The trials and tribulations of lewis roberts-thomson

[ScottH]

It would be interesting to see the stats on how many goals he's saved, over the last month or so.
He always seems to be helping others, being the last line of defence, to stop the quick kick out of a pack, etc.

[dimelb]

It would be interesting to see the stats on how many goals he's saved, over the last month or so.
He always seems to be helping others, being the last line of defence, to stop the quick kick out of a pack, etc.

Especially the times when he has positioned himself smack in the middle of the big sticks. Well done the Hyphenator.

[Trickster]

"Holy Donuts Regman-the Juddernought is heading straight for us"

"Fear not Blond Wonder-I have a specky in my pocket and I'm not afraid to use it"

[old blood]

This thread must be running out of puff by now, but someone needs to make this point about LRT ... he's being played out of position.

He is far better suited to playing at half-back where he can use his pace and agility. However, someone has to stand in the goal square and wrestle the gorillas and I doubt that we have anyone else at this stage who can do it.

[Velour&Ruffles]

Lrt

Time for some love. The praise is gradually getting louder on this forum but it ain't loud enough yet. The guy:

(a) can play - disposal is statistically better than at least half of our side
(b) is extraordinarily courageous - knows no fear
(c) plays under the Defence Magnifying Glass where you only get noticed when things go wrong.

His headclash against the Tiges was just the latest of many examples of what he is about. Never takes a backwards step. Fearless and loyal. Disposal more than adequate (yeah yeah, he makes mistakes but show me a player who doesn't). The fact that he now takes regular contested marks in heavy traffic is huge. By the time he's done he'll be rated as one of our elite defenders in the last 30 or 40 years. Go Lewie - love your work.

[Velour&Ruffles]

Time for some love. The praise is gradually getting louder on this forum but it ain't loud enough yet. The guy:

(a) can play - disposal is statistically better than at least half of our side
(b) is extraordinarily courageous - knows no fear
(c) plays under the Defence Magnifying Glass where you only get noticed when things go wrong.

His headclash against the Tiges was just the latest of many examples of what he is about. Never takes a backwards step. Fearless and loyal. Disposal more than adequate (yeah yeah, he makes mistakes but show me a player who doesn't). The fact that he now takes regular contested marks in heavy traffic is huge. By the time he's done he'll be rated as one of our elite defenders in the last 30 or 40 years. Go Lewie - love your work.

Okay so I later noticed the thread: The-trials-and-tribulations-of-lewis-roberts-thomson.

I should do my research better but I'm pleased to see that a few others agree with me.

[Cheer_Cheer]

I think LRT is now our number 1 defender without a doubt.. He gets the biggest and ugliset every week and does a blinkin good job.. I really hope he takes the honours against BBBH in rd 21....Go Beaker !

[TheHood]

Has been in great form. The thing to love about Lewie is that he's continued to improve and that is now at the point where is courage and his nouse are matched by skill level too.

He's a great mark down back and likes to play on quickly to relieve him of pressure. Nothing worse that taking that mark on a searching switch of play, tonnes of forward pressure and doing something stupid like kick into the man on the mark.

[Bloody Hell]

I think LRT is now our number 1 defender without a doubt.. He gets the biggest and ugliset every week and does a blinkin good job.. I really hope he takes the honours against BBBH in rd 21....Go Beaker !

No way is he ahead of Grundy. He's been pushed to FB because of his disposal. Reg with 26 touches at 81% efficiency today!

[Triple B]

No way is he ahead of Grundy. He's been pushed to FB because of his disposal. Reg with 26 touches at 81% efficiency today!

I don't reckon there is a struck match between them.

Reg was great, but don't lose sight of the fact that he was the lone real tall deep in defence amongst a Carlton forward line who wouldn't have been out of place in the Lilliput firsts. You'd expect he would take a mountain of marks and get plenty of ball.

[Auntie.Gerald]

its horses for courses but our fast break footy played last week thru the corridor has certainly enabled us to use smaller backs and flood forward

will be interesting to see what we do when LRT and or Bolton are back !!

[tiffanyspacem]

No way is he ahead of Grundy. He's been pushed to FB because of his disposal. Reg with 26 touches at 81% efficiency today!

I tend to agree with this.
Grundy moves quite effortlessly and gracefully. LRT makes good moves on ocassion but it seems like it takes a lot more to pull them off.

[Primmy]

I tend to agree with this.
Grundy moves quite effortlessly and gracefully. LRT makes good moves on ocassion but it seems like it takes a lot more to pull them off.

LRT is not much of a runner and he looks clumsy but he is not. He is a modern day Dunks. A somewhat immovable mass down back and his efforts to harras and spoil and take marks is way up there. He does move up the ground, and that worries the opposition because they don't rate him either. He and Reg have different roles to play, and he does his very well indeed. No need to compare them. They both have their strengths.

[liz]

LRT is not much of a runner and he looks clumsy but he is not. He is a modern day Dunks. A somewhat immovable mass down back and his efforts to harras and spoil and take marks is way up there. He does move up the ground, and that worries the opposition because they don't rate him either. He and Reg have different roles to play, and he does his very well indeed. No need to compare them. They both have their strengths.

I am not sure that is true. When he first started getting given key defender (as opposed to third tall defender) roles, it was on the likes of Richo and Jon Brown. And he has performed very creditably on both these players in some games. He got those roles because he was an endurance runner, as opposed to a full back with good burst speed off the mark. He used to look very exposed one-on-one in the goal square, and sometimes that was exploited. Mick Malthouse would regularly take the player LRT was on back to the goal square, for example.

I think it is a huge credit to him that he has developed his game to the point he can now play at full-back. He clearly reads the play / flight of the ball far better than he did a few years ago. He can still be exposed by well directed, low kicks to a quick leading forward - the Pies game this year, against Dawes, is a good example. But kicks like those are ones most full-backs will struggle to defend against unless they have some help from another player filling the gap where the forward wants to lead to.

[Flossie]

LRT is not much of a runner and he looks clumsy but he is not. He is a modern day Dunks. A somewhat immovable mass down back and his efforts to harras and spoil and take marks is way up there. He does move up the ground, and that worries the opposition because they don't rate him either. He and Reg have different roles to play, and he does his very well indeed. No need to compare them. They both have their strengths.

I wish LRT had been out there today against Melbourne. I thought the entire defense was woeful.