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The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - LordLucifer - 03-07-2016
Over the past two years, we have invested in six players from the GWS club in the hope that they will have a meaningful contribution & impact with us.
Things is, which of them will make it as genuine long-term senior players and who won't ??
Kristian Jaksch
Lachie Plowman
Jethro Lamb
Liam Sumner
Andrew Phillips
Mark Whiley
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - ElwoodBlues1 - 03-07-2016
(03-07-2016, 11:58 AM)TheSheik link Wrote:Over the past two years, we have invested in six players from the GWS club in the hope that they will have a meaningful contribution & impact with us.
Things is, which of them will make it as genuine long-term senior players and who won't ??
Kristian Jaksch
Lachie Plowman
Jethro Lamb
Liam Sumner
Andrew Phillips
Mark Whiley
Jaksch and Plowman can make it IMO.......the latter has to stop getting injured though
Whiley...gone at seasons IMO.....too slow, disposal poor and while he has a go he doesnt have the class needed...
Sumner..untried but at his size you need to be very very good......pace and goalkicking ability and needs some games to be tested but I'd have him behind Lamb at this stage.
Lamb....lazy trainer at GWS but seems to be fitter with us......at his 3rd club...odds not great of making it.
Philips...probably in competition with Gorringe for a game....one of them wont make it....Philips is more the stock standard solid type of ruckman while Gorringe has more flair....cant pick a winner at this stage..
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - Gointocarlton - 03-07-2016
(03-07-2016, 11:58 AM)TheSheik link Wrote:Over the past two years, we have invested in six players from the GWS club in the hope that they will have a meaningful contribution & impact with us.
Things is, which of them will make it as genuine long-term senior players and who won't ??
Kristian Jaksch - Yes
Lachie Plowman - Yes
Jethro Lamb - No
Liam Sumner - Yes
Andrew Phillips - No
Mark Whiley - No
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - LordLucifer - 03-07-2016
Kristian Jaksch - this guy really worries me, has the skills & the height but is still too thin, I have a bad feeling he may end up being just another very good VFL player
Lachie Plowman - appears to be the best placed of the lot but spends a fair bit of time in the medical room, if he can stay on the park long enough he should be a winner.
Jethro Lamb - if I had to put the kiss-of-death on one of them it will be this chap, third club and hardly fired a shot at the previous two, it's time to piss or get off the pot
Liam Sumner - not totally convinced that he will get there but there is a place in the team for him if he wants it bad enough
Andrew Phillips - he's a monster & has some real aggression but needs to impose himself around the ground as well as at stoppages, I'm on the fence with this one but really hope he comes on in leaps & bounds.
Mark Whiley - I originally had high hopes for him after watching him play some really solid games for GWS just before he was traded, my enthusiasm has waned somewhat but he may still get there
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - Juddkreuzer - 03-07-2016
I think Whiley will make it.
Plowman and Jaksch should.
Phillips and Lamb could.
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - DJC - 03-07-2016
We will have done well if Jaksch and Plowman can both manage 100 games.
Whiley has an outside chance but I'm not confident that he, or any of the others, will make 100 games. It will be a bonus if one does.
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - cookie2 - 03-07-2016
I think only Plowman and Jaksch were viewed by the club as serious long term prospects and the others were viewed more as short term recruits to bolster the list during the rebuild phase. Whether those two make it long term is anybody's guess at this stage. Jaksch has so far not made any mark but has had injuries whilst Plowman seems to have been highly rated by clubs at the time of his drafting - we can only hope they can progress this year.
As for the others, anyone's guess at this stage but we've seen more of Whiley who has not so far set the world alight.
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - Pratty - 03-08-2016
Reckon Plowman could be a star! rate him really highly,. Greta size, beautiful side step, clean hands, marks well, good kick, good footy nous. Juts needs to stay on the park!
Sumner has all the tools to make the highest level.
Jaksch seems more timid than what I remember seeing at the Giants but again has all the tools and skills.
Phillips, like Gorringe, has aggression and is a massive unit so I'm willing to give these two lost of time.
Lamb has clean hands and loads of talent. is fitter and working hard so give him some time. I've always been a fan of his so am hoping it all comes together for him...and us.
Whiley would be a bonus. More bulk around the should and arms would eb handy but he is a clearance winner and has clean hands so could play a role for us. Not sure he and Ed Curnow will play heaps of AFL footy together.
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - flyboy77 - 03-08-2016
(03-08-2016, 01:40 AM)Pratty link Wrote:Reckon Plowman could be a star! rate him really highly,. Greta size, beautiful side step, clean hands, marks well, good kick, good footy nous. Juts needs to stay on the park!
Sumner has all the tools to make the highest level.
Jaksch seems more timid than what I remember seeing at the Giants but again has all the tools and skills.
Phillips, like Gorringe, has aggression and is a massive unit so I'm willing to give these two lost of time.
Lamb has clean hands and loads of talent. is fitter and working hard so give him some time. I've always been a fan of his so am hoping it all comes together for him...and us.
Whiley would be a bonus. More bulk around the should and arms would eb handy but he is a clearance winner and has clean hands so could play a role for us. Not sure he and Ed Curnow will play heaps of AFL footy together.
Agree wholeheartedly Pratty. The others (other than Plowman) far more than "steak knives" imo.
All these guys (Phillips and Whiley excluded arguably) have some very decent pedigree.
Take Lamb, for example. Was taken by Sydney at #21 in the 2010 draft.
Sure, mightn't have trained hard enough but hopefully the penny has dropped.....?
We'll see.....
Re: The GWS Gang - Will They Or Won't They ?? - Amers - 03-08-2016
For me it's too early and too hard to tell which players will and won't make it.
I reckon if we can get 200 games out of these 6 players as a collective, it will have been a win.
If they don't then Boekhurst and Kerridge will both have to become super stars for us to come out in front for these particular trades.