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(02-21-2016, 02:20 PM)spf link Wrote:In regards to Liam Jones, I'd be training him to have a run off CHB and possibly trial Jaksch's in the forward line. The only place I can see Jones having any chance in the AFL.
Simply not a real alternative in the forward line.
Playing Jones as a key defender would be like going into a game with one player missing.
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(02-21-2016, 10:22 PM)DJC link Wrote:Playing Jones as a key defender would be like going into a game with one player missing.
we did that (x2) with Yazz and Hendo last year.....
play him back in the 2s and see how he goes....
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(02-21-2016, 11:48 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:we did that (x2) with Yazz and Hendo last year.....
play him back in the 2s and see how he goes....
All in favour of that. See how he goes with a few games for the NBs.
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I think we can all agree (majority) that Jones = Fail
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Sumner was taken at 10 in the 2011 draft - a bit more potential than "steak knives" EB1?
Still only 22.
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(02-22-2016, 01:22 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:I think we can all agree (majority) that Jones = Fail
45% game time and 1 possession in a "B" game, ya think???
I've seen headless chooks that offer more direction than Liam "The Beast" Jones!
The sad thing is physically he is almost the perfect type for AFL, it's just he has too much lacking in too many other areas. At the weekend Jones was trying to do a Roughead, hurt opponents with tackling, but in that same amount of game time Roughead would normally take 4 or 5 marks and gather a dozen possessions.
Actually in his 1st season Roughead played very similar to the way Jones is playing in his 7th, Roughead has progressed Jones hasn't!
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(02-22-2016, 02:38 AM)LP link Wrote:45% game time and 1 possession in a "B" game, ya think???
I've seen headless chooks than offer more direction than Liam "The Beast" Jones!
The sad thing is physically he is almost the perfect type for AFL, it's just he has too much lacking in too many other areas. At the weekend Jones was trying to do a Roughead, hurt opponents with tackling, but in the same amount of game time Roughead would normally take 4 or 5 marks and gather a dozen possessions. Actually in his 1st season Roughead played very similar to the way Jones is playing in his 7th!
In my opinion, the only chance he has of making it is to play him in the back half, following around an opposition forward.
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(02-22-2016, 02:45 AM)Dave link Wrote:In my opinion, the only chance he has of making it is to play him in the back half, following around an opposition forward.
But that's all he would do : 
When Jones played his first game for us, the ABC had a recently retired Hawthorn player doing expert comments and he ran through Hawthorn's analysis of Jones and it wasn't flattering. Surely, if Hawthorn knew his limitations so well, we should have had doubts about his ability to get the footy.
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(02-22-2016, 02:45 AM)Dave link Wrote:In my opinion, the only chance he has of making it is to play him in the back half, following around an opposition forward. GPS and Heart Rate numbers dont lie. He hasn't been able to build up a tank thus far. Until he does, he may look like a perfect specimen but he will be far from it. Roughy can go all day, Jones just cant go.
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I cannot wait for Jones to be off our list, he's hindering Fosters development.
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