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RudeBoy
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| The thing I like the most is that when he's tackled he holds his ground and often manages to get off a handball, instead of going to ground as most players would. Once he gets used to the pace of the AFL he should get much, much better. Given his relative lack of football over the past few years, he's got massive room for improvement. |
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piedys 
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| RudeBoy wrote: | | The thing I like the most is that when he's tackled he holds his ground and often manages to get off a handball, instead of going to ground as most players would. Once he gets used to the pace of the AFL he should get much, much better. Given his relative lack of football over the past few years, he's got massive room for improvement. |
Yep, just loving his application and desire to the contest.
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Skids 
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Hmmmm.... if he had the shot on goal instead of his pathetic chip that caused the quickest coast to coast goal in the history of the game ....... nah, it's Bucks fault 
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RudeBoy
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| Skids wrote: | | Hmmmm.... if he had the shot on goal instead of his pathetic chip that caused the quickest coast to coast goal in the history of the game ....... nah, it's Bucks fault |
That was Philips' stuff up not Wills. |
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qldmagpie67
Joined: 18 Dec 2008
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His application to tackling is unbelievable
He just hits and sticks and gets back to his feet quickly to go again
Your right Rude he's going to only get better with every game
He could amass 50+ tackles by seasons end by himself
Just a side line his 12 tackles on debut was a AFL record according to fox footy |
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Collingwood Crackerjack
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
Location: Canberra
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| Skids wrote: | | Hmmmm.... if he had the shot on goal instead of his pathetic chip that caused the quickest coast to coast goal in the history of the game ....... nah, it's Bucks fault |
Pendles, Sidey and Blair all stuffed up uncontested forward 50 entries in the 1st quarter, anyone of those would also have made the difference...although none were Bucks's fault
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jackcass
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
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| Had another 12 tackles tonight. |
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Rick
Joined: 11 May 2008
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| I wonder if we would've won a couple more games at the start of the season had he of played, at least not coped such heavy defeats. As Bucks has stated we were "nutted" at the clearances and stoppages. If there's 1 thing we've learnt, Wills can tackle, create repeat stoppages and clear it himself. At least he can give his defenders a few more seconds to "structure up". It's a stretch I know, but he has added something that we've lacked for most of the year. |
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Cam 
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Another good game. I found myself wanting Pendles, Aish, Treloar or Wills to have the ball in crunch time. And not Smith, Blair, Howe, Brown and particularly Marsh. He's developing with each game and is very strong as others have mentioned, in the contest.
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stui magpie 
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Wills and Adams make a pretty good hard nut double act.
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jackcass
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
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| Rick wrote: | | I wonder if we would've won a couple more games at the start of the season had he of played, at least not coped such heavy defeats. As Bucks has stated we were "nutted" at the clearances and stoppages. If there's 1 thing we've learnt, Wills can tackle, create repeat stoppages and clear it himself. At least he can give his defenders a few more seconds to "structure up". It's a stretch I know, but he has added something that we've lacked for most of the year. |
Had no fitness base early in the year and just as he was getting close he got injured which put him back another couple of weeks. |
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piedys
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| Cam wrote: | | Another good game. I found myself wanting Pendles, Aish, Treloar or Wills to have the ball in crunch time. And not Smith, Blair, Howe, Brown and particularly Marsh. He's developing with each game and is very strong as others have mentioned, in the contest. |
Harsh on Smith there hoss! 
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RudeBoy
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| Reading the article about him, it suggests there's huge improvement to come, given he only recently got serious about football. If he has a big pre-season and gets super fit, he could have a massive impact for us next year. |
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Cam
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| piedys wrote: | | Cam wrote: | | Another good game. I found myself wanting Pendles, Aish, Treloar or Wills to have the ball in crunch time. And not Smith, Blair, Howe, Brown and particularly Marsh. He's developing with each game and is very strong as others have mentioned, in the contest. |
Harsh on Smith there hoss! |
He's great all game until the last 5/10 mins when it gets tight. Has had several games where he has slipped over, kicked out of bounds, missed the mark and led to bad turnovers and game losses/turning points. He will learn though, and do love what he generally brings Little Joe!
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| Cam wrote: | | Another good game. I found myself wanting Pendles, Aish, Treloar or Wills to have the ball in crunch time. And not Smith, Blair, Howe, Brown and particularly Marsh. He's developing with each game and is very strong as others have mentioned, in the contest. |
you gotta add De goey to the list of players you want to see with the ball in his hand.
Agree that Marsh and Howe are really struggling to create confidence in their disposal.
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