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Rhyan Mansell welcome to Tigerland
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MRJ is out injured, he has Mansell covered in most areas if not all.
OK, You got me! When you look at other clubs recent recruiting and making allowances that they have earlier picks, they have done better than we have. We have been struggling for a while with kids who have limited ability like Lennon, RCD and Corey Ellis to name but three. On the other hand, we have picked up some with talent. Christ, I am arguing against myself! However, Rhyan was a supplementary pick up who filled a need and his first few games he played more as a rebounding defender where his tackling was effective but distribution was not the best. Nothing much has changed as a small forward. I accept he fills a need but should we have an injury free club, it is doubtful he would get a game
Mansell would too, if he played on Jayden Short at the moment.
Pretty much everyone in the media said Carlton was victim blaming. I don't think the club needs to add anything, it won't add any value. Can do things behind closed doors and tell Carlton they behaved like *smile*.
‘Influence the game’ - very good. We are picking our best team each week, but hopefully each year we get better ‘game influencers’ until we are back where we belong..!
Right now thanks to our ever expanding injury list, we are now picking players who are warm to the touch
I get he is hard at it (respect). However, his lack of skill level and lack of footy smarts far outweighs his hardness. We need to be playing players that have skill and test if they can harden up. Playing this guy (can't believe he signed for 2 more years) as opposed to giving a younger more skillful player will not take us forward. Yes, you need role players, this guy is not one of them. He is below a role player. If we re-sign him in two years we are in big trouble.
Hide him in the back pocket as he’s not a small forward. He’s basically spends most of the time defending in the forward line because that’s his natural game. He has no natural small forward qualities and will never tear a game apart. His opponent basically has the weekend off. Mansell would be of greater value to the team playing a physical shut down role on a small forward.
His opponent has the week off, or he's a natural defender shut down role, which is it?
Mansell is averaging 0.9 goals per game this season. Considering that as a team we struggle to kick 8 goals a week, that’s a decent return. He’s also averaging 3.6 tackles, 2.7 inside 50s from 10.6 disposals per game.
Three separate coaches have seen value in Mansell now. He may not be the most skilled player but his hardness and competitiveness, two attributes in short supply amongst our recent draftees btw, are without question.
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