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jb03 said:
We need midfielders (and not from port or GWS reserves) a small forward is *smile*.
You use late picks or the rookie draft to find small forwards (Butler & Small)
We won 15 games without a true small forward but got destroyed in a final because lack of midfield depth
They said he'd take a while, and we've all seen that now. Should take some pressure off him for this season. Let him develop at his own rate.
May make the odd cameo in 2016, but only if things are pretty ordinary regarding form and injuries to other players.
Needs development still, but the upside is that there are indications that he has got some skills and ability.
Needs development still, but the upside is that there are indications that he has got some skills and ability.
Surely people can't be surprised. Cannot judge a 75kg kid by his first game against a senior top 4 team and being surrounded by other kids.
Hopefully will be a great learning experience for all the kids that played.
Hopefully will be a great learning experience for all the kids that played.
FWIW I thought he was better than Lloyd. Applied good defensive pressure. Should have been rewarded for great tackles on a couple of occasions. He won't play round 1 but I reckon he's good enough to play seniors at some stage, especially when he's got decent players around him.
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Agree small forwards are hard to identify better left to the lottery end of the drawzippadeee said:
He was okay for a first game. Still a boy playing against men. Needs a pre season or two to develop physically.
Agreed. Good reality check for supporters coming into the real stuff.
Will have less than 5 games at an average of that many possessions at the top level this year.
Nil impact.
That's fine. But he's been written up as a hope to solve our small forward woes this year.
That wont happen.
Will have less than 5 games at an average of that many possessions at the top level this year.
Nil impact.
That's fine. But he's been written up as a hope to solve our small forward woes this year.
That wont happen.
Yeah, he's a kid and he looks like a kid physically. Will take time to develop and needs to spend most of his time this year getting used to playing against big bodied adults, which is what he'll get week in week out in the VFL.Leysy Days said:
Thought he was very unlucky on the day
Didn't get much opportunity in our fw line
Cluncked some tackles and should have been rewarded more by the umpires
Didn't get much opportunity in our fw line
Cluncked some tackles and should have been rewarded more by the umpires
