Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #30 – April 01, 2014, 02:19:25 pm Carrots, im not debating his worth right now he has been ratified as future prospect that we all think he is going to be.Good.That should be the benchmark for all our recruits. The expectations need to lift at all levels for this place, and having a bloke on the list for 3 years not getting a game, and not even looking the goods when he gets his chance finally is just not good enough anymore. Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #31 – April 01, 2014, 02:44:51 pm Good work, and congrats to Dylan. Don't let's get ahead of ourselves and put too much pressure on him to soon though. Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #32 – April 01, 2014, 03:48:24 pm Quote from: cookie2 – on April 01, 2014, 02:44:51 pmGood work, and congrats to Dylan. Don't let's get ahead of ourselves and put too much pressure on him to soon though.We'll Carltonise him soon enough... Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #33 – April 01, 2014, 04:08:00 pm This kid thrives on pressure. Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #34 – April 01, 2014, 04:14:06 pm Quote from: shadesy – on April 01, 2014, 03:48:24 pmQuote from: cookie2 – on April 01, 2014, 02:44:51 pmGood work, and congrats to Dylan. Don't let's get ahead of ourselves and put too much pressure on him to soon though.We'll Carltonise him soon enough...A messiah in waiting? Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #35 – April 01, 2014, 04:22:01 pm Terrific news. I love what MM has done in terms of teaching him to have a defensive game. Perhaps even making him, in the short term, a small defender / back pocket.In the NBs he played as a mid and / or small forward and tended to fade in and out of games. And when he was on he looked really good, but too often just vanished. Now being down back means he cannot afford lapses in concentration and is learning the caper nicely and no doubt learning about his real potential.At this stage, only up side. Must be given consistent games in the Seniors now. Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #36 – April 01, 2014, 04:34:12 pm Quote from: shadesy – on April 01, 2014, 03:48:24 pmQuote from: cookie2 – on April 01, 2014, 02:44:51 pmGood work, and congrats to Dylan. Don't let's get ahead of ourselves and put too much pressure on him to soon though.We'll Carltonise him soon enough...He needs to learn to be flexible, straight to fullback! Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #37 – April 01, 2014, 05:08:44 pm Problem is we have heap of guys who play there best footy at half back...Russell, Gibbs, Henderson, Yarran, Simpson, Scotland, Buckley, Tuohy... (have left Walker out as his best footy is forward) and then recruit, Bootsma, Davies, O'Keefe, Docherty, Temay etc. as small medium defenders...happy for Bucks to be that small defender that we have lacked as his skills were stood out as well as his pace and mongrel. I wrote him off in the preseason but i was so excited by his game. Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #38 – April 01, 2014, 05:43:15 pm Quote from: shadesy – on April 01, 2014, 05:08:44 pmProblem is we have heap of guys who play there best footy at half back...Russell, Gibbs, Henderson, Yarran, Simpson, Scotland, Buckley, Tuohy... (have left Walker out as his best footy is forward) and then recruit, Bootsma, Davies, O'Keefe, Docherty, Temay etc. as small medium defenders...happy for Bucks to be that small defender that we have lacked as his skills were stood out as well as his pace and mongrel. I wrote him off in the preseason but i was so excited by his game.Lost me at Russell Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #39 – April 01, 2014, 06:18:36 pm Quote from: shadesy – on April 01, 2014, 05:08:44 pm I wrote him off in the preseason but i was so excited by his game.If only we had won, then I could go back and watch him again. Too painful to watch anything at all after losing like that. Quote Selected Last Edit: April 01, 2014, 06:47:03 pm by PassIt2Carrots
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #40 – April 01, 2014, 06:34:02 pm We have been praying for a decent small defender since.... Adrian Whitehead? Matty Hogg? I can't remember it's been so long.I worry about his body shape and build for longevity the top level, plus his history of very severe football-caused injuries (eg shoulders). Jim was also very light but only ran one way - fast, straight and hard. Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #41 – April 01, 2014, 06:45:58 pm Quote from: Professer E – on April 01, 2014, 06:34:02 pmWe have been praying for a decent small defender since.... Adrian Whitehead? Matty Hogg? I can't remember it's been so long.I worry about his body shape and build for longevity the top level, plus his history of very severe football-caused injuries (eg shoulders). Jim was also very light but only ran one way - fast, straight and hard.DNA Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #42 – April 01, 2014, 08:20:55 pm Watching the rising sun video... gees Buckley copped some treatment. The Griffiths foot thing was accidental but very, very clumsy and could have been paid as a trip, but whatever Vickery attempted to do was totally unnecessary and should have been penalised .... pretty weak stuff from Vickery IMO. And fancy getting pushed over by a bloke 25 kilos lighter... Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #43 – April 01, 2014, 08:45:06 pm Quote from: Professer E – on April 01, 2014, 08:20:55 pmWatching the rising sun video... gees Buckley copped some treatment. The Griffiths foot thing was accidental but very, very clumsy and could have been paid as a trip, but whatever Vickery attempted to do was totally unnecessary and should have been penalised .... pretty weak stuff from Vickery IMO. And fancy getting pushed over by a bloke 25 kilos lighter...Yep. Dylan reminded me of my Staffie the way he went after Vickery, a much larger dog! Quote Selected
Re: Dylan Buckley - Round 2 Rising Star Nominee Reply #44 – April 01, 2014, 09:04:11 pm Congrats to young Dylan, he played well and I look forward to seeing him play many more good games in Navy Blue!! Quote Selected