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Welcome to the Tigers Marlion Pickett!
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We don’t know how hard the last few months have been for him and his family. Consistency of footy, that’s what he needs.
Silk. Will come good in the next few weeks.
Silk. Will come good in the next few weeks.
Yeh it would have been tough. And it isn't hard to think that perhaps he thought he had to be something even more special in 2020 after all the deserved publicity and congratulations over his 2019 GF performance. That might be why he is trying to do too much and not just playing his role.
There is no doubt he is capable, perhaps he needs to place less pressure on himself. Upon reflection I hope they give him the opportunity to just do his role.
No inside word, he has just been crap in the last 2 weeks.
Its time Hardwick gets tough on non performers.
Yes, one of them being Shorty, who played a really good game in my eyes. Won contested balls, held marks and kicked pretty well as usual - 18 x Ds (11/7), with 7 x Ms and 414 m/g, DE% 88.9.
Not sure if his critics have noted though.
Yes, maybe, and maybe some posters missed that he only played about 50% game time against the mudpies. But I hated seeing him running the other way from our goals, burn Cotch, only to run into a heap of trouble. Caught, turnover, easy goal to I.Smith that just took our momentum away again. Poor Cotch had to turn around and run back to chase Smith futilely.
Shai did the same thing in game 2 when he ignored Lambert who was bursting into our F50. Instead hogged the ball going for glory, had to swing out wide and right. Just lobbed it into the goal-square where Castagna made a strange marking attempt. Rushed point. Lambert was in a far position to goal and give us a win perhaps.
Hated seeing both those efforts - selfish footy. Not the Richmond way. If you think you can take them all on at AFL level, you've been drinking your own bathwater.
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Alright, alright you told us
Covid-19 has caused Marlion to have a bigger interruption than most. When the season got put on hold he shifted the family back to Wa, and then had a couple of house moves during that time.
He has also had well documented financial struggles due to his contractual status. Thats not an excuse but a possible reason for his average form.
He's a fighter, I'll back him in to take it on the chin and come back better.
