Three things you have learned-round 19 v Freo (the way to go-oh) 2019

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Three things you have learned-round 19 v Freo (the way to go-oh) 2019

Not sure 17 Other clubs would take Cordy. He is an odd player. He does some really nice things and some clangers like all players.

He’s not strong enough to play a lock down defender role for 4 quarters, not fast enough off the blocks or a good enough kick to play as a loose man or a line breaker. His good and bad travel with him both ends of the ground.

Agree he should be playing on lower tier forwards and not sure we’ve nailed the perfect role for him, not the perfect mix of players around him.

Maybe it’s more an issue with consistency and by this stage of his career we are right to expect consistency. He was great on Sunday last.

Hunter is a mystifying player. Ball magnet, yet tends to stuff up simple things like a set shot, out of grounds on the full. He's a great contributor, but his best and worst in one game is a bit baffling at times. Master of the head high free. Very handy.

[1eyedog]

Re: Three things you have learned-round 19 v Freo (the way to go-oh) 2019

I don't see the downside in Hunter that others do. He'd be one of the last I'd critique although he's certainly not immune to it. Most of our players have the yips at the moment and while I agree his dinky field kicks can be frustrating he almost always hits a leading player front on. He's got good goal sense, is smart, gets a lot of the ball, spreads well, tackles ok and is one of the hardest workers at the club. He's a great celebrator and is always the first one to congratulate a mate on a goal i.e. has a great attitude. I think he'd be really well liked and one of the first picked.

[AshMac]

Re: Three things you have learned-round 19 v Freo (the way to go-oh) 2019

Hunter is hard to call. On one hand you know exactly what you’ll get each week - he runs hard, gathers 30 touches and is often a target for the sideways kick from the middle or out of defence. I think he plays the defensive wing role superbly.

His skills are what baffles me. On point, he is awesome up to 40 metres. Is creative, accurate and accountable. Then he misses a 30 m kick to a player by himself, kicking to an opposition player also all by himself. It’s excrutiating.

Good outweighs the bad though IMO. If he could sort the 25-40m kicking yipps he would genuinely be elite.

[Bornadog]

Re: Three things you have learned-round 19 v Freo (the way to go-oh) 2019

Hunter is hard to call. On one hand you know exactly what you’ll get each week - he runs hard, gathers 30 touches and is often a target for the sideways kick from the middle or out of defence. I think he plays the defensive wing role superbly.

His skills are what baffles me. On point, he is awesome up to 40 metres. Is creative, accurate and accountable. Then he misses a 30 m kick to a player by himself, kicking to an opposition player also all by himself. It’s excrutiating.

Good outweighs the bad though IMO. If he could sort the 25-40m kicking yipps he would genuinely be elite.

All players do that, it's because it is Hunter fans point out his mistakes. He is running at 77.1% disposal efficiency, which is pretty good for a player averaging 26.7 disposals per game.

[AshMac]

Re: Three things you have learned-round 19 v Freo (the way to go-oh) 2019

All players do that, it's because it is Hunter fans point out his mistakes. He is running at 77.1% disposal efficiency, which is pretty good for a player averaging 26.7 disposals per game.

There is a reason fans notice it with him, it may not be because it happens more often, it’s because it happens at times when he is under no pressure and the player he is kicking to is in space so there is a large margin for error.

Overall this DE is good and he has other great attributes like his running