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Nick Vlastuin
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I can remember in the wallace era , we had an overload of skinny players that didnt like the tough stuff , and I used to cringe at how feeble we looked against the more physical sides ,
Its easy to take Nick for granted these days , but then if you think back and compare to what we were , you appreciate him and some of his team mates a lot more
Its easy to take Nick for granted these days , but then if you think back and compare to what we were , you appreciate him and some of his team mates a lot more
May not get huge numbers ,but geez he impacts a lot of contests, no doubt there's only one G Archer but his not unlike him with his build an attack on the ball in the air, may just be a lock across half back
CC TIGER said:
I think he's definitely a lock at HB CC and there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever.
Agree mate, I was one of the un educated saying he should go in the middle, however I think Dimmas got this one right at this pointTigers of Old said:
Great to see him get some more of the ball.
Also great to hear him talk about getting more of the ball as being a priority
Also great to hear him talk about getting more of the ball as being a priority
Vlastuin is probably in our best 3 footballers at the club, his footy "smarts" outshine many of the others who get the publicity and his contributions that don't make it to the brain-dead stats sheets (that too many people have wet dreams over) basically hold our backline together.
Vlastuin reads the play so much better than virtually all of our "athletes" that the difference is night and day to those of us that still can recognise real footballers compared to the running robots that infest AFL lists these days (courtesy of the Interchange system). He is one of the few we currently have that would have been good enough to get a game a generation ago when Richmond played for Premierships and not the scraps of simply making the finals occasionally every decade.
Vlastuin reads the play so much better than virtually all of our "athletes" that the difference is night and day to those of us that still can recognise real footballers compared to the running robots that infest AFL lists these days (courtesy of the Interchange system). He is one of the few we currently have that would have been good enough to get a game a generation ago when Richmond played for Premierships and not the scraps of simply making the finals occasionally every decade.
spook said:
great point. his recovery is first class. love his determination to at least the contest at all costs.
seems like he still struggles with contest stamina. third, fourth efforts which he makes but it seems to tax him.
will only be better after one more pre-season. I'm tippin' bona fide A grader in 2016.
Carter said:
Absolutely Carts.
Hodge is considered a legend by many for the career he's had and not as a midfielder but as a General of the backline.
If Floss gets near Hodge..oh boy.
Would be bloody brilliant but, that's a massive career to step up too. Was a pretty handy threesome in that draft, Hodge, Judd, Ball, in that order for me. Reckon Hodge has the others covered in two crucial areas, leadership n old fashioned football mongrel.Tigers of Old said:
