Russell

If i see one more positive post about JR im going to cry

In all me years of watching football i have never seen a player have so little influence on a game then him. You all get excited when he lays a tackle or blocks up the space, takes 1 good mark and kick 1 goal out of his arse but you all forget that this guy is a top 10 pick. A TOP 10 PICK who has been given more game time than any other fringe player on our list and has showed the least amount of improvement. You all get a hard on when he does something good as if he was consistently dong it when you all fail to see how incompetent he is. I want him to succeed as much as anyone, infact i was a fan when we got him but enough is enough. when he's on the ground we're a man short and we're not good enough to be playing with 17 on the field. We have tried him everywhere
a stopping forward - no success
midfielder - no success
half back - no success
tagger - no success
and yet he still gets a game, he barely comes off for a rest. We dropped 5 players this week and he still made the team. IF JR is still in our best 22 or even best 25 we will never win a flag. time to move on and give someone else a go. If we gave Browne, ADNO, armfield, yarran and robinson the game time that JR has been given then we would finally see some development.

kaptain kouta, no disrespect but i never suggested he was going to be the next ablett, murphy etc. I merely suggested this was the best game he has played. He played the role required of him well, applied himself to the contest and executed the decisions he made. this was a stark improvment on previous wks where he has been anonymous and butchered the ball.

sturggled to find enought of the ball.

previous wks - difficult to remember off hand individual output in each game but i would say decision making and execution of skills has been an issue for most of his career. WHen played up forward - has not been effective as a hit up man and does not apply sufficient forward line pressure and sturggled to find enought of the ball. THese have also been issues throughout his career.
cant comment on specific wks cos i cant remember but game v pies comes to mind.

kaptain kouta, no disrespect but i never suggested he was going to be the next ablett, murphy etc. I merely suggested this was the best game he has played. He played the role required of him well, applied himself to the contest and executed the decisions he made. this was a stark improvment on previous wks where he has been anonymous and butchered the ball.

See that's the problem Nevin, you are referring to issues he's had in the developing years of his career. Those issues are imprinted in your brain and do not allow you to see the positives in JR's game. All players make errors but because you were used to JR making those errors in the past, as soon as he makes one or two that's what you remember. Since Ratts took over he has made steady improvement and after a stint in the Ants this year, has come back bigger and better than ever. He's easily been in our best in every game bar the Pies one (he certainly wasn't our worst that night) and is coming along quite nicely. You do realise he hasn't played 50 games yet and that it takes most players 80-100 games to get anywhere near their peak performance don't you?

I think the fact that you can't actually point out where and when he's been playing poorly this year and the fact that you keep referring to his past robs your post of any credibility personally.

See that's the problem Nevin, you are referring to issues he's had in the developing years of his career. Those issues are imprinted in your brain and do not allow you to see the positives in JR's game. All players make errors but because you were used to JR making those errors in the past, as soon as he makes one or two that's what you remember. Since Ratts took over he has made steady improvement and after a stint in the Ants this year, has come back bigger and better than ever. He's easily been in our best in every game bar the Pies one (he certainly wasn't our worst that night) and is coming along quite nicely. You do realise he hasn't played 50 games yet and that it takes most players 80-100 games to get anywhere near their peak performance don't you?

I think the fact that you can't actually point out where and when he's been playing poorly this year and the fact that you keep referring to his past robs your post of any credibility personally.

I bet you've got tickets to DR Phil...


Some posters just call things as they see it. I reckon nevin's one of those..

Just watched the Port game from last year when we had the great comeback.

JR was instrumental in getting us into the game.

He was our best in the last qtr IMHO as he made every possession count.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that

Just watched the Port game from last year when we had the great comeback.

JR was instrumental in getting us into the game.

He was our best in the last qtr IMHO as he made every possession count.

great game... but cant rest on his laurels.........