The trials and tribulations of lewis roberts-thomson

[Bloody Hell]

Look at yesterday's stats. 6 contested marks - next was Pyke with 2. He may look awkward but even my donkey could only manage 3 kicks yesterday morning when I went out to feed him and he missed all of them. Seriously.

You have a donkey?!?

[Bas]

I watched the game at a friend's place and she is perpetually down on LRT.

You watched the game with Paris?

LRT does some silly things sometimes BUT does some very good things at other times.

They should do a re-make of The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and give LRT the lead role of Barry. It's on Fox Classics on the 16th July.

[Melbournehammer]

Look at yesterday's stats. 6 contested marks - next was Pyke with 2. He may look awkward but even my donkey could only manage 3 kicks yesterday morning when I went out to feed him and he missed all of them. Seriously.

I made this point on a different thread - if you look at the marks you will see it was because grundy was consistently bodying riewoldt to prevent him from flying for the ball. On the other hand riewoldt's mark of the week effort in the first quarter came about because LRT doesnt know how to do this and so riewoldt got a free leap over mattner.

grundy is a far better player (as evidenced by the correct decision to play him on the other riewoldt and lrt on kosi).

[dimelb]

sometimes!!!??

Let's be serious for a second. He's got to be the most awkward, uncoordinated footballer to ever grace the MCG.

Yes he tries hard, more than Kennelly and the rest of them, but he's still got the skills of a donkey.

I have two things to say to you, Fr. Ken:
1. In case you hadn't noticed, this is football, not gymnastics.
2. There are teams who would love to have him available, and God help us if he wasn't.
I'll be generous and add a third:
3. I doubt that LRT has the skills of a donkey, but you remind me of Samson; he too created havoc with the jawbone of an ass.

[Ken Oath]

I have two things to say to you, Fr. Ken:
1. In case you hadn't noticed, this is football, not gymnastics. I'm pretty sure I said he was an uncoordinated footballer not gymnast
2. There are teams who would love to have him available, and God help us if he wasn't. Teams do love having him available, Norths will be delighted he'll be playing next week, as does every team we play.
3. I doubt that LRT has the skills of a donkey,

Here here you said it, I shouldn't have insulted the donkey

[ernie koala]

There simply wouldn't be too many teams who would say - LRT lets trade for him - he'll win us the next flag.

It's ironic you should say that, given he was one of the best on ground in the 05 grandfinal..(certainly in the first half)

[Ken Oath]

It's ironic you should say that, given he was one of the best on ground in the 05 grandfinal..(certainly in the first half)

Not sure if your aware, it's now 2010

[Melbournehammer]

It's ironic you should say that, given he was one of the best on ground in the 05 grandfinal..(certainly in the first half)

I think we should all acknowledge a few things about 2005 - and i grant you i watched that game with the stunned amazement as many here do because of the regularity with which it is referred to (and I thank Liz for correcting me on one occasion when I mistakenly said that was his last good game - she correctly referred to a game where he beat richo pointlessly and i acknowledge that he has had a few others besides) - and that is just how successful has hansen really been as a player. How successful has been west coast's bomb it in long to gardiner and hansen (or any other west coast forward over the years). They had the best midfield in the competition but their forward line was unequivocally poor. What exactly did LRT beat that day ?

And fwiw just how well did he go against pavlich in the prelim in 2006 and how well against hansen in 2006 gf ??

[goswannie14]

And there lies our problem

What a stupid comment. He played well. Did you actually watch the game or are you just one of those who thinks he is bad every week regsrdless of how well he plays?

[Ken Oath]

What a stupid comment. He played well. Did you actually watch the game or are you just one of those who thinks he is bad every week regsrdless of how well he plays?

It's not really that stupid. I think you missed the point.
He might have played well yesterday, but I don't rate him. So for me,if LRT was our best player then we have big problems.
Not that he's any good, but more the fact that the others were worse than him.

[Go Swannies]

It's not really that stupid. I think you missed the point.
He might have played well yesterday, but I don't rate him. So for me,if LRT was our best player then we have big problems.
Not that he's any good, but more the fact that the others were worse than him.

Now that's how I feel about Nick Reiwoldt and that's perfectly rational too. There are better players but they don't have the hair that makes them stand out (two of them don't have any hair at all) so he gets all the simplistic media attention. So I understand your LRT pain - at least I've been spared the Saint Nick crap for a few months but there's Lewie taking mark after mark, always on tv, same bloody hair. For the good of the team I hope you have to endure him for a few years to come.

[ernie koala]

And fwiw just how well did he go against pavlich in the prelim in 2006 and how well against hansen in 2006 gf ??

His (and the medicos and coaches) mistake was,
he shouldn't of being playing...he had a broken foot.

[ernie koala]

Not sure if your aware, it's now 2010

And if you choose to look at the context of my post, you too may see the irony.

[Captain]

most people even in the media now acknowledge that LRT has become a very good centre half back, there arent too many in the afl better (arent many CHB really) .

Spot on.

[balcove]

Yes LRt does turn the ball over sometimes. However he does go and get the Sherrin, never shirks his job. I think he has been consistenly one of our best. he has been running one out against good forwards with the ok but not brilliant Smith, Where's Richards who LRT has worked with for a long time. Bolton would normally sharing the load as well. LRT must be having nightmares that everytime the opposition scores a behind he knows that the other backs will kick to a contest and it will be coming straight back. Our restarts have been terriable all year. Lets be realistic, Shaw has had three poor games in a row, Tadgh has a ordinary time, no Bolton. The rest of the backs have reached exhastion I think as the ball is returned constantly. Almost all football codes require you to control the midfield. Perhaps its time that we rotate midfielders so not as to burn them out. we have a number so maybe its time to examine rotations as done in soccer by the clubs such as Liverpool where there is a heavy season workload. Adam Goodes needs a week in Canberra comp so he can remember how to kick and catch.