Did we really give away Stephenson for sfa?

[RudeBoy]

I see that Jaidyn Stephenson had 33 disposals as a midfielder and was one of North's best 2 players.

Of course it's early days, and he may yet unravel down the track, but given our poor midfield performance (again/still), it's a kick in the gut to know we gave him away for donuts.

He is exactly the type of player we need. He has pace and X-factor in spades.

[Culprit]

Are we missing him? Last year may seem a long way off but he did nothing so I would say no. He played well as he should, he has a second chance to show us what he is capable of. I will see how he is going around Round 9. He has a five year deal at the Roos and I think his manager deserves a medal for getting that.

[The Boy Who Cried Wolf]

Short answer. Yes.

[Pies4shaw]

We've tossed many toys from the cot for disciplinary reasons over the present coach's journey. Stephenson obviously needed to go - the question is whether that was because our coaching staff are (still) useless at motivating people. Stephenson is a very good footballer, if he wants to be. He didn't seem to want to be one for us. That doesn't say much about him (time will tell, in that regard) but it raises more questions about the quality of our coaching staff.

[qldmagpie67]

[Rosolino_Leone]

Yep


It happened a few months ago...

[Magpietothemax]

[Pies2016]

Remind me again how many wanted Stephenson gone after his betting “ misunderstanding “ ?
Nothing wrong with raising it as a topic after one game. 33 touches is a bloody good effort anytime ( = 530 metres gained ) but I’m happy to hold fire on the clubs decision until I see a bigger sample.

[PyreneesPie]

Well, "On the Couch" tonight surely was interesting. Did anyone else see it?

They basically identified Collingwood as being "in trouble". Problem areas identified were of course, the forward set up and the midfield, along with slow ball movement.

The stat was trotted out that Stephenson attended 10 centre bounces for North and had not been started in the middle ONCE in his whole time at Collingwood. In the absence of Treloar, they thought that Stephenson would've been more than an adequate replacement in the middle.

They argued that Coxy was being played out of position far too much, in that he often travels up the ground to be the kick out target coming out of defence. This means he cannot get back to full forward to be a target there, with the current speed of the game. Apparently Bucks justified this, but the panel said it was a mistake to use him that way.

Lastly, Gary Lyon brought up the hugs that our players enjoyed with Adz after the game. He interpreted this as the players saying they did not agree with the decision to shove him out. Riewoldt said the lack of niggle and pressure on Treloar was pathetic and questioned whether the players were given any direction from the coach to make him feel uncomfortable.


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[watt price tully]

[Presti35]

So it's open season on Collingwood, what else is new?

All ex players are superstars. Last year they were overrated hacks.

[Pies2016]

First game at a new club is no different to your first date with a new girl.
You’re on your very best behaviour at the audition and from there on, it only goes down hill.

[Piesnchess]

NO other club wanted the little shit, only povvo Norf, so that tells me a lot about him, no power club would touch him, not one. I do hope he enjoys playing in front of bout 9000 people at Norf home games, from now on.

[Magpietothemax]

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