Player Watch #45 Hugo Ralphsmith

[The Mighty]

How bad is Cumbo going if he cant get a run ahead of Ralphy.

 

[bluehouse]

He’s not quick and will cough up a ball when approached by a shadow. Can get the ball on a rebound move if he has time and space. Hope he plays to his best.


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[Growapair]

Banks, Clarke, Cumbo, Green and even Naishsmith would be a much better option than Ralphshit

Clarke is injured ... did his knee at Werribee ...

 

[Daka]

Biggest game of his career today.

 

[Lord of the Wings]

Clarke is injured ... did his knee at Werribee ...

He wasn’t injured when the team was picked

 

[tiger_tough]

The poor bloke FINALLY gets played on a wing and plays his best game for the club, beats his quality opponent and is in our best few players. Took some good marks, showed some courage and kicked pretty well. Should play the rest of the season.

Remind me again why McInotsh has been so hard to replace on a wing?

 

[RobsJourney]

Ralph had a good game tonight but still squibbed a few contests and was second to react a few times in crucial moments. Still needs to improve.

 

[tiger_tough]

Ralph had a good game tonight but still squibbed a few contests and was second to react a few times in crucial moments. Still needs to improve.

Went back with the flight. He's never done that before.

 

[prodigy]

I needed something from him and he gave me that. I saw enough and will like to see it continue and evolve.

 

[TigerImposter]

There was a pulse tonight and he’s a massive gain on JGTI and Kmac.

 

[Noidnadroj]

The poor bloke FINALLY gets played on a wing and plays his best game for the club, beats his quality opponent and is in our best few players. Took some good marks, showed some courage and kicked pretty well. Should play the rest of the season.

Remind me again why McInotsh has been so hard to replace on a wing?

Yes, I’ve been calling for Macca’s head for 6-weeks …. Hugo was very good tonight. I was rapt for him given the sh*te he cops.

Hugo’s game tonight was infinitely better than any game Macca has played for the entirety of 2023-24. Macca has reached 20 disposals just once across 2023-24 … 21 touches against Saints in R22 2023. Hugo did that tonight.

He’s got his weaknesses and he may not even establish a career …. but for God’s sake let’s keep playing him and find out! If he can build on tonight he’s got enough qualities to be a player. He even went back into danger a few times tonight … he’ll never be super tough, but he’s hard enough for a wingman.

Well done Hugo. We need to keep unearthing youngsters and hopefully you’ll be another one for the future.


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[Coach_Required]

I'm just glad we got to see someone else on the wing instead of Kmac spudding it up for 6 possessions.

 

[Growapair]

He wasn’t injured when the team was picked

Did they pick the team last weekend lol

 

[RJK Tiger]

play him based on effort until he deserves to be dropped due to effort.

Effort is everything when you are down the bottom. As long as you have guys with effort, you wont start getting pumped.

I can assure you that if Castagna & Aarts were still on the list, they would both be starting 18 purely for that reason

 

[RJK Tiger]

Yes, I’ve been calling for Macca’s head for 6-weeks …. Hugo was very good tonight. I was rapt for him given the sh*te he cops.

Hugo’s game tonight was infinitely better than any game Macca has played for the entirety of 2023-24. Macca has reached 20 disposals just once across 2023-24 … 21 touches against Saints in R22 2023. Hugo did that tonight.

He’s got his weaknesses and he may not even establish a career …. but for God’s sake let’s keep playing him and find out! If he can build on tonight he’s got enough qualities to be a player. He even went back into danger a few times tonight … he’ll never be super tough, but he’s hard enough for a wingman.

Well done Hugo. We need to keep unearthing youngsters and hopefully you’ll be another one for the future.


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I agree with everything you said, but ultimately, i think he wont amount to much. I don't think we have "unearthed" anything - his inclusion in the side more underlines how much the standard for "effort" is starting to become compromised, mainly because of senior players who are not handling the downside of success very well

 

[tropicaltiger]

good strong game tonight HRS, showed he has it, he just muffed it up a couple of times but he wasn't
Robinson Crusoe there.

 

[THE_GUN]

Good game lets hope it provides him with the confidence that he belongs and improves even more the rest of the year

 

[wegetpumped]

I enjoyed his game for a change hope he keeps playing like that. He even accidentally stopped a couple of attacks by not knowing where he was lol.

 

[Muddiemoose]

The poor bloke FINALLY gets played on a wing and plays his best game for the club, beats his quality opponent and is in our best few players. Took some good marks, showed some courage and kicked pretty well. Should play the rest of the season.

Remind me again why McInotsh has been so hard to replace on a wing?

Loved his work rate
Similar to Rioli Jr’s game
A lot of the reward was off the back off massive running repeat effects

I loved how he just cracked in during stoppages

He’s definitely not a hard nut but I don’t think he needs to be either

 

[Bojangles17]

Forgot to mention him earlier , good game , should be played every time ahead of Pickett and macca , will only get better

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Last night was a tick for a guy with plenty of crosses

Can he play with that work rate and commitment on a more regular basis?

Still have my doubts, but happy to see change on both the wings. Let’s find out if we’ve got the player/s to play what’s a pretty tough role

 

[beema limapep]

Fair is fair. It was an acceptable game (finally). Needs to play at that standard or above as a minimum.

 

[Grrr]

Fair is fair. It was an acceptable game (finally). Needs to play at that standard or above as a minimum.

Acceptable. He was in fact very good. Covered the ground, used the ball well, added some speed, worked hard both offensively and defensively and put his head over it when he needed to. Was easily in our best 6 players.

He has obviously relished a new coach coming in because the deficiencies of thelast few years were not evident last night. Confidence is a massive part of football.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Stood out with his competitiveness and blond mullet...played with a bit of confidence...lacked a bit of skill and polish...totally surprised me...that's the standard now set "ugo...every week!

 

[beema limapep]

Acceptable. He was in fact very good. Covered the ground, used the ball well, added some speed, worked hard both offensively and defensively and put his head over it when he needed to. Was easily in our best 6 players.

He has obviously relished a new coach coming in because the deficiencies of thelast few years were not evident last night. Confidence is a massive part of football.

Top 10-12 for mine.