Seaby vs Pyke
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He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)Comment
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He's a spud. He marked over a midget for that goal on Sunday. He is not a credible backup to Mumford who I thought looked tired last week having taken the bulk of the work since Seaby has been out. We genuinely lack around the ground big man marking. Seaby was doing just that before injured. You can leave him to rest up forward rather than off the ground and know he will make a difference, and make the opposing coach use a credible backman on him.Last edited by Nico; 8 July 2010, 06:29 PM.Comment
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Description Date Opponent Result K HB D M G B T HO GA GC I50 FF FA DT SC
Round 15 11th Jul North Melbourne Win 85-55 1 6 7 5 0 0 4 17 1 1 2 1 1 61 74
Another serviceable effort, with some great marks, punches and ruck work. The inside 50 to goodes was sublime. All we ask is for him to improve, and to do his job assisting Mumford till Seaby gets back. He is honoring that request.Last edited by magic.merkin; 12 July 2010, 10:53 AM.Comment
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He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)Comment
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Because Seaby wouldn't cut the mustard as a full time forward in terms of scoreboard damage and opposition would rebound off him too much, whilst Pyke is still only a back up option at best in terms of his development.
Pyke's ruckwork is excellent, but his around the ground work is still substandard in spite of the major steps forward he has takenComment
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Because Seaby wouldn't cut the mustard as a full time forward in terms of scoreboard damage and opposition would rebound off him too much, whilst Pyke is still only a back up option at best in terms of his development.
Pyke's ruckwork is excellent, but his around the ground work is still substandard in spite of the major steps forward he has taken
He's not Dean Cox - or Mummy - but he's improved incrementally in the past couple of games. That's why Mummy was joking after the game that Seaby might have a battle to get back in the team. A lot of his effort didn't show on TV. Most improved hardly describes it. He could still only be rated good at ruckwork but it looks like he has the potential to become good around the ground - and we may see that in weeks rather than months or years.Comment
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Because Seaby wouldn't cut the mustard as a full time forward in terms of scoreboard damage and opposition would rebound off him too much, whilst Pyke is still only a back up option at best in terms of his development.
Pyke's ruckwork is excellent, but his around the ground work is still substandard in spite of the major steps forward he has takenComment
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Just thought i'd throw this in the mix....
Pyke TOG 46% Hitouts 17 HO to advantage 29%
Mummy TOG 69% Hitouts 30 HO to advantage 13%
Going by the stats, with similar game time its probable that Pykes Tap work is better than Mummies. Hit outs to advantage is a stat that doesn't lie.Comment
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I agree that he is developing at an astonishing rate but he is starting from a long way back. His skills are coming along really well but I just think its going to take a bit longer for him to get those footy smarts. It's safe to say that yesterday was one of his better games but he still only had 7 possessions.
I just wish we got our hands on him about 3-4 years earlierComment
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