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Connors
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Freezer said:
You shouldn't be so hard on the bogans amongst us, Ol' Moonboots will let his feet do the talkin'.
2011: Horror year. Quad injury that kept him out all bar three games. It ruined him on and off of the field. The club sent him away in October to figure out if he wanted to play AFL. The club has gone above and beyond for Daniel Connors and has worked tirelessly to help improve him as a person. I have grave fear for Daniel Connors the person once his AFL days are over. The really scary part is that I still believe that Connors can play a vital role in any Richmond resurgence that is going to happen. Easy to forget that over the last ten games of 2010 he averaged 26 touches, 71% DE, 2.7 tackles, 1 clanger, 3.8 rebound 50’s as a running defende If he is to make it he must play a new role. At that point, most had Connors penciled in as a definite starting 18 player for 2011 and someone who still had a lot of improvement left in him. . Since his demise, that role has been filled by Houli, Conca, Batchelor and Ellis. If he is to make it he must play a new role
2012: The ultimate wild card. Banished from the club for the start of the preseason, his fitness must be a question mark. This is it for Connors, out of contract at the end of the season he must put it together this year. After only playing 27 of 110 games over the past five years, the club is planning without Connors but if he can do what is required, he is the X factor from the second tier of our list. As a high half forward he could fill a vital need. The questions with Daniel Connors are not ability but what is between his ears. If he wants it badly enough, he will make it.
2012: The ultimate wild card. Banished from the club for the start of the preseason, his fitness must be a question mark. This is it for Connors, out of contract at the end of the season he must put it together this year. After only playing 27 of 110 games over the past five years, the club is planning without Connors but if he can do what is required, he is the X factor from the second tier of our list. As a high half forward he could fill a vital need. The questions with Daniel Connors are not ability but what is between his ears. If he wants it badly enough, he will make it.
He would have to produce something special to continue on at Richmond beyond this year.
Personally I cant see it happening.
Personally I cant see it happening.
checkside said:
Wasn't he all but signed sealed delivered to Adelaide pending a fitness test which he failed there?
Going by his tweets during trade week with the Adelaide boys, he sure was keen to get there (reading bw the lines/tweets)
Anyway he's still a tiger, hopefully he puts his best foot forward regardless of the outcome.
I think Connors is screwed this year because I don't think he has the speed or aggression at the ball to play Half Forward at senior level but that is where they are going to try to play him this year. It would be very similar to watching Mitch Morton play there. So unfortunately for him he'll be stuck there at Coburg with all the young kids in the middle getting crap delivery and by Rd. 6 everyone will say he has cracked the poohs cos' he isn't dominating. I actually think he should be played at HBF at Coburg and told to play like you used to but just get better at pushing back with the flight of the ball and marking in front of a leading forwards. If he dominated back there like a fit Connors should at least then if there is an injury, suspension or someone will need a rest etc. to the likes of Batchelor, Newman, Helbig etc. and Connors he will get a chance and there would be some sort of continuity in his play.
