Matt Thomas [merged]

[Judge Roughneck]

whos the 2nd best tagger?

crowley is unique

[one-eyed]

whos the 2nd best tagger?

crowley is unique

Curnow does well against us  .

[camboon]

If we pick him up when would we find out

[big tone]

whos the 2nd best tagger?

crowley is unique

Someone in our side that can keep the likes of Swan or Pendlebery to low numbers would make it a lot easier to beat Collingwood. That would be unique!

[Penelope]

would much prefer someone who can reduce their output, but then hurt them the other way.

crowley is unique

True. which is why it is a pipe dream expecting a hack like thomas to do what he does.

Crowly is that good at what he does, that I would have him in the side, but generally i would prefer accountable midfielders that can have a positive impact rather than just try to negate.

[Smokey]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

[big tone]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

He averaged 7 kicks and 7 handballs this year. Hardly as much possessions as a pure mid.
But let me guess, you'll have some really good excuse for your ridiculous comment? 

[Smokey]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

He averaged 7 kicks and 7 handballs this year. Hardly as much possessions as a pure mid.
But let me guess, you'll have some really good excuse for your ridicules comment? 

What comment did I make to ridicule anyone?   

[Smokey]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

He averaged 7 kicks and 7 handballs this year. Hardly as much possessions as a pure mid.
But let me guess, you'll have some really good excuse for your ridicules comment? 

Yeah, those figures surprise me a bit, I would have thought he got more than that.  Just goes to show how much impact he has when he gets the ball I suppose because imho he is very effective as a midfielder in his own right.

[Willy]

Still plenty of room in the game for quality taggers, even if they arent offensive weapons. They just need to be able to win a hard ball when its their turn, which im sure Thomas is capable of. Thats not to say that he'l necessarily be a good tagger though.

[big tone]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

He averaged 7 kicks and 7 handballs this year. Hardly as much possessions as a pure mid.
But let me guess, you'll have some really good excuse for your ridicules comment? 

Yeah, those figures surprise me a bit, I would have thought he got more than that.  Just goes to show how much impact he has when he gets the ball I suppose because imho he is very effective as a midfielder in his own right.

Don't you hate it when you try and bait someone and you stuff the word up. Idiot!! 

[1965]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

He averaged 7 kicks and 7 handballs this year. Hardly as much possessions as a pure mid.
But let me guess, you'll have some really good excuse for your ridicules comment? 

Yeah, those figures surprise me a bit, I would have thought he got more than that.  Just goes to show how much impact he has when he gets the ball I suppose because imho he is very effective as a midfielder in his own right.

Don't you hate it when you try and bait someone and you stuff the word up. Idiot!! 

Which word did he eff up?

[big tone]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

He averaged 7 kicks and 7 handballs this year. Hardly as much possessions as a pure mid.
But let me guess, you'll have some really good excuse for your ridicules comment? 

Yeah, those figures surprise me a bit, I would have thought he got more than that.  Just goes to show how much impact he has when he gets the ball I suppose because imho he is very effective as a midfielder in his own right.

Don't you hate it when you try and bait someone and you stuff the word up. Idiot!! 

Which word did he eff up?

It's I that stuffed up. I'm the idiot I was talking about. 

[1965]

Didn't seem to hurt Freo with Crowley this year...

Crowley is a rare beast that can tag but also win the lion's share of his won ball.  He gets as much possession as a pure mid and there is really no-one in the comp who comes close to his ability as both.  I'm with Al, get a midfield full of good players and make it impossible to tag them all out.  Having a pure tagger in the team just reduces the effectiveness of your 22 and hands some control over to the opposition.

He averaged 7 kicks and 7 handballs this year. Hardly as much possessions as a pure mid.
But let me guess, you'll have some really good excuse for your ridicules comment? 

Yeah, those figures surprise me a bit, I would have thought he got more than that.  Just goes to show how much impact he has when he gets the ball I suppose because imho he is very effective as a midfielder in his own right.

Don't you hate it when you try and bait someone and you stuff the word up. Idiot!! 

Which word did he eff up?

It's I that stuffed up. I'm the idiot I was talking about. 

OK, sorry, I really must start reading your posts.

 

[the claw]

Matty is probably good enough to be a decent depth player at a bottom 8 club. Sort of like he was at Port for the last 5 years. We're a top 8 club now and we can do better. Does give it a red hot crack though this lad

Serious question Coach:  would he be an upgrade on Lonergan as depth?

was just looking thru the thread and saw this.

who would be an upgrade on lonergan.  simple answer is just about any decent state league player who has a bit of pace finds inside ball  is a decent size and can actually kick. sheesh kicking the most fundamental skill in our game and most important and we continue to look at blokes who cant do it.
there are so many players on afl lists who quite frankly are not deserving to be there. and all this while many blokes  with far better attributes rot away without ever geeting a chance.