Welcome Derek Eggmolesse Smith

[craig]

A glaringly "outside" player - looks great when given the ball in a bit of space, but these blokes always get found out in big games. Many times he was hesitant and showed no hunger for the contest or was weak in physical situations. I guess with his left foot he'd have gotten a game well before now if he was the complete package... hopefully he can mitigate his shortcomings as Bachar did but for now, if Houli is ready, the switch is a no-brainer.

I missed the game so I cannot comment on this,or the rest of his game yesterday, but he has been smashed for this on every board I've looked at.

Reputations are forged and lost or maintained in the big games.

Lads got time and has shown more this year so is on an upward curve but at every level of footy whether it be elite professionals or suburban 5th division ressies the time always comes when its your turn to go and when it does you gotta go.

One of the most important things in footy to halt momentum is to put yourself in line and over the ball and take a hit, be tackled or lay a tackle to stop the momentum of the opposing team moving the footy forward to allow for a shot at goal or to stop the ball being ran out of your forward 50.

He'll get shown it in the video I'm sure.

 

[Harry]

You can be soft and outside and make a career (look at gaff and short) but not if you lack urgency and awareness. If you're not winning the hard ball you gotta make sure you don't get caught with the ball. Unfortunately eggs gets caught too often. Rather persist with Naish.

 

[Total Tiger]

Wow, the good games get forgotten quickly. He's a kid who's played a handful of games, most of which have been pretty good, who had a bad one on a 4 day break travelling interstate. Quick, let's delist him!

 

[Ridley]

Sloppy shoulders. Submits to the tackler meekly. Won’t commit in the air. Massively one sided. Generally nice kick.

Only Taylor hunt v Collingwood stands as a worse game for negative impact.

A lot to work on, jury out.

Ben Lennon vs Geelong 2016 is the benchmark.

 

[Ridley]

Lennon V Geelong 16 was worse

Ha ha as soon as I posted the same thing I read your post. Spot on Snake.

 

[Tony Braxton-Hicks]

I missed the game so I cannot comment on this, or the rest of his game yesterday

We've seen it in other games too.

Ben Lennon vs Geelong 2016 is the benchmark.

Except that Lennon was post-glandular fever, wasn't match fit (even by his standards) and shouldn't have been selected off such a poor base (was it 3/4 of a VFL game?).

 

[AngryAnt]

Lennon was a dud. glandular fever or no

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Wow, the good games get forgotten quickly. He's a kid who's played a handful of games, most of which have been pretty good, who had a bad one on a 4 day break travelling interstate. Quick, let's delist him!

Reckon most players gave 100% commitment yesterday which kept us in the game. Unfortunately I didn't see that with Egg. It stood out and was disappointing, and no doubt disappointing for his teammates. If I was being generous I'd suggest maybe his lack of familiarity with the gameplan caused him uncertainty, but that's not my opinion.

I've been a fan and was practically the only one pushing him up to take Houli's spot when Bachar stayed home, but he lost a lot of what he had in the bank yesterday.

 

[Jake]

Wow, the good games get forgotten quickly. He's a kid who's played a handful of games, most of which have been pretty good, who had a bad one on a 4 day break travelling interstate. Quick, let's delist him!

I few on here didn't see much future for Basher early on and called him soft.

 

[Dont Argue]

I few on here didn't see much future for Basher early on and called him soft.

Bacher always ran harder and faster. Pushing yourself beyond your limits is a type of braveness in itself.
Haven’t seen this from Eggs.
He wants time and space. Won’t find it often in the seniors

 

[eZyT]

Eggs has kept bachars flank warm with poise and skill way beyond his level of experience.

he was best man in the ground less than a fortnight ago.

he makes a few blues in a red hot pressure game,

and everyone reckons his soufflé has collapsed.

odd and shortsighted, even for PRE

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

he makes a few blues in a red hot pressure game,

and everyone reckons his soufflé has collapsed.

Getting run down when he thinks he's clear is not my issue. He has a burst of pace and can fix that.

 

[saigon tiger]

Eggs has kept bachars flank warm with poise and skill way beyond his level of experience.

he was best man in the ground less than a fortnight ago.

he makes a few blues in a red hot pressure game,

and everyone reckons his soufflé has collapsed.

odd and shortsighted, even for PRE

He has played in 2 big boy games against GWS and Port both times played timid and a liability. Goes ok when it's not a furnace blow torch type game!

 

[jb03]

Pretty ordinary game but wouldn't write him off just yet

 

[eZyT]

He has played in 2 big boy games against GWS and Port both times played timid and a liability. Goes ok when it's not a furnace blow torch type game!

I'm sure after he gets the big 10 game milestone monkey off his back, he'll keep Toby Greene possessionless and gain 750m?

sheez

It never ceases to amaze me when people haven't worked out that;

1. fringe players usually look pretty good in a win and pretty ordinary in a loss.

2. if you dont have fringe players, you have to forfeit when you get injuries or suspensions

3. Matt Rowell isnt normal

 

[Bullarto Tiger]

You can be soft and outside and make a career (look at gaff and short) but not if you lack urgency and awareness. If you're not winning the hard ball you gotta make sure you don't get caught with the ball. Unfortunately eggs gets caught too often. Rather persist with Naish.

Or, maybe, RCD instead???

 

[Harry]

Getting run down when he thinks he's clear is not my issue. He has a burst of pace and can fix that.

Dunno about that. Reckon his main weakness is a lack of awareness and peripheral vision. Has been caught unaware on many occasions.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Dunno about that. Reckon his main weakness is a lack of awareness and peripheral vision. Has been caught unaware on many occasions.

Yeah has happened a bit. He tends to slow down to coasting speed while weighing up options, which maybe he gets away with in the VFL, when he probably should be doing the opposite. He's got big eyes, just needs to keep them peeled.

 

[tigerlove]

I few on here didn't see much future for Basher early on and called him soft.

I've always liked Houli but a massive difference between the two at the same age:

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy...2=15&type=A&pid1=6562&pid2=1760&fid1=O&fid2=O

I see some good things with Egg and am glad he's been given a go but his last couple of games have been glaring for a lack of fight and awareness. He had to take his chances and hasn't so with Houli coming back I think he's done his time for now.

 

[MD Jazz]

Eggs has kept bachars flank warm with poise and skill way beyond his level of experience.

he was best man in the ground less than a fortnight ago.

he makes a few blues in a red hot pressure game,

and everyone reckons his soufflé has collapsed.

odd and shortsighted, even for PRE

Don't even think Vlas and Shorty could make Egg hard.