Mulligan upgraded?

[Dazza]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

Cam wight was serviceable in the first few rounds of 2008. Sure you could count on him costing us a goal at least twice a match but I thought he went OK for a little while there.

[mighty_west]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

Cam wight was serviceable in the first few rounds of 2008. Sure you could count on him costing us a goal at least twice a match but I thought he went OK for a little while there.

His goal on the run after a bounce against the Saints was awesome, the game where the Saints got the jump on us, only for a big turnaround after quarter time.

[soupman]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

Cameron Wight's biggest problem was that his first quarters were always terrible. This meant that for the rest of the match he had to do everything to try and regain some credibility. If we had've somehow gotten him to play the first quarter before the match started he would have been alright.

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

Cameron Wight's biggest problem was that his first quarters were always terrible. This meant that for the rest of the match he had to do everything to try and regain some credibility. If we had've somehow gotten him to play the first quarter before the match started he would have been alright.

He struggled mentally. His lack of confidence in himself showed as soon as he made a mistake.

Early in his career with us he played some fantastic games at Werribee.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

I saw nothing different in him to what he has displayed at the Williamstown 2nds.
His athleticism is great but I just haven't seen enough footy smarts from him. The good part is that he is on a senior list and he's injury free. Hard to say at the moment if he can be more than a Cameron Wight.

Great call. He looks physically the part, but from all the practice matches and the few times I've seen him he's struggled with the pace of the game with his disposals, ie. lacking footy smarts, and on Friday night really looked the most 'out of place' of our junior players -- the only thing making it hard to be objective was the fact that he was big and had a Doggies jumper on. For all the bagging that Cam Wight got over the years, Mulligan looks unlikely to be a heck of a lot better, but I couldn't be happier to be proven wrong.

[comrade]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

Wight’s agility only extended to running in straight lines – in my opinion, Mulligan is a much more powerful athlete. Whether he can be a decent footballer, however, is a different question all together.

Considering he’s only taking the last place on our list, I’m happy to give him time to develop without judging him too harshly (yet).

[Mofra]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

At least Cam Wight never tried bouncing the ball when being tackled...

Minson did and he is in our best 22.

Stack and Hill received senior debuts before they were ready IMO - both improved their form at Willy because of it, and Hill has really kicked on. I would hope Mulligan can force his way into the senior VFL side this year and I would expect the experience of last week to help him in some way.

Simply looked like he was overawed but when the heat was on and he didn't have to think, just compete, he did ok (especially in the 2nd half). Will be better for the run.

[mighty_west]

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Minson did and he is in our best 22.

Stack and Hill received senior debuts before they were ready IMO - both improved their form at Willy because of it, and Hill has really kicked on. I would hope Mulligan can force his way into the senior VFL side this year and I would expect the experience of last week to help him in some way.

Simply looked like he was overawed but when the heat was on and he didn't have to think, just compete, he did ok (especially in the 2nd half). Will be better for the run.

I look forward to seeing how German juggles Mulligan, Boumann & Markovic, add Tiller in there as well for a rather tall Willy backline.

Unfortunatly the few times i saw Willy play last year, was always too late to catch any reserves games, so i never really got to see Mulligrub play, so i hope he does get gametime in the ones this year.

But you would think going on past form, Mulligan would be last in the pecking order there, Markovic was captain of Box Hill, and from reports a pretty solid performer down back, Tiller is a walk up start in the Willy ones, you would think Boumann as well given his form late last year as well.

[Bulldog4life]

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I look forward to seeing how German juggles Mulligan, Boumann & Markovic, add Tiller in there as well for a rather tall Willy backline.Unfortunatly the few times i saw Willy play last year, was always too late to catch any reserves games, so i never really got to see Mulligrub play, so i hope he does get gametime in the ones this year.

But you would think going on past form, Mulligan would be last in the pecking order there, Markovic was captain of Box Hill, and from reports a pretty solid performer down back, Tiller is a walk up start in the Willy ones, you would think Boumann as well given his form late last year as well.

He also has to fit into the backline Willy's new recruit Peter Fauks as well. Maybe we will see Tiller in a forward role.

[Mofra]

Re: Mulligan upgraded?

He also has to fit into the backline Willy's new recruit Peter Fauks as well. Maybe we will see Tiller in a forward role.

I'd like to see Tiller used elsewhere. Marcovic did well as a forward prior to his injury troubles, although with Grant, Cordy and Jones down there and Roughead's cameos (not to mention Little & Rose being permanent fixtures) Tiller may end up playing a Hargrave-like role off the HB flack.