Rate a Tiger's year - Jayden Short?

[one-eyed]

Next up is Short.

Jayden in his eighth year played 16 out of a possible 23 games to take his career tally to 153. He missed 3 weeks from rounds 3-5 with a calf injury as well as doing a hamstring in the Brisbane game in round 16 which saw him miss another 4 weeks. Shorty's most memorable moment in 2023 was kicking 5 goals in the space of two weeks without having a single possession inside our forward 50. All his goals coming from beyond the 50 arc against Freo and St Kilda in rounds 13-14.

2023 Statistical Rankings
● Ranked 3rd in Metres Gained Per Game    
● Ranked 8th in Kicks Per Game

Season Highlights   
● 32 disps (25 kicks 7 hballs) and 11 marks in Rd 7 24-pt loss to Gold Coast at Marvel Stadium (30 Apr)
● 30 disps (21 kicks 9 hballs) and 7 marks in Rd 6 18-pt loss to Melbourne at the MCG (24 Apr)
● 26 disps (18 kicks 8 hballs) and 8 marks in Rd 24 31-pt loss to Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval (27 Aug)
● 26 disps (21 kicks 5 hballs) and 7 marks in Rd 22 36-pt loss to St Kilda at Marvel Stadium (13 Aug)
● 26 disps (22 kicks 4 hballs) and 9 marks in Rd 9 24-pt win over Geelong at the MCG (12 May)
● 25 disps (20 kicks 5 hballs) and 7 marks in Rd 21 55-pt loss to the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium (4 Aug)
● 23 disps (19 kicks 4 hballs), 5 marks and 2 goals in Rd 14 20-pt win over St Kilda at the MCG (17 Jun)
● 22 disps (18 kicks 4 hballs), 6 marks and 5 tackles in Rd 11 10-pt loss to Port Adelaide at the MCG (28 May)
● 20 disps (15 kicks 5 hballs), 6 marks and 3 goals in Rd 13 15-pt win over Fremantle at Optus Stadium (10 Jun)

Career stats to date
          Games  Kicks   Hballs   Disposals  Marks  Tackles   G.B      GA   Clear.   In50   R50
2016:    16      11.8      3.1       14.9       3.4       1.9       6.3      0.2    0.2      2.1     2.9
2017:    16      11.9      2.9       14.8       3.8       1.3       2.1      0.0    0.2      2.2     3.2
2018:    24      15.0      5.0       20.0       4.2       1.6       9.8      0.2    0.5      3.4     4.3
2019:    15      13.1      4.5       17.7       4.5       1.7       3.1      0.1    0.4      1.9     4.6
2020:    21      14.1      4.9       19.1       5.4       1.3       0.4      0.1    0.5      2.6     4.5 
2021:    22      18.7      6.0       24.6       6.1       1.8       1.2      0.1    0.5      2.3     6.9 
2022:    23      19.3      5.0       24.3       5.5       2.9       6.4      0.4    2.5      4.9     3.4
2023:    16*    17.4      4.8       22.2       6.2       2.5       7.4      0.4    1.5      3.4     4.6

* Includes 1 game subbed off.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-richmond-tigers--jayden-short
https://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=2613


How did we all rate Short's year?

[Andyy]

7. A good/solid year despite being moved around a bit.

Wonder if it's worth playing him HFF.

[lamington]

I gave him a 6. Started the year pretty good and there were just some patches where he was in absolute red hot form. Was a real weapon with his long range goals. He didn’t quite get continuity after his hamstring injury which was a shame

[mat073]

His long bombs outside 50 were a highlight in a bleak year .

[Diocletian]

Gave him a 0 to balance out the ludicrous 10 that either WP or Machine gave him. Take out the 5 long range goals in a row he kicked from 5 shots across two matches and I'd say my rating is at least closer to the mark.

[georgies31]

His trade bait for me him and Vlastuin.

[Diocletian]

Short definitely , don't think Vlastuin being 30 next year would fetch enough in return to justify losing his experience - still need to keep some of the old heads to teach & guide the kids ....

[WilliamPowell]

Gave him a 0 to balance out the ludicrous 10 that either WP or Machine gave him. Take out the 5 long range goals in a row he kicked from 5 shots across two matches and I'd say my rating is at least closer to the mark.

I didn't give him a 10. 

Good cheapshot there Dio 

7. A good/solid year despite being moved around a bit.

Wonder if it's worth playing him HFF.

Same, some really good games and some shockers.

Stock standard for most of oir senior blokes this year

[Diocletian]

Gave him a 0 to balance out the ludicrous 10 that either WP or Machine gave him. Take out the 5 long range goals in a row he kicked from 5 shots across two matches and I'd say my rating is at least closer to the mark.

I didn't give him a 10. 

Good cheapshot there Dio 

So it was The Machine then....

[the claw]

5 or  6 Which is typical of all his years imo.