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Maurice Rioli Jnr
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So, to clarify and confirm. Here is the full vision on Mozza 'taking' the phone call after. FACT. FO football media.
Had his mea culpa with the Coaching staff apologised and by sounds of it is getting on with it with the teams support and encouragement.
He will learn from it.
If he was struggling and putting extra pressure on himself a run in the VFL on the ball will do him the world of good.
Well done Maurice.
Well done Tigers.
He will learn from it.
If he was struggling and putting extra pressure on himself a run in the VFL on the ball will do him the world of good.
Well done Maurice.
Well done Tigers.
Wow. Talk about editing the footage completely out of context and pushing a narrative that clearly wasn't there at all. Tells you all you need to know about how the media manipulates footage for a headline.
Lot of upside to Maurice but still has a young head on his shoulders. With maturity should emulate the deeds of his namesakes. eg I was at the game & he was not the only one out of soughts but a few efforts , just did not measure up so not surprised to see him benched.
happy to have seen that .. and adjust my earlier viewpoint on MJR
Good post. The footage of him playing up North before he was picked up showed what you have outlined. I thought in his early games with us, you could see this. Anticipation was good. Quick. Held his balance well. Can kick a goal and had his old man’s ability to run guys down from behind and make a tackle stick when he was oftimes smaller than the opposition player. But now. Yeah. Nah. Is not anticipating the play or the fall of the ball and is not where you would expect if the balls spills from the contest. Might be a glitch. If it is because he is being told to play differently, then I think that is a mistake. We won in 2017 because the coaching changed to play to the players strengths not to make them into something else. I think George C. (who I have been critical of in the past) is an example. I used to call George, who became a triple premiership player, when I haven’t played AFL at all, an almost footballer. But by god, he did use the forward pressure skills that he did have extremely well. I think MJ has more natural ability, by a long way, but I hope he is not being coached into a player that he is not. Yes. There are elements of your game that can be improved. Reckon that is for all players. But don’t destroy the inherent traits we are all looking for. This is merely conjecture on my part.
The coaches want JNR to be more offensive because his tendency or fixation has always been to sweat the man and chase and tackle rather than getting the ball himself.
Of those NT games you refer to, I watched a few of those games and except for the commentators obsessive search to call the Rioli name he never dominated a game or got many possessions, had a highlight goal here and there which was enough to put him up in lights, (he never kicked a bag), because he was Mr Magic's son.
I also watched several of his games live when playing for Scotch where they tried him both mid and forward, i were reporting even then that i was disappointed that he sweated the man and not the ball and while people on PRE were asking for us to trade away our 1st pick so we could get points to draft him i were saying he was more likely rookie material, (but that was never going to happen because of who he was).
So what is the player he is or the player he is not?
**This is what I would do in the VFL even to the detriment of wins there, play him midfield and fixate on the ball, tackles and chasing are already natural to him.
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I’m interested in the posts about us trying to turn him into a player that he’s not.
It could explain a lot but it does fly in the face of Hardwick’s letting the players play to their strengths ethos.
Is MRJ’s natural game transferable to the AFL or did we draft him because of who is old man was and hoped to turn him into an AFL player?
It could explain a lot but it does fly in the face of Hardwick’s letting the players play to their strengths ethos.
Is MRJ’s natural game transferable to the AFL or did we draft him because of who is old man was and hoped to turn him into an AFL player?
pedigree is there Coop ... might take awhile to eek it out i suppose ...
different generation too, more distractions ...
Hope your right artball. I would love to see him become a player.
All that clip does is further reinforce that Sam McClure is a first class *smile*.
Pissing himself laughing whilst saying he shouldn’t laugh but then saying it’s funny! What is this guy 8 years old?
He is as likeable as a person that farts in a packed lift
