Rate a Tiger's year - Nick Vlastuin?

[one-eyed]

It's that time of the year for these player reviews.

First up is Vlastuin.

Floss in his 11th year of AFL played 21 out of a possible 23 games this season to take his career total to 211. He missed rounds 11 & 12 due to a badly corked leg. As far as statistical output, 2023 was in Vlastuin's top 3 of his career.

2023 Statistical Rankings
● Ranked 7th in Intercepts Per Game   
● Ranked 12th in Total Intercepts
● Ranked 13th in Rebound 50s Per Game
● Ranked 14th in Total Rebound 50s    
● Ranked 17th in Total Marks
● Ranked 18th in Marks Per Game    
     
Season Highlights:
● 26 disps (20 kicks 6 hballs) and 12 marks in Rd 13 15-pt win over Fremantle at Optus Stadium (10 Jun)
● 23 disps (18 kicks 5 hballs), 9 marks and a goal in Rd 14 20-pt win over St Kilda at the MCG (17 Jun)
● 22 disps (17 kicks 5 hballs) and 11 marks in Rd 10 1-pt loss to Essendon at the MCG (20 May)
● 21 disps (15 kicks 6 hballs) and 8 marks in Rd 6 18-pt loss to Melbourne at the MCG (24 Apr)
● 20 disps (14 kicks 6 hballs) and 9 marks in Rd 19 1-pt win over Hawthorn at the MCG (22 Jul)
● 20 disps (16 kicks 4 hballs), 8 marks and 6 tackles in Rd 16 81-pt loss to Brisbane at the Gabba (29 Jun)
● 20 disps (14 kicks 6 hballs) and 8 marks in Rd 20 32-pt loss to Melbourne at the MCG (30 Jul)
● 20 disps (16 kicks 4 hballs) and 6 marks in Rd 3 14-pt loss to Collingwood at the MCG (31 Mar)

Career stats:
          Games  Kicks  Hballs  Disp.  Marks  Tackles  G.B    Clear.  In50   Re50   CP    UP   1%ers
2013      18      8.7     7.6    16.3     4.8      3.1       9.3     1.2     2.1     1.4
2014      20      8.4     6.8    15.2     4.1      3.1       4.3     1.0     2.2     1.8    4.9    9.8    1.8
2015      23      8.3     7.0    15.3     4.4      2.7       1.0     0.3     0.8     2.0    5.3    9.8    2.6
2016      19      9.8     5.9    15.7     5.6      2.4       4.1     0.9     1.3     2.6    5.0  10.6    2.9
2017      16    10.2     5.3    15.5     5.6      2.7       2.1     0.9     1.6     4.0
2018      21    10.6     6.0    16.6     6.5      2.7       5.3     0.2     1.7     4.1
2019      24    11.4     7.8    19.1     6.5      2.9       1.1     0.8     1.3     4.9
2020      20      9.0     4.7    13.7     4.8      2.1       1.0     0.1     0.9     3.8
2021      12*  12.9     5.3    18.2     6.8      2.3       0.1     0.3     1.0     5.2
2022      17*  14.8     6.4    21.2     7.7      2.8       0.0     0.3     1.6     5.9
2023      21    13.5     5.3    18.8     6.9      2.5       2.1     0.4     0.9     5.5

* Includes 2 games subbed off.

http://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=2363
https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-richmond-tigers--nick-vlastuin


How did we all rate Vlastuin's year?

[Damo]

4
Shadow of his best

[mat073]

Imposter.

[georgies31]

He's one I'll like to put on the trade table.

[lamington]

Take of two halves. Started the season horribly out of form. Then something clicked and was back to his best. Gave him a 7 considering how under siege we were each week in the backline and when he did return to form he played his role well

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Agree with above posts but disagree with Lamington’s rating.
Guys who have been around as long as Flossy cannot play a half a year at this level and be considered a pass let alone a strong pass.
He wasn’t our worst defender but we needed more from him and it just didn’t happen enough.

[Diocletian]

Looked good that one time he was moved forward - then was never seen there again....

[WilliamPowell]

Take of two halves. Started the season horribly out of form. Then something clicked and was back to his best. Gave him a 7 considering how under siege we were each week in the backline and when he did return to form he played his role well

Agree with the above apart from the rating

I gave him a 6 only because his 2nd half of the year was an 8

Unfortunately he poor start wasn't just poor it was horrible

Looked good that one time he was moved forward - then was never seen there again....

Agree with this. Reckon as a pinch hitter up forward he can be a gem. But a permanent move for me would be a no, robbing peter to pay paul as they say

[Andyy]

6 from me. Started poor but finished strong

[the claw]

Cannot get past his start to the year he was horrible and should have been dropped..
Came home in back half of the season with a wet sail but not enough to make up for his poor start. Gave him a 6 a pass mark for the year.

Would love for the club to look at a junior like Vlas or even Tom Stewart size Nick is the only how to say it big bodied medium defender we have and he turns 30 in April. We need to be addressing problems well  before players retire.