Mykelti Lefau

[TigerMasochist]

Lucky for me I was wearing pants at the footy. Otherwise I might have been liftingmykiltup watching him play. Get 30 or so games into this bloke n play him alongside a genuine key forward or two n he'll fair put the wind up a few backlines.

 

[theglove3]

Lucky for me I was wearing pants at the footy. Otherwise I might have been liftingmykiltup watching him play. Get 30 or so games into this bloke n play him alongside a genuine key forward or two n he'll fair put the wind up a few backlines.

Just to confirm Maso o the Tiger, the thumbs up is for your second comment here, not the first.

Myki's improvement even in a handful of games has been immense.
Game 1 looked totally lost and not to standard.

Gee, he has settled in since then.
Good hands. Lovely kick. Presents.

Also, like others, can't wait to see him getting 3rd backman (and not the 1st) once ArkMan and The Lynch mob return.

Coming from a totally different sport his progression has been utterly amazing.

 

[momentai]

Strangely for a convert, the kicking action looks super natural as well. Compare that to other converts where the kicking looks a bit mechanical, Lefaus doesn't.

I go back to that kick to Dusty for his goal I think in the 2nd quarter of the Melbourne game (might have been 4th we were kicking to the City end), perfectly weighted kick over Stephen Mays head to Dusty's advantage.

I'd seen him in the VFL and thought he was a brute, powerful and strong, but he's much more than that. As you say his kicking is very good which makes him a perfect option for the 3rd tall, has the endurance, power and speed to get himself up and down the ground, and his kicking both around the ground and towards goal is very good

Noah as a latecomer is the same.. beautiful kicking action.
Well taught at a professional level
rather that practicing mistakes from aged
4.

 

[Wildride]

Noah as a latecomer is the same.. beautiful kicking action.
Well taught at a professional level
rather that practicing mistakes from aged
4.

Assuming you mean Noah Balta? He's no latecomer at all! He was in the talent pathway early and grew up playing footy, but also played soccer. No different than probably a 100 other footy players...

 

[momentai]

Assuming you mean Noah Balta? He's no latecomer at all! He was in the talent pathway early and grew up playing footy, but also played soccer. No different than probably a 100 other footy players...

Wiki describes him as growing up a passionate soccer player.
No matter. Both have a very good action
and promise to be great together in our forward line for many years to come.

 

[code yellow and black]

Could this guy play as a traditional full forward? Strong lead and mark. Miss those days of Dumstall, Lockett and dare I say Lloyd.

 

[The_General]

Assuming you mean Noah Balta? He's no latecomer at all! He was in the talent pathway early and grew up playing footy, but also played soccer. No different than probably a 100 other footy players...

Noah was playing footy with my brother-in-law in under age. Yeah probably played other sports, but was certainly not late to AFL. He was playing u12 in EDFL.

 

[Tigers of Old]

It's a magnificent kicking action.
His second goal was a clean a hit as I've seen all year.
Thudded off the boot beautifully & straight through the middle with ease from 45m.
He's not just a brute athlete. Kid has better skills than many.

 

[MD Jazz]

It's a magnificent kicking action.
His second goal was a clean a hit as I've seen all year.
Thudded off the boot beautifully & straight through the middle with ease from 45m.
He's not just a brute athlete. Kid has better skills than many.

He can clunk a mark too. Strong enough to maintain his position/balance in a contest and get his hands in the right spot.

And because he has speed and agility I can see a forward line containing Lynch/Balta/Lefau being effective.

Has been thrown in the deep end and not just treading water. Real positive.

 

[mrposhman]

He can clunk a mark too. Strong enough to maintain his position/balance in a contest and get his hands in the right spot.

And because he has speed and agility I can see a forward line containing Lynch/Balta/Lefau being effective.

Has been thrown in the deep end and not just treading water. Real positive.

It would create some really difficult matchups for opposition with those 3 in attack. With the athleticism of Balta and Lefau, could we also play Dusty in that forward line with a couple of small around them?

Just adding some stats around this.

Both Lefau and Balta are regarded as Key forwards in the AFL stats.

Tackles - Lefau (2.5) - Above Average. Balta (1.8) - Average
Tackles inside 50 - L (1.7) - Elite, B (1.5) - Above Average
Pressure Acts - L (11) - Above Average, B (10.3) - Average
Spoils - L (1.8) - Elite, Balta (1) - Average

 

[RoarEmotion]

It would create some really difficult matchups for opposition with those 3 in attack. With the athleticism of Balta and Lefau, could we also play Dusty in that forward line with a couple of small around them?

Just adding some stats around this.

Both Lefau and Balta are regarded as Key forwards in the AFL stats.

Tackles - Lefau (2.5) - Above Average. Balta (1.8) - Average
Tackles inside 50 - L (1.7) - Elite, B (1.5) - Above Average
Pressure Acts - L (11) - Above Average, B (10.3) - Average
Spoils - L (1.8) - Elite, Balta (1) - Average

Love when stats back up what your eyes see at the ground. Lefau is QUICK.

 

[btoz_01]

It would create some really difficult matchups for opposition with those 3 in attack. With the athleticism of Balta and Lefau, could we also play Dusty in that forward line with a couple of small around them?

Just adding some stats around this.

Both Lefau and Balta are regarded as Key forwards in the AFL stats.

Tackles - Lefau (2.5) - Above Average. Balta (1.8) - Average
Tackles inside 50 - L (1.7) - Elite, B (1.5) - Above Average
Pressure Acts - L (11) - Above Average, B (10.3) - Average
Spoils - L (1.8) - Elite, Balta (1) - Average

Imagine a forward line

Bolton Balta Coulthard
Dusty Lynch Lefau

 

[Brodders17]

Imagine a forward line

Bolton Balta Coulthard
Dusty Lynch Lefau

Is that you, Tim Livingstone?
Where's Cumbers??

 

[btoz_01]

Is that you, Tim Livingstone?
Where's Cumbers??

For gods sake Dont you realise it’s highly unlikely Cumbo will get a game
He could kick 9 goals and there’d be some demanding he should’ve kicked 10

 

[Brodders17]

For gods sake Dont you realise it’s highly unlikely Cumbo will get a game
He could kick 9 goals and there’d be some demanding he should’ve kicked 10

It's all well and good to kick 9, but how many tackles?

 

[momentai]

Imagine a forward line

Bolton Balta Coulthard
Dusty Lynch Lefau

Even when we return to full strength Shai is our best mid.
Can’t see a situation arising where he is best employed primarily as a forward, in the foreseeable future.

 

[TigerMasochist]

New contract and pay rise coming for Liftmykiltup according to the Hun. Seems we've been somewhat impressed by his efforts the last few weeks.

 

[Coburgtiger]

For gods sake Dont you realise it’s highly unlikely Cumbo will get a game
He could kick 9 goals and there’d be some demanding he should’ve kicked 10

He could start by kicking more than 1.

 

[TigerMasochist]

He could start by kicking more than 1.

If the Cummerbund was to kick one goal per game he'd be easily doubling the scoring output of our other small forwards at the moment. Moju n Nigel are struggling to score at half a goal per game.

 

[tigerman]

Imagine a forward line

Bolton Balta Coulthard
Dusty Lynch Lefau

Until Lynch is back how about

Bolton Balta Coulthard
Dusty Ryan Lefau.

Lefau gets the the 3rd tall and Ryan gets a chance to show his development.