saddington

[swansrule100]

anyone whos seen him train/play know how far off he is from returning to the senior side?? i couldnt find anything much online

[Tooth Fairy]

Re: saddington

Originally posted by swansrule100
i couldnt find anything much online

What a surprise

[ScottH]

I posted in another thread, an article had him down as "pushing for selection".

[Matt79]

Also posted in another thread about Sadds but in brief, he played extremely well in the reserves match vs Ainslie in Canberra last Saturday week.

Kicked a couple of goals, looked fit and played well. Perhaps another couple of weeks in the res. before he will be recalled.

[swansrule100]

will he play chb though??? or is he going to play forward??


id like to see him end up at chb eventually, i know many dont, but he is tall and stong and quite athletic and matches up well in theory against many key forwards.....

[Matt79]

Originally posted by swansrule100
will he play chb though??? or is he going to play forward??


id like to see him end up at chb eventually, i know many dont, but he is tall and stong and quite athletic and matches up well in theory against many key forwards.....

IMO I think Sadds is a fantastic flanker or wingman. Unfortunately he does seem to struggle when playing on key position players.

He is dangerous when he takes either the 3rd or 4th defender when he plays forward after Hall and Micky O and tends to play better when he plays on the opposition's 3rd or so forward.

[motorace_182]

I hope he slots into CHB with a decent brain as well. He seems to have a pretty weak knowledge of when to punch instead of grab, and whereabouts his man is. I dont think his size is too much of an issue tho.
I dont really reckon that CHB is that much of an important position as it used to be. Like if we have Schaubs back to play FB, then takes out the big men of the opposition, eg: Treadrea, Richo etc. But there are no real big CHF like Barry Hall remaining. Craig Bolton, Tiger, Leo etc are all capable of playing on 2nd-4th forwards and provide awesome rebound off defence. When you add a fired up and revamped Saddo, that free up one of the defenders even more... Sure the spine is vital to League footy, but as FF generally play up the ground more and more, is there really that much of a desperate need for a CHB? We havent had one for the last few years... really, who was our last strong CHB? Ah well, just a thought, cheers.

[Go Swannies]

At the Manuka aftermatch I'm pretty sure that he said he was hoping to play forward as he was doing well there last year before injury.

[Plugger46]

Originally posted by swansrule100
will he play chb though??? or is he going to play forward??id like to see him end up at chb eventually, i know many dont, but he is tall and stong and quite athletic and matches up well in theory against many key forwards.....

Strong? Since When? He doesn't match up well against any key forwards, he gets towelled up.

[ScottH]

Originally posted by Plugger46
Strong? Since When? He doesn't match up well against any key forwards, he gets towelled up.

Apparently he has bulked up, a lot, over the summer!!

[timthefish]

Originally posted by ScottH
Apparently he has bulked up, a lot, over the summer!!

bulk is okay, but size and strength is not his problem playing as a key backman, it is a matter of technique. instead of keeping his feet planted and his centre of gravity low, he is often seen standing tall early and trying to reach for the ball. this approach makes him completely unstable and easy to shrug off.

he has got to learn patience and timing in the contest, to keep his centre of gravity low and to leap at the right moment. if he stayed low a bit more he'd be able to shrug others off in the contest and be a lot more valuable.

[Rod_]

Who will he replace this week? LRT?

Rod_

[dendol]

Originally posted by swansrule100
id like to see him end up at chb eventually, i know many dont, but he is tall and stong and quite athletic and matches up well in theory against many key forwards.....

Here we go with the Saddo @ CHB again. Happens at the start of every season without fail. He has "bulked up and looks a lot stronger" after every pre-season, but is simply not strong enough to match up on the likes of Tredrea and Brown.

[dendol]

Originally posted by motorace_182
I hope he slots into CHB with a decent brain as well. He seems to have a pretty weak knowledge of when to punch instead of grab, and whereabouts his man is. I dont think his size is too much of an issue tho.
I dont really reckon that CHB is that much of an important position as it used to be. Like if we have Schaubs back to play FB, then takes out the big men of the opposition, eg: Treadrea, Richo etc. But there are no real big CHF like Barry Hall remaining. Craig Bolton, Tiger, Leo etc are all capable of playing on 2nd-4th forwards and provide awesome rebound off defence. When you add a fired up and revamped Saddo, that free up one of the defenders even more... Sure the spine is vital to League footy, but as FF generally play up the ground more and more, is there really that much of a desperate need for a CHB? We havent had one for the last few years... really, who was our last strong CHB? Ah well, just a thought, cheers.

Hall: 194cm 98kg
Tredrea: 194cm 94kg
J Brown: 195cm 99kg
Riewoldt: 193cm 92kg (and getting bigger)
Tarrant: 193cm 94kg
A Rocca: 195cm 104kg

Saddo: 194cm, 88kg
Leppitsch: 191cm 97kg
Michael: 190cm 99kg
Fletcher: 196cm 101kg

The need for strong CHB's is just as neccessary in today's game as it was in the past.

[Reggi]

Originally posted by dendol
Hall: 194cm 98kg
Tredrea: 194cm 94kg
J Brown: 195cm 99kg
Riewoldt: 193cm 92kg (and getting bigger)
Tarrant: 193cm 94kg
A Rocca: 195cm 104kg

Saddo: 194cm, 88kg
Leppitsch: 191cm 97kg
Michael: 190cm 99kg
Fletcher: 196cm 101kg

The need for strong CHB's is just as neccessary in today's game as it was in the past.

In the interest of statistical accuracy I would like to point out that this year's AFL guide has Jason Saddington listed as 193cm and 93KGs

Tredrea is 97Kgs, Barry Hall is 101KGs