Player Watch Pick #16 (2020, match NGA bid) - Lachie Jones

[PortAdelFC1997]

Needs to work on his ball handling skills including ground ball gets.

Lots of hand-eye coordination training skills are a must for Lachie Jones to go to the next phase of his development.

 

[powerrrrrrrrrrrr]

Still fumbles the ball too much and puts himself under unnecessary pressure. If he doesn’t show that he has tidied that up this year, doubt he ever will.

 

[StueyDaDew]

He isn’t getting delisted this season…

Probably the most vanilla player we have on our list atm.

 

[RangaInTeal]

Probably the most vanilla player we have on our list atm.

What is Jed McIntee? Jackson Mead? Travis Boak? Lachie Charleson? Ryan Burton?

Keep the Hyperboles rolling in…

 

[Tibbs]

Probably the most vanilla player we have on our list atm.

Dumb adjective used to describe him .... Of all his faults, and there are quite a few, "vanilla" isnt one of them!

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Could be the guy to take his game to the next level this year.

 

[raptalia]

Lachie tends to be a mixed bag. He can have some really good games but he blemishes his work with those fundamental ball handling errors that many of us have identified. It is as if he takes his eyes off the footy because is focused on disposal before he has made sure he has the ball.

Lachie's progress hasn't been helped by injury just when he hits a patch of good form. He has a habit of playing a good game then getting injured. A player with potential but also a player who has not quite lived up to the pre draft hype.

 

[The Terrible Thinker]

Lachie tends to be a mixed bag. He can have some really good games but he blemishes his work with those fundamental ball handling errors that many of us have identified. It is as if he takes his eyes off the footy because is focused on disposal before he has made sure he has the ball.

Lachie's progress hasn't been helped by injury just when he hits a patch of good form. He has a habit of playing a good game then getting injured. A player with potential but also a player who has not quite lived up to the pre draft hype.

He can be Jasper Pittard level of bad. Needs to work on that in the next year or two to be an decent AFL player.

 

[Macca19]

He went from playing 2 bad games in every 3 to 1 in every 5 this year. Thought he took some big leaps forward

 

[StueyDaDew]

Dumb adjective used to describe him .... Of all his faults, and there are quite a few, "vanilla" isnt one of them!

We all have our whipping boys and he's mine.
Hopefully I will be proven wrong in 2025, yeh!

 

[Tibbs]

We all have our whipping boys and he's mine.
Hopefully I will be proven wrong in 2025, yeh!

Oh he gets whipped by everyone here. Just saying to whip him for the right reasons. He is actually quite an exciting player in full flight. The problem is the "Jaspar Pittards" that he makes which undoes the good. As Macca mentioned, 2024 saw a definite improvement.

I like that he has taken on the commitment to improve, by heading overseas. I think you will want to revisit and delete this post in 2025.

 

[StueyDaDew]

Oh he gets whipped by everyone here. Just saying to whip him for the right reasons. He is actually quite an exciting player in full flight. The problem is the "Jaspar Pittards" that he makes which undoes the good. As Macca mentioned, 2024 saw a definite improvement.

I like that he has taken on the commitment to improve, by heading overseas. I think you will want to revisit and delete this post in 2025.

He's softer than the froth on an Vanilla Smoothie.

Like I mentioned, shape up or prepare to be delisted.

 

[FishingRick04]

I can’t believe this disdain.

I’d really like the coaches to use his size and intimidation factor more. The guy is a beast.

 

[shewho]

He's softer than the froth on an Vanilla Smoothie.

Like I mentioned, shape up or prepare to be delisted.

Every one is entitled to their opinion, but…

Calling Jones soft is plain wrong. Either you are a Cow’s supporter having a bit of fun or Kane Cornes in disguise. Either way, a keyboard warrior who wouldn’t have the guts to say that to Lachie’s face.

Jones is a good, tough AFL standard player at the moment with more potential to elevate his game further: young, big body, super fast for his size, booming kick and hits hard. Not everyone is a superstar from day one and it has been recognised industry wide for the last 50 years that players start showing their real abilities between 50 and 100 games. If you don’t know this, you don’t know football.

What this means, in a nutshell, is that in those first 50-100 games you will see errors and inconsistencies- Boak, for example, often tried to do too much and got caught with the ball. He only really ironed that out around game 150.

Jones is a first round draft pick, tracking pretty much as expected and still possesses “A class” potential. I hope he will end up an elite half back who can play as the big bodied midfielder when needed. Whilst we will need to be patient if we want to see him perform that role in the midfield, we will see his true potential off half back in the next few seasons.

Bottom line: for most players you don’t learn without making mistakes. So, only a football illiterate (usually Crows supporters) would write off Jones for some errors, at this stage of his career. Only someone in no danger of sharing a football field with him would call him soft.

 

[StueyDaDew]

Every one is entitled to their opinion, but…

Calling Jones soft is plain wrong. Either you are a Cow’s supporter having a bit of fun or Kane Cornes in disguise. Either way, a keyboard warrior who wouldn’t have the guts to say that to Lachie’s face.

Jones is a good, tough AFL standard player at the moment with more potential to elevate his game further: young, big body, super fast for his size, booming kick and hits hard. Not everyone is a superstar from day one and it has been recognised industry wide for the last 50 years that players start showing their real abilities between 50 and 100 games. If you don’t know this, you don’t know football.

What this means, in a nutshell, is that in those first 50-100 games you will see errors and inconsistencies- Boak, for example, often tried to do too much and got caught with the ball. He only really ironed that out around game 150.

Jones is a first round draft pick, tracking pretty much as expected and still possesses “A class” potential. I hope he will end up an elite half back who can play as the big bodied midfielder when needed. Whilst we will need to be patient if we want to see him perform that role in the midfield, we will see his true potential off half back in the next few seasons.

Bottom line: for most players you don’t learn without making mistakes. So, only a football illiterate (usually Crows supporters) would write off Jones for some errors, at this stage of his career. Only someone in no danger of sharing a football field with him would call him soft.

Dude! From what I see the back pocket is his ceiling, and btw he ain’t no G Fiacchi.

 

[Schulzenfest]

He's softer than the froth on an Vanilla Smoothie.

Like I mentioned, shape up or prepare to be delisted.

wtf

I don't like Jones either but 'vanilla' and 'soft' are the last things he is. This is like someone shitting on Mason Cox for being too short.

 

[StueyDaDew]

wtf

I don't like Jones either but 'vanilla' and 'soft' are the last things he is. This is like someone shitting on Mason Cox for being too short.

Meh, Jones is more softer than a Mighty Bread Roll.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Meh, Jones is more softer than a Mighty Bread Roll.

Lachie Jones ignites crowd with gutsy rundown tackle | PTV

Lachie Jones stops a Fremantle score with a strong rundown tackle.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

As with pretty much everything you post, you have absolutely no idea.

 

[StueyDaDew]

Lachie Jones ignites crowd with gutsy rundown tackle | PTV

Lachie Jones stops a Fremantle score with a strong rundown tackle.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

As with pretty much everything you post, you have absolutely no idea.

You’re an angry Mofo just because someone doesn’t agree with your opinion.

Get that idea in your head…

 

[TotalJoker]

He seems to have career worst games against Collingwood but either way I don't think he can be in the team much longer

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

The thing with Jones is that mentally he's shot as soon as he does his first fumble that leads to an opposition goal. It affects his performance for the rest of the game.

 

[GoPorts]

Man pick 16 as an academy pick for this guy

 

[PJ Power]

He’s not going to get this out of his game unfortunately. It’s like Pittard. Even at his best, you knew a bomb scare moment was potentially seconds away. Jones will always have the fumble, dropped mark or slip over in his game close to, or right at the surface. Tonight would have been horrendously embarrassing for him.

 

[PortAdelFC1997]

Can someone teach this guy how to handle the footy? 5 seasons in and he still cannot handle the footy.

 

[Dazalinko1988]

Said it before he's pittard with a mullet

Delist