I'm not sure how you are judging his performances claw. Sure, his stats are similar but they don't tell you if he has performed the roles the coaching staff have given him. He has played his role in the team perfectly this year. Much better than his first year. That's how I judge him and why I think he has improved.
Well we disagree. As stated i am not putting him down just stating my opinion on how he has tracked over the three years. His roles as a backman are not that hard to define. He performed them just as well in his first year as his last imo. You obviously think his last year is significantly better than his first that fine thats your opinion.
This last season he was easily our second best backman, two years before he wasn't. I don't think that is really very disputable but go ahead and give us your option.
And what exactly has that to do with his three years to date. Maybe it says more about how poor some of our defenders have been at times.
I somewhat agree with Claw but I see this year as maybe just a little better than his first. He's been solid as a loose backman but he has lost a bit of his attacking flair.
Why thank you sir, it is good to see some others dont let their emotions get the better of their judgement. I could imagine what the reaction would be like if he copped some actual criticism.
What Claw, because some here (including me) think he has improved since his first season we are letting our emotions get the better of our Judgement? What Claw, our opion is not as valid as yours?
If you were refering to me (above) then I take great execption to that as I have prided myself in being a bit of anaylist re football. I dont take team or personal preferances about players or teams when it comes to tipping, stats based games or in general. There are many Tigers both past and present that I have been critcial when I felt needed.
If you were not refering to me who were you refering to? If you still cant nominate who then I can only assume that you think in general the people here are like that. If you really think that then wtf are you doing here. (Dont bother answering it was a retorical question).
I will also add that I dont post in Trade threads as I simply dont know whats going on behind the scenes, I dont comment of draft threads as I really dont know the proposed draftess. I will comment and defend my opion on players players becasue it is what I have observed and formed a rational (not emotinal) opinion
As was said on another thread, great to have you back to remind us how stupid we all are.
BTW if you read the last quote you replied to you he basically said , yes Vlas has improved (even just a bit) which is the against you origal premise that he had stagnated.
One other thing, you mentioned how bad our defence has been at times this year. Yes I know you have a cop out by using the "at times" in the wording but really Claw? Our defence has been the 3rd most stingy this year. Only just 20 points behind Hawthorn and 4 behind Frematle. I would say in general our defence as been great this year but there it is in a nutshell, you see the negatives, I see the positives.
