Matt Dea [merged]

[Judge Roughneck]

He needs at.least.a.few games in a row before he can be judged.

[Jackstar is back again]

I've looked and looked at Dea play and still can't see why the club like him so
much. Why they gave him number 7 I have no idea.

Correct

[eliminator]

Cometti's commentary was atrocious. Taped the game. He was dreadfully biased.  I agree with comments Ellis appears more natural up the ground and Batchelor looked far more comfortable clunking grabs and setting up rebounds. Batch after a slow start played a good game when back. The jury is still out on Dea but his courage in the last quarter was sensational. Saved a certain goal.

[Penelope]

Didn't you go Gerks ?
You should now if you went

Hams got a freebie in the pocket, his second wasn't on Dea

Who else?

How many goals did you see kicked on him Jack?

You were there yeah?

How many kicks did his opponents get? Should be easier to count.

You should know.

Aisle 46 Row B Gerks
You should of come and say hi.
Was in the victory room after the game for a drink as well

why dont you answer the football question jackie jackie.

how did dea's opponents go for the day?

happy for anyone who attended the game to answer the question as i would like to know.

who did he play on?

[Mr Magic]

Pick him again next week.

[Jackstar is back again]

How many goals did Shuey kick? They ended up moving him at one stage to get away from the beast.

Who were his other opponents?

Played on Hill
Hill kicked 3 goals
Hams first goal was a result of a head high tackle from Dea

[Coach]

All first rounders, WP. Not sticking you're neck out too much there. And everyone loved Riewoldt and Conca from the start

Bring back Gourdis

[cub]

Funny thing elite sport, or any level really for that matter.
Some that seem to have everything going for them, right up until the big moment when it all goes down the toilet.
Others that struggle are unco and poor trainers get a crack and excell - Go figure ....et al one Richie Tambling.
I'd give D a couple more goes but I would say if by 20 odd games you have shown nothing, well it has proven a waste of time in the past hey.

[one-eyed]

Robbo would give Dea another game based on his courage alone ...

6. Courage
Could list hundreds of examples, but Richmond's Matt Dea was the standout. He wakes this morning with two handballs to his name and perhaps a raging headache. In a tantalising and tough final quarter, Dea backed into the black hole and was cannoned into by Jack Darling, who, let's be honest, flies for the ball like it's his last. Dea didn't take a short one, Darling was taking long ones and BOOM. Dea has played eight games of footy and on that effort, he'll soon enough be playing his ninth.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/expert-opinion/just-too-hard-for-hawks/story-fn5937w8-1226342114993

[gerkin greg]

How many goals did Shuey kick? They ended up moving him at one stage to get away from the beast.

Who were his other opponents?

Played on Hill
Hill kicked 3 goals
Hams first goal was a result of a head high tackle from Dea

Dea was on Hill for his 1st goal - was goalside of his opponent at the stoppage where he should be, Foley won the ball and handballed it straight to Hill who snapped
Houli his 2nd - Hill outbodied him easily in a 1-1 marking contest
Rance his 3rd – holding free kick to Hill

so try again

Hams 1st was the result of lifting his arm and shrugging the shoulders, high free kick, same free kicks the Eagles did the Hawks over with last week, meh

You sure you watched the replay twice?

[Penelope]

going ot, the houli incident highlights a trend that i feel is wrong in defending, and that is concentrating too much on the opponent rather than the ball.
houli got to the contest too early. if you think of the good spoilers over the years they would have come in later and jumped over hill, who was basically a sitting duck, and punched the ball away. its all about timing.

watch how often defenders get caught out of position because they are watching their opponent rather than ball. sometimes you just have to back your judgement and ability to beat your opponent in the contest.

[tony_montana]

going ot, the houli incident highlights a trend that i feel is wrong in defending, and that is concentrating too much on the opponent rather than the ball.
houli got to the contest too early. if you think of the good spoilers over the years they would have come in later and jumped over hill, who was basically a sitting duck, and punched the ball away. its all about timing.

watch how often defenders get caught out of position because they are watching their opponent rather than ball. sometimes you just have to back your judgement and ability to beat your opponent in the contest.

spot on al  case in point Laidler on Vickery  rnd 1. Doesnt go body on body much, times it to the contest beautifully

[WilliamPowell]

All first rounders, WP. Not sticking you're neck out too much there. And everyone loved Riewoldt and Conca from the start

Bring back Gourdis

"Loved Conca fromt he start" you are kidding coach. A lot on here had major concerns about young Reece

Ditto poor Jack, after he won the Coleman was when alot jumped on board

And BTW does this "gotta give time to develop, gotta give them more games" apply to every player?

Example: How many games did Nason play? Was he given enough time? How many games do you give them? Less than 20, more than 20? what is the criteria

Now before people start a "whacking" I am simply asking the question. People are saying after 8 games Dea hasn't been given enough time, Nason played less than 25 was he given enough time?

[Jackstar is back again]

Dea has had 8 games too many
Has no idea at AFL level and can't get a kick
Enough is enough
At least guys like Webberley can get a kick
Dea can't

[Dice]

How many goals did Shuey kick? They ended up moving him at one stage to get away from the beast.

Who were his other opponents?

Played on Hill
Hill kicked 3 goals
Hams first goal was a result of a head high tackle from Dea

Dea was on Hill for his 1st goal - was goalside of his opponent at the stoppage where he should be, Foley won the ball and handballed it straight to Hill who snapped
Houli his 2nd - Hill outbodied him easily in a 1-1 marking contest
Rance his 3rd – holding free kick to Hill

so try again

Hams 1st was the result of lifting his arm and shrugging the shoulders, high free kick, same free kicks the Eagles did the Hawks over with last week, meh

You sure you watched the replay twice?

Nice work Gerks.   
Dea will be one of the first names Dimma will pencil in this week I reckon. Can't teach or buy that sort of commitment to the contest. Kid's a keeper