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savatage wrote:LOL perceptions are an amazing thing.
Ray won 12.4% of his ball in contested situations last year. He's now winning 26.7% of his ball in a contest. He's already got more contested possessions (39) as a Saint than he did all of last year (31 in 13 games). He's increased his average from 2.4 per game to 6.5. He's still getting about the same amount of uncontested footy, it's just now he's winning some of his own ball. He's increased his tackle count from 2.5 per game to 4.
Explain to me how the perception he's playing harder as a Saint than he was as a Bulldog is wrong.
going on those stats, the perception is right. maybe he realises this is his chance to cement himself as an afl player and is determined not to miss it.
i'm a fan. gets a lot of the ball, uses it well and is a very good overhead mark for his size.
StSteven wrote:How good is James Hird on this show. Challenges Noddy's generalizations, explians things clearly, and best of all has no fear to state his views.
Example: In discussing Collingwood wearing traditional jumper at away games and NM having to change. While Noddy and Healey were hypothesizing and talking crap Hird said before next week let's challenge the AFL to explain why this is so......good stuff.
I am sure he will be trained not to criticise the AFL but until then he is the best commentator on TV imho.
Good post.
How pathetic was The Guppy in trying to justify his selection of the Saints only once this year! He scrabbled back through past reports on games and players to try for some justification.
savatage wrote:LOL perceptions are an amazing thing.
Ray won 12.4% of his ball in contested situations last year. He's now winning 26.7% of his ball in a contest. He's already got more contested possessions (39) as a Saint than he did all of last year (31 in 13 games). He's increased his average from 2.4 per game to 6.5. He's still getting about the same amount of uncontested footy, it's just now he's winning some of his own ball. He's increased his tackle count from 2.5 per game to 4.
Explain to me how the perception he's playing harder as a Saint than he was as a Bulldog is wrong.
going on those stats, the perception is right. maybe he realises this is his chance to cement himself as an afl player and is determined not to miss it.
i'm a fan. gets a lot of the ball, uses it well and is a very good overhead mark for his size.
Whilst we are perception. Like you have said and many others he is a good mark for his size. He is actually 3 cm taller than Aaron Hamill was.
plugger66 wrote:Whilst we are perception. Like you have said and many others he is a good mark for his size. He is actually 3 cm taller than Aaron Hamill was.
ah, okay. well he's very good below his knees for a player of his size. might be the answer as third tall forward
Con Gorozidis wrote:GT said about farren ray on FC's - I would not have had a bar of him. I thought he was too soft.
Fiora was the Iron Man then I take it? LOL
LOL.
I reckon Mr Thomas's grapes are tasting very sour at the moment, and aint we loving it
Funny isnt it. I would think he is upset he didnt take a chance to win a flag with us but would be very happy we are going so great. Again it is a perception thing. There are a few players he is close with so why wouldnt he want the best for them. Afterall I dont think he would want any other side to win it.
plugger66 wrote:Funny isnt it. I would think he is upset he didnt take a chance to win a flag with us but would be very happy we are going so great. Again it is a perception thing. There are a few players he is close with so why wouldnt he want the best for them. Afterall I dont think he would want any other side to win it.
he's rapt with how we're going. always been a good saints man.
didn't take us all the way, but he played a fair part in getting this club to where it is today.
healy had a go at him for always tipping against the saints.......said he hadn't been going to well this year....but wasn't about to tip us for monday against the filth...good.......don't want any bandwagon jumpers on our little flat top tray......
.everybody still loves lenny....and we always will
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plugger66 wrote:Whilst we are perception. Like you have said and many others he is a good mark for his size. He is actually 3 cm taller than Aaron Hamill was.
Ray is a good mark for his size. All the players who have more contested marks than he does are over 190cm.
there was a fair bit on sos......stated that he was the best one on one defensive player ever ..and very good at passing on his knowledge to our players.....getting the credit for dawson's improvement.....and our overall defensivegame
.everybody still loves lenny....and we always will
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plugger66 wrote:Whilst we are perception. Like you have said and many others he is a good mark for his size. He is actually 3 cm taller than Aaron Hamill was.
"He is actually 3 cm taller than Aaron Hamill was."
