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    Re: Jack Redpath

    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    He is going to be a player who needs to take his chances in order to be effective, especially against better teams.

    With a limited skill set he needs to be converting at 65%+.
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    Re: Jack Redpath

    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    He is going to be a player who needs to take his chances in order to be effective, especially against better teams.

    With a limited skill set he needs to be converting at 65%+.
    With a career total of 40.19 he's doing that. Sustaining that conversion record over longer periods will be the challenge, particularly if he plays higher up the ground and is having more shots from more difficult spots on the ground.
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    Re: Jack Redpath

    I actually rate Jacks ruckwork when he's been asked to compete. I would love to see him and Boyd both share the duties in the 2nd ruck role.

    Especially this week with Bruce St Kilda's second option and Roberton, Gilbert & Dempster the only defenders with some height, I would prefer Redpath to do most of the relief rucking against Bruce, allowing Boyd (who monsters the above mentioned defenders) to stay in the forward 50 and do his thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    He is going to be a player who needs to take his chances in order to be effective, especially against better teams.

    With a limited skill set he needs to be converting at 65%+.
    Agreed.
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    Re: Jack Redpath

    Jack's doing fine. Off night with the boots, but more than held his own. Good foil for Boyd/Stringer. Like the balance with him in the team

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    Re: Jack Redpath

    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    He is going to be a player who needs to take his chances in order to be effective, especially against better teams.

    With a limited skill set he needs to be converting at 65%+.
    Agreed.

    I think his spot is probably safe for the remainder of the year - even with Boyd - given no Crameri and our inability to score heavily. He's done well and I like him as a player, the thing that frustrates me is he drops off in second halves repeatedly and his usually good kicking can suffer because of this. How much more can he improve his fitness? Moreover, we need it rectified for finals this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Bulldogs Bite View Post
    Agreed.

    I think his spot is probably safe for the remainder of the year - even with Boyd - given no Crameri and our inability to score heavily. He's done well and I like him as a player, the thing that frustrates me is he drops off in second halves repeatedly and his usually good kicking can suffer because of this. How much more can he improve his fitness? Moreover, we need it rectified for finals this year.
    I think he works extremely hard around the ground. Runs a hell of a lot for a big man forward, which is one of the mandates I think Bevo has put to him if he wants to be in the side. Perhaps a criticism of him in years past.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyberdoggie View Post
    I think he works extremely hard around the ground. Runs a hell of a lot for a big man forward, which is one of the mandates I think Bevo has put to him if he wants to be in the side. Perhaps a criticism of him in years past.
    He is a hard worker, and I think in some instances we could use him more effectively than we do.

    We have a tendency to over possess the footy through the middle and half back and this can hurt our forwards.
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    Re: Jack Redpath

    We've seen our share of dud forwards over the years and he's definitely not in the 'talls of shame' file.
    He's still only played 24 games. It's easy to forget that. His goal kicking against Port was glorious to behold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dancin' Douggy View Post
    We've seen our share of dud forwards over the years and he's definitely not in the 'talls of shame' file.
    He's still only played 24 games. It's easy to forget that. His goal kicking against Port was glorious to behold.
    Normally you'd think any player who's shown the level Redpath has in his first 24 games would have a promising trajectory, though there's ongoing question marks over his potential for improvement.

    Here's an interesting comparison with Hawkins in 2011 and 2012, the years Hawkins was considered to be transitioning from an almost player to a solid performing KPF.

    2011

    http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/f...2=P&fopt2=2011


    2012

    http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/f...2=P&fopt2=2012


    I'd argue that Redpath's age hides the fact he started from a considerable way back (which we all know, of course), and I think the comparison with a 23-24 year old Hawkins is reasonably fair in light of that. What I take from this is that we should be expecting Redpath to take the next step - assuming he is going to - within the next 12 months.
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    Re: Jack Redpath

    ... unless he does his knee or something

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    Good luck in recovery to Jack .
    I thought he was older, so he's got time on his side .

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    Re: Jack Redpath

    Quote Originally Posted by Murphy'sLore View Post
    ... unless he does his knee or something
    I really fingered him with that post didn't I?
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