Doyle

[goswannie14]

I thought he was servicable and promising. I think he may have also had more possessions in 1 game than Chambers did in all his games this year.

[giant]

I thought it was a very useful first up effort - lovely tap to McV in Q4 was almost Ballesque!

Huge improvement on Torture already.

[Mike_B]

Good to see him back out there and unscathed. We will need 2 ruckmen going into the finals and having Doyle out there as backup ruckman is our best option.

For the stats minded, he also had more possessions than Jolly!

[SimonH]

Has a penetrating kick, too, which is a turn-up because subconsciously you think whenever you see the ball in a ruckman's hands, "This won't go longer than 40 metres."

Only the second game ever (and the first full game) where Doyle has been in the same side as Jolly. Was I the only one wishing there was more difference in their numbers (15/16)? Is number 11 still free?

Geez, having 2 guys in the team who can actually ruck makes a difference. See, for example: season 2005.

[melbloods78]

looks much better prospect than chambers or having richards and LRT ruck. I pulled out a vid from 2000 to watch over dinner tonight and he was playing in that game!!!

for someone on the sidelines for so long he hasn't done much work on his upper body comparing his frame to 2000

[ScottH]

Originally posted by Mike_B
For the stats minded, he also had more possessions than Jolly!

Thats never hard!!

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by melbloods78
looks much better prospect than chambers or having richards and LRT ruck. I pulled out a vid from 2000 to watch over dinner tonight and he was playing in that game!!!

for someone on the sidelines for so long he hasn't done much work on his upper body comparing his frame to 2000

He looks like an old fashioned ruckman, really tall and solid. Sort of man mountain type.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Is Donk, Is Good!

[Danzar]

Good performance although I had my doubts in the first quarter. When he came on the Dees seemed to get the better of us and looked dangerous. Roos took him off pretty quickly, whioch then settled the game.

Pretty good after that. Will reserve judgment until next week I think.

[barry]

Originally posted by Danzar
Good performance although I had my doubts in the first quarter. When he came on the Dees seemed to get the better of us and looked dangerous. Roos took him off pretty quickly, whioch then settled the game.

Pretty good after that. Will reserve judgment until next week I think.

Yeah he seemed quite tentative in the first bounce, but by the last quarter he was flying.

I guess I wasnt the only one cringing with fear when he went for that fly in the forward line. Dont get too far off the ground Doyley!

[Danzar]

Originally posted by barry
Yeah he seemed quite tentative in the first bounce, but by the last quarter he was flying.

I guess I wasnt the only one cringing with fear when he went for that fly in the forward line. Dont get too far off the ground Doyley!

Makes you wonder whether the view on Spida will change if Doyle settles in by season-end.

You can't have three ruckmen, you can't demote Doyle if he's playing well and I think that a good part of Jolly's improvement is due to the looming Spida issue......

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by Danzar
Makes you wonder whether the view on Spida will change if Doyle settles in by season-end.

Makes you wonder whetgher Spida talk may have given Jolly a little extra impetus over the last few weeks.

[barry]

Another question is, how many games will Doyle have to play this year to get his contract extended ?

3, 4, all season ?

[SimonH]

Originally posted by barry
Another question is, how many games will Doyle have to play this year to get his contract extended ?

3, 4, all season ?

Therein lies the problem. To say that it would be bastard-like to play Doyle for the rest of the year (if a miracle occurs and he remains fit), and then delist him, would be an understatement. I can understand the utilitarian (i.e. bastard) 'use 'em and throw 'em away' mentality, but if Sydney had written Doyley off, it should have just bitten the bullet and played Chambers/Richards/Shaw/whoever for the rest of the year. He must still have a good chance of being on the 2007 'wanted list' if he can turn it on, and stay on his feet, in the remaining games.

Barry Hall's interview (sorry: too lazy to do link) where he said by way of promoting the Spida deal, 'We definitely need to bring in a ruckman at the end of the year; you can't make it with just one ruckman', was just bizarre. We've got five specialist ruckmen on our list, plus a couple of other 195cm+ kids in the rookies! How do you reckon all of them (apart from Jolly) would feel when they read a senior player saying that?

Offering Doyle as part of a trade (presumably for Spida) is another question entirely. Anyone is potentially tradeable if you think you'll get greater value incoming than outgoing. Perhaps a worthy poll question come the end of the finals: Doyle or Spida?

[swantastic]

Doyles stats / Jolly stats
Kicks=3/ 4
HB=3 / 1
Out of D50=0 / 0
Into F50=1 / 0
Marks=2 / 2
Clearences=0 / 2
Clangers=2 / 2
Frees F=0 / 0
Frees A=1 / 1
TOG=36/ 86
Hitouts=9 / 37
Jolly had 50 more minutes on ground and didnt fare much better accept in the hit outs.