: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:32 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Personally I don't think it has anything at all to do with the coaching he is getting.

tbh feel he's been stagnating a bit since 2004. didnt he pick up a baddish injury round about then?

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:53 pm  

mat wrote:

tbh feel he's been stagnating a bit since 2004. didnt he pick up a baddish injury round about then?

I think the only season he's missed a significant amount of game time was a couple of years ago. Struggling to remember 5 years back though, I can barely remember yesterday....

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:59 pm  

DILLIGAF wrote:

I think the only season he's missed a significant amount of game time was a couple of years ago. Struggling to remember 5 years back though, I can barely remember yesterday....

your right - only played 16 games in 2007. your memories obviously better than mine

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:00 pm  

mat wrote:

except he doesnt have ball handling skills to play loose. loose forward needs to be capable of oofloading and creating things - langley very rarely does either.

He can offload and we all know he can.

But being creative and offloading are neither tanatamount to being a good loose though in my opinion, the two best loose forwards currently playing (Dallas Johnson and Paul Gallen) are neither particularly good at either of those things, but they are still outstanding loose forwards arn't they?

He was in brilliant and destructive form before he picked up that bad injury in 2007, he hasn't looked the same sinse. Not sure why it is, but he doesn't seem to be as agaile as he once was.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:03 am  

Terry Monster wrote:

He can offload and we all know he can.

But being creative and offloading are neither tanatamount to being a good loose though in my opinion, the two best loose forwards currently playing (Dallas Johnson and Paul Gallen) are neither particularly good at either of those things, but they are still outstanding loose forwards arn't they?

He was in brilliant and destructive form before he picked up that bad injury in 2007, he hasn't looked the same sinse. Not sure why it is, but he doesn't seem to be as agaile as he once was.

Dallas Johnson and Paul Gallen are workhorses, and two of the fittest players you'll see. Neither of these qualities are shared by Jamie Langley.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:43 am  

beefy1 wrote:

Dallas Johnson and Paul Gallen are workhorses, and two of the fittest players you'll see. Neither of these qualities are shared by Jamie Langley.

Really, I think that's a little unfair.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:35 am  

debaser wrote:

Really, I think that's a little unfair.

I agree. Langers gets through so much work in defense its unreal. He wasnt great the other day but apart from that. Cant fault him

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:44 am  

Langley's problem is that he carries far too much bulk for his height and frame which has nulified his pace. Am I right in thinking he was a pacey mobile LF? Now he just seems a defensive workhorse. I'm suprised noone on the Bulls coaching staff has noticed this.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:06 am  

Could you please change m wrote:

Langley's problem is that he carries far too much bulk for his height and frame which has nulified his pace. Am I right in thinking he was a pacey mobile LF? Now he just seems a defensive workhorse. I'm suprised noone on the Bulls coaching staff has noticed this.

It's his enormous biceps.

: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:50 pm  

Don't get me wrong, i'm not slagging him off. He never stops trying. All i'm saying is that it's inevitable that someone his size is going to struggle playing 80 minutes, and I don't think that loose forward is his best position. As i've mentioned in a previous thread he doesn't have the footwork or handling skills that IMO a 13 should have.