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Collingwood Crackerjack
Joined: 28 Jul 2008 Location: Canberra
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Although I note the future captain had his customary brain fade to cost a goal....talk about consistency 😃
Phillips is great, love him _________________ "The last thing he expected WAS THE FIRST THING HE GOT!!!!!"
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Pies4shaw
pies4shaw
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Collingwood Crackerjack wrote: | Although I note the future captain had his customary brain fade to cost a goal....talk about consistency 😃
Phillips is great, love him |
Did you see the way that, in the second quarter, with our hopes fading fast, the Captain was striding towards goal and, sizing up all the options, realised that the best thing to do was defer to the Future Captain and handballed to him for the 50 metre goal? 29 disposals, a goal and 7 score involvements from halfback. If Scharenberg did that, some on here would be calling for a special medal to be struck for him. |
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roar
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
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I still worry he will fold under the pressure from top teams but he is doing everything right so here's hoping I am wrong. _________________ kill for collingwood! |
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inxs88
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
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He is our Andrew Gaff! _________________ I love the Pies, hate Carlscum |
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uuuuu..... The LoneSTAR
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Location: Under negotiation
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I'm a little embarrassed to say this but I still don't rate him.
Certainly not as high as others here and not as high as his stats would suggest. |
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inxs88
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
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Only player in 2018 outside two others to average 25+ disposals and a goal per game! _________________ I love the Pies, hate Carlscum |
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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inxs88 wrote: | Only player in 2018 outside two others to average 25+ disposals and a goal per game! |
Except for those who have also done it, he is the only one to have done it. Pure genius! _________________ Ohhh, the Premiership's a cakewalk ....... |
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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uuuuu..... The LoneSTAR wrote: | I'm a little embarrassed to say this but I still don't rate him.
Certainly not as high as others here and not as high as his stats would suggest. |
He is nowhere near the best player on our team (which is why you may be struggling). He is also not one of the most important. However, in terms of the skillset that he brings to the table - hard running link player who enables us to really stretch the defenses of opposing sides, particularly in the second half of games - he has developed into one of the best in the league at it.
We are very lucky to have two of these players - Sidey and Phillips - and it is an increasingly important position, given how efficient defensive structures have become. Its no coincidence that we score most of our goals once the opposition tires a little bit and finds it tougher to keep their defensive structures in place. Certainly, Tom Phillips shares some of the credit for that. _________________ Ohhh, the Premiership's a cakewalk ....... |
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think better
Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Adelaide
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His development reminds me a bit of Dane Swan.
When Swan was starting out he kept racking up disposals and suddenly he was being talked about as a player to watch. Another couple of years and everyone caught on that he was a gun. _________________ I think therefore I think - I think |
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MatthewBoydFanClub
Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: Elwood
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I think there's a bit of a myth about Dane Swan being slow. He was quick over 20m being able to sprint away from players. Phillips is slow to take off but the problem with opposition players is keeping up with him. He just keeps popping up everywhere to a point where there is no opponent on him. We were still in the Geelong game despite losing Moore. Once Phillips was concussed we lost that rebound we needed to kick goals. |
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K
Joined: 09 Sep 2011
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Pies4shaw wrote: | Collingwood Crackerjack wrote: | Although I note the future captain had his customary brain fade to cost a goal.... |
Did you see the way that, in the second quarter, with our hopes fading fast, the Captain was striding towards goal and, sizing up all the options, realised that the best thing to do was defer to the Future Captain and handballed to him for the 50 metre goal? ... |
You've been reading too much Mills and Boon...
But it was a nice finish, that goal. |
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Pies4shaw
pies4shaw
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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It’s funny how none of the people who dislike Langdon’s 29 disposal, 1 goal, 7 score involvements game from our backline could bring themselves to engage with it, though, isn’t it? |
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Joined: 05 May 2010
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should we rename the thread title to include Tom Langdon since people here seem to be more focused on debating him. Is this the ultimate insult for Tom Phillips. He cant even keep our attention in a thread dedicated to him!!!!! _________________ Ohhh, the Premiership's a cakewalk ....... |
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RudeBoy
Joined: 28 Nov 2005
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I reckon there's every chance that next year will see Phillips move from the wing to the midfield, given his ability to run and run and run, plus his perfect size. |
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Mossi
Joined: 20 May 2002 Location: Vittorio Veneto TV Italy
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RudeBoy wrote: | I reckon there's every chance that next year will see Phillips move from the wing to the midfield, given his ability to run and run and run, plus his perfect size. |
I can see where your coming from, but no, Tom is too light to play as a midfielder and we have better suited types but he will always play as a part time forward partime midfielder part time back. His best role is what he plays now the wing and link up player. He reads the play well and with his running ability is able to influence a contest by getting there and increasing our numbers or covering if it needs to be done. Geelong was done like a diiner if he was still on the park. You cant beat the cats bombing the ball in but bringing it in fast by handball and run in the second half they wouldhave folded. |
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