#40 - Zak Johnson

He could get that number off half back I think but it seems Roberts gets more of the ball than Johnson and I’d be looking at swapping that situation around!

His skills are better than good, he’s almost the best kick in our side. Kid has elite attributes…must keep playing in the seniors.

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Point taken, although l posted in jest.

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Sorry Captain! I wasn’t trying to be a wanker or have a crack!! I think Johnson should get a go in there too but yesterday watching him play off half back he reminded me a bit of Nick Daicos with his kicking and decision making hence why the coaches should be working with the side on getting the pill into his hands more often.

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No need to be sorry, you did nothing wrong. I appreciate the points you have made.

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Get a room

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He needs to be somewhat of a standard for kicking and decision making in this team going forward. It’s comical how bad some of our ball use is. Hobbs, McGrath, Lav, Tsatas, Prior, Parish, Shiel, McKay, Redman, Caldwell either poor skills or poor decision making. I just pray Rosa understands this and continues to recruit the best kicks and best decision makers year in year out. Josh Lindsay would be an ideal type hoping he can find our way to us.

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I’d much rather have Zak playing as the spare man on the defensive side of stoppages, he’d provide more with ball in hand than McGrath and McGrath provides more deeper in defence

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Zak is a player who is a differential in our side … class, elite kick and when he gets stronger from the “youngest AFL player this year”… look out as a great midfielder in future!
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Caldwell?! Don’t think so

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I stand by my original post

I don’t go to many games these days, but when I do, I look ahead of the ball a lot, especially when the opposition are coming out of our forward line. I spotted a couple of times when he just couldn’t keep up with his opponent making position on a run, or when he failed to make up ground to close down an opponent when he was the obvious next target. I think either speed or endurance or a combo of both are a problem for him at the moment.
How was his testing at the combine?

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He outran it and is still alive to tell the story.

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He looks like he needs a good preseason, seems to struggle with the game at times, appears a fitness thing - which is to be expected.

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Speed was one of his strengths. Not sure on the endurance stuff though…maybe fatigue there gets him

He looks slow to my eyes.

And I think that will be the principal characteristic that puts a ceiling on his career.

…maybe he can have a career that looks like Salem.