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shaun hampson threads [merged]
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I thought that too and it was noted by the guys on Fox in their post game wrap up too. If he could just learn to mark the ball he'd become a lot more valuable. Does anyone know who was picked up with the pick we used for him and what their prospects are?Carter said:
Is certainly not going to just explode into a player like Maric did. Weak overhead and at the hips so doesn't hold his ground enough. And he's not getting to enough contests to break even. The tap work is the obvious strong point, but I wasn't overly impressed with that either v Bris. Kicking...worse than meh. But yeah unfortunately he seems to be doing the best he can.
Agree with this. However, having heard that his father dies during the week we should cut him some slack. That's huge that he still played considering those circumstances.Tigers2011 said:
Newman said:
LOL, thanks mate. So you are saying if the mids don't take full advantage of his taps but the opposition consistently manage to, that is still elite eh? Go figure. Putting it down the throat of your mids is what is elite in my book.
Granted it's harder to see each and very ruck contest at the ground, but I can tell you for nothing that what so many of us (100's) sitting in Stanley St end saw was very disillusioning. Didn't hear anyone say "Thank god we had Hampsen, he's elite". Plenty of collective groans though.
BUT as I said, if this guy had a personal hardship through the week, then it's possible to put it to one side. It's not like we had much option but to play him atm.
So you'd have been happy if Richmond gave up their first round draft pick for McEvoy? That's what St Kilda wanted and got from Hawthorn, plus Savage.arlobill said:
CarnTheTiges said:
I agree, paid well over in my book - but premierships talk and can disguise folly as good fortune.
True and Hawthorn really did need a ruck man. They may regret it in a few years time, but they'll have at least one more trophy in the cabinet by then and we'd probably sell our souls to get just one.HandyTiger said:
I can did say that one of the things he'd like to work on is playing up forward in an interview I heard, but it was his usual laid back style and I almost fell asleep listening to it, so I may have misheard.St Kevin said:
tigersnake said:
Yes, he's younger, fitter and has a girlfriend Trent would actually drool over. But there is a grain of truth here. Your first ruck (and Hampson must be aiming for that) has to be able to relieve pressure and mark your outlet pass what - 25% of the time? Knobel couldn't, Stephenson can't and Hampson isn't.
...and I got pissed off last night watching even two handed taps (i.e. complete control of the ball) go straight to a Brisbane player.
No, some of his taps went to the wrong spots i.e when in your defensive half the general rule is you tap towards the boundary unless you know the ball will land where we have more than a 50-50 chance of roving it. On numerous occasions he tapped inside to no-one in particular and often Brisbane roved it. A better team than Brisbane (there are about 17 in the current competition) will make you pay dearly for these errors. If he did it once or twice its forgivable but he did it often throughout the game.
Without reading the last few pages what i saw from Hampson on last nights game i wasn't overly impressed with his tap work which mainly went to lions players and he couldn't mark a ball to save himself...Butter fingers, just so fumbly on first contact with ball whether in the air or a lose ball...
One thing hampster doesn't give us is that get out of jail card that maric can give us around the ground with his strength in the air and bollocking work around the stoppages.........
One thing hampster doesn't give us is that get out of jail card that maric can give us around the ground with his strength in the air and bollocking work around the stoppages.........
Apart from jumping off the ground at ruck contests, and sometimes hitting the ball to the advantage of Tiger players, Hampson offers absolutely nothing else to the team. He contributes so little around the ground, hardly competes, applies no physical pressure in packs and doesn't put his body on the line or shepherd. Not sure what sort of long-term value this player will be for the Tigers.
