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Nick Vlastuin

tigerlove said:
He's totally lost int he forward line.

looked like he knew where he was when he took that contested mark sandwiched between two carlton blokes?
 
jb03 said:
Quick to judge. Needs an extended run in the midfield so we can find out.

Exactly. The couple of chances he's been given in the past and he's done really well. I suspect his tank isn't up to it so why not give him shorter spurts and see if he can work on his tank. It's not all about tank, it's about playing smart as well.
 
Kicked 1, could have kicked 2 but handed one off, I wouldn't be not playing him forward and in the middle, however still think his half back and just about our best
 
Vlastuin was useless. Got a rocket. Then got involved, playing the best half of his life.

He's an outside player. That's good. At this stage he's not a good one but if he keeps working like he did in the second half he will be.
 
Be good if he could get the ball a bit more, because when he has got it he uses it so well and is probably our best set shot at goal.
 
tigerlove said:
Exactly. The couple of chances he's been given in the past and he's done really well. I suspect his tank isn't up to it so why not give him shorter spurts and see if he can work on his tank. It's not all about tank, it's about playing smart as well.
Wasn't it last season that plenty here were asking for him to be played in the middle? So they guve him a try there, he's not Gary Jr first game at it, so he's banished to the back line again. If the team and the players are ever going to improve, nerve needs to be held.
 
Dyer'ere said:
Vlastuin was useless. Got a rocket. Then got involved, playing the best half of his life.

He's an outside player. That's good. At this stage he's not a good one but if he keeps working like he did in the second half he will be.
he can play on the outside but outside player ? 12 tackles, not sure the last time a Richmond player got that many. Purely outside players don't tackle 12 times a game

I think he hasn't got the balance right yet between outside and inside but he can do both which is why we persist imo.
 
CarnTheTiges said:
Wasn't it last season that plenty here were asking for him to be played in the middle? So they guve him a try there, he's not Gary Jr first game at it, so he's banished to the back line again. If the team and the players are ever going to improve, nerve needs to be held.

Maybe he should get full stints in the middle at VFL level? BTW he doesn't have to be Gaz Jnr but he does have to have Miles impact.
 
CC TIGER said:
Kicked 1, could have kicked 2 but handed one off, I wouldn't be not playing him forward and in the middle, however still think his half back and just about our best
"wouldn't be not". Jeepers CC, you and brodders love your double and triple negatives.
 
CarnTheTiges said:
Wasn't it last season that plenty here were asking for him to be played in the middle? So they guve him a try there, he's not Gary Jr first game at it, so he's banished to the back line again. If the team and the players are ever going to improve, nerve needs to be held.

Yep. Par for the course.
 
jb03 said:
"wouldn't be not". Jeepers CC, you and brodders love your double and triple negatives.

i reckon CC has outdone me there JimBob. i had to draw a flow chart to figure out what he meant.
 
Brodders17 said:
i reckon CC has outdone me there JimBob. i had to draw a flow chart to figure out what he meant.

Can you please publish that flowchart, still not sure what his veiw on Vlastuin is.
 
jb03 said:
"wouldn't be not". Jeepers CC, you and brodders love your double and triple negatives.
Bloody tough this English language, though what I said makes perfect sence to me. Vlaustin our best half back but should still have stints in the middle and forward, but his best position is half back ;D
 
Didn't get massive amounts of ball the ginger Flossy, but that's probably not his main role during a match. He had a dozen tackles n about twenty overall pressure acts for the game so obviously had the Carlscum mids n defenders under the pump a few times. Managed a sausage n a couple of very timely marks as well. Going to be finding his way a bit playing some mid n forward this year so there's a fair bit of improvement in the role to come.
 
Dont really see, much upside in him, hes in his 6th year now?

We knew what we were getting when we drafted him. A good foot solider who was never going to be a star, but a solid long term player for us.
 
CC TIGER said:
Bloody tough this English language, though what I said makes perfect sence to me. Vlaustin our best half back but should still have stints in the middle and forward, but his best position is half back ;D
Made perfect cents to me
 
His second quarter last night was exceptional. I'm always surprised when I see his stats, could have sworn he had it more than 12 times.
 
CC TIGER said:
Bloody tough this English language, though what I said makes perfect sence to me. Vlaustin our best half back but should still have stints in the middle and forward, but his best position is half back ;D

Thanks CC, I was struggling too ;D