sticks it out and makes a career of it, hopefully homesickness doesn't come into play.

Might be a good idea to draft him onto the main list so we can scour the States for another CatB rookie.

[thompsoc]