Maybe McVeigh is a project player and his year has been mapped out already.Some players take a while to mature.I realise that his form would not be tolerated in another team so that is the only reason he may play for us each week??????
Maybe McVeigh is a project player and his year has been mapped out already.Some players take a while to mature.I realise that his form would not be tolerated in another team so that is the only reason he may play for us each week??????
A Final win over West Coast last year at Subi Mcveigh done a fine job on Cousins. I thought that night he had come of age but man he has gone backwards at an alarming rate..........He is as slow as Matthews if not slower can't have both in the team unless they are both at the top of their game.
Matthews has been good this year (except for yesterday but no one has been able to stop Ablett this year) unfortunately Mcveigh has not so time to go.
I always said he would be never better than an average player at best. I believe I got shot down for those comments too.
McVeigh is useless but Roos sees something we obviously don't. Maybe we should email this thread to [email protected], just to show our dissapointment.
Yep.. McVeigh must go.
Trouble for the youngsters is that we have three walk up start players waiting in the wings.
Hall, Kenelly & LRT.
Kenelly may make it back this week, as might the other two. Drop McVeigh for Kenelly, and push Eski into the MF.
Who else then comes out?
Maybe Bevan for LRT. But guess what, that leaves one Barry Hall still without a spot and the fairly hard done by Schneider still on the outer.
Mathews is going OK (Though a lot around here wouldn't admit it, as is B1). So who goes to make way considering we're still trying to win this thing??
Vogels is good enough on his day as is Dempster. Laidlaw showed a bit but I'd still prefer to have any of the previously mentioned, seasoned players in there.
We can only put 22 on the ground and with the exception of one maybe two players, the others are doing the job.
keep schmitty and laidlaw in, get rid of mcfag & bevo for lrt & kenny
hall to go 10 rounds with vogels, whoever is left standing gets the spot
Round 1 5 Sydney JARRAD MCVEIGH NSW/ACT RAMS 07/04/1985 184cm 70kg
Extremely athletic player who is strong overhead & a good decision-maker. Joint winner of McLean Medal in AFL U16?s in 2001 but injured shoulder whilst representing Aust U17 team in Ireland in 2002. Missed the entire season but has fully recovered & reminded AFL Clubs of some of his outstanding attributes at the National AFL Draft camp with a level 15.06 beep test + recording 10.02sec for 3km (camp best for both) together with a 3.01sec for 20 metres. Brother to Essendon?s Mark McVeigh. Originally from Pennant Hills FC in Sydney.
Who we missed:
Round 1 6 Port Adelaide STEVEN SALOPEK DANDENONG STINGRAYS 21/06/1985 183cm 82kg
Tremendous ball winner in midfield. Can also play forward & kick goals or tight in defence. All Aust in U18?s this year after being AIS/AFL Academy member in 2001-2002. From Narre Warren FC. His endurance showed out at the National AFL Draft Camp where he recorded at level 14.09 beep score. His psychomotor results particularly his decision marking speed, reaction time & peripheral awareness were in the top 5%. Averaged 29 possessions in TAC Cup this year.
Round 1 9 Kangaroos HAMISH MCINTOSH MURRAY BUSHRANGERS 04/09/1984 201.8cm 100.5kg
Strong mark & agile player who kicks goals. Vic Country Rep in 2002. From Lavington FC. Giant young man at nearly 202cm & over 100kg but his second efforts & skills are excellent for a person of his size. Finished runner up in Bushrangers best and fairest award topping off a promising year.
Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.
Looking at the raw numbers, you'd have to say that we picked the right one.. i.e. beep test, sprint and endurance results, etc. However, this is the interesting bit;
Perhaps he has not yet fully recovered physcologically and is still afraid of the contest as a result???injured shoulder whilst representing Aust U17 team in Ireland in 2002. Missed the entire season but has fully recovered
This is as timely a moment as we'll get for this one, as our captain capped another solid game with a classic roving-from-the-tap goal in the last quarter to put the final nail in our defeat of a Port Adelaide side for whom Steven Salopek wasn't picked to play. Nor was Mr Salopek named among the best players for his SANFL side.
I know that it's against the rules of the interweb to pull up 'told you so' threads from years ago, but I don't bring this up to have a go at Jeffers1984 or anyone else. I bring it up to emphasise the near-impossible job that recruiters have, when even with the benefit of 5+ years of hindsight there can be major differences of opinion as to whether a correct decision has been made. At the same time, the wheel can turn brutally fast and the game has no qualms about turning yesterday's rooster into today's feather duster.
We're only a few months from it being a whole freakin' decade since the 2002 draft, and no doubt some around Port would still argue that Steven Salopek can be a player who can be an integral part of a successful Pahhhhr team, and perhaps even take a leadership role in it. And maybe they're right.
I'm a fan, I wasn't always a fan and I don't know if I posted in this thread earlier but he's a classy ball user and even though he has his flaws I think he makes a very good co-captain. McVeigh generally starts games well and tapers off, but he sets us up and he's shown on a number of occasions that he can remain calm when the opposition are coming hard at us.
I'd back him to stand up when it matters most of the time and in a team that has some pretty poor kicks he's a gem. Let's see how he goes against the Kangaroos in the absence of Goodes, because I'm sure he'll deliver again.
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