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For Lynch to even be in this position is an achievement, given his at-times rocky start at Tigerland.
The star recruit came to the club on the back of a serious knee injury that required two surgeries last year, in July while at the Suns and again in November to tidy up scar tissue.
He had an extremely limited pre-season, failing to play a practice match and only training once a week for the first half of the season proper.
Lynch had patchy form early on as a consequence and was even labelled a "liability" by Essendon great Matthew Lloyd in May, but has steadily built to kick 61 goals, playing every game of the season.
"You'd be lying if you said you didn't hear it, the critics and that," Lynch said.
"But as I said a number of times, I spoke to 'Dimma' (coach Damien Hardwick) and 'Mini' (forwards coach Andrew McQualter) and the guys at the footy club whose opinions I really value, and they were really supportive.
"They said I was playing a role for the team and bringing others into it, that 'we're really happy with you, you can perform better, but we're really happy with how you're going,'."
The 26-year-old is in his first finals series after playing his first eight AFL seasons at the Suns and has shown no sign of nerves.
Against Geelong in last Friday night's preliminary final he was particularly outstanding, booting five goals from 19 disposals and 10 marks. He also picked up nine AFLCA votes.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/131933/long-time-between-grand-finals-for-newest-tiger-hero
The star recruit came to the club on the back of a serious knee injury that required two surgeries last year, in July while at the Suns and again in November to tidy up scar tissue.
He had an extremely limited pre-season, failing to play a practice match and only training once a week for the first half of the season proper.
Lynch had patchy form early on as a consequence and was even labelled a "liability" by Essendon great Matthew Lloyd in May, but has steadily built to kick 61 goals, playing every game of the season.
"You'd be lying if you said you didn't hear it, the critics and that," Lynch said.
"But as I said a number of times, I spoke to 'Dimma' (coach Damien Hardwick) and 'Mini' (forwards coach Andrew McQualter) and the guys at the footy club whose opinions I really value, and they were really supportive.
"They said I was playing a role for the team and bringing others into it, that 'we're really happy with you, you can perform better, but we're really happy with how you're going,'."
The 26-year-old is in his first finals series after playing his first eight AFL seasons at the Suns and has shown no sign of nerves.
Against Geelong in last Friday night's preliminary final he was particularly outstanding, booting five goals from 19 disposals and 10 marks. He also picked up nine AFLCA votes.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/131933/long-time-between-grand-finals-for-newest-tiger-hero
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And that’s it, on paper this years forwards taking out maybe Whitfield, Walters, Martin and Heeney look very weak but as you’ve alluded to there’s normally a number of players that break out or return to premium status to fill the holes for top 10 between 100+ and mid 90’s.
I’ve no idea who, maybe Lynch but maybe Dawson, Steven, Parish, Smith, McLean, Gresham, DeGoey, Greenwood, Ryder, Naughton, Petracca, Franklin, Westhoff....One to watch for sure I guess.
I’ve no idea who, maybe Lynch but maybe Dawson, Steven, Parish, Smith, McLean, Gresham, DeGoey, Greenwood, Ryder, Naughton, Petracca, Franklin, Westhoff....One to watch for sure I guess.
The one thing I remember about Lynch in games early last season was that their were 3-4 games where in the first quarter he dropped a couple of marks , missed a few goals etc etc and you could sense he was losing confidence.
Take a mark , kick the goal , things change.
Midway through the season he was running up and down (something I remember they were critical he wasn't doing enough at the Suns , maybe carrying a chronic knee he couldn't).
One thing I admire about Richmond is the "love" Cotchin and the senior players show for everyone on the list and it is always team first , play your role , success will come etc etc.
Like I posted last night , Lynch has now had a pre season , he knows the system , do players kick left leg , right leg when they have the ball , do they kick 40 or 50 etc etc , and his scores improved when Jack was back , Riewoldt has certainly improved his focus to be team first so you can only thing working with Lynch will be better or they act as decoys for Dusty at times as well.
My record in SC is very ordinary but I am on the TJL ride from the very start.
Take a mark , kick the goal , things change.
Midway through the season he was running up and down (something I remember they were critical he wasn't doing enough at the Suns , maybe carrying a chronic knee he couldn't).
One thing I admire about Richmond is the "love" Cotchin and the senior players show for everyone on the list and it is always team first , play your role , success will come etc etc.
Like I posted last night , Lynch has now had a pre season , he knows the system , do players kick left leg , right leg when they have the ball , do they kick 40 or 50 etc etc , and his scores improved when Jack was back , Riewoldt has certainly improved his focus to be team first so you can only thing working with Lynch will be better or they act as decoys for Dusty at times as well.
My record in SC is very ordinary but I am on the TJL ride from the very start.
That's the thing , outside of those 4 , their could very well be another 15-20 players that could all be vying for Top 10.
Does Brayshaw get enough mid time at Freo to go 90+ , a season too early for Simpkin/LDU/Thomas at North.
I guess the very very good coaches will be monitoring match simulation , pre season for any little hint of role change and then jumping on at the right time.
And then at the end of the season we will be all thinking damn that was so obvious , why didn't we pick so and so from the start ?
Does Brayshaw get enough mid time at Freo to go 90+ , a season too early for Simpkin/LDU/Thomas at North.
I guess the very very good coaches will be monitoring match simulation , pre season for any little hint of role change and then jumping on at the right time.
And then at the end of the season we will be all thinking damn that was so obvious , why didn't we pick so and so from the start ?
That supports the argument for him, not against him though doesn’t it? We’ve lost so many powerful scorers forward that he likely doesn’t need to average 105 to be right up the pointy end.
That being said, we see time and time again the top forwards are the players who are playing as midfielders. The forwards are wide open this year after Whitfield, Dusty & Heeney IMO and from where I’m sitting there doesn’t seem to be that obvious transition to midfield player available this year.
I’m super surprised that Wingard, and to a lesser extent Gray, are barely sighted in the RMT thread. I understand the reasoning for avoidance of Gray but Wingard has trained as a mid all pre season as has so far missed his annual pre season calf/hammy as far as I know.
Been locked into my side for weeks now and with the news that Buddy is looking like making round 1, Lynch makes way for Heeney.
That being said, we see time and time again the top forwards are the players who are playing as midfielders. The forwards are wide open this year after Whitfield, Dusty & Heeney IMO and from where I’m sitting there doesn’t seem to be that obvious transition to midfield player available this year.
I’m super surprised that Wingard, and to a lesser extent Gray, are barely sighted in the RMT thread. I understand the reasoning for avoidance of Gray but Wingard has trained as a mid all pre season as has so far missed his annual pre season calf/hammy as far as I know.
Been locked into my side for weeks now and with the news that Buddy is looking like making round 1, Lynch makes way for Heeney.
From my recollection the Forward line is commonly the lowest scoring across season averages for PREMs .... interpret that your own way ...
Haven't looked at rookie averages yet but will take that as a leading indicator for now ....
Next in the firing line is the Defensive line ... 2'nd year of the new "rules" so expect teams to adjust in some manner ... just not sure in what direction yet ...
Haven't looked at rookie averages yet but will take that as a leading indicator for now ....
Next in the firing line is the Defensive line ... 2'nd year of the new "rules" so expect teams to adjust in some manner ... just not sure in what direction yet ...
I just had a look at last years FWD averages (based on 2019 positions).. an average of 93 sits comfortably in the top 20
Let’s say TJL ends up with the 15th best average.. to have him all year with a discounted purchase means you can keep him and save a trade later on - yes he mightn’t hurt you if you don’t start with him but you would still need to spend a trade to get him in
Let’s say TJL ends up with the 15th best average.. to have him all year with a discounted purchase means you can keep him and save a trade later on - yes he mightn’t hurt you if you don’t start with him but you would still need to spend a trade to get him in
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Depends on what sort of shape he's in now - if I see him dropping most of the puppy fat he has been carrying then I might be interested a little bit.
He just doesn't impact games often enough from week to week for mine at the moment and doesn't seem like the sort of driven kid who is looking to force someone out of their spot in the midfield early.
He just doesn't impact games often enough from week to week for mine at the moment and doesn't seem like the sort of driven kid who is looking to force someone out of their spot in the midfield early.
I've put Robbie in my team after one of your posts BigRuss because he doesn't have to get back to his best to be a good pick. But Wingard would have to get back to what we think is his absolute best and even then I don't think he would hurt non owners. His best years still included lots of goals. In 2013 he was only 4 goals behind Jay Schultz and in 2015 he was Port's leading goal kicker. Hawthorn have Gunston, Breust, Lewis, Patton and Puopolo who would all like some goals.