Fair call, but also seems to have an incredible drive and mature head to get the most out of his abilities, and demonstrated remarkable improvement and consistency in 2013. Certainly deserves another year I would have thought.CC TIGER said:
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That was the feedback from Oakleigh Chargers when drafted. Whilst not the most gifted, he sure as hell will not die wondering!Tigerflag2008 said:
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Yeah so far the departures give opportunities to others (Arnott - White; knights-Tuck; hampson - McGuane).
I don't see Matt as any less skilled or able to compete at the highest level than others..only that it may take a bit longer for him to adjust to the higher level. This is not uncommon and shouldn't be seen as a knock on him. Ask Michael Tuck - he played 4 full years of reserves football before he got a go a senior level.
Ghost of 29 said:
It is scary isn't it. M.Tuck could have played 500+ senior games if he had walked straight into the ones. Everyone thinks Dustin F is indestructible, but that would have been some serious longevity (not that 427 games isn't).
Good news:
Been informed that Arnott is going to be a tiger in 2014 but I don't know about the length of the current contract
Been informed that Arnott is going to be a tiger in 2014 but I don't know about the length of the current contract
DirtyDogTiger said:
tigerdave said:
That's good to know.
Given his limited opportunities, he did show a bit. Plenty of improvement in him. I hope he has the hunger to succeed. Sounds like he does from some of the footage on Roar Vision.
The kid can play, I reckon there was never any doubt with him playing in 2014. Just needs to stay injury free and get some games under his belt.
The debate about Arnot is interesting.
5 years ago, based on our playing list back then, I would have thought most of us would have seen him as an absolute keeper.
But with so many players having been moved on over the last 5 years, and with our drafting/acquiring of new talent and trading having really gone up a notch, we are now in the position where hard calls have to be made on a guy like Arnotmuch earlier than we are used to.
The age structure of or list over the next few years does not lend itself to many retirements, so we are going to see players with what we termed 'potential' 5 years ago let go after much less time on the list. And thankfully, in recent years I think the club has become much better at making these calls correctly.
5 years ago, based on our playing list back then, I would have thought most of us would have seen him as an absolute keeper.
But with so many players having been moved on over the last 5 years, and with our drafting/acquiring of new talent and trading having really gone up a notch, we are now in the position where hard calls have to be made on a guy like Arnotmuch earlier than we are used to.
The age structure of or list over the next few years does not lend itself to many retirements, so we are going to see players with what we termed 'potential' 5 years ago let go after much less time on the list. And thankfully, in recent years I think the club has become much better at making these calls correctly.
There is no debate. The kids a jet
I'm putting in to be his prez next year
While Jake is making angry faces, grabbing blokes jumpers and limping about - Matty is running through blokes sending them to the hospital and kicking goals
I'm putting in to be his prez next year
While Jake is making angry faces, grabbing blokes jumpers and limping about - Matty is running through blokes sending them to the hospital and kicking goals
