Just another 38 touches in the VFL. Would really like to see him back in the ones for the rest of the season to get him accustomed to the pace and strength of AFL.
In spite of the āimpressiveā stats he didnāt make it into the bests. Must have been really poor in other respects , and I guess thatās a clue as to why he canāt make it into the AFL team.
Barely ahead, heās considerably slow but his flexibility provides more chance. They both have limitations. Will be interesting to see who can translates better into a senior player. Similar battle to Langford v Laverde.
It increasingly seems there is some sort of deficiency perceived by the coaching group. In terms of numbers he ticks off the boxes. The few games I have seen him play he seems to read the ball off the ruck really well. The way he has been signed on for one year tells me that club is seeing if he can better his game before really committing to him.
Heās slowish, and not a particularly good user of the ball. Not terrible, but not good.
Two things the seniors have plenty of.
Iām a fair bit less bullish on him than most on here.
People forget how good guys like Howlett, Craig Bird and OBrien were in VFL footy.
He probably wasnāt in the bests because we absolutely walloped them and not everyone could be listed. That said, the stats should be taken with a grain of salt given we played Coburg who are winless (I believe) for the year.