Acres should never play vfl again

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Acres should never play vfl again

Post: # 1551068Post St Loxton »

Skills are sublime, smooth and just gets to the right areas.
Has to stay in the seniors.


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100% he's so damn good.


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Post: # 1551090Post longtimesaint »

for some reason he seems to ne the first one dropped.
Templeton should have been the sub today.


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Post: # 1551094Post Saintlester »

No disrespect to Eli but probably should not have been picked in the first place. Needs a string of good VFL form first. Acres looks to be quality and after seeing his run on the boundary and left foot give in the last he also looks quicker than we thought. Needs games now.


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Post: # 1551101Post gringo »

He looked very good, used his running really well today.


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Did very well for half a game in a losing team.


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Post: # 1551106Post saintspremiers »

Eli will be dropped.

Acres best is next year, and it will be special I reckon


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Post: # 1551111Post Con Gorozidis »

saintspremiers wrote:Eli will be dropped.

Acres best is next year, and it will be special I reckon
Acres was good and we were swimming against the tide in the 2nd half. Give him a go when we are actually winning and he will tear it up.
Hes awesome at clearances.


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Great signs. Think he has to realise he's not sill playing under 18's though. A bit more intensity and first option stuff would be good until he works the pace out. Don't think it will take him too long. Bright future. Hope he doesn't get home sick.


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8856brother wrote:Great signs. Think he has to realise he's not sill playing under 18's though. A bit more intensity and first option stuff would be good until he works the pace out. Don't think it will take him too long. Bright future. Hope he doesn't get home sick.
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Post: # 1551121Post The_Merchant »

Was surprised by his pace. Looked genuinely quick at stages. Promising game.


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Post: # 1551126Post gringo »

The_Merchant wrote:Was surprised by his pace. Looked genuinely quick at stages. Promising game.

Loved that passage of play in the last quarter when he took on two near the boundary and just motored through them. So cool headed for a kid.


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Post: # 1551132Post Con Gorozidis »

8856brother wrote:Great signs. Think he has to realise he's not sill playing under 18's though. A bit more intensity and first option stuff would be good until he works the pace out. Don't think it will take him too long. Bright future. Hope he doesn't get home sick.
Thats just how he plays. Hes never going to look 'intense' like Weller or Nate Wright.
He is going to look cool like Pendlebury. It doesn't mean hes not trying his hardest. It's just how he is.


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Post: # 1551135Post sunsaint »

Ive been on his wagon since the NAB
great potential


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Post: # 1551150Post seano1 »

looks the goods now time to give Goddard a few games...........can you see Goddard handballing to D Mac who passes to Acres........Bruce will think it so special


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Post: # 1551201Post Junction Oval »

There is some great potential in Blake for the future. Hopefully, with his silky skills, he will be a major long term contributor for us.

He has built up his body quite a lot since last year and does not easily get pushed off the ball now.


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Post: # 1551205Post remboy »

Shouldn't be the sub either. Needs as much game time as he can get. I get the feeling we're seeing the beginnings of some very long careers. Stay patient people. We're in the process of building a side and it's coming together nicely.


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Post: # 1551210Post Bernard Shakey »

Cool head and great skills!


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Post: # 1551216Post Enrico_Misso »

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Enrico_Misso wrote:S I L K Y
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Post: # 1551257Post saintbob »

A very smooth mover,a lot like Pendlebury , as someone said earlier, should play a fair chunk of the remaining games.


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Post: # 1551263Post stjay »

Smooth operator - very Pendles like. Is going to be a cracker.
Needs more game time.
Needs to start next week.


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Post: # 1551278Post Saint wagga »

8856brother wrote:Great signs. Think he has to realise he's not sill playing under 18's though. A bit more intensity and first option stuff would be good until he works the pace out. Don't think it will take him too long. Bright future. Hope he doesn't get home sick.
Agree with this...not to much the intensity, because as Con said, it's how he looks...but his 1st descision making in traffic at afl pace is still a bit suss, but I've no doubt will become elite in time. Should get a full game. Hard to compare to Eli who played defensive forward. Hope both become regular fixtures, but only based on performance!


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Post: # 1551292Post plugger66 »

Hope he doesn't play VFL again but if he is poor in the AFL I hope they drop him like any other player.


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Post: # 1551700Post Jacks Back »

8 Acres (or 8cres ;) ) looks to be a very good player and hopefully there will be no need to think about dropping him.


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