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Brett Deledio (merged)
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Re: Brett Deledio
Agreed.
Lids stalled slightly last year overall IMO.
Expectations are high of our number one draft pick in his 4th year. Rightly so.
hopper said:
Agreed.
Lids stalled slightly last year overall IMO.
Expectations are high of our number one draft pick in his 4th year. Rightly so.
Re: Brett Deledio
If you haven't seen it, this page has a recent photo of Lids:
http://www.puntroadend.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=30105.30
mtench said:
If you haven't seen it, this page has a recent photo of Lids:
http://www.puntroadend.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=30105.30
Re: Brett Deledio
It took Luke hodge quite a number of years to get going and there were some serious questions about his no1 selection.
Let me tell you, I was at the Adel v Haw final this year and Luke Hodge won me over. He stamped himself as a genuine superstar of the competition. On one leg, he singlehandedly got hawthorn back in the game and was the main reason why they won. Forget about franklin that day, Luke Hodge was the man.
Absolute freak and if lids turns out as good as him we'll all be happy.
It took Luke hodge quite a number of years to get going and there were some serious questions about his no1 selection.
Let me tell you, I was at the Adel v Haw final this year and Luke Hodge won me over. He stamped himself as a genuine superstar of the competition. On one leg, he singlehandedly got hawthorn back in the game and was the main reason why they won. Forget about franklin that day, Luke Hodge was the man.
Absolute freak and if lids turns out as good as him we'll all be happy.
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Re: Brett Deledio
If size is your criteria for success then Stuart Dew is in for a massive season.tigers#7 said:
Re: Brett Deledio
Early on I agree, but thought he played some of his best football after coming back from the broken hand.
Lets hope he can continue his late season form.
Tigers of Old said:
Early on I agree, but thought he played some of his best football after coming back from the broken hand.
Lets hope he can continue his late season form.
Re: Brett Deledio
Yeah Gus he's still growing into the game, plenty to look forward togustiger12 said:
Re: Brett Deledio
Why did Whitnall retire? He was on track to win a Brownlow.
Tony Braxton-Hicks said:
Why did Whitnall retire? He was on track to win a Brownlow.
Re: Brett Deledio
Was told only a table for 10 or 12 at Brownlow Night, everyone else would have gone home hungry as happened in the last couple of years he attended, crook knee had nothing to do with him retiring. Too many complaints from other attending scum players. ju$$ was worried the twig would be next on the menu! ;DStreak said:
Re: Brett Deledio
Interesting year for Deledio. In a holding pattern a bit.
He got touched up by Cameron Ling. Got mauled. Got owned, jail style. Ling told him to take the bottom bunk.
That's Ok, Ling is as good as lock down as there is. And that was the black night of the year. One kick. Amazing.
He bounced back the next three weeks and had 22,24, 25 possies. Then Justin Sherman got on top of him. The thing that most disturbed me about this was that Sherman physically man handled Lids. Sherman makes fairy floss look tough. This one disturbed me far more then the Ling mauling. Sherman should not be able to run, jump and compete with Brett Deledio if he is giving it his all and is mentally locked into games. And this is the test for the young man, getting mentally stronger. Gut running. But again he bounced back with 25,23 possies after the Sherman game.
Even better was the come back after the broken hand. Up forward he looked a different type. He was a match up nightmare, very much a different match up when he is flying for overhead marks. Hard to find a tag for a guy who can burn the turf and take a overhead mark, not many of those around. And bags of 5,2,2,2 over the last few weeks gave the impression that he may be a better option up forward pushing into the middle then the other way around. Personally I think Wallace needs to dictate to the opposition and expose who ever is playing on Deledio. If James McDonald goes to him, push him deep. If Paul Wheatley goes to him push him up into the midfield.
Very few people can play that role, only those with massive footballing smarts can push into the play. Hird did it, G.Ablett does it and Adam Goodes does it some weeks. These are Deledio's challenges for 2008, become a gut runner and smart enough to expose the bloke his playing on and get mentally stronger. If he does 2 of these 3 he will a super year, if he does three out of three he becomes elite.
Interesting year for Deledio. In a holding pattern a bit.
He got touched up by Cameron Ling. Got mauled. Got owned, jail style. Ling told him to take the bottom bunk.
That's Ok, Ling is as good as lock down as there is. And that was the black night of the year. One kick. Amazing.
He bounced back the next three weeks and had 22,24, 25 possies. Then Justin Sherman got on top of him. The thing that most disturbed me about this was that Sherman physically man handled Lids. Sherman makes fairy floss look tough. This one disturbed me far more then the Ling mauling. Sherman should not be able to run, jump and compete with Brett Deledio if he is giving it his all and is mentally locked into games. And this is the test for the young man, getting mentally stronger. Gut running. But again he bounced back with 25,23 possies after the Sherman game.
Even better was the come back after the broken hand. Up forward he looked a different type. He was a match up nightmare, very much a different match up when he is flying for overhead marks. Hard to find a tag for a guy who can burn the turf and take a overhead mark, not many of those around. And bags of 5,2,2,2 over the last few weeks gave the impression that he may be a better option up forward pushing into the middle then the other way around. Personally I think Wallace needs to dictate to the opposition and expose who ever is playing on Deledio. If James McDonald goes to him, push him deep. If Paul Wheatley goes to him push him up into the midfield.
Very few people can play that role, only those with massive footballing smarts can push into the play. Hird did it, G.Ablett does it and Adam Goodes does it some weeks. These are Deledio's challenges for 2008, become a gut runner and smart enough to expose the bloke his playing on and get mentally stronger. If he does 2 of these 3 he will a super year, if he does three out of three he becomes elite.
